The woman in charge of overseeing Pennsylvania’s ballot-counting process has repeatedly attacked President Trump, even tweeting that addressing him by his title “demeans” the office to which people elected him.
Since 2015, Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, has relentlessly attacked Trump on Twitter, starting from when he was an underdog in the GOP primary.
“This is awesome,” Boockvar tweeted on Dec. 11, 2015. “The absolutely epic trolling letter Jeb Bush’s leadership PAC sent to Donald Trump’s lawyer,” before linking to an article from the Washington Post.
Many of her tweets over the last four years included critical coverage of Trump, such as incorrect predictions that his victory would “significantly weaken the US, driving us into a lengthy recession.”
During the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Boockvar quoted critical speeches given during keynote addresses, such as one from Marine Corps veteran-turned-liberal activist Kristen Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh said: “If Trump is the Republican standard-bearer, what in the world happened to our standards?” Boockvar then added the hashtag “We’rewithher,” signaling her support for the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
“This election is not just about Donald Trump’s judgment;it’s about our own” Kristen Kavanaugh, Marine Corps Veteran @kriskav #we‘rewithher
— Kathy Boockvar (@KathyBoockvar) July 28, 2016
The following year, Boockvar tweeted that “using the title ‘President’ before the word ‘Trump’ really demeans the office of the presidency,” a statement that has been dredged up by supporters of the president who believe Bookvar’s statements raise questions about her neutrality in counting all the ballots in her state.
Using the title ‘President’ before the word ‘Trump’ really demeans the office of the presidency…
— Kathy Boockvar (@KathyBoockvar) March 7, 2017
Pennsylvania’s secretary of state is the chief election official and oversees all election-related duties, including the distributing and counting of mail-in ballots. Boockvar was appointed by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf in January 2019.
The Trump campaign has filed several lawsuits around the country and has contested the election results in a number of states. In Pennsylvania, which could prove crucial to the president’s path of achieving 270 Electoral College votes, a judge recently handed the president’s legal team a win over the counting of ballots.
“In a major victory for election integrity, election transparency, all Pennsylvania voters, and the rule of law, the Trump Campaign has prevailed in our suit challenging our Republican poll watchers’ complete lack of any meaningful access to the ballot processing and counting process,” Justin Clark, a deputy campaign manager and senior counsel, said in a statement regarding the judge’s ruling. “The eyes of the country are on Pennsylvania, but Pennsylvania Democrats, led by their radical left Secretary of State whose only goal is to steal this election from President Trump, has kept eyes off of the absentee ballot counting process. That ends now in Philadelphia.”
