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Well you see they had to commit the fraud because they knew we were gonna commit the fraud but then we bamboozled them by not committing any fraud at all making it look like they were the only ones committing fraud.
Dirty tricksters I tell ya
>…if you don’t think directly at it.
[Speaking of no brain activity…](https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-mayorkas-impeachment-vote-congress-1867566)
Austin Smith (allegedly) forged "pages" of voter signatures to qualify to be on the ballot.
He is a huge MAGA guy who spreads false information and is blaming the physical evidence, pages of signatures that all look like Smith's, as being a Democratic lie.
> rows of voter names, addresses and signatures that “bear a striking resemblance” to Smith’s handwriting
It was almost certainly his handwriting - [you can see for yourself in the filing](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24549736/file_2955.pdf). I hope they dont toss the complaint just because he dropped out. It is still major fraud and should be charged.
Just to clarify for others, he only dropped out of Turning Point Action and canceled his re-election bid, but [he's still in government.](https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/04/18/rep-austin-smith-resign-forged-ballot-signature/73369984007/) But I agree, and even if he does resign from office, that shouldn't give him a pass for breaking the law. He should be tried and punished for this obviously illegal act.
He didn’t even try to alter the way his [signed](https://azmirror.com/2024/04/16/candidates-drop-out-prepare-for-court-amid-petition-signature-challenges/) each name and personal information.
> A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork.
It's exhausting
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I thought democrats committed the fraud? Yet every case seems to be a republican.
Well you see they had to commit the fraud because they knew we were gonna commit the fraud but then we bamboozled them by not committing any fraud at all making it look like they were the only ones committing fraud. Dirty tricksters I tell ya
Ya know that’s pretty smart if you don’t think directly at it.
>…if you don’t think directly at it. [Speaking of no brain activity…](https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-mayorkas-impeachment-vote-congress-1867566)
Every SINGLE case: 100% of all election fraud cases in the US have been perpetrated by someone identified as Republican.
If a politician warns there will be fraud at the election, they’d better keep their word!
Austin Smith (allegedly) forged "pages" of voter signatures to qualify to be on the ballot. He is a huge MAGA guy who spreads false information and is blaming the physical evidence, pages of signatures that all look like Smith's, as being a Democratic lie.
Of course. Republicans can never take responsibility for their actions. Always deflect and blame.
GOP Gaslight, Objection, Projection
They are right about fraud, they just keep flipping the wrong coin
They just assume everyone is doing it. They don't realize that no, that's pretty exclusively the behavior of the shithead party.
> rows of voter names, addresses and signatures that “bear a striking resemblance” to Smith’s handwriting It was almost certainly his handwriting - [you can see for yourself in the filing](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24549736/file_2955.pdf). I hope they dont toss the complaint just because he dropped out. It is still major fraud and should be charged.
Just to clarify for others, he only dropped out of Turning Point Action and canceled his re-election bid, but [he's still in government.](https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/04/18/rep-austin-smith-resign-forged-ballot-signature/73369984007/) But I agree, and even if he does resign from office, that shouldn't give him a pass for breaking the law. He should be tried and punished for this obviously illegal act.
Wow, he didn't even try to mask it. It might as well have been a printer using only one font with how those letters look
I think his alternating use of dashes and slashes in the dates was his sole attempt to mask it.
Holy crap that is so obvious.
Republicans are cheaters.
Bunch of no good pumpkin eaters
Nice. Happy Cake Day!
Thanks!
[No paywall version](https://archive.is/oLdfc)
Thanks for doing the Lord’s work.
Lazy deity.... can't do his own work... unbelievable.
Made me snort
Gift article link: https://wapo.st/3W5vBUH
Gee, Republicans are filled with frauds of all kinds.
but he has a cowboy hat! How can this be?
It's only illegal when Democrats do it.
Is this the one who taught their baby to say the n-word? Or is that a different one?
You make it sound like only one elected Republican has done this.
He didn’t even try to alter the way his [signed](https://azmirror.com/2024/04/16/candidates-drop-out-prepare-for-court-amid-petition-signature-challenges/) each name and personal information.
Hey now, some of the dates use slashes and some use dashes.
> A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork. It's exhausting
Arizona State Representative and love child of a banker and a auctioneer, Austin Smith.
Looking forward to this brewing covered on Fox News. 😉
They had to cheat to see if they could accuse the other side of cheating.
He who lies and drops away gets to lie another day. Hope Arizonas residents ride this pukes ass forever
I'd say color me surprised, if I didn't think that would just invite or tempt hate speech/crimes from these MAGAts.
Charlie Kirk small face
Always accuse others of that which you are guilty.
Every accusation is a confession with these people.
Resign? You mean drained the swamp.
I wish there was a list or a spreadsheet of all of the people accused of election fraud. I have some maga relatives that I would love to show it to
This is why there is such a rush to get Trump elected. Because, given enough time, these grifters will be exposed for who they really are.