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Ohio Republicans Refuse To Accept Election Results, Claim Abortion Bans Will Remain (www.meidastouch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by DevCat to c/[email protected]

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Days after Ohio voters passed Issue 1 and codified abortion rights into Ohio's constitution, Republicans are not accepting the election results.

In a new, unhinged press release issued by the Ohio House Republican Committee, GOP members rant that "foreign billionaires" impacted the election results and call the results tainted by so-called "foreign interference." It is unclear what they are referring to.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly voted 'Yes' on Issue 1 by a margin of 56.6% to 43.4%.

The press release further argues that the results of the election do not invalidate a 6-week abortion ban previously passed by the Ohio Legislature and that "no amendment can overturn the God given rights with which we were born."

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They already set the stage to ignore the election results next year. Look at how many STILL think the 2020 election results were stolen. They're either enacting laws to overturn the future results they didn't like or commandeer the offices that handle elections to ignore them.

This time next year will be a very dangerous time for the United States. Even if every sane Republican voter, who recognizes the dangers proposed, votes for a Democrat, it may not even matter. I'm not looking forward to it...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't think most people truly grok how pivotal this is going to be. Yeah, they may say the whole "this is the most important election of your life" like they say every time (and it has been every time, unfortunately), but I don't know how many people truly understand what's coming.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's why they haven't stopped saying it about 2020. Repeat a lie enough and it becomes true...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah. It's hard to ignore an election in the US because the one thing Americans hate is feeling impotent.