The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill Monday that would empower poll watchers across the state. The bill, S.B. 573, is sponsored by Republican gubernatorial nominee state Sen. Doug Mastriano. It would increase the fines and criminal penalties for interfering with a poll watcher, mandate that poll watchers be able to stand “six feet or less” from election...
Colorado GOP Senate candidate offered to ‘help’ elections official facing felony charges
In previously unreported remarks, Colorado State Sen. Ron Hanks gave his unqualified support to Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is currently facing seven felony charges and three misdemeanor charges for her role in a 2021 security breach related to the 2020 presidential election. “For Tina Peters, I want to offer any help I can,” Hanks said at an event last September. “There...
Michigan GOP governor candidate claims sex education in schools leads to more abortions
Late last year, Tudor Dixon, a Republican candidate for Michigan governor, argued there was a cynical and exploitive motive behind Planned Parenthood’s sex education program. On November 11, 2021, she told conservative talk radio host Deneen Borelli that the reproductive health care organization introduced sex education in elementary and middle school as part of a ploy to increase the...
Michigan Republican gubernatorial campaigns accused of forging petition signatures
Former Detroit Chief of Police James Craig’s bid for Michigan governor is facing an uncertain future after opponents accused his campaign on April 26 of relying on fraudulent signatures to get on the ballot, potentially bringing his run to an early end. Just a few weeks ago, Craig, the overall front-runner in the race for Michigan governor, seemed poised to be on the ballot for his...
Donald Trump is creating chaos in GOP gubernatorial primaries
For the past two decades, the sitting president’s party has lost governorships in the midterm elections. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump each saw their respective parties lose six governor’s mansions during their first midterms in office. But little about American politics is predictable in 2022. Despite a political environment that could be treacherous for President...
Office of Virginia attorney general denies it gave pedophile cop a plea deal. But it did.
The Virginia attorney general’s office and state Republicans have misled the public about a plea deal offered to a former sheriff’s deputy who was convicted of attempting to solicit a minor for sex, according to court documents obtained by The American Independent Foundation. On December 16, 2021, Loudoun County sheriff’s deputy Dustin Amos posted a message to Whisper, an...
Pennsylvania GOP governor candidate wants to slash gas tax he voted to increase in 2013
On Wednesday Jake Corman, the president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate and a Republican candidate for governor, introduced a bill to temporarily decrease the state’s gasoline tax. Corman has attacked Democrats for the high price of gas, claiming in a tweet on March 14, “Pres. Biden, Gov. Wolf, & the anti-energy leftists are trying to kill off U.S. energy production.”...
Trump endorses another Georgia Republican candidate who says the 2020 election was stolen
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Georgia lawyer and businessman John Gordon in the Republican primary race for Georgia attorney general. Gordon, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate seat in 2018, announced his primary challenge to incumbent Republican Attorney General Chris Carr on March 12. “Great news for Georgia! A very successful Businessman and Attorney, John Gordon, will...
GOP governor candidate falsely accuses his own party of 2020 election ‘cover-up’
In a March 12 radio interview, former senator David Perdue, who is challenging incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary, suggested that his opponent had orchestrated a “cover-up” of election fraud in the state after former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss. “You know, I don’t have the evidence to prove this, but it smacks of a...
Georgia governor candidate David Perdue’s PAC is helping fund the spread of election lies
Former Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue’s political action committee has made donations to candidates and groups who supported former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and who are pushing for “election integrity” legislation, a review of the his recent campaign finance filings has found. One Georgia, the leadership PAC of...