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Mariotti jumps onto another false conspiracy theory

Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From a self described leader of “The Resistance”…

Congressman Quigley just made it clear that the Russians successfully hacked into different Boards of Elections across America. Then he eluded to the fact that the Russians may have successfully changed the presidential vote tally in multiple states from Hillary to Trump.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 29, 2018

* One of our state’s Democratic attorney general candidates quickly chimed in…

Yet insiders scoffed when I pledged to investigate Russian attempts to hack our voting systems in Illinois. https://t.co/HEYCziouQC

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 30, 2018

Actually, no. They scoffed when Mariotti falsely claimed that “all voting machines have been penetrated by the Russians in Illinois” and then when he compounded his error several days later by falsely claiming “all voting records have been penetrated by the Russians.”

* And now Mariotti has jumped on yet another false report. Congressman Quigley countered the Dworkin tweet last night…

Here is exactly what I said about the motivation behind #Russia's election hacking & why it should matter to both Democrats & Republicans alike: pic.twitter.com/6Ks0vl2T8Q

— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) January 30, 2018

* Transcript…

I just — we are not talking about the — we are not talking about the investigation; we are talking about the distraction that they have created. And that’s sad and unfortunate, because if you’re a Democrat or Republican, you should care just as much about this. They attacked the Democratic process. They hacked into boards of elections. And one can imagine a scenario in which they were just as likely to attack a Republican candidate as a Democrat.

18 Comments

- Stormfield - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 9:25 am:
*alluded*, Dworkin

- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 9:33 am:
He makes an outrageously stupid allegation and you focus on a little typo? Up your game.

- Anon Nice - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 9:37 am:
He’s running for AG? I thought he was campaigning for a cable news legal analyst gig.

- DarkHorse - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 9:40 am:
The Dem field is winnowing out - Mariotti and Goldstein officially in the “no chance” category. Let’s see who’s next.

- PJ - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 9:46 am:
Not the craziest notion in this year’s primary. We really need more coverage of the Bob Marshall “divide Illinois into 4 different states” plan. Think of all the new US senators we’d get!

- WSJ Paywall - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 9:53 am:
Renato is such an embarrassment.

- Anon0091 - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 9:59 am:
I’m sorry - I’ve read this now twice. How did he jump on the false report?

- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 10:16 am:
Mariotti doesn’t need to enhance a conspiracy with more conspiracy. Quigley’s doing fine by supporting Schiff’s conspiracy about the conspiracy.

- Chris P. Bacon - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 10:33 am:
Renato Mariotti is definitely not ready for prime time. Erika Harold could probably even beat him, even with the Rauner millstone around her neck. But we’ll never find out. Democrats surely have enough sense not to nominate Mariotti.

- Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 10:42 am:
–How did he jump on the false report?–

Nowhere did Quigley say or allude to changing of votes.

- ILDemVoter - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 10:46 am:
@VanillaMan…voter machines being compromised is’t a conspiracy. I trust Congressman Quigley who is on House Intell. to know classified information we aren’t privy to. And chances are, you aren’t.
As far as the AG candidate goes…I’m just confused about why this comment matters enough to make a post about it to be honest. Not the craziest thing said in Illinois politics today- plus isn’t this Kwames race to lose at this point?

- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 10:52 am:
===isn’t this Kwames race to lose at this point? ===

Not necessarily.

- Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 11:00 am:
–isn’t this Kwames race to lose at this point?–

Pat Quinn says hi.

- AnonNice - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 11:03 am:
@richmller I’d put Kwame and Ruiz in tier 1.

Rotering and Fairley have an opening as the only woman (if one of them drops out).

Drury gets outsized attention for what his chances really are. He’s firing bombs at Democrats with no path to victory…..almost like something Rauner’s donors would love to see. Weird. (sarcasm)

- @misterjayem - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 11:06 am:
Rich,

Thanks for including the word ‘false’ in your headline.

Voters in a state with so many imprisoned lawmakers should remember that genuine criminal political conspiracies aren’t just real, they aren’t even that unusual.

– MrJM

- Arsenal - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 11:21 am:
==Drury gets outsized attention for what his chances really are.==

It’s interesting to me how none of the anti-Madigan Democrats I talk to are buying what Drury is selling.

- MushroomEater - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 1:36 pm:
Drury may be getting that attention because he finished q4 with more cash on hand then Fairley and ruiz combined

- Anon0091 - Tuesday, Jan 30, 18 @ 3:54 pm:
“Isn’t this Kwames race to lose at this point?”

Not even a little bit. It’s Pat’s race to lose and he’s very capable of losing it. The black vote is going to split between Kwame, Quinn and Fairley so while 30-40% of the black vote is great, he’s going to have to cobble together the rest. Given his issues, that ain’t close to a done deal.

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