Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Trump Ally and Voter Suppression Guru Kris Kobach Goes Down in Flames as Democrat Laura Kelly Wins Governor's Race

Democrat Laura Kelly has won the race to be the governor of Kansas, trouncing President Donald Trump's ally Kris Kobach.

It was a major win for the Democrat in a usually red state.

But Kobach only won his primary for the governorship by a slim margin, likely pushed over the top by his alliance with Trump. When the president sought to defend his outrageous lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election, he picked Kobach to head up a commission supposedly to fight voter fraud — which is essentially a non-issue in American politics.

  rest at https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/trump-ally-and-voter-suppression-guru-kris-kobach-goes-down-flames-democrat-laura?src=newsletter1097723

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