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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 16, 2021, 10:25 PM May 2021

Massachusetts Republicans continue to contest 2020 election results

DID YOU THINK the battle over the 2020 election was over? Think again.

This week, US Rep. Liz Cheney lost her position in Republican House leadership for rejecting former president Donald Trump’s lie that he won the 2020 presidential election – a position GOP leaders apparently agree with.

Closer to home, former 5th Congressional District candidate Caroline Colarusso indicated that she too is not giving up her stance questioning the integrity of the November election.

A Worcester Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by five losing Republican candidates, including Colarusso, challenging the election results. On Thursday, Colarusso said the group plans to file an appeal.

“Our intention is to appeal,” Colarusso told CommonWealth. “In the judge’s decision, she glossed over the constitutional issue, which is the crux of our argument.”

Read more: https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/massachusetts-republicans-continue-to-contest-2020-election-results/

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Massachusetts Republicans continue to contest 2020 election results (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP
Lock. Them. All. Up. abqtommy May 2021 #1
The only constitutional issue I see is-- you lose an election, you shut up and go away. TreasonousBastard May 2021 #2
She is a nut bottomofthehill May 2021 #3
Former Postmaster, a better idea about what's wrong with the Post Office bottomofthehill May 2021 #4
F Off. sheshe2 May 2021 #5

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