Michigan SoS 2022

Excerpt from NYT \"On Politics" Newsletter wrote:Kristina Karamo, a Trump-endorsed candidate who has repeated the lie that the 2020 elections were fraudulent, is running for secretary of state, the office that oversees elections.

A CNN review of Karamo's podcast and writings on her now defunct personal website, which have not been previously reported, offer a window into the worldview of the professor-turned-candidate seeking to be in charge of Michigan's elections. She declared herself an "anti-vaxxer" in 2020 even before the Covid-19 vaccine became a political flashpoint. She opposed teaching evolution and called public schools "government indoctrination camps." And she's harshly attacked those who don't share her views, from Democrats and Republicans alike to members of the LGBTQ community and even couples who cohabitate before marriage.

Floyd Robertson wrote:I haven't really paid any attention to the Michigan Secretary of State 2022 election, but today something hit my inbox that made my skin crawl.

Excerpt from NYT \"On Politics" Newsletter wrote:Kristina Karamo, a Trump-endorsed candidate who has repeated the lie that the 2020 elections were fraudulent, is running for secretary of state, the office that oversees elections.

So I went digging a little.

Trump-backed Michigan secretary of state candidate spread false election claims and January 6 conspiracy theories

A CNN review of Karamo's podcast and writings on her now defunct personal website, which have not been previously reported, offer a window into the worldview of the professor-turned-candidate seeking to be in charge of Michigan's elections. She declared herself an "anti-vaxxer" in 2020 even before the Covid-19 vaccine became a political flashpoint. She opposed teaching evolution and called public schools "government indoctrination camps." And she's harshly attacked those who don't share her views, from Democrats and Republicans alike to members of the LGBTQ community and even couples who cohabitate before marriage.

I honestly don't recall her rising to fame during the 2020 "steal", but the article says she did.

This is some scary stuff. Putting the SoS in the hands of a whack job like this along with a Republican-majority legislation would not be a good look for democracy.

Floyd Robertson wrote:I haven't really paid any attention to the Michigan Secretary of State 2022 election, but today something hit my inbox that made my skin crawl.

Excerpt from NYT \"On Politics" Newsletter wrote:Kristina Karamo, a Trump-endorsed candidate who has repeated the lie that the 2020 elections were fraudulent, is running for secretary of state, the office that oversees elections.

So I went digging a little.

Trump-backed Michigan secretary of state candidate spread false election claims and January 6 conspiracy theories

A CNN review of Karamo's podcast and writings on her now defunct personal website, which have not been previously reported, offer a window into the worldview of the professor-turned-candidate seeking to be in charge of Michigan's elections. She declared herself an "anti-vaxxer" in 2020 even before the Covid-19 vaccine became a political flashpoint. She opposed teaching evolution and called public schools "government indoctrination camps." And she's harshly attacked those who don't share her views, from Democrats and Republicans alike to members of the LGBTQ community and even couples who cohabitate before marriage.

I honestly don't recall her rising to fame during the 2020 "steal", but the article says she did.

This is some scary stuff. Putting the SoS in the hands of a whack job like this along with a Republican-majority legislation would not be a good look for democracy.