Democratic opponent of QAnon supporter drops out of Georgia U.S. House race

[brooklynite]

Source: WSB News

ATLANTA — The Democratic candidate running against Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory and been criticized for other incendiary comments, is dropping out of their race for a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia.

Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal bowed out of the race for Georgia’s 14th congressional district on Friday. His campaign manager Vinny Olsziewski told The Associated Press that Van Ausdal was exiting the race for “personal and family reasons.”

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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Well that's too bad.

Talk about handing over the race on a silver platter.

[paleotn]

10. He was an extreme, extreme long shot....

That district is fucking psycho land.

[ck4829]

11. I don't care how much of a long shot it was if what I think is true

If he was intimidated out... I don't think anyone should accept Marjorie's win.

[japple]

25. Yeah, well I live in this psycho land and I have been a member of DU since 2004, although I lurked

for a few years before that. I am an active member of the Democratic Party in my district and we have worked to get out the vote, to elect local members to city & county positions. All of this is an uphill battle against the entrenched redneck contingent who are likely the forebears of the KKK. We are trying our best to represent the Democratic principles of our party and our country against overwhelming odds. Please send good vibes and powerful juju to this area. We are under siege and need support. I hope we can get a candidate to run against that trashy gun toting q-anon nazi, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is now running unopposed.

[mountain grammy]

29. This is so sad

do you think he was threatened?

[japple]

34. I think, hope it was just a family situation. I don't know anything other than what was published.

He is a good man although I don't know him personally. I only hope there will be a candidate who can qualify for this seat prior to the deadline. Incumbent rep. Tom (Scumbag) Graves will vacate his position in October, so our district will be unrepresented for about 3-1/2 months before the new rep is sworn in.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/democrat-van-ausdal-abruptly-bows-out-of-race-against-marjorie-greene/KSN7FXCTSZGZHGW6GV5BUVP4TE/

[Hortensis]

40. Agree. I'm in another county every bit as deep red,

perhaps more. Our Democratic candidates use their candidacies to serve the people of their district. They are not elected, but it is an opportunity to speak about Democratic principles and goals.

[OneBro]

2. That bites. Looks like the Q-nut was going to win anyway, though.

From the link: "Van Ausdal faced long odds in the deep-red district. On Friday, he tweeted that his team believes a candidate can replace him. The Secretary of State’s office told Channel 2 Action News that the 60 day window to replace Van Ausdal as a candidate has passed and a new nominee cannot be named."

[Initech]

3. Well this sucks.

Seriously, fuck Marjorie Taylor Greene and Q Anon can go eat shit.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Democrats should write-in like crazy with any candidate they can agree on - serious or not

(R) thinks she's got it won. That may encourage GOP voter no-shows. It may still be a long shot, but .... you can't surprise if you have no candidate.

btw, personal and family reason sounds awful close to serious threats .... just saying.

[ck4829]

8. You're not alone in thinking that

[reACTIONary]

19. I don't know but it may be ...

... that he is on the ballot already, and they won't reprint the ballots just for this.

So dissenters may not have to write in, they might be able to just vote for him.

[Polybius]

35. There will be zero GOP no-shows in her district

Their god Trump is on the ballot. They are not staying home.

[Polybius]

39. Ever Republican in her district is showing up to vote

Their god Trump is at the top of the ticket.

[groundloop]

5. It sucks that there's no "D" on the ballot, but it's a deep deep red district

Speaker Pelosi is going to have another absolute nut-job to deal with, I have had to endure Marjorie Taylor Greene's ads on the radio and she's a lunatic.

[DeminPennswoods]

26. McCarthy has to deal with her in the highly unlikely event she decides

to caucus with the Dems.

[relayerbob]

6. FUCKING SERIOUSLY!???

Look, I get we likely won't take that seat, but he fucked up someone else's chance to get some momentum in the process.

As a Georgian *and* as an American, I find this very offensive, and he's right, he needs to leave

[ck4829]

7. Threats and intimidation did this... he practically says it. Something no Islamist, MS-13, or

any other "existential threat" has done to us.

Congratulations, Republicans.

