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2022-01-10 Home Front: Politix
Gov. Inslee proposes bill making it illegal for elected leaders, candidates to spread election fraud lies
[MYNORTHWEST] Gov. Jay Inslee
...Governor of Washington state and failed candidate for the 2020 Dem presidential campaign, mainly because nobody outside the state and some inside had ever heard of him. He complained, complained, complained that the Trump administration wasn't doing enough to help the state, then returned an Army field hospital and 400 ventilators that didn't get used...
 proposed new legislation on Thursday, which would make it a misdemeanor for elected leaders or candidates to spread unfounded allegations of voter fraud.Election fraud narrative becomes common thread among state’s Republican candidate

Speaking on the one-year anniversary of the now-infamous U.S. Capitol riot, Inslee opined that "the threat to our democracy is just as dangerous on January 6, 2022, as it was a year ago."

"I think we do need to do much more than commemorate this day of infamy," he said as part of the News Agency that Dare Not be Named’ 2022 legislative preview. "I think we need to realize that this is a continuing effort to continue the ’big lie,’ to cast doubt on the fundamental workings of our democracy — we simply have to realize the nature of this challenge."

That has Inslee pushing for a bill in the state Legislature that would "make it a gross misdemeanor to lie about these election results without any basis."

"I think we need to do more than speak," he proposed. "It should not be legal in the state of Washington for elected officials or candidates for office to willfully lie about these election results. This needs to be made illegal."

Inslee highlighted three Republican state politicians — Representatives Brad Klippert, Robert Sutherland, and Vicki Kraft — who used taxpayer dollars to attend MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s cyber-symposium on election fraud, and who have continued to support claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Posted by Fred 2022-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 In order for it to be a lie - wouldn't you have to prove its a lie - with an audit?

Besides in Washington State they have had forced mail in balloting for a long time. I have no confidence my vote is counted correctly.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-01-10 00:14||   2022-01-10 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 "Anything our opponents say is a crime."
Posted by Raj 2022-01-10 00:34||   2022-01-10 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 These corrupt politicians committed election fraud and they are doing every thing they can to keep from doing time.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2022-01-10 01:23||   2022-01-10 01:23|| Front Page Top

#4 How about ANY elected official who is caught in ANY lie, is summarily executed by breaking on the wheel and death by exposure. Any lie.
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-01-10 01:26||   2022-01-10 01:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Their notion of 'the big lie' is itself a Big Lie.
F-king liars.
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-10 01:43||   2022-01-10 01:43|| Front Page Top

#6 An of course his poltical party and media outletd will get to sit in judgement... Above all others.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-01-10 05:08||   2022-01-10 05:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Looks a bit like deBlasio....ugh.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-01-10 06:16||   2022-01-10 06:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Criminalization of politics. Goes nicely with their politicization if the criminal justice system. ... Put them together and you have the cornerstone for Anarcho-Tyranny
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-10 06:41||   2022-01-10 06:41|| Front Page Top

#9 I second SilentBrick's proposal
Posted by DarthVader 2022-01-10 10:33||   2022-01-10 10:33|| Front Page Top

#10 So that chuckle-head wishes to kill democracy so that it can be saved?

He's a marxist traitor.
Posted by Crusader 2022-01-10 12:38||   2022-01-10 12:38|| Front Page Top

#11 You would have to tell the truth to proves it's a lie. Something bureaucrats and Dimmocrats are not used to.
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-01-10 13:02||   2022-01-10 13:02|| Front Page Top

#12 nslee centered his campaign around climate change and other environmental issues.[5] His policy positions included transitioning the United States completely to zero-emission renewable energy by 2035, and investing in the creation of a clean energy economy and additional jobs. Inslee's campaign was officially suspended on August 21, 2019, when he announced his withdrawal from the race on The Rachel Maddow Show.[6]
Posted by Frank G 2022-01-10 13:41||   2022-01-10 13:41|| Front Page Top

#13 The Wheel...something about those classics.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-10 13:58||   2022-01-10 13:58|| Front Page Top

#14 The Wheel? I always enjoyed the Ancient Greek practice of sealing people alive in a cave -- "If the Gods (Global Warming?) wills it they will be spared!"
Posted by magpie 2022-01-10 15:04||   2022-01-10 15:04|| Front Page Top

#15 Maybe this should be expanded to include reporters who lie or fail a weekly drug test?
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-01-10 20:35||   2022-01-10 20:35|| Front Page Top

#16 In the Philippines during the secvond WW the Japanese used to place prisoners in grated pits in the ground and let the tide come in and drown them.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-01-10 22:56||   2022-01-10 22:56|| Front Page Top

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