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AZ-Sen: Even Fox News Hits Blake Masters (R) For Calling Our Military "Totally Incompetent" [1]
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Date: 2022-10-17
Blake Masters (R. AZ)
When you’ve lost Fox News, you lost the election. Fox News’ website allowed veteran and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D. AZ-07) to pen this op-ed against U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters (R. AZ):
Masters called America’s military "totally incompetent." He called our military leaders — those who take on the responsibility of leading our troops and making impossibly difficult decisions — "bozos." Now, I’ve done my fair share of criticizing our military leaders for their wartime decision-making, but that’s because I’ve seen their decisions in action in Iraq. And I know, ultimately, these generals are patriots, but to go so far as to call them "rotten" and attack their character is a bridge too far. Masters’ habit of disrespecting our military is nothing new — he’s previously called World War Two "unjust," defended 9/11 conspiracies and encouraged others to look into the "official story" of the terrorist attacks, and said Al Qaeda is not a real threat to America. He’s even gone so far as to suggest we purge our military leadership — fire all generals, and replace them with "the most conservative colonels." His calls to replace our experienced leaders with partisan figures illustrates just how little he understands about our armed forces. Look, my politics are no secret, but when I was in a war zone, I didn’t care if the Marine sweeping a house with me was a Republican or a Democrat. In Congress as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I work with members of both parties to ensure our military is prepared to defend itself against threats such as those from Russia and China. And if Blake Masters thinks our military is worse off because our generals want to create a more diverse fighting force, I’m sorry to say, he just doesn’t fully understand national security and foreign policy. But can you blame the guy for his ignorance? He did spend a decade living in Silicon Valley, serving no one but himself and his billionaire benefactor Peter Thiel.
That’s a pretty brutal take down. Also, here’s some more news on Masters. From The Daily Beast:
In his campaign to unseat Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Republican Blake Masters has consistently amplified skepticism and conspiracy theories surrounding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. But during the final stretch of his own 2022 race, Masters is starting to cast doubt on the outcome of this election—before the votes are even counted. At a campaign stop on Tuesday in a small town north of Phoenix, Masters was confronted with one voter’s concern that he could win by a “landslide” but that voting machines would “flip the vote” in Kelly’s favor, according to audio of the event obtained by The Daily Beast. “Unfortunately, we still have the machines in this election,” Masters replied. The “machines” refer to Dominion Voting Systems’ machines, which were used in Arizona and have been the subject of countless unfounded conspiracies. Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, used paper ballots in the 2020 election; audits found no evidence of fraud. Masters expanded on the voter’s concern by recounting a conversation he had with his father before launching his campaign. In Masters’ telling, his father said he didn’t want him to run because he couldn’t beat Kelly, because of voter fraud. “But say you beat Mark Kelly by 30,000 votes,” Masters said. To which his father responded: “I’m worried they’ll just find 40,000 for Mark Kelly.” “He invited me to prove him wrong,” Masters continued. “I said, ‘Dad, I can’t prove you wrong. All I know is, if those are the numbers, I’ve got to win by 80,000.’” At that line, the crowd exploded in applause.
Of course Peter Thiel is still raising money for this piece of shit. He’s going to need it:
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly outraised his opponent, Republican Blake Masters, in the third quarter, according to Federal Election Commission Records. Kelly’s campaign went into October, weeks before the midterm elections, with almost six times the amount of cash on hand. Kelly’s campaign raised just over $21 million from July 14 until Sept. 30. Masters, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, brought in over $4.7 million over that same time period. Kelly’s campaign went into October with over $13 million on hand while Masters had just above $2.8 million in his war chest. One of Masters’ top individual donations was a $4,950 contribution from the National Rifle Association. Masters, a wealthy businessman, contributed over $570,000 last quarter to his own campaign.
Kelly certainly has been working to get out the vote:
x Nothing is more important to me than advancing Arizona’s priorities — and that means representing the needs of our state’s Latino community. I’m proud to have the support of Latino leaders across Arizona and I’ll continue working with them in the Senate.
https://t.co/cK7zfX58Bw — Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) October 17, 2022
Running on the issues:
x When government red tape stands in the way of bringing down costs for Arizona families, we’ve got a problem. So I’ve been working to cut unnecessary regulations to get more truckers on the road, fix supply chains, and lower costs. pic.twitter.com/U9dFh5NW8A — Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) October 17, 2022
And mobilizing his campaign:
x Election Day is right around the corner — and this one is going to be close.
