Multiple Republican candidates for office have given us all a preview of their plans should they lose their elections on Nov. 8: They all intend to bawl “fraud,” as loudly and vehemently as their little lungs can manage. Their reasons are as murky as their (nonexistent) policy positions but they all—like the babies they’re emulating so well—seem to boil down to the fact that someone isn’t paying enough attention to them right now.
These people (according to the Times’ report “Ted Budd in North Carolina, Blake Masters in Arizona, Kelly Tshibaka in Alaska and J.D. Vance in Ohio”) have all indicated they plan to whine and shout like spoiled toddlers if and when they lose their elections, because …reasons. Added to the list, Geoff Diehl, the Republican candidate for governor in Massachusetts, and Tudor Dixon, the GOP’s gubernatorial candidate in Michigan.
How motivating it must feel for Republican voters to know that if their candidate loses, they’ll start squealing their asses off. But conversely, if they win, they’ll say it was thanks to the fairest election in history! What a way to inspire confidence in their pretensions to represent the interests of their fellow Americans! Just say it’s all rigged, that nothing matters but, hey, vote for me anyway ‘cause when I lose I’ll give you a great show of whining.