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Don’t you have something better to do?

08 Friday Apr 2022

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There are always problems with legacy admissions.

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2017 file photo].

Today:

Jay Ashcroft @JayAshcroftMO
It’s time to stand up to Disney, which promised to make over half of its characters part of the LGBTQ community. They should stick to cartoons and leave these discussions on life to the parents.
10:14 AM · Apr 8, 2022

Some of the responses:

It certainly is curious with all the 100% heterosexual characters Disney has had for years how children grew up to love people of their same gender.

I wonder why that happened.

Your thoughts on this would be important to know.

Fair point. Then they should leave hetero characters out of the cartoons also. You know, so that we can leave these discussion on life to the parents. Even the homosexual parents.

You dad is scared of statue titties bro

The value of institutional memory.

You should feel shame for promoting homophobia. It’s not going to gain you votes, it’s gonna cost you the respect of a lot of people though.

Get back to supporting individual liberties and just let people be.

I watched Winnie the Pooh and now I am a pantsless honey addict! Save our children from the same fate Jay!
[….]

Sweet mercy you’re a pale shade of your father Jay.

Where is that documented Jay? And what do you have against Gay people? Why are you so against anyone who does not identify as heterosexual? Explain why your are Homophobic?

Why can’t gay folks be represented at Disney? There are gay people in the GOP. You worked with one. Don’t want to talk about it, eh?

The cartoons where a protagonists parents are routinely killed. Gotcha. Much better than whatever is hurting your feelings. Another great take from the family who covered a statues breast.

Dad?

Every accusation by Republicans is an admission

Aren’t parents the ones that decide if their kid watches Disney?? They already have control of the matter.

It ain’t free.

I had no idea your father fed you lead paint.

Hope you enjoy your trip to Dollywood! Spend all you can there, okay?

Jay – We know you’re not the sharpest pencil in the box, but do try to both keep up and get it right.

amen it’s a total LGBTQ+ conspiracy that’s why they call it disney PLUS

Why are you so threatened by this?

Are you going to be okay or should we call your mommy?

Wtf does this have to do with your official responsibilities as SoS?

It’s a small mind after all.

We see what you did there.

Campaign Finance: A very happy camper

01 Friday Apr 2022

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Jay Ashcroft (r) [2019 file photo].

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190931 04/01/2022 Committee for Liberty Perryville Investments PO Box 555 Perryville MO 63775 3/31/2022 $10,000.00

C190931 04/01/2022 Committee for Liberty Mark Lanier 13706 Falba Houston TX 77070 Lanier Law Firm Attorney 3/31/2022 $100,000.00

C190931 04/01/2022 Committee for Liberty Ketchmark & McCreight, P.C. 11161 Overbrook Road Suite 210 Leawood KS 66211 3/30/2022 $250,000.00

C190931 04/01/2022 Committee for Liberty James Hagale 9503 Pasatiempo Drive Nixa MO 65714 Retired Retired 3/31/2022 $15,000.00

C190931 04/01/2022 Committee for Liberty Phil Wieneke PO Box 2903 Springfield MO 65801 Aaron Properties, Inc. Property Manager 3/31/2022 $10,000.00

C190931 04/01/2022 Committee for Liberty Thomas Fowler 4031 e. Eaglescliff Drive Springfield MO 65809 State Bank of Southwest Missouri President 3/31/2022 $20,000.00

C190931 04/01/2022 Committee for Liberty Beverly Randles 5823 N Cypress Avenue Kansas City MO 64119 Randles & Splittgerber Attorney 3/31/2022 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Unlimited money. Go figure.

Previously:

Bev Randles (r) – Lieutenant Governor – July 2016 campaign finance report (July 20, 2016)

Campaign Finance: It ain’t free (March 30, 2022)

Campaign Finance: It ain’t free

30 Wednesday Mar 2022

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190931 03/29/2022 Committee for Liberty Holland Law Firm LLC 211 N. Broadway Suite 2625 Saint Louis MO 63102 3/29/2022 $250,000.00

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That’s a chunk of change.

In January:

C190931 01/26/2022 Committee for Liberty Janet Ashcroft 5491 W Farm Road 54 Willard MO 65781 Retired Retired 1/25/2022 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Aw, Ma, you shouldn’t have.

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2021 file photo]

Math is hard, proportional representation is evil, Missouri voters are stupid

04 Friday Feb 2022

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Republican Dogma.

A right wingnut rally, in celebration:

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Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus @SenateCaucus
Join the 7R-1D congressional map rally at the Missouri Capitol on Monday, February 7 starting at 10 a.m.! Let’s make sure Pelosi isn’t Speaker of the House in 2023! #moleg
[….]
9:19 PM · Feb 3, 2022

10:00 a.m. on a Monday? Anyone think they’ll book an extra bus or two for actual working people?

