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Old 06-02-2023, 07:10 PM
 
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Not the Microsoft one.

Maricopa election official Bill Gates was so harassed and threatened after the election that he decided he's not going to run again.

Ironically, he's Republican, but he was so harassed by Republicans that this now opens a path for a Democrat to take his place




https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023...r-re-election/

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...-down-00099752

https://kjzz.org/content/1848436/bil...rd-supervisors
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Old 06-02-2023, 07:39 PM
 
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Not the Microsoft one.

Maricopa election official Bill Gates was so harassed and threatened after the election that he decided he's not going to run again.

Ironically, he's Republican, but he was so harassed by Republicans that this now opens a path for a Democrat to take his place




https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023...r-re-election/

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...-down-00099752

https://kjzz.org/content/1848436/bil...rd-supervisors
Its pathetic that MAGA is making things easier for the Dems.
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Old 06-02-2023, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Oh noes, a bureaucrat won't run for office, the sky is truly falling.
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Old 06-02-2023, 07:59 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Not the Microsoft one.

Maricopa election official Bill Gates was so harassed and threatened after the election that he decided he's not going to run again.

Ironically, he's Republican, but he was so harassed by Republicans that this now opens a path for a Democrat to take his place




https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023...r-re-election/

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...-down-00099752

https://kjzz.org/content/1848436/bil...rd-supervisors


Recently, Target was threatened with bomb threats after they pulled their LGBTQ cloths due to boycotts. We had someone here literally claiming it was all a hoax perpetrated by the far right. So with that in mind, I will ask... How do you know they were republicans?


Other than that, political threats and violence are as old as politics. Republicans have been targeted, harassed and even killed by democrats going back to the days of Abraham Lincoln. Did you also forget about that baseball game where a crazed democrat shot a bunch of republicans, simply because they were republicans? Of course, it's not just republicans that have been threatened and attacked.


The GOP does not endorse or support political violence. They are not an extremist group. So it's rather silly for anyone to suggest that this isolated event is a reflection of who republicans, "the right", "MAGA or anything these entities stand for. There are crazies who vote for republicans, just like there are crazies who vote for democrats. There is nothing (other than taking away crazy people's right to vote) that will change this.


Here's a thought... If these people harassing this republican have broken any laws, than enforce the law. Republicans tend to support law enforcement, and tough sentences when the law is broken. That's one way to put a stop to a lot of the nonsense going on in the USA today.
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Old 06-02-2023, 11:19 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Shouldn't this be in Arizona sub forum no one knows who Bill Gates is unless you live in the Valley.
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Old 06-03-2023, 05:34 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Oh noes, a bureaucrat won't run for office, the sky is truly falling.
Tough being a bureaucrat in Arizona, Rusty Bowers and Gates had their lives threatened because these MAGA heads believed Trump when he said the election was stolen.
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Old 06-03-2023, 05:37 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Shouldn't this be in Arizona sub forum no one knows who Bill Gates is unless you live in the Valley.
Gates was the board supervisor responding to all the crazy claims by Mike Lindell and Cyber Ninjas, many threads in election forum on Arizona.

https://www.city-data.com/forum/poli...ed-friday.html
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Old 06-03-2023, 06:31 AM
 
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Arizona has already turned blue, so it doesn’t matter at this point.

Enough Californians have moved into the state, fleeing the destruction they caused, only to start the process all over again.
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Old 06-03-2023, 06:47 AM
 
Location: NJ
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Its pathetic that MAGA is making things easier for the Dems.
Correction, the media is making it easier for the dems.

Shades of joe manchin, sinema, van drew, gov justice

Last edited by Kracer; 06-03-2023 at 06:50 AM.. Reason: sp
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Old 06-03-2023, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Native of Any Beach/FL
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Well the bigger fish, congressman, David Cicilline, RI Dem, left June 1.
Chris Stewart - Utah Repub. is leaving asap too due to wife’s health. Need to dump Boebert, z Green and Santos and sit McCarthy down in a corner.
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