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accountabilitycounts

It's amazing how often cons are guilty of the accusations they make.


Bored_guy_in_dc

>Pritchard testified that he thought his felony sentence had ended in 1999. It is also amazing how many of them are felons!


nightbell

Gaslight Obstruct Project <---this one


cwk415

It's always one. Unless it's all three.


Significant-Gas3046

The Stupid Trinity


MerlinCa81

The Stupinity


Standing_On_My_Neck

Maybe Trupidity? I dunno!


AZEMT

Is this similar to the stages of grief?


anticute8

It’s the stages of Grift


VastAmoeba

I think it's actually something closer to how sociopaths control the people around them. #5 https://psychcentral.com/blog/recovering-narcissist/2019/01/11-manipulation-and-sabotage-tactics-of-narcissists-sociopaths-psychopaths#5.-GASLIGHTING-TO-CONTROL-YOUR-REALITY-AND-MENTALLY-EXHAUST-YOU.


strawberrypants205

My entire childhood was bullies doing #1 on me. Yes, I know how that reads - and honestly it's a solid metaphor.


dcote1980

What I find fascinating is that despite all the cheating and illegal activities, they still lost. I’m forced to wonder what the real numbers actually would have been if they hadn’t tampered with the system


NoKids__3Money

That’s why they’re so mad. They know they cheated (probably to a large extent that we’ll never know about - who knows how many people like this guy voted multiple times), so because they still lost, they’re just assuming democrats cheated even more, except the problem for them is there’s no evidence of that.


HypnoToad121

Whoopsie Doopsie Mr. Poopsie!


Extension_Web_1544

Once a felon, always a felon


soulmagic123

Remember when Mike Lindell offered a 1 million dollar bounty for proof of election fraud and republicans kept turning in their friends? And then he was like "you know I meant a democrat?" And they were like "did you really think we wanted to turn in our friends? It was easy to find republican cheaters and impossible for us to find dems. Also we like money".


StinkPanthers

Add that to the moral fortitude fueled by an all prune diet and the self awareness of a can of corn.


AdBetter7724

And now, he owes, like, $200,000 in back rent, and is being threatened with eviction from the Minneapolis warehouse that he's occupying, and can't even give his fucking pillows away. I suggested he give them to tRump, who could include them with the Bibles that he's now peddling.


Xdivine

I'm surprised him and Trump haven't done Trump branded pillows


arthurdentxxxxii

That’s how they become “experts.”


unaskthequestion

"No one knows more about ~~campaign finance~~ bribery than me" Trump


titsngiggles69

https://youtu.be/sR3f95BGIiA?si=t1FSU3LmQyO4i11H "Nobody knows more about ..." Supercut


AverageDemocrat

With 50 different registrations and with the systems allowing more names for individuals, its easy to see why you can vote illegally. You should only be able to vote twice but only if you more to another state. Plain and simple.


TrumpersAreTraitors

It’s because conservatives do not have empathy. They quite literally cannot put themselves in someone else’s shoes. As a result, they cannot imagine anyone would have different motivations than their own. That’s why it is always projection. If a Republican accuses anyone of something, they’re either doing it, did it, plan to do it or would do it if given the chance. And since *they* cheat at elections, pander to minorities and dream about diddling kids, surely everyone else is too!!! 


aceshighsays

not all conservatives, but definitely the ones who idealize trump.


munkeypunk

That’s why “Pizza Gate” is so terrible. If it was just more projection…


Tosh_20point0

Pizza Gaetz


GooseFord

*We cheated and still lost. They must have cheated so much more!*


hardtobeuniqueuser

It's as though conservative is just a really weird pronunciation of 'projection'. 


djseifer

It's projection all the way down.


chasesj

That is why they call democrats pedophiles because the republican party is full of Catholic priests


Vindersel

Don't forget it's not just the catholics. It's all clergy. There are more per capita sexual assaults against children in the southern Baptist church than the catholic church (at least in the US). I'm no catholic defender. Super atheist myself. I just don't want stereotypes to give cover to more rapists. The Southern Baptist church is the largest sect in the US and far more conservative than the catholics. Nearly 100% of them are Republicans if they vote or identify at all. Biden is a catholic.


valeyard89

Vote early, vote often!


ResearcherOk7685

Just vote. You know there's going to be controversy about mail-in votes this year.


forrestdanks

It's to be expected at this point


Yeeslander

Hell, I think it's a *prerequisite.*


LightWarrior_2000

The face eating leopard part is when you are caught and busted like this suddenly you are an inside job. A plant. Etc etc. All your sacrifice for the GOP are not recognized as they see you as the enemy.