2020 election math:

Election Results
Unofficial Election Returns
State of Missouri – 11/03/2020 2020 General Election, Tuesday, November 03, 2020

President & Vice President (3692 of 3692 Precincts Reported)
Donald J. Trump, Michael R. Pence Republican 1,718,736 56.8%
Joseph R. Biden, Kamala D. Harris Democratic 1,253,014 41.4%

Governor (3692 of 3692 Precincts Reported)
Mike Parson Republican 1,720,202 57.1%
Nicole Galloway Democratic 1,225,771 40.7%

The 2020 Congressional vote:

Election Results
Unofficial Election Returns
State of Missouri – 11/03/2020 2020 General Election, Tuesday, November 03, 2020

U.S. Representative – District 1 (729 of 729 Precincts Reported)
Anthony Rogers Republican 59,940 19.0%
Cori Bush Democratic 249,087 78.8%

U.S. Representative – District 2 (798 of 798 Precincts Reported)
Ann Wagner Republican 233,157 51.9%
Jill Schupp Democratic 204,540 45.5%

U.S. Representative – District 3 (327 of 327 Precincts Reported)
Blaine Luetkemeyer Republican 282,866 69.4%
Megan Rezabek Democratic 116,095 28.5%

U.S. Representative – District 4 (384 of 384 Precincts Reported)
Vicky Hartzler Republican 245,247 67.6%
Lindsey Simmons Democratic 107,635 29.7%

U.S. Representative – District 5 (257 of 257 Precincts Reported)
Ryan Derks Republican 135,934 38.6%
Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 207,180 58.8%

U.S. Representative – District 6 (475 of 475 Precincts Reported)
Sam Graves Republican 258,709 67.1%
Gena L. Ross Democratic 118,926 30.8%

U.S. Representative – District 7 (303 of 303 Precincts Reported)
Billy Long Republican 254,318 68.9%
Teresa Montseny Democratic 98,111 26.6%

U.S. Representative – District 8 (449 of 449 Precincts Reported)
Jason Smith Republican 253,811 76.9%
Kathy Ellis Democratic 70,561 21.4%

The total Congressional vote for either Democrats or Republicans in Missouri in 2020 was 2,896,117. The total Congressional vote for Republican candidates in 2020 was 1,723,982 (59.53%). The total Congressional vote for Democratic candidates was 1,172,135 (40.47%).

7 (87.5%) “Republican” districts – 1 (12.5%) “Democratic” districts in Congress from Missouri? Seriously? More like 5 (62.5%) – 3 (37.5%).

Math is hard.

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2019 file photo].

Mike Moon (2019 file photo).

Demonstrating to everyone, once again, that he really is that stupid

29 Saturday Jan 2022

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Jay Ashcroft (r) [2021 file photo]

This morning:

Jay Ashcroft @JayAshcroftMO
62 school districts in Missouri are closed, leaving thousands of parents without the choice for what is best for their child. That is unacceptable. Keep schools open and the right to decide what is best for the family for the parents.
10:31 AM · Jan 29, 2022

The stupid, it burns.

“…That is unacceptable…”

If you buy his crap you’re as stupid as he is.

Some of the responses:

And keep local control so school boards and local leaders can decide what’s best for THEIR communities without fear of being sued by the state and wasting taxpayers’ money! Deal?

Not gonna happen.

Perhaps protocols that would prevent sickness that forces teachers and students to stay home from school would be sensible. Can you think of any?

Uh, like wearing masks, promoting vaccines, contact tracing, quarantine?

There is not enough staff to keep them open. Kids are sick. This has nothing to do with parents rights. So tired of the gaslighting. The virus did not go away just because Parsons said he was done with it.

Why are the schools closed, Jay?

Why are 62 school districts closed?

Take a wild guess.

My goodness, you might mention they’re closed because teachers and staff are ill. This has nothing to do with ‘parents not having the choice’, it has to do with a pandemic. This is the most idiotic tweet I’ve seen in months and you’ve had a lot of competition.

Jay Ashcroft really is that stupid.

Math is hard

11 Thursday Nov 2021

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Jay Ashcroft (r) [2021 file photo]

State of Missouri – General Election, November 03, 2020
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on December 08, 2020

Secretary of State 3692 of 3692 Precincts Reported

John R. (Jay) Ashcroft Republican 1,798,505 60.505%
Yinka Faleti Democratic 1,081,113 36.371%
Carl Herman Freese Libertarian 55,583 1.870%
Paul Lehmann Green 24,131 0.812%
Paul Venable Constitution 13,151 0.442%
[….]

