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Elad Gross (D) – the world we all live in

15 Friday Dec 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Attorney General, campaign, Elad Gross, missouri, Sarah Unsicker, social media

“…There is nothing these hate-filled people can do to stop me from representing you. I am not withdrawing from the race. I am not resigning from public life, whatever that means. I will never give up on Missouri….”

Elad Gross (D) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Elad Gross For Missouri
[December 15, 2023]

Last night, our only Democratic primary opponent dropped out of the race for Attorney General. She posted a statement and a video claiming that my family members and I are foreign agents of Israel while endorsing a Twitter screed alleging that my mother and I are interfering in Missouri’s elections.
My opponent also called on me to “resign from the Missouri Attorney General’s race and from public life.”

For the past week and a half, my family has been targeted by a group of antisemitic conspiracy theorists who spent many months manipulating a sitting Missouri state representative for their personal gain. At one point, these people openly discussed trying to access Missouri taxpayer money for one of their companies to map the DNA of foster children.

I don’t know how these con artists were able to do this to someone I knew for seven years. I am very worried for her, and I’m worried about what else these people have planned for Missouri. I know they’re not done targeting my family; they continued their attacks against my mom, my wife, and me late into last night.

Throughout my very public career, the only clients I have ever had are the People of Missouri. As an Assistant Attorney General, I had the honor of representing them all at once. As a civil rights and government transparency attorney, I just do it one at a time, and those cases are also about protecting the liberties that all of us should have as Americans and as Missourians.

There is nothing these hate-filled people can do to stop me from representing you. I am not withdrawing from the race. I am not resigning from public life, whatever that means. I will never give up on Missouri.

I am running to be your Attorney General for a lot of reasons, and you can read all about them on our website. At the end of the day, it’s because I love our state, I love working with people who want to make Missouri even better, and I know what a wonderful home we can build right here together.
So let’s go get this done.

If you can, do a couple things today:

1) Donate to our campaign at http://www.EladGross.org to support the crucial work our new regional organizers are doing all over our state, and

2) Send me an email at Elad@Elad4MO.org with your ideas for events, get-togethers, whatever you can think of so we can build a campaign that will bring home a big win in November.

Previously:

If you’ve ever wondered what you’d be doing if civilization as we know it ended, you’re doing it now (December 8, 2023)

Left out the part about wearing a yellow star (December 14, 2023)

Left out the part about wearing a yellow star

14 Thursday Dec 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri House, social media

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Elad Gross, keep digging that hole, Sarah Unsicker, social media

Was that an oversight? Just asking.

Sarah Unsicker (D) [2023 file photo].

This afternoon:

Sarah Unsicker @SarahUnsicker
I will not be running against Elad Gross for the Democratic Attorney General Primary.

Given the credible and detailed allegations I received yesterday, I call on Mr. Gross to step down from the AG race and from public life.
[….]
3:40 PM · Dec 14, 2023

[….]
In recent days, it has become increasingly clear how broken our political system has become.

Manipulations of the media surrounding my professional and personal relationships is only one such example.

My state representative office was copied on a criminal complaint against Elad Gross yesterday, alleging that he and his family have failed to register as foreign agents for Israel.

This is a professional and detailed complaint that I have forwarded to the Missouri Secretary of State’s office. It was initially sent to the FBI.

Because of the considerable conflict of interest these allegations present, I will not be running against Elad Gross for Missouri Attorney General.

I call on Elad Gross to resign from the Missouri Attorney General’s race and from public life.

In the coming days I will be preparing for the 2024 legislative session as the State Representative from the 83rd District, as I consider my political future and enjoy the holidays with family. I hope that you, too, can step away from the crazy news cycle of recent weeks and enjoy love and beauty this holiday season.

I will be making an announcement about my political future in January.
[….]

This reads like it was collectively written by a junior high school dance decoration subcommittee.

“…it has become increasingly clear how broken our political system has become…”

Yeah, and who broke it? Blame Canada.

“…Manipulations of the media surrounding my professional and personal relationships is only one such example…”

That’s a lot to unpack. It’s the company you keep. You’re a public office holder, what did you think was going to happen? Anonymity?