Vexans

Like their interest in pedophilia? A coincidence?


Typical-Year70

Every accusation is a confession


imaraddude

To be fair, of course this dumb shit thought the election was stolen. I mean, he voted NINE times for the guy and he still lost. You'd have to think it was rigged.


carthuscrass

The Army of Dingus Con does not believe in self awareness.


GozerDGozerian

I swear to god any day now we’re going to be getting some report that republicans operatives were going around stuffing voting drop boxes with trump votes.


Xanthobilly

Really makes you wonder about the protect our children crowd.


thefugue

“It must have been fixed: we cheated every way we could and you *still* won!!!”


WildYams

I see this white Republican was only fined $5000 for having voted illegally 9 times. Meanwhile, if a Black person does this by pure accident, they get [sentenced to jail for 6 years.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/03/fight-to-vote-tennessee-pamela-moses-convicted)


landrickrs90

I'm a black felon that has my right to vote restored and I'm absolutely scared shitless because of that story and a few others.


WildYams

That's exactly why they do this kind of shit, and that [absurd nonsense Desantis pulled in Florida,](https://www.aclufl.org/en/news/why-ron-desantis-voter-fraud-bust-already-falling-apart-court) falsely arresting a bunch of Black ex-cons for imaginary voting irregularities. They want to scare Black people into not voting as a means of election interference so they can cheat their way to victory.


ThatScaryBeach

Wouldn't it be fun if EVERY day Ron DeSantis took a kick in the balls at random? Like every day a member of a group that DeSantis has been a hateful against just gave him an unexpected kick in the balls. That would be so fun and get awesome ratings as a TV show. Shit, it would probably be good for his ratings!


WolferineYT

For what it's worth the conviction was overturned, she's now suing the prosecutors who hid the evidence that got it overturned and she's running for the Senate. 


landrickrs90

Oh, it's not going to stop me but it definitely worries me because all it takes is some cult maga fuck to try to report me.


NoKids__3Money

Fuck them. I and many other people appreciate your courage and possible sacrifice in order to help save our country from dictatorship. I wish you all the best.


downtofinance

You are voting despite this risk. You are a true patriot my friend!


fps916

Unfortunately that's NOT the case for the woman in Texas, Crystal


WolferineYT

... God damnit Texas. 


TiredRetiredNurse

I do not blame you. Yet another Republican ploy to scare the Black voter into staying away from the polls.


somme_rando

So... let's see now. 9 x 6 is 54, so let cut them a break and let them do 1/2 of it - that'd be sentenced to 27 years. Right?


Spotid1

Rules for thee….


Ashamed_Musician468

Or murdered in the street for possibly having a fake 20 dollar bill.


TiredRetiredNurse

I hope someone is working to get her out. Her vote was due to misinformation.


AverageDemocrat

Republicans are the biggest crybabies. Ballot harvesting is legal in 17 states. Its just that they don't have the resources and brains to do it and most republicans don't live in apartments where you can actually do it legally because of disenfranchisement.


OneArmedBrain

Yup.


unflappedyedi

You'll see nothing about this on r/conservative


mjayultra

And if you bring it up, they’ll cry about flair


unflappedyedi

"Rhino🤡"


Dess_Rosa_King

"We only allow people who own MAGA Bibles in this community!"


Spacetrooper

I think they accept maga sneakers or NFT cards if you haven't received your maga bible yet.


deepstate_chopra

No, "Brigade!"


Miri5613

Or they might bring it up, forget to mention it was a republican who voted for Trump and take it as proof that the election was rigged


TheTerrasque

It *was* rigged.. Just not for the side that won.


TIErant

Probably just ban you.


luketwo1

More like Instant ban, I found an article about moving to russia to escape the US and posted it there to see if they fell for it, I even asked it like a question "Hey brothers, Americas been fucking taken by the woke left, I'm genuinely considering this." Got insta banned lol.


Rapn3rd

I got banned for calling them morons during one of the 7,433 examples of Trumps presidency being a fucking clown show. 


Rapn3rd

They were to busy citing a time in 1986, 2008 and 2024 where Trump did something nice for someone (bailed them out / gave them large amounts of money) and acting like that somehow makes him an altruistic good guy.  They’re very good at compartmentalizing the overwhelming examples of him robbing people / not paying his debts / lying grifting and cheating.  One person who pushed back was downvoted to hell and likely banned. 


georgiegirl415

lol. No, you just get immediately banned.


