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While Democrats warn that election “trutherism” is taking over the GOP and undermining our democracy, several Democratic campaigns are trying to prop up the very Republicans they claim are dangerous.
At HuffPost, Kevin Robillard details how Democratic candidates and national Democratic groups have run ads to raise the profiles of Republicans in Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, and Pennsylvania whom they deem too extreme to be elected. The Democratic Governors Association has been the biggest gambler, pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into GOP primary races to undermine Republican candidates. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democratic super PACs are also trying to tilt the scales in GOP primaries for House and Senate races.
The strategy has worked in Pennsylvania. Attorney General Josh Shapiro got his preferred challenger in state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who wanted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania. The winner of their November clash will have the power to appoint the secretary of state, and Mastriano has vowed to use this appointment to make every voter in the state re-register. Apparently, Shapiro and Pennsylvania Democrats are content with putting Mastriano one election away from that power.
You would think Democrats would be more careful about what they wish for, given that Hillary Clinton lost to her preferred GOP opponent in the 2016 presidential election. Moreover, an anticipated GOP wave is right around the corner, which means Republican candidates — even the ones who Democrats think will repel voters — have a better chance of winning this November than they’ve ever had. Indeed, Pennsylvania broke for President Joe Biden by less than 2 points in 2020, and the Keystone State has one of the highest gas taxes in the country at a time when the price of gas is one of the most important issues to voters.
Democrats’ election plotting is nothing more than a desperate attempt to preserve their own power. But this should come as no surprise: Democrats have delegitimized and even tried to overturn election results after losses. They do not care about the sanctity of democracy or the electoral system they have grown to despise.
Ultimately, many of the Democrats boosting the seemingly weaker Republicans don’t care if their Democratic candidate ends up losing. After all, that would provide even more proof that the GOP is consumed by extremism and election denial. It’s a win-win scenario for them, with the only guaranteed loser being the electoral system they claim to protect.