“…My state representative office was copied on a criminal complaint against Elad Gross yesterday…”

By who? Release it and the name of whoever gave it to you to the public.

“…failed to register as foreign agents for Israel…”

JEW, JEW, JEW.

Could you be any more clueless and obvious?

The accusation of disloyalty or divided loyalty is a very old and common antisemitic trope.

“…This is a professional and detailed complaint…”

Again, by who? What’s the source?

“…that I have forwarded to the Missouri Secretary of State’s office…”

And what’s he going to do, issue a press release? Just asking.

“…It was initially sent to the FBI…”

How do you know? Again, who sent it, and exactly what did they send?

“…Because of the considerable conflict of interest these allegations present, I will not be running against Elad Gross for Missouri Attorney General…”

Translation: “I didn’t think about the possible consequences of my actions ahead of time.”

“…I call on Elad Gross to resign from the Missouri Attorney General’s race and from public life…”

A junior high school dance decoration subcommittee would use the word “resign”. An adult would use the word “withdraw”. Resign from “public life”? WTF? Who do you think you are?

“…as I consider my political future…”

The first rule of holes is, when you find that you’re in one, stop digging.

“…I will be making an announcement about my political future in January…”

Yeah, that ought to be good for a few laughs.

Previously:

If you’ve ever wondered what you’d be doing if civilization as we know it ended, you’re doing it now (December 8, 2023)

If you’ve ever wondered what you’d be doing if civilization as we know it ended, you’re doing it now

08 Friday Dec 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media

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cashew chicken, General Assembly, HB 1624, Jamie Gragg, Sarah Unsicker, social media, WTF?

“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.” – Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689 – 1755)

A bill, pre-filed by Jamie Gragg (r):

HB 1624
Designates cashew chicken as the official dish of the state of Missouri
Sponsor: Gragg, Jamie (140)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2024
LR Number: 2929H.01I
Last Action: 12/01/2023 – Prefiled (H)
[….]

10.249. Cashew chicken is selected for and shall be known as the official dish for the state of Missouri. Deep-fried cashew chicken was invented in 1963 in Springfield, Missouri by chef David Leong. An immigrant from China, Leong sought to make his native dishes more appealing to locals. Deep-fried cashew chicken is now served in more than seventy restaurants in the Springfield area.

But, wait, there’s more:

Sarah Unsicker (D) [2023 file photo].

Cashew Chicken
Show me elected officials who should Log Off!

CONNER KERRIGAN
DEC 4, 2023

Rep. Sarah Unsicker, as of this writing, is currently the main character of Missouri politics Twitter (I’m sorry, I keep trying to call it X and it makes the skin on my typing fingers crawl).

It’s hard to find where all of this started, but as far as I can tell, it has something to do with Rep. Jamie Gragg’s HB 1624, which seeks to make Cashew Chicken the official state food of Missouri. Yes. That’s where all of this started. People on Twitter got upset about the bill, as people on Twitter are literally always getting hyper-upset about uncontroversial things. It’s part of the fun of the platform.

And that also could have been where all of this ended. We all could have had a nice laugh about a superfluous bill that will never become law and moved on with our lives. But I am here writing about it because Rep. Unsicker began pointing to tweets about cashew chicken and HB 1624 as examples of a literal foreign influence campaign, meant to distract us all from the real issues. She has multiple multi-tweet threads about how there is a grand conspiracy to divide democrats and hurt Rep. Unsicker, specifically, using anger over cashew chicken. Seriously.

[….]

Of course, there’s more. There’s always more:

Missouri Democrats Strip Unsicker of Committee Assignments
The Shrewsbury representative also faces calls to resign over her boasts about meeting with an alt-right troll
By Sarah Fenske on Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 8:38 am

House Minority Leader Crystal Quade has removed a St. Louis-area representative of her committee assignments over her association with a notorious alt-right troll.

State Representative Sarah Unsicker (D-Shrewsbury) has faced calls to resign from her fellow Democrats after an odd series of tweets this past week….

[….]

In short, what began with a weird series of tweets about cashew chicken has led to a big mess for a St. Louis County politician with statewide ambitions — and yet another indicator that anyone trying to achieve something in this world is best off never Tweeting or X-ing about anything — and especially about grabbing lemonade with alt-right trolls….

[….]

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