{"id":1498450,"date":"2022-05-31T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498450"},"modified":"2022-05-31T14:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:30:27","slug":"democrats-voted-in-gop-primaries-to-block-trump-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-voted-in-gop-primaries-to-block-trump-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Voted In GOP Primaries To Block Trump Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-voted-in-gop-primaries-to-block-trump-pick%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic voters took part in the Republican primaries in Georgia to block a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump from winning, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Registered Democrats in Georgia took advantage of a state election law allowing registered voters to vote in all party primaries regardless of their party affiliation to prevent Trump-endorsed candidates from making it on the general election ballot, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-georgia-campaign-2016-congress-df4fa72d2d4a1e4d9344d61c0a3d4b9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> the Associated Press (AP).<\/p>\n<p>Republican Georgia Rep. Jody Hice announced he would not seek reelection in the House of Representatives, but would instead run for Georgia Secretary of State. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/georgia-republican-jody-hice-challenging-brad-raffnesperger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> Hice in the Republican primary against incumbent Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a frequent target of Trump\u2019s animus. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/27\/oregon-kurt-schrader-loses-primary-jamie-mcleod-skinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden-Backed Incumbent Loses Primary To Ultra-Progressive Newcomer)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike the current Georgia Secretary of State, Jody leads out front with integrity. I have 100% confidence in Jody to fight for Free, Fair, and Secure Elections in Georgia, in line with our beloved U.S. Constitution. Jody will stop the Fraud and get honesty into our Elections!\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodyhice.com\/trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in his endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>University of Georgia staff member Diane Murray said she voted in the Republican primary last week despite not being a registered Republican because stopping a Trump-back candidate was paramount, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel strongly that our democracy is at risk, and that people who are holding up the big lie, as we call it, and holding onto the former president are dangerous to democracy,\u201d Murray told the AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know I\u2019ll do it again because of how I felt afterward,\u201d she said, noting that voting for a Republican made her feel \u201cicky,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Over 37,000 Georgia voters who voted in the Democratic primary in 2020 chose to vote in the May 24 Republican primary, reported the AP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some Democrats are voting in Republican primaries to block Donald Trump\u2019s preferred candidates. That likely helped Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger win his primary, an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP<\/a> analysis found. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/355Bn23wML\">https:\/\/t.co\/355Bn23wML<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AP Politics (@AP_Politics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Politics\/status\/1531575219483197440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEven taking into account the limited sample of early votes, the data reveal that crossover voters were consequential in defeating Trump\u2019s hand-picked candidates for secretary of state and, to a lesser extent, governor,\u201d the AP\u2019s analysis of early voting records stated.<\/p>\n<p>Raffensperger avoided a runoff election by clearing the 50% vote threshold by just over 27,000 votes, according to the outlet. Raffensperger beat Hice in the GOP primary for Georgia Secretary of State by 221,406 votes, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/results.enr.clarityelections.com\/GA\/113667\/web.285569\/#\/summary\">poll numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic voters took part in the Republican primaries in Georgia to block a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump from winning, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.Registered Democrats in Georgia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":495,"featured_media":1498473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}