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Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board Says GOP Candidates Are Too Nuts to Endorse
snip: Pennsylvania will be holding primaries for governor and senator on Tuesday, but The Philadelphia Inquirer won’t be endorsing any Republicans this year because the paper says none are “operating in the same reality.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/philadelphia-inquirer-editorial-board-says-gop-are-too-insane-to-endorse-anyone-for-governor-or-senate
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Ya think?
They HELPED get us to this point with their zeal to manufacture and promote "both sides" while "normalizing" the crazy talk, so I don't know why they are whining. They got what they wanted. Or maybe they are secure in the knowledge that they helped to nurture this basketful of deplorables.
We wanted to endorse in Republican primaries this year. We can’t. | Editorial
by The Editorial Board
Updated May 13, 2022
With Pennsylvania voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, it’s as if the primaries are occurring on two different planets. On the Republican side there was a palpable shift, one that seems to have happened between the presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020, and the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
It is no secret that this board, for decades, has leaned toward Democrats. And yet we have endorsed Republicans in past elections — including U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick for another term in 2020 and Kevin Brobson in the primary for the state Supreme Court in 2021. Even when a candidate’s views didn’t exactly align with positions taken by this board, we’ve found points of agreement, sustained moments of mutual respect, and an appreciation of the kind of apolitical qualifications that are objectively deserving of praise.
Most fundamentally: We were all operating in the same reality. That can’t be said in 2022. When we sent a survey to Republican candidates in the Senate race to ascertain their positions on a range of issues, we learned that nearly everyone in the field felt our questions were biased and unfair. In their view, among the most problematic queries that we asked was: Who won the 2020 presidential election? The only two options in the multiple-choice format were Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Only one candidate — Jeff Bartos — agreed to acknowledge reality.
If one of these Republicans wins the general election, they will represent Pennsylvania at the next State of the Union address. We guarantee that it will not be Donald Trump who walks into the U.S. Capitol to deliver the speech. The 2020 election is over. A candidate won, he lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and his name is Joe Biden.
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https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/pennsylvania-senate-governor-republican-20220513.html
by The Editorial Board
Updated May 13, 2022
With Pennsylvania voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, it’s as if the primaries are occurring on two different planets. On the Republican side there was a palpable shift, one that seems to have happened between the presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020, and the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
It is no secret that this board, for decades, has leaned toward Democrats. And yet we have endorsed Republicans in past elections — including U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick for another term in 2020 and Kevin Brobson in the primary for the state Supreme Court in 2021. Even when a candidate’s views didn’t exactly align with positions taken by this board, we’ve found points of agreement, sustained moments of mutual respect, and an appreciation of the kind of apolitical qualifications that are objectively deserving of praise.
Most fundamentally: We were all operating in the same reality. That can’t be said in 2022. When we sent a survey to Republican candidates in the Senate race to ascertain their positions on a range of issues, we learned that nearly everyone in the field felt our questions were biased and unfair. In their view, among the most problematic queries that we asked was: Who won the 2020 presidential election? The only two options in the multiple-choice format were Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Only one candidate — Jeff Bartos — agreed to acknowledge reality.
If one of these Republicans wins the general election, they will represent Pennsylvania at the next State of the Union address. We guarantee that it will not be Donald Trump who walks into the U.S. Capitol to deliver the speech. The 2020 election is over. A candidate won, he lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and his name is Joe Biden.
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https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/pennsylvania-senate-governor-republican-20220513.html
I'm STILL waiting for them to issue a correction for this piece of lazy ass bullshit (and they never even wrote an updated article) - https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/philadelphia-2020-election-turnout-biden-trump-20201115.html
THEIR fake news bullshit -
THE reality (broke records) -
(sorry I ranted in your OP but this still has me livid
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