Posted on 01/07/2022 12:07:58 PM PST by algore
Gov. Jay Inslee proposed new legislation on Thursday, which would make it a misdemeanor for elected leaders or candidates to spread unfounded allegations of voter fraud.
Speaking on the one-year anniversary of the now-infamous U.S. Capitol riot, Inslee opined that “the threat to our democracy is just as dangerous on January 6, 2022, as it was a year ago.”
“I think we do need to do much more than commemorate this day of infamy,” he said as part of the Associated Press’ 2022 legislative preview. “I think we need to realize that this is a continuing effort to continue the ‘big lie,’ to cast doubt on the fundamental workings of our democracy — we simply have to realize the nature of this challenge.”
That has Inslee pushing for a bill in the state Legislature that would “make it a gross misdemeanor to lie about these election results without any basis.”
“I think we need to do more than speak,” he proposed. “It should not be legal in the state of Washington for elected officials or candidates for office to willfully lie about these election results. This needs to be made illegal.”
Inslee highlighted three Republican state legislators — Representatives Brad Klippert, Robert Sutherland, and Vicki Kraft — who used taxpayer dollars to attend MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s cyber-symposium on election fraud, and who have continued to support claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
About time! So sick of Brandon and everyone falsely claiming 2020 was legit!
Documented false-allegations like “Russian collusion?”
What if there WAS erection fraud?
Thoughtcrime will now be an actual crime.
The next step to protect vote fraud. We are coming full on into communism. And we can’t count on the USSC to stop this unconstitutional lawlessness. The last two supreme court picks sealed our fate.
Lets include the effing Supreme Court too! I was shocked by the misinformation spewed today by the IDIOT judges Sotomayor and Kagin. Unreal!
lol
Some needs to inform the Governor about this thing called the first amendment.
What they really want to do is make it illegal to investigate voter fraud.
As long as it applies to Democrat claims about 2000 and 2016…
Never heard of the first amendment. Good job Washington women voters.
Just make it illegal for anyone not a communist to run for office, that is the goal.
Before you install a “Ministry of Truth” don’t you need to ban private gun ownership?
Not telling that the 2020 election was stolen is a lie by itself. Not allowing to tell the truth about the election seems to be against the principles of the 1st Amendment. But then again, we don’t live in the original America and the damage done by this administration grows worse every day.
Such a law would indeed make it easy for elecion fraud to become comonplace.
Name it the Al Gore bill?
If we could retroactively do this nationally, we could lock up lots of democrats from 2016, 2000, 2004, to get started.
Bravo, hombre.
These people are deranged children.
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