Mayra Flores Shared Jan. 6 Conspiracies in Addition to Pushing QAnon

June 23, 2022 2020 election, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 4 years ago from Rolling Stone
Mayra Flores Shared Jan. 6 Conspiracies in Addition to Pushing QAnon

Texas Republican Mayra Flores defeated Democrat Dan Sanchez in a special election earlier this month to secure a spot in Congress. The result is significant because the state’s 34th District had been blue, with Democrat Filemon Vela retiring this year to force the special election to carry out the …

QAnon

June 23, 2022 2020 election, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 4 years ago from Rolling Stone
Republican Scolds Fox News for Daring to Ask About Her QAnon Posts

New Mexico election drama has roots in wider county movement

Elections

June 23, 2022 2020 election, mike lindell

Archived 4 years ago from Associated Press
New Mexico election drama has roots in wider county movement

SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) — A rural New Mexico county’s initial refusal to certify its primary election results sent ripples across the country last week, a symbol of how even the most elemental functions of democracy have become politicized pressure points amid the swirl of lies stemming from the …

US House members warned about disinformation in upcoming campaigns

Conspiracy

June 23, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from Tennessee Lookout
US House members warned about disinformation in upcoming campaigns

WASHINGTON — Experts on election security warned lawmakers during a U.S. House Administration hearing on Wednesday of targeted disinformation campaigns that could occur in the upcoming midterm and presidential elections. The panel of witnesses also stressed to members of the subcommittee on …

Utah Rep. Phil Lyman set to speak at election conspiracy conference in Colorado headlined by Mike Lindell

Elections

June 23, 2022 2020 election, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Salt Lake Tribune
Utah Rep. Phil Lyman set to speak at election conspiracy conference in Colorado headlined by Mike Lindell

Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. Rep. Phil Lyman will be a featured speaker at a Colorado event focusing on “the big lie” that the 2020 election was marred by rampant fraud. Lyman is speaking at the “Election …

Vote fraud conspiracy theories driving some candidacies in Washington, elsewhere

Elections

June 23, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from Oregon Public Broadcasting
Vote fraud conspiracy theories driving some candidacies in Washington, elsewhere

Your browser does not support the audio element. Paddy McGuire, auditor in Washington’s Mason County, has spent nearly two decades helping run elections, including stints as Oregon deputy secretary of state and at the Department of Defense, ensuring military service members overseas could vote. …

QAnon

June 23, 2022 2020 election, deep state, sidney powell

Archived 4 years ago from CNN
Newly elected GOP congresswoman spread Capitol riot conspiracies and QAnon hashtags in now-deleted tweets

CNN — Newly elected Republican Congresswoman Mayra Flores spread conspiracies on social media that the January 6 riot at the US Capitol was caused by members of the far-left group Antifa and repeatedly used a hashtag of the QAnon conspiracy theory in tweets that have since been removed. CNN’s …

New Witnesses to Detail How Trump Pushed Justice Department to Probe 2020 Election Fraud Claims

Elections

June 22, 2022 2020 election, trump

Archived 4 years ago from Voice of America
New Witnesses to Detail How Trump Pushed Justice Department to Probe 2020 Election Fraud Claims

WASHINGTON — The congressional panel investigating the causes of last year’s Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is hearing testimony Thursday about how former President Donald Trump pushed Justice Department officials to investigate allegations of fraud in the 2020 election that he hoped would upend …

J6 Committee Focuses On Fraud Claims, Ignores Tactics Used To Rig 2020 Election

Elections

June 22, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from The Federalist
J6 Committee Focuses On Fraud Claims, Ignores Tactics Used To Rig 2020 Election

That there was no widespread fraud in November 2020 doesn’t mean that the election was not rigged to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. The Jan. 6 show trial continues this week in the House, with several partisan aims remaining in focus, chief among them conditioning the public to believe …

Judge rejects Fox News parent’s request to dismiss Dominion defamation suit

Elections

June 21, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from Axios
Judge rejects Fox News parent’s request to dismiss Dominion defamation suit

A judge ruled Tuesday that Dominion Voting Systems can move ahead with a lawsuit against Fox News’ parent company over its broadcasts of conspiracy theories alleging the 2020 election was rigged, Bloomberg reports. Why it matters: Fox Corp. had asked the judge to dismiss the suit, but Delaware …

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