[emphasis added]

Secretary of State endorses 7-1 congressional redistricting map
An extra Republican in Congress would represent Missouri better, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said.
by Ryan Pivoney Nov. 10 2021

[….]”The biggest question there is whether Missouri will stay a 6-2 state, with six Republican districts and two Democrat districts, or whether they will go 7-1,” Ashcroft said.

He said the state’s political leaning has been changing during the past couple decades, which could provide reason to change the current districts for more Republican representation.

He said he’s expecting a robust discussion on congressional redistricting, particularly in terms of how Missouri voters line up with current representatives.

“Just looking at my own position, I won statewide by 25 percentage points, which makes me say that it seems to me Missouri is a pretty Republican state,” Ashcroft said. “So in that regard, if we were 7-1, I think that would probably do a better job of actually representing who the people of Missouri are in Washington, D.C.”[….]

Democratic.

Jay Ashcroft (r), right wingnut, math:

60.505% is equal to or greater than 87.5%

36.371% is less than 25.0% and equal to 12.5%

This also explains how the U.S. Senate filibuster “works”.

“…they mostly come at night…mostly.”

02 Friday Apr 2021

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Jay Ashcroft (r) [2017 file photo].

Yesterday:

Jay Ashcroft @JayAshcroftMO
Great to be in Saline County tonight with so many friends for their Lincoln Day dinner. I was pleased to discuss election integrity and the work we are doing to ensure we NEVER have the problems Pennsylvania or Georgia had last year.
[….]
9:10 PM · Apr 1, 2021

Wait, what?

The responses:

What were the problems in Georgia? Too many Black people voting? Because there was no voter fraud.
[….]

Silly me, I thought that the SCOTUS decisions trumps that of a Missouri Attorney General’s opinion.
[….]

“Election Integrity” is the new “Jim Crow”. I look forward to explaining in detail the fall of the GOP to my grandchildren when they learn about this in history class someday.

Is “problems” a euphemism for minorities voting?

Problems? This seems incriminating

What problems? Good grief, a smart guy like you can’t find any REAL problems to work on? For shame. Senate Bill 1 will take care of stopping the flow of dark $$ & ensuring election security & voter rights. Unless you’re working to KEEP as much dark $$ as possible in the picture?

Love to hear more specifics on those “problems,” big dog.

Which problems, specifically?

You mean Democrats winning?

What problems? There were no problems.

“Election integrity ” = too many black people voted.

There were no problems in GA and PA and you know it. Isn’t bearing false witness during Holy Week kind of a big deal?

This is a lie. There were no problems in Pennsylvania or Georgia. They like liars in Missouri?

You mean the GQP getting beat? That problem?

What problems?

You’re a disingenuous ass.

The only “problems” Pennsylvania and Georgia had were a bunch of fascist-worshipping asshats that couldn’t accept the fact they lost.

Republicans should be embarrassed. Cowards.

There you go. A night to remember.

Previously:

That’s okay, there’s a duplicate tracking microchip in your smart phone (April 1, 2021)

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r): Rule of Law, meh…

22 Saturday Feb 2020

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“…I don’t care what the Supreme Court says…”

Voter suppression.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r) [2019 file photo].

Last night, in Springfield.

With promise to revive voter ID, Ashcroft announces 2020 re-election bid
[….]

Ashcroft’s vow comes a month after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down the law, which required people with non-photo IDs such election cards or bank statements to swear they were who they said they were before voting.

The court said the scheme was “misleading,” “contradictory” and unconstitutional.

But Ashcroft hasn’t given up.

[….]

“I don’t care what the Supreme Court says,” he said. “You all should make the decision, the people of the state.”

It’s not clear it will work. High court judges considered an idea similar to what the bill proposes and called it “nonsensical” last month.

[….]

Such respect for the rule of law. It runs in the family.

Previously:

Finally, documentation of voter impersonation fraud in Missouri. Zero. (August 12, 2012)

Secretary of State Jason Kander (D): with Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC on voter ID (February 9, 2014)

Jay Ashcroft’s (r) voter photo ID tour – Warrensburg – June 16, 2017 (June 16, 2017)

At the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia – August 15, 2019

15 Thursday Aug 2019

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The early morning Governor’s Ham Breakfast in the second week of the State Fair in Sedalia is the largest annual one day gathering of ostrich skin boots, tailored jeans, and silver decorated leather belts in the State of Missouri.

We’re talking menswear.

It’s an opportunity for us to photograph and (rarely, if ever) talk to a number of Missouri politicians, all in one place at the same time.

This year a number of office holders either skipped the event or managed to avoid the entrance gauntlet. Others made their way through it.

Governor Mike Parson (r).

Right wingnut swag.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r).

