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Polls, Justice, and Manchin
New WV poll just out
For the Republican governor nomination:
WV GOV GOP (MetroNews West Virginia Poll): St Del Moore Capito 32%, Atty Gen Patrick Morrisey 23%, auto dealer Chris Miller 9%, Sec of State Mac Warner 7%
— Politics1.com (@Politics1com) September 1, 2023
Morrisey is stunned:
“Any poll which shows . . .
Posted in: 2024 wv election2024 wv senate racealex mooneyjim justicejoe manchinmac warnerpatrick morrisey
Right wing extremists gathered in Las Vegas last weekend and guess which WV state official was a featured speaker?
(Don’t bother looking to West Virginia media to find out)
The event:
Lollapalooza, but in hell pic.twitter.com/BYbg8KPWgW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 27, 2023
This is how the Religious News Network described it:
Starting today (Aug. 25) in North Las Vegas, disgraced former General Michael Flynn and Eric Trump, son of the former president, will headline a lineup of . . .
Posted in: mac warnerwv trump party
“You cannot be serious!”
This is quite a conspiracy, Mac, if it includes a judge appointed by Donald Trump
Tennis star John McEnroe’s often-repeated outburst when an umpire's call did not go his way quickly came to mind as I read an Ogden newspaper interview of Mac Warner, WV’s Secretary of State and candidate for WV governor, who was in Wheeling yesterday for a campaign fundraiser. The visit was covered by local stenographer Jocelyn King and . . .
It’s Hunter Biden: WV’s Secretary of State goes full “alternate reality” on the 2020 presidential election
Mac Warner now says the election was “stolen” and some actions by law enforcement, election officials, and media were “treasonous”
As has been documented by this blog, the AP, and other news sources, WV’s Secretary of State Mac Warner has consistently questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election despite holding a position that calls for neutrality. This week, Warner quit hedging:
“That election was thrown, it was stolen, and we should not rest . . .
Are state election officials really promoting election integrity? (with 5/1 update)
The Associated Press critically looks at what WV’s Mac Warner and other pro-Trump secretaries of state are doing to the election process
This morning, the Associated Press published an article by Julie Carr Smyth that featured West Virginia’s Secretary of State, Mac Warner:
GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity
The article featured three state officials who are running for higher office who continue to question the legitimacy . . .
Posted in: election securitymac warner
Today’s Wheeling Intelligencer editorial tells us that because of WV Secretary of State Mac Warner and those like him, “Americans have every reason to be confident in our elections”
Really?
Mac Warner and election integrity
Today’s editorial praises WV's "well-regarded" Secretary of State, Mac Warner because
Goodness knows we have enough damage to repair, after the calculated attack on our confidence by those who repeatedly shared falsehoods via any means available in an attempt to undermine . . .
Posted in: election securitymac warnerogden favorite
The Office of West Virginia Secretary of State should be the least political of all state offices
Unfortunately for the state's citizenry, a highly-partisan politician, Mac Warner, occupies that office (with 3/8 update)
From the Associated Press:
. . .A bipartisan, multistate effort set up to thwart potential cases of voter fraud is under attack after conspiracy theory-driven claims questioned its funding and purpose. Some Republican-led states are considering pulling out of the group. https://t.co/flh50rvWHW
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2023
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