There’s an opening for the GOP in Washington state — and they’re squandering it on conspiracies – By Danny Westneat (Seattle Times) / Sept 22 2021
It’s the lie that won’t die.
The news that lawsuits alleging massive fraud in the 2020 election have been filed in three Washington state counties — despite presenting zero evidence — is yet another sign that the base of the GOP is going to keep on digging down this rabbit hole until they come out the other side.
Or more likely bury the Republican Party around here.
Lawsuits were filed last week in Snohomish, Clark and Whatcom counties, alleging the civil rights of voters were violated due to huge fraud in Washington state’s 2020 election. I took a look at the lawsuit in Snohomish County, and remarkably it asserts, nearly 11 months later, that election administrators there took part in “flipping” 6,000 votes, adding some share of 400,000 votes statewide that weren’t actually cast, and expunging thousands more “in one or more statewide races.”
It gives no evidence for any of this, not even a hint. That’s because there is no evidence for it (and a lot of counter evidence against it, which I’ll get to in a moment).