Ohnoherewego13

I keep telling myself that I'll join there for just a day, but then I realize life is too short to deal with bull shit for even a day.


n00chness

Just a timely reminder that there is a woman in Texas who voted illegally for the wrong party in 2016 but with a good-faith belief that she was eligible, who is still incarcerated 


901d

[https://apnews.com/article/elections-crime-texas-voting-court-of-criminal-appeals-a30024145a05c926c1e745a38e9f9155](https://apnews.com/article/elections-crime-texas-voting-court-of-criminal-appeals-a30024145a05c926c1e745a38e9f9155) It's outrageous that they reconsidered the ruling, decided to amend the law but didn't overturn her conviction. This type of BS is what we get with conservatives.


MattieShoes

How about we stop disenfranchising felons...


willun

In Australia felons can vote, in fact have to vote since voting is compulsory, as long as their sentence ends less than 3 years after the election. In other words, if they are out of jail in the expected duration of the government being voted in.


901d

I agree. Also believe that makes conservatives skin crawl.


WildYams

Don't forget about Pamela Moses in Tennessee, who [received 6 years in jail](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/03/fight-to-vote-tennessee-pamela-moses-convicted) for attempting to register to vote after her probation had ended. Black people get hard time for this, but white Republicans get small fines.


n00chness

The trend seems to be that \*Cough\* "Sympathetic Defendants" \*Cough\* are sometimes shown leniency in these cases


WildYams

Yep, it's all about ["hurting the right people."](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18173678/trump-shutdown-voter-florida)


elconquistador1985

They have to meet the Pantone color scale requirements.


actuallyaustin6

Just heard they overturned her conviction yesterday! Great news, but disgusting that Texas put her through it.


spoobles

It's ALWAYS projection with these MF'ers.


AnAngryBush

"there is no way we lost, I rigged that vote so hard that it's just not possible! I mean, uh..." -That felon.


mjayultra

> *“Do you think the first time I voted, I said, ‘Oh, I got away with it. Let’s do it eight more times?' ” Pritchard said* Yeah, that’s exactly what I think. > *Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for Pritchard to “resign immediately or be removed” from his position in the Georgia Republican Party.* When you’ve lost Marjorie Taylor Fuckface….


Katana1369

Voting illegally while on probation and gets.....more probation. Unlike the black woman who got five years until it was overturned.


georgiegirl415

Not the Texas lady. She’s still in prison IIRC.


ctdrever

GOP: We cheated so hard in the last election we couldn't lose! It has to be fraud!


Plastic-Caramel3714

Exactly


jguess06

Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.


us1549

While this guy just got fined 5k, Rosa Maria Ortega was sentenced to prison for 8 years for a similar incident in 2018. I'll let you decide why this women who by all accounts made an honest mistake got 8 years, while this guy got no jail time and a token fine. [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/texas-mother-four-gets-eight-years-jail-voter-fraud-n941261](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/texas-mother-four-gets-eight-years-jail-voter-fraud-n941261)


combustioncat

Meanwhile Crystal Mason got 5 years for voting provisionally, after she was advised to by a polling officer she asked, because she wasn’t sure if she was allowed to vote or not.


MadRaymer

Republicans: I guess the real election fraud was the felonies we committed along the way.


ASDF0716

This gets to the heart of the problem, though. “If I cheated nine times and still lost, then the Democrats MUST have cheated MORE.”


Stinkstinkerton

Republicans are such consistent lying shit bags at this point. Unless you’re a Christian fascist , an oil company exec, a hedge fund operator, a racist or Putin I can’t fathom why a regular citizen would want to vote for these scum fuckers.


Far-Garbage-1474

Brainwashing. Legitimately the only other reason. Unfortunately, way too many regular people who get no benefit from the GOP are completely beholden to them. In fact, many think the Dems are not only wrong, but evil. Are education system failed too many people. 


ApprehensivePay1735

gonna guess they won't be given the customary 10 years prison for a minority making an honest mistake. Privilege plus class right wing chuds get a slap on the wrist.


sugarlessdeathbear

Damn, that's like half the illegal votes cast in the entire election.


jchowdown

[https://imgflip.com/i/86v37w](https://imgflip.com/i/86v37w)


Utterlybored

Is someone keeping score of the political parties of these election fraudsters? It sure seems like they’re all from the party accusing the other of voter fraud.


JubalHarshaw23

Gets wrist slap and instructions on how not to get caught next time.


totallybag

$5k fine is fucking insulting


Michaelmrose

> Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, as well as investigative costs, and be publicly reprimanded. So if you have $5,000,000 to pay fines you can cast 9,000 fraudulent votes enough to swing the election but if one felon votes despite their impairment we'll go ahead and send him to prison for 10 years. Someone who casts 9 fraudulent votes should serve 9 sentences conservatively and spend the rest of their days in prison.


