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More Republicans pretending to be Democrats running in Georgia.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/why-are-these-longtime-conservatives-in-oconee-county-running-as-democrats/BTEJLUB7WBCBDJJP7HTUDUDD5E/No paywall link
https://archive.li/90hXb
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This isn’t a case of longtime conservative Democrats who refuse to abandon their ties to the party. Both might as well be campaigning as DINOs — Democrats in name only — given their conservative leanings. Nor is it an example of longtime Republicans who no longer relate to the party of Donald Trump.
Their decision to run with a “D” by their names in one of the reddest counties of Georgia has set off alarm bells among local leaders from both parties.
“I think they’re just trying to manipulate the system to keep them relevant until November,” said Harold Thompson, the local Democratic Party chair. “They admit they wouldn’t survive a GOP primary.”
“I’ve never seen anything quite like this before,” said Kathy Hurley, the Oconee GOP chair. “I’ve lived in big cities, I’ve lived in small towns. And nothing like this has happened before.”
Heimel said the backlash has even surprised her. She’s been booed at local meetings and blocked from attending some Republican events.
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Moms for Liberty lying sacks of shit. This really pisses me off.
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Heimel has boasted of confronting Gov. Brian Kemp about the accuracy of the 2020 election, and she wore a “Let’s Go, Brandon” shirt popular with Trump supporters to a recent meeting. She only recently stopped attending local GOP meetings and rails against “liberal” policies.
“No, I probably won’t vote for anything that Democrats like,” Heimel said in an interview. “But I feel like we have a lot in common. We want to get along, and we want to live in peace.”
Still, she told Republicans at a recent meeting that she ran as a Democrat so she can lock up the party’s nomination on May 21 and work to oust GOP incumbent Mark Thomas. (In a statement, Thomas said he respected her “right to run.”)
King, too, laces her remarks with critiques of Democratic stances, including the party’s approach to immigration and election issues. But she said Republicans, too, are plagued with problems. “Most political leadership has let us down,” she said. “Are they compromised? Bribed? Inept? Something.”
“No, I probably won’t vote for anything that Democrats like,” Heimel said in an interview. “But I feel like we have a lot in common. We want to get along, and we want to live in peace.”
Still, she told Republicans at a recent meeting that she ran as a Democrat so she can lock up the party’s nomination on May 21 and work to oust GOP incumbent Mark Thomas. (In a statement, Thomas said he respected her “right to run.”)
King, too, laces her remarks with critiques of Democratic stances, including the party’s approach to immigration and election issues. But she said Republicans, too, are plagued with problems. “Most political leadership has let us down,” she said. “Are they compromised? Bribed? Inept? Something.”
Granted, they did poorly, BUT this new gambit allows GA Rethugs to point to thsoe 2 ratfuckers in 2024 and say 'Look! Even 'Democrats' agrree that their party's stances on many important issues (of course some of those so-called important issues are RW-contrived and/or framed) is shit.'
