{"id":34523,"date":"2021-10-21T15:25:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=34523"},"modified":"2021-10-21T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:25:57","slug":"surprise-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/10\/21\/surprise-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an unexpected capper to the story of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R-TX) and his bounty for voter fraud<\/a>, we have a winner … and it’s not who, in terms of category, I might have expected:<\/p>\n

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Nearly a year after\u00a0offering up a hefty bounty for evidence of voter fraud<\/a>\u00a0in the wake of Donald Trump\u2019s loss, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has handed out his first reward.<\/p>\n

But instead of going to an informant who smoked out fraud by Democrats, Patrick\u2019s five-figure payout went to a progressive poll worker in Pennsylvania whose tip led to a single conviction of illegal voting by a registered Republican.<\/p>\n

The unexpected outcome reveals the political dangers of cash bounties. With few strings attached, and more cases of alleged GOP voting fraud still in Pennsylvania courts, Patrick may be asked to shell out even more cash to his opponents.<\/p>\n

This case also undercuts unsubstantiated GOP concerns that widespread voter fraud helped hand the White House to Joe Biden, political experts said. In Pennsylvania, a state that was central in Trump\u2019s attempts to overthrow the election, around five cases of voter fraud from last year\u2019s election have been prosecuted,\u00a0according to\u00a0The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/i><\/a> \u2014 four involved Republicans. [The Dallas Morning News<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kudos to the Lt. Governor for following through, although it remains a silly political maneuver designed to throw doubt on a political process that continues to look secure and stable every time it’s examined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an unexpected capper to the story of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R-TX) and his bounty for voter fraud, we have a winner … and it’s not who, in terms of category, I might have expected: Nearly a year after\u00a0offering up a hefty bounty for evidence of voter fraud\u00a0in the \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34524,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34523\/revisions\/34524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}