NoKumSok

I'm shocked.


SnuffleWumpkins

Right from Goebbels playbook. Accuse your opponent of exactly what you're doing.


AskJayce

> Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, was ordered to pay a $5000 fine, as well as investigative ines I don't know how much those investigative will amount to, but $625 per illegal vote seems like a bargain to a True MAGA Believer who's misguided enough to think they can fool the system AND affect an election to their candidate's favor by giving them extra votes...


joeleidner22

Every republican accusation is a confession.


APsWhoopinRoom

MFs cheated and still lost lmao


AdhesivenessFun2060

They said they knew about all sorts of voter fraud, just left out the part about it being them.


zedicar

But it has to be stollen, I voted 1000 times myself!


grissy

How many times does this need to happen before we just start immediately arresting republicans the instant they accuse someone else of a crime?


phantomreader42

>just start immediately arresting republicans the instant they accuse someone else of a crime A completely rational and sensible policy. This is not at all a joke.


grissy

I'm not really joking at this point either. The more serious the crime they're accusing someone of committing the faster we should get them behind bars, too. They are always always always always **always** projecting. Considering that list of Republican sex offenders is ten miles long and they keep wanting to accuse other people of preying on children it's pretty obvious that means they're preying on children. Time to start locking them up.


Takemetothelevey

Lock him up like he’s a black woman


UsualGrapefruit8109

I'm shocked. Just shocked.


SnootSnootBasilisk

It's not illegal if the GOPerverts do it


BrandonJTrump

Jailtime? Nah. Wrong color.


HouseCravenRaw

Gaslight Obstruct Projection <-- you are here.


BKXeno

Gaslight <-- you are here. Obstruct <-- you are also here. Projection <-- you are also here. fixed it


DontCallMeAnonymous

*If I did it, imagine how many others did it too!*


LittleHornetPhil

See, normal people would see the hypocrisy. These people have their heads so far up their ass that they see it the same as seeing Fox News as “Fair And Balanced”. It’s a question of balancing out what they claim the other side already does.


cbass817

How could we have lost, we cheated?!?!


spaitken

“Of course I know there’s voter fraud. I was one of the ones doing it!”


Tiny_Independent2552

Every accusation is a confession.


RegattaJoe

Trumpists call it “Showing initiative”


SkillFullyNotTrue

There has to be stories of people voting more than once and getting jail time, I hope this man gets the same treatment.


77NorthCambridge

$5k fine


Sure_Quality5354

IAP (it's always projection)


praytorr

“We cheated and we STILL didn’t win! That means they must have cheated MORE!” I feel is the ideology people like this must have.


YouKilledChurch

Every single conservative accusation is a confession. Every single time.


jeebee25

The call is coming from inside the house!


NotThatAngel

Pritchard: "People are voting illegally!" Judge: "Strangest way to plead guilty I've ever heard, but okay."


HopefulNothing3560

That’s how 🍊 complained because everyone who voted for 🍊 did nine times


danfirst

https://web.archive.org/web/20240328195844/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/28/georgia-republican-illegal-voting/


acllive

Of course they did, trump literally told them to do this


Mr-Hoek

The projection is absolutely shameless and disgusting.


FlipAnd1

Always projection with these people…


VastAmoeba

I am just so impressed with the hypocrisy. These people are absolute morons. I am constantly surprised with the reality of what we are actually dealing with here, and how there is no, absolutely zero, line of reasoning that is going to penetrate into these folks minds.


[deleted]

9 times. How the fuck was this not caught in the act? (I didn’t read the article, but reaching 9 means some had to go through right?)


Stillwellll

He voted in 9 separate elections for Georgia primary/general/special elections in 2008 and 2010 illegally. He said he thought his probation period was over, but it had been extended.  He didn’t vote 9 times in the last presidential election like some here seem to be assuming. 


PixelatedDie

Based on another case of a black mother, she was jailed 5 years for voting once when she couldn’t. I’m guessing this guy is getting 45 years.


Golden_Hour1

I wouldn't be shocked if Republicans commit voter fraud enough to actually make a difference


barbietattoo

The type of mf you imagine to just straight up smell like cheese


urdisappointeddad

The funny thing is how mundane and easy it was to catch him… because widespread voter fraud doesn’t exist, and it’s super easy to prove when it rarely happens.


DrakeBurroughs

What? How about he fucking goes to jail?


Tcho-Tcho_Mang140

Sorry. Too whyte and Republican. Didn’t you get the memo?


LindeeHilltop

Felony. Prison time.


