{"id":2216796,"date":"2024-04-09T18:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T22:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senate-hopeful-eric-hovde-questions-fitness-of-nursing-home-patients-to-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T18:10:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T22:10:50","slug":"gop-senate-hopeful-eric-hovde-questions-fitness-of-nursing-home-patients-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senate-hopeful-eric-hovde-questions-fitness-of-nursing-home-patients-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Hovde, a Republican Senate candidate, raises concerns about the eligibility of nursing home residents to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fgop-senate-hopeful-eric-hovde-questions-fitness-of-nursing-home-patients-to-vote%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=2216796&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--><p>Wisconsin\u200b Senate candidate Eric Hovde raised concerns \u2062about the voting eligibility of \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">nursing home residents<\/a>, citing instances where family members were unaware of their \u2063loved ones&#8217; voting activities in\u200d the 2020 election. During an interview on Fox News&#8217;s Guy Benson Show, Hovde, a Republican, expressed \u200ddoubt regarding voting\u200c procedures \u200din nursing homes, particularly highlighting \u2064anomalies around the election period.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a> Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-hovde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Wisconsin\">Eric Hovde<\/a> questioned the voting ability of some <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nursing-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nursing home<\/a> patients after he claimed their family members had no idea how they could have voted in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Fox News\u2019s <em>Guy Benson Show<\/em>, Hovde, a Republican, expressed skepticism over voting practices in nursing homes, pointing to their activity around the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had nursing homes, where the sheriff of Racine investigated, where you had 100% voting in nursing homes,\u201d he said. \u201cWell, if you\u2019re in a nursing home, you only have a five-, six-month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote. And you had children, adult children showing up saying, \u2018Who voted for my 85- or 90-year-old father or mother?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>NEW AUDIO: Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde casts doubt on nursing home residents being able to vote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, if you&#8217;re in a nursing home, you only have a five, six-month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i1YIgxxv4K\">pic.twitter.com\/i1YIgxxv4K<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeartlandSignal\/status\/1777405239194251715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hovde said he does not believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen but that \u201cvery troublesome\u201d things happened.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Hovde spokesman Ben Voelkel clarified that Hovde was not suggesting that elderly people should not vote, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-sinister-soul-of-the-nation-speech-wasnt-his-first-attempt-to-target-political-opponents%ef%bf%bc\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Sinister \u2018Soul Of The Nation\u2019 Speech Wasn\u2019t His First Attempt To Target Political Opponents\ufffc\">simply raising concerns<\/a> over a specific instance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn no manner did Eric Hovde suggest that elderly people should not vote,\u201d Voelkel said. \u201cHe was referring to specific cases in Racine Co. where family members raised concerns about their loved ones voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hovde, a 59-year-old businessman, entered the Senate race in February, looking to unseat Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Republican has centered his campaign on economic matters. In a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/2956070\/wisconsin-senate-eric-hovde-bipartisan-commission-debt-trap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"interview\">interview<\/a> with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, he vowed to get the economy out of the \u201cdebt hole\u201d if he is elected. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-senate-hopeful-eric-hovde-backs-bipartisan-commission-to-escape-debt-trap\/\" title=\"Eric Hovde, candidate for Wisconsin Senate, supports bipartisan commission to break free from the 'debt trap\">economic vision entails righting<\/a> the country\u2019s fiscal ship through cuts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spending<\/a> and other changes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde cast doubt on the voting rights of certain nursing home residents, suggesting irregularities in their voting behavior during the 2020 elections. Speaking on Fox News\u2019s Guy Benson Show, the Republican candidate questioned the voting procedures within nursing homes, alluding to potential discrepancies in their voting activities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2216797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hovde-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hovde-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216796","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}