Every door you knock makes a difference. Join our team at
https://t.co/4OaiAl073M. pic.twitter.com/S4HnCjScwN — Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) October 18, 2022
Click here to sign up to help GOTV.
We are going to need a big turnout in Arizona to stop clowns like Masters and her:
x "Why do you keep saying that?"@DanaBashCNN presses Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona Kari Lake about her claims on the campaign trail that there was election fraud in the 2020 election. @CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/dDuZDrQ7ns — CNN (@CNN) October 16, 2022 Kari Lake, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, was questioned about her debunked claim that the 2020 election was stolen. On CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, host Dana Bash pushed back as Lake insisted that there is "plenty of evidence" that the election was stolen. "You called the 2020 election corrupt, stolen, rotten and rigged. And there was no evidence of any of that presented in a court of law or anywhere else that any of those things are true. So, why do you keep saying that?" Bush asked. "We had 740,000 ballots with no chain of custody. Those ballots shouldn't have been counted," Lake responded before Bash asked again for evidence. "Dana, there's plenty of evidence. You can find it. I'm happy to send it to your team. The problem is the media won't cover it." "We covered this extensively, and what you just said has been debunked," Bush replied.
And him:
And this guy:
Kris Mayes covered Republicans as a reporter for Arizona’s largest newspaper. As a Republican, she was appointed to a state regulatory board, the Arizona Corporation Commission. Now a Democrat, she is running to become Arizona’s attorney general, and challenging a GOP she says she doesn’t recognize. “It’s mind-blowing how different this Republican Party is from the one that I covered when I was a newspaper reporter and from the one that existed when I myself was a Republican,” Mayes said in a recent interview. “This is no longer George W. Bush’s Republican Party, that’s for sure.” Her opponent, Abraham Hamadeh, has said if he wins he would “prosecute crimes of the rigged 2020 election.” The attorney general in Arizona is one of three elected officials who are part of the certification process for the presidential election. Election integrity is an issue in the Mayes-Hamadeh match-up. So is antisemitism. Hamadeh, 31, a U.S. Army Reserve intelligence officer who won a crowded Republican primary in August after securing an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, has in the past invoked antisemitic tropes. In July 2007, when he was 16, Hamadeh posted on the Ron Paul Forums, a virtual gathering space for supporters of Ron Paul, the former Texas congressman and presidential candidate, that “Jews are influential and for the most part rich.” Hamadeh added: “If you think Jews aren’t big in America (2%) how come 56% of them are CEO’S.”
And get out your barf bags:
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is scheduled Tuesday to campaign for Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, just days after she announced she was leaving the Democratic Party. Lake's campaign said Gabbard would introduce Lake at a GOP forum in Chandler. The dramatic swing to the right comes after Gabbard, a former House member from Hawaii who ran for president as a Democrat in the 2020 election cycle, posted a video statement saying she could no longer remain a member of a party “now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.”
Here’s a round up of the polling:
x Arizona Governor:
Kari Lake (R) 47% (+3)
Katie Hobbs (D) 44%
@OHPredictive, 674 LV, 10/4-6
https://t.co/LJoMiygT7w — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 13, 2022
x Arizona Senate:
Mark Kelly (D-inc) 46% (+3)
Blake Masters (R) 43%
Marc Victor (L) 4%
@OnMessageInc / Sentinel Action Fund (R), 600 LV, 10/8-10
https://t.co/I2CzuQV8aq — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 13, 2022
x Arizona Senate:
Mark Kelly (D-inc) 46% (+4)
Blake Masters (R) 42%
Marc Victor (L) 5%
@InsiderPolling/@FOX10Phoenix, 550 LV, 10/11
https://t.co/OEfLZR9TXm — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 13, 2022
x Arizona Senate:
Mark Kelly (D-inc) 46% (+13)
Blake Masters (R) 33%
Marc Victor (L) 15%
@OHPredictive, 674 LV, 10/4-6
https://t.co/miIOUXAngb — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 12, 2022
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