{"id":51698,"date":"2023-08-24T15:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=51698"},"modified":"2023-08-25T10:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:38:20","slug":"the-elephant-in-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=51698","title":{"rendered":"The ‘Elephant’ In The Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about the question that was not asked during the Republican debate on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The first Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News on Wednesday featured no questions on election integrity, despite polls showing the issue is important to conservatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNot one question about election Integrity tonight,\u201d former Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake posted on X. \u201cIf we can\u2019t talk about our broken elections, how are we ever going to be able to fix them?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Could that possibly be that no one wants to fix them?<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

A recent poll conducted by the Honest Elections Project (HEP) from July 13-16 showed<\/a> that the vast majority of U.S. voters support election integrity initiatives such as voter ID requirements and limiting mail-in voting, according to a report last month by the Federalist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The poll found some 88 percent back voter-ID rules \u2014 including black (82 percent) and Hispanic voters (83 percent), according to the report. It also found three-fourths of voters think in-person voting is better than mailed-in ballots, and \u201coverwhelming opposition\u201d to noncitizens and minors voting in U.S. elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Former U.S. Senate candidate for Pennsylvania Sean Parnell posted on X, \u201cFor the most part, this debate was not in anyway representative of where the base of the Republican Party is. Most of these candidates miss the moment. It\u2019s not difficult to see why Trump is by far & away the front runner.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

None of the candidates on the state last night have any idea what Americans are thinking. This is illustrated by where their campaign money comes from. It is interesting that (according to The Daily Caller<\/a> on August 3rd):<\/p>\n

Over 80% of Trump\u2019s campaign fundraising has been financed by small donors, contributing less than $200, which political experts say underscores his large advantage over DeSantis, who is reliant on wealthy donors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to The Tampa Bay Times<\/a> on August 22nd:<\/p>\n

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy<\/h2>\n

Campaign\u2019s cash on hand: $9 million<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cash on hand at super PAC supporting the candidate: $225,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Portion of individual contributions that came from small-dollar donors: 52%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notable facts: Ramaswamy personally loaned his campaign more than $15 million, providing by far the largest chunk of his campaign\u2019s cash. His small-dollar donor percentage is high in part because the total sum of donations from individuals is only about $3 million. Still, the roughly $1.6 million his campaign has received from those small-dollar donors is comparable or higher than some other, more established political veterans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is backing the majority of the Republican candidates? That is something that voters need to investigate before they vote?<\/p>\n

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