A journalist:

Eli Yokley – Morning Consult.

On a break of sorts, though he hasn’t stopped tweeting. We knew Eli way back when…

State Auditor and recently announced gubernatorial candidate Nicole Galloway (D):

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D).

After covering the breakfast under the tent for 1000 people we ventured on to the State Fair grounds.

An encounter on the main drag:

A blue ribbon in the Home Economics Building:

Getting ready to judge pies:

Judging rabbits in the Poultry/Rabbit Building. Poultry during the first week of the fair, rabbits during the second week:

Various political parties have tents on the main drag promoting their candidates and ideology.

The folks at the Democratic Party tent have noted a consistent number of people this year passing by calling out and yelling “Socialists!” (among other things) at them. Yeah, sure, everyone’s a rabid capitalist until their party leader imposes tariffs to engage in a trade war and then has Congress bail out agricultural interests. We didn’t ask the occupants of the Republican tent if people were consistently yelling “Fascists!” at them. We probably should have.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r): slow walk – part 2

12 Friday Jul 2019

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“…You think they’re doing this to delay the gathering of signatures? Of course they are…”

Today the Missouri Supreme Court refused to intervene in the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals ruling that the Missouri ACLU’s initiative petition to reverse the anti-abortion HB 126 can move forward in the process.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r) [2019 file photo].

From the Missouri ACLU:

ACLU Win Affirmed, But Ashcroft Continues to Prevent Vote
July 12, 2019 – 4:00pm

Today, the Missouri Supreme Court let stand the Court of Appeals holding that Secretary of State Ashcroft acted outside his legal authority by rejecting the referendum petition on Missouri’s abortion ban. This recognition that Ashcroft acted illegally should prevent him from ever again abusing his office to derail the people’s right to challenge legislation by referendum.

Unfortunately, Ashcroft is continuing to obstruct the people’s vote by dragging his feet in his quest to deny the people a say on Missouri’s extreme 8-week abortion ban. If he acted promptly, supporters could begin to gather signatures by July 18 at the latest. But Ashcroft seems intent to slow the process so that supporters will not have enough time to collect enough signatures.

“It is no secret that Ashcroft’s agenda is banning abortion in Missouri,” says Anthony Rothert, interim Executive Director at the ACLU of Missouri. “While it is fantastic that the courts have made clear that he acted illegally, he may well succeed in preventing voters from getting their say on this important issue. Ashcroft’s tenure as Missouri’s chief election officer continues to be marked by efforts to prevent Missourians from voting.”

If Ashcroft had not illegally rejected the referendum petition, then he would have had to certify the petition for signature gathering by July 18. He will not meet that deadline, which in turn denies a meaningful opportunity to collect signatures, which must be submitted by August 28.

We reject the idea that Missourians can be denied the right to a referendum because of the unlawful action of an elected official determined to take away constitutional rights. The people kept for themselves the right of referendum to safeguard Missourians from an overzealous, out-of-touch government. No matter how they would vote on the referendum, every Missourian is harmed by Ashcroft’s abuse of this office to serve his radical anti-abortion agenda.

Our fight is not over. We continue to push Ashcroft to his job by certifying ballot language by July 18. Should he fail to do so, we will not let Missourians forget that he has taken the fate of the abortion ban away from the voters of Missouri.

Ironic isn’t it? Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r) gets away with doing his job poorly. In Missouri republican circles that’s considered a feature, not a bug.

Previously:

HB 126 and HB 127: catering to their single issue base (December 3, 2018)

Gov. Mike Parson (r): Alabama, hold my beer… (May 15, 2019)

Gov. Mike Parson (r): New York is shorthand for what? (May 16, 2019)

Medieval (May 17, 2019)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): post session victory dance over any individal woman’s personal medical decisions (May 17, 2019)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): the 13th Century GOP in 21st Century America (May 20, 2019)

HB 126: the elephant in the womb (May 24, 2019)

HB 126: “…here for the ratio” (May 25, 2016)

Missouri: Medieval (May 28, 2019)

ACLU: Referendum Petition filed on HB 126 (May 28, 2019)

Women’s Health Care in Missouri – 1, Gov. Mike Parson (r) – 0 (May 31, 2019)

Our nation turns its eyes to Missouri (June 1, 2019)

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D): Gov. Mike Parson (r) and HB 126 – “…extreme and cruel.” (June 3, 2019)

In the Medieval State of Missouri (June 4, 2019)

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r): Emergency! Emergency! (June 7, 2019)

American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and Sara E. Baker v. John R. Ashcroft, et al. (July 8, 2019)

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D): going forward with the HB 126 petition (July 8, 2019)

So this happened today (July 9, 2019)

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r): slow walk (July 10, 2019)