Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years for allowing a man to use a security card to access her county’s election system, and deceiving investigators about who the person was. He was later determined to be working with MAGA gadfly and pillow magnate Mike Lindell, a prominent election denialist and supporter of Donald Trump.
"I am convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You’re as defiant as any defendant this court has ever seen,” District Judge Matthew Barrett told Peters in announcing the sentence. “You are no hero. You abused your position and you’re a charlatan.”
Barrett said that Peters, a Republican, didn’t take her job seriously, espousing claims about rigged voting machines even after they were disproven. During the trial, prosecutors said that Peters was seeking attention after associating with election denialists, and Peters remained unrepentant about her crimes.
This is the stuff of fascists. This person committed a treasonous act out of the desire for a fascist state, and they deserve the long-term comforts of a prison cell for it.
I saw a video of the sentencing. It was so satisfying to hear the judge’s speech especially right after she had a 40 minute last ditch appeal complete with a slideshow and tears.
That’s not the argument they’re making when they crow about voter fraud.
They’re pretending that wide-spread (the key word) voter fraud is existent and normalized, where in fact, it’s rare and doesn’t have the potential to impact elections in any significant way.
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I couldn’t care less if they have remorse.
This is the stuff of fascists. This person committed a treasonous act out of the desire for a fascist state, and they deserve the long-term comforts of a prison cell for it.
What an idiot. Didn’t even pretend to be remorseful and turned the court into some performative BS to no one’s benefit but the people she’s against.
I saw a video of the sentencing. It was so satisfying to hear the judge’s speech especially right after she had a 40 minute last ditch appeal complete with a slideshow and tears.
Can we agree that voting fraud happens now?
That’s not the argument they’re making when they crow about voter fraud.
They’re pretending that wide-spread (the key word) voter fraud is existent and normalized, where in fact, it’s rare and doesn’t have the potential to impact elections in any significant way.
It’s the “P” in “GOP”:
When public officials tamper with elections, it’s election fraud.