Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is entering the sweepstakes:
How to steal an election: “Seeding an area heavy with potential Democratic votes with as many absentee ballots as possible, targeting and convincing potential voters to complete them in a legally valid way, and then harvesting and counting the results.”
The quote is from an article in The American Conservative on the Democratic win in the Presidential Election in Wisconsin. The significance of the statement is that Paul, despite the fact that, to the critical reader, this is basically a “so what” statement, there’s nothing skanky here unless the responsible officials then refused to send absentee ballots to Republican areas, which I suspect would be illegal and would get them sued, has issued it. What does that say about his opinion of his audience, his base?
It’s an insult: it’s written on the assumption that they aren’t critical readers. They’ll take this exercise in victimology, incorporate it into their psyche, and continue to be resentful. He’s basically adding a bit more cement to the concrete that is his base, and he doesn’t care if he is insulted over it, or not, just so long as his base swallows it.
And why is this important? 2022 is an election year for his Senate seat.
Paul doesn’t mind looking stupid to the rest of the world, not when he’s solidifying his chances for re-election.
