Showing posts with label Election 20222. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election 20222. Show all posts

Rep. Lauren Boebert is the winner of her congressional seat!


The Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO) declared herself the winner of her congressional race Thursday evening, despite the race heading to an automatic recount from the looks of it? While media outlets, including The Associated Press, have deemed the race far too close to be called, the MAGA supporter conveyed to her over 1.7 million Twitter followers that she’s the winner, while only ahead of Democrat opponent Adam Frisch by around 550 votes. 

“We won! I am so thankful for all of your support, and I am so proud to be your Representative!” Boebert tweeted.

“Come January, you can be certain of two things,” she added in an a video with the Capitol building serving as a backdrop.

“I will be sworn in for my second term as your congresswoman, and Republicans can finally turn Pelosi’s house back into the People’s House.”




Arkansas elects Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders



This is far and beyond awesome! She's someone who really understands people, has a great send of reality and comes from good parenting. Now Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders it first female governor of the great state of Arkansas!

This victory also marks 
the first woman to lead the state and the highest profile Trump administration official in elected office.

Sanders defeated Democratic nominee Chris Jones in the race for governor in her predominantly Republican home state, where former President Trump is still a very popular man. Sanders had been heavily favored to win the race, which also included Libertarian nominee Ricky Dale Harrington. Who until now I didn't even know was in the race. Nobody knows who Ricky is sorry. 

In her acceptance speech on Tuesday night, however, Sanders didn’t mention either the former or current president and instead shared stories about supporters she met during her campaign bid.

“This election is about taking Arkansas to the top,” Sanders said. “I know that Arkansas can be first, and I’m committed to being the leader who takes us there.”

Stan Hall, a retired postal worker, said he voted for Sanders though he wanted her to talk more about state issues rather than criticizing Biden or talking up her time working for Trump.  “I think, just state your own feelings on what you’re going to try and do and improve things,” Hall said.

“Everybody knows who she was and what she did, so to keep beating that drum was a little bit much for me.”  
Sanders shattered state fundraising records with her campaign, which focused primarily on national issues.

Sanders, the daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee, regularly promised to use the office to fight President Joe Biden and the “radical left.” 
Sanders succeeds Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is leaving office in January due to term limits. Hutchinson, who endorsed Sanders’ bid, is considering running for president in 2024 and has frequently split with Trump.

Trump publicly encouraged Sanders to run for governor when she left the White House in 2019 to return to Arkansas. But Sanders was a known figure in the state long before Trump. She appeared in ads for her father and worked on his campaigns. She managed Sen. John Boozman’s 2010 election and worked as an adviser to Sen. Tom Cotton’s in 2014. Sanders briefly left the campaign trail in September after undergoing surgery for thyroid cancer. Her doctor said Sanders was cancer free after the surgery. 

During Sanders’ nearly two-year tenure at the White House, she scaled back daily televised briefings after repeatedly sparring with reporters who aggressively questioned her. She faced questions about her credibility, particularly after special counsel Robert Mueller’s report revealed that Sanders admitted making an unfounded claim to reporters about FBI agents’ reaction to director James Comey’s firing. But she also earned reporters’ respect working behind the scenes to develop relationships with the media. 

Sanders embraced Trump’s rhetoric during her bid for governor and adopted many of his favorite targets, including critical race theory and the national news media. But she’s avoided criticizing Hutchinson, even after the former president labeled Hutchinson a RINO Republican In Name Only for vetoing an anti-transgender law. 
Sanders said she would have signed that measure a ban on gender affirming care for minors into law. 

She’s stopped short of agreeing with Trump that his loss in the 2020 presidential election was stolen, though she’s said the former president has the right to make that claim. 
Jones, an ordained Baptist minister and nuclear engineer, had presented himself to voters as a more unifying figure than Sanders. He launched his campaign with a video that went viral where he talked about his family’s history in the state. He ran on promises to expand preschool access and broadband.  

Speaking to supporters on Tuesday night, Jones did not concede the race. 
“We’re going to count every last vote in this race,” Jones said. “Why? Because Arkansas deserves it and Arkansas is worth it.” Kathy Balkman, a retired educator in Little Rock, said she voted for Jones and cited Sanders’ time as press secretary as a reason. “She was very confrontational, and I don’t see that she has any skills to not work confrontationally in our state,” said Balkman, a Democrat who said she’s voted previously for the state’s current Republican governor.

Ron DeSantis wins reelection in Florida! 2022

This is one of those no shit moments I mean nobody is doing a better job as GOV in this country right now since he's been in office... This also helps keep this state RED which is very important coming up in 2024. This is wonderful news...



This is our guy down here in Floruda and we love him and hoppe when TRUMP is done as President after he gets back the white house that after Trump finishes his next term to see Ron go on to run for the white house.

He's a real red blooded American patriot, and the best Governer in this country today.





Prosecutors will not recommend charging Matt Gaetz in sex-trafficking investigation, report says 



Finally Prosecutors speak on the case with Matt Gaetz and as it turns out they will not recommend charging GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz in the Justice Department’s investigation into if the Florida congressman violated federal sex-trafficking laws, according to The Washington Post.

Citing anonymous sources, The Post reported that prosecutors were concerned with the credibility of two key witnesses and think they’d be unlikely to secure a conviction if they indicted Gaetz. Justice Department officials typically take the advice of career prosecutors but haven’t made a final decision on the matter yet, the report said.

According to NBC News, prosecutors were examining if the congressman committed three separate crimes: if he sex-trafficked a 17-year-old; if he violated the Mann Act, which prohibits the transportation of “any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose” across state lines; and if he obstructed justice.

The existence of the investigation first became public last year, when The New York Times reported that investigators were examining if Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old in 2019 and paid for her to travel with him.

One person familiar with the conversations told The Times that Gaetz told some women to say that he paid for dinners and hotel rooms as part of their dates if anyone asked about the nature of their relationships. The FBI executed a search warrant in late 2020 and seized Gaetz’s cell phone, as well as a phone belonging to his former girlfriend, who testified before a federal grand jury earlier this year. Matt Gaetz has denied wrongdoing and said last year that the allegations were part of an “organized criminal extortion” scheme against him. Last month, the Florida businessman Stephen Alford was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to extort Gaetz and his father for $25 million.

“Those who told lies about Congressman Matt Gaetz are going to prison, and Congressman Matt Gaetz is going back to Congress to continue fighting for America,” a spokesperson for Gaetz’s office told Insider.