What Went Down During The May 17 Primary Elections
Now that polls have closed in Oregon and we await the results, let’s look at the colorful field of seven Republicans squaring off for the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. That includes a number of Big Lie believers, and even a QAnon adherent! You may remember Jo Rae Perkins from the last time she ran for Senate in 2020, where she garnered attention for promoting QAnon — the conspiracy theory that there is a secret underground cabal of Democratic elite satanic pedophiles who run the country:
Perkins is running again and this time she is also endorsing other conspiracy theories, including anti-vax sentiments and the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen. In fact, Perkins even attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol — she told a local news station that she marched to the Capitol but did not enter it.
There’s also Jason Beebe, currently the Mayor of Prineville, Oregon. When FiveThirtyEight reached out to ask him whether he believed the 2020 election was legitimate, he told us he believed Trump won the election and that “There is so much proof of election fraud that it would be hard for me to believe the elections were legitimate.” And Ibra Taher, who has tweeted Big Lie conspiracy theories:
Good call, Jacob, that would be ironic given some of the chatter about McCormick benefitting.
With Hoyle’s projected win, EMILY’s List is batting 1.000 among endorsed non-incumbents.