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GOP Secretary of State Melts Down When Asked To Explain Bid to Throw Biden Off Ballot (www.rollingstone.com)

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Jay Ashcroft flopped when faced with the most dreaded predicament amongst grandstanding blowhards: a follow-up question

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s attempt to justify his ludicrous threat to have President Joe Biden removed from the state’s electoral ballot spiraled into chaos over the most basic of questions: “How so?”

During a Monday interview with CNN’s Boris Sanchez, the Republican was asked how he justified his threats to have Biden removed from the state’s ballot in retaliation for recent attempts to remove Trump from state ballots on grounds that his actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election constitute insurrection. The constitutionality of such a removal will soon be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

“What would then be your justification for removing Joe Biden from the ballot in Missouri. Has he engaged in your mind in some kind of insurrection?” Sanchez asked.

“There have been allegations that he’s engaged in insurrection,” Ashcroft replied. He was then met with the most dreaded predicament amongst grandstanding blowhards: a follow-up question.

“How so?” Sanchez asked, prompting Ashcroft to demand that Sanchez stop interrupting him. “You can’t say something like that and not back it up,” Sanchez countered.

“You interrupted me before I could back it up,” a flustered Ashcroft complained. “Are you scared of the truth?”

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[-] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

No idea why the host keeps walking on the guests answers when just letting him talk is the best way to prove he obviously doesn't know shit.

[-] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah i think the problem is when you just let them talk they will quickly change the subject and start up the gish gallop so interrupting is the only way to actually stay on topic. Otherwise you're just giving them a platform to spew a hundred lies without having a chance to refute anything.

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[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Can't reason people out of things they didn't reason themselves into.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Ashcroft pivoted to pointing out that Colorado and Maine had moved to remove Trump from their ballots despite the former president not yet being convicted of acts of insurrection.

Last week, Ashcroft wrote on X, formerly Twitter that while he expects “the Supreme Court to overturn this, if not, Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden!”

The states that have chosen to remove Trump from their ballot did so under allegations that the former president fomented the Jan. 6 certification-day riot that took place in the Capitol and went to great lengths to attempt to undermine the results of his 2020 election loss.

By contrast — and as Ashcroft exemplified in his blundered interview — the claim that President Biden has engaged in similar acts holds no water.

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[-] rynzcycle@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

The video for those who'd like to watch and are hitting the RS paywall:
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It's pretty hilarious, he clearly didn't come prepared for the most basic of follow-up questions.

[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Drrrrrh. Potato

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