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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:19 PM Sep 2022

Ginni Thomas pushed Wisconsin Republicans to overturn the 2020 election result





https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/09/01/ginni-thomas-wisconsin-bernier-tauchen/

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Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed lawmakers to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory not only in Arizona, as previously reported, but also in a second battleground state, Wisconsin, according to emails obtained under state public-records law.

The Washington Post reported this year that Ginni Thomas emailed 29 Arizona state lawmakers, some of them twice, in November and December 2020. She urged them to set aside Biden’s popular-vote victory and “choose” their own presidential electors, despite the fact that the responsibility for choosing electors rests with voters under Arizona state law.

The new emails show that Thomas also messaged two Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin: state Sen. Kathy Bernier, then chair of the Senate elections committee, and state Rep. Gary Tauchen. Bernier and Tauchen received the email at 10:47 a.m. on Nov. 9, virtually the same time the Arizona lawmakers received a verbatim copy of the message from Thomas. The Bernier email was obtained by The Post, and the Tauchen email was obtained by the watchdog group Documented and provided to The Post.

Thomas sent all of the emails via FreeRoots, an online platform that allowed people to send pre-written emails to multiple elected officials.

“Please stand strong in the face of media and political pressure,” read the emails sent Nov. 9, just days after major media organizations called the presidency for Biden. “Please reflect on the awesome authority granted to you by our Constitution. And then please take action to ensure that a clean slate of Electors is chosen for our state.”

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JFC our country is so screwed up.
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Ginni Thomas pushed Wisconsin Republicans to overturn the 2020 election result (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2022 OP
The evil of the last guy runs deep into our country liberal N proud Sep 2022 #1
Say, wouldn't it be a good idea to subpoena Ginni Thomas and ask her some questions under oath? gratuitous Sep 2022 #2
Agreed. It's fascinating that GT's first reaction crickets Sep 2022 #4
Check ALL Swing States for Ginni Thomas finger prints MagickMuffin Sep 2022 #3

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
1. The evil of the last guy runs deep into our country
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:22 PM
Sep 2022

They came close in 2020, did we stop them completely?
2022 my give us a clue.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. Say, wouldn't it be a good idea to subpoena Ginni Thomas and ask her some questions under oath?
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:46 PM
Sep 2022

After all, there's no separation of powers argument that could be made. Her husband has time and again ruled on matters before the Supreme Court that bear directly on her interests without recusing himself. Even when he was the lone vote on the Court in favor of Ginni's interests, we are assured that no conflict existed by no less a personage than Mr. Justice Thomas himself.

Let's get her before the Committee or the grand jury and give sworn testimony about just what the hell she thought she was doing writing these e-mails.

crickets

(25,980 posts)
4. Agreed. It's fascinating that GT's first reaction
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 02:26 PM
Sep 2022

to the suggestion she sit for J6C questions was, "Sure I will." Within two weeks, her answer was, "Nah. I don't think there's really any point."

🙄

MagickMuffin

(15,942 posts)
3. Check ALL Swing States for Ginni Thomas finger prints
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:54 PM
Sep 2022


I'm almost certain you'll find more evidence of her election tampering.


Ginni and Clearance Thomas are ethically challenged. She needs to speak with a Grand Jury. She also stated she would gladly testify to the j6 committee until she decided it wouldn't be a good idea. I think her bestie talked with her about how it wouldn't be in their interest to do so.



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