[ancianita]

9. The Lincoln Project should do Qanon bombs in every state where Qanon candidates are!

They can show photos of Jim Watkins - Q - and his pothead operation in the Philippines. Reveal that the Q App is a data mining device, wake up a few young Republican dupes who laugh the dumb laugh, thinking they're so cool, listening to GRU-fed conspiracy bullshit on their apps along with their dumb candidates.

They should be told that if they want Putin in Congress, keep helping Russian sponsored candidates and the paid off 5th Column Republicans like Mitch McConnell, hanging out with Oleg in Kentucky, reviewing new kleptocratic strategies while the country burns in climate hell.

[JudyM]

15. ⬆️ This. ⬆️

The ignorance. It burns.

[ancianita]

20. Just to SHOW exactly WHAT Q LOOKS LIKE -- omg, it would creep Repub identity voters out!

[JudyM]

31. Willfully oblivious. Believing they're the True Americans while Putin pulls dear leader's strings.

It is stunning how many are either falling for it or dishonorably allowing it to happen. Hating libs is their raison d’être. You’re so right, they need to be starkly shown the truth that they can’t shrug off... or maybe nothing could change their minds, sliding all the way down to hell.

[ancianita]

32. Seriously? I just don't think they get their info the way we do. They just don't know.

That's why they need it in their face.

[JudyM]

33. I hope you're right.

But from interviews I’ve seen and several conversations I’ve had, they don’t even seem to care if there’s no logic supporting their views, or the harm that results. It seems like they live in a tabloid world constructed by fox and its ilk...

[paleotn]

12. He stood no chance anyway....

in the district of Jebus, gunzz and child marriage.

[ck4829]

13. QAnons did what no Islamic terrorist, MS-13 member, or any other "existential threat" has done

Successfully used terrorism in an American election.

He was threatened out of running, judging by the scrubbing of photos of his daughter on his facebook campaign page, I'm sure those threats involved her.

Marjorie's "win" should not be accepted.

[TygrBright]

14. This is actually a good move.

Rather than getting into a mud-wrestling match now, the Dems will stand back, save energy and resources, and wait for Greene to self-destruct in some amazingly splashy and publicly humiliating way after the election.

This gives the democrats time to identify and recruit a really effective moderate who will play well in that deep-red district.

When the seat is vacant and the GOP is in disarray after the election, they will have their ducks in a row and be able to make a serious run for the seat while the scrapings from the bottom of the GOP barrel are snapping at each other like meth-addled rats tied in a sack.

approvingly,
Bright

[jcgoldie]

28. This reference dont belong on DU

delete that shit.

[rockfordfile]

37. That doesn't happen

I think it just encourages.

[Schmice3]

16. What's the Democratic Party do?

Just roll over and let that malignant Q Republican bring chaos and craziness to Congress. If the Democrats let this go, they've learned nothing from the past. Her presence will reduce everything to a circus.

[cloudythescribbler]

18. at the risk of violating DU rules, this is an instance where a Green candidate wd be welcome

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[cab67]

21. This is an instance where a colony of fire ants would be welcome.

Any organism with a nervous system would work for me.

[ancianita]

22. ANY Democrat in GA could step up and make the Qanon candidate look like a complete fool.

Just pass out tens of thousands of flyers across the state showing greaser Qanon Jim Watkins' photo in his Philippines studio, with background highlights, and FBI proof that Russia's GRU pay him through shell companies, along with the fact that the GRU is exactly why Mnuchin blocked their payments!

If GA voters have two brain cells to rub together, they'd vote for ANY Democrat against their duped candidate.

Left is the founder of 8chan, Fred Brennan; and right is Q-Jim Watkins, both living outside the U.S.

[JI7]

23. The Greens support Republicans that's why they only run to attack Democrats

especially in close races in order to help Republicans win .

[cloudythescribbler]

38. this may be true of SOME Greens, but they do run in NONclose races here in MA

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[certainot]

24. i thought the qnon himself was outed by serfnews - or was that a joke

[progressive nobody]

27. Seriously was this candidate's family threaten. Q Anon people are dangerous.

[TomSlick]

30. "Family and personal reason" usually means there is a bad news story about to drop.

Whatever it is and whether or not it has any basis in fact, it would be difficult to expose yourself and family to what may be coming in pursuit of a lost cause.

[rockfordfile]

36. So who will replace him?