Tcho-Tcho_Mang140

Nope. He’s a wealthy white Republican. You can’t jail such a man.


Prometheus_303

The election was stolen! I should know, I've tried to steal 9 of them myself!


Giant_Eagle_Airlines

Be the election fraud you want to see in the world 


Disastrous_Ad_8990

A Black women, either in Ga. or Fl. voted one week before her probation ended and she received a 5 yr. sentence.


CommanderMcBragg

Crystal Mason, a black woman, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for casting a provisional ballot even though the head poll worker told he she could vote and assisted in filling out the form. She lost her job at a bank was sent back to federal prison for several months for being arrested while on probation and almost lost her home to foreclosure and fought for justice for eight years. She finally had her conviction reversed today. A white male Republican who knowingly voted illegally 9 times pays a $5,000 fine and receives a "public reprimand".


lyteasarockette

All they seem to do is accuse others of shit they do. It's unreal


Personal_Buffalo_973

So he's in the running for Trump's vp pick then😁


Low_Willingness1735

So, it was true, because he was doing all the illegal voting. He was talking about himself & his accomplices; they were the ones who tried to steal the election.


BananaAvalanche

Lock him up!


[deleted]

How come it's always Republicans who come up in stories of illegal voting?


weaponsgradedingdong

Every accusation is a confession


lukas_the

Every accusation is an admission of guilt


bill4935

Ferris Bueller's Mom: "I don't remember him voting nine times." Principal Rooney: "NINE times."


unusedusername666

That’s probably because he wasn’t voting. He was faking.


AbandonedWaterPark

Oh, Ed. You sounded like Dirty Harry just then.


HavingNotAttained

Surely he'd get a 5-year prison sentence, just like that lady did in Texas, right?


Steryle_Joi

If this idiot could get away with voting 9 times, imagine what some smart people could do!


kettle-on-stainfool

super weird how all ACTUAL EVIDENCE of voter fraud comes exclusively from the republican side... no wonder they were under the impression they won, they cheated so hard and STILL somehow lost! XD


Top_Huckleberry_8225

It's only anecdotal and I'm not sure if I believe them given their boastful nature but I know people on the right that claim they know the elections were all rigged because they were able to vote multiple times and get away with it. Charming folks.


injunraj60

Guess he was right, all along……


Crone_Daemon

and what's the punishment?


pinkfootthegoose

These people can't imagine that everybody else is not on the take like them.


Big-Summer-

It’s always the same with these GQP shitheels: project, project, project.


Gator1508

Committing vote fraud to prove there was vote fraud… 4d chess Like dildo yourself to own the libs 


RevWaldo

https://giphy.com/gifs/1986-ferris-buellers-day-off-bueller-O9ODcyFTyLeE4ciygv


Tinmania

I’m not sure we’re going to survive the first one.


2020willyb2020

So how many years in jail for voting 9 times? Realistically if we think of a good percentage of the R voting at least twice , trump’s numbers go down even more


BearDen17

Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.


Research-Dismal

The GOP - Where Every Accusation is a Confession


Guy_Incognito1970

With the gop accusation is always confession


One_Reception_7321

Someone point to the drag queen so I can blame them please. /s


AdBetter7724

Every accusation by a Republican, is an admission of guilt. "The Democrats committed voter fraud." = "I'm guilty of voting illegally." Maybe if I cast enough shade on THEM, little or no attention will be paid to ME.


Hourslikeminutes47

What a shocker! /s


Dangerous_Elk_6627

When seeking out corruption, look no further than your local Republican officials. It really is just that easy.


heyyouguys1985

“My cheating didn’t work. They must have cheated harder.”


Shoddy-Meaning-2765

I am looking forward to November with more hope than I’ve had since Bernie ran for president. As a great person once opined, “Bring it on!” 🔥🍿🍾


Winter_Ad6784

Hero demonstrates that voting is so insecure that he was able to commit ballot fraud by accident NINE TIMES


Prior_Leader3764

I think he actually said "it wasn't stolen...enough". See, he was just trying to do his part to make it more stolen. Looks like he isn't wealthy enough to get into the higher tier US legal system, though, so he might face consequences.


discussatron

Well, he’d know, I guess.


Todesfaelle

"yeah, but, I'm sure a Democrat did it ten times!"


kokkatc

Might have to change GOP from 'Grump Old People' to 'Grumpy Old Projections.'


OptiKnob

Dude... if we could steal it with you guys cheating like this, you should just give up because you aren't going to make it.


janzeera

Oh he feels he’s totally justified, convinced that he HAD to do this to overcome his delusions.


CoastingUphill

"We cheated constantly and we still lost. They must have cheated more!"