Thursday, February 10, 2022

Reading archive 2022-02-09

‘Legitimate political discourse’: Three words about Jan. 6 spark rift among Republicans: Use of the phrase in connection with the Capitol insurrection has led to days of attempted political cleanup over a Republican Party resolution censuring Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger

Biden calls Florida bill restricting LGBTQ discussion in schools ‘hateful’ after DeSantis signals support - "Republican state Sen. Dennis Baxley, who sponsored the proposal, told lawmakers in his chamber’s Education Committee on Tuesday that it wouldn’t forbid spontaneous discussions but would bar districts from incorporating LGBTQ topics into the curriculum."

Giuliani asked Michigan prosecutor to give voting machines to Trump team: President’s legal advisers helped twist clerical error by rural county into key tenet of false election-fraud claim - "Antrim is dominated by elected Republicans, and the small rural county last backed a Democrat for president in 1964. A review commissioned by state officials later found that the election night error was largely the result of officials’ failure to properly update machines that scan and count paper ballots following a last-minute change to ballots in several precincts. This led to inaccurate vote tallies in the county’s initial results.

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"Guy, the county clerk, told The Post that Antrim was being exploited to 'terrorize the country with doubt' over the electoral process. 'Nobody cares about what really happened. They are simply using us for their agenda,' said Guy, a Republican.

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"Meanwhile, Homeland Security officials studied the Antrim claims at Barr’s request, preparing a 'white paper' that said its key claims lacked merit and briefing Barr and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, the Senate records show. On Dec. 20, Barr announced there was no basis for seizing voting machines or appointing a special counsel."

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