The Amherst Republican Committee is hosting a group that is trying to overturn the 2020 election, as well as a screening of a debunked 2020 election denial movie. More information can be found here.
In what can only be described as a low point in Amherst Republican politics, the official Erie County Republican Committee in Amherst is hosting an election denial event.
The event features the widely debunked film 2000 mules and includes a presentation of the NY Citizens Audit.
The New York Citizens audit is an astroturf group intent to destroy our confidence in free and fair elections.
They claim to:
share the work of gathering the evidence to call for DECERTIFICATION and a FULL FORENSIC AUDIT of the 2020 General Election in NYS. In this way we are part of a nationwide return to self-governance, liberty, and the rule of law.
Alex Elmasri, Spokesman for the Sean Ryan for Senate campaign, released the following statement calling on State Senator Ed Rath to denounce an event being hosted by the Amherst Republican Committee intended to fuel conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
“Ed Rath needs to come clean to the people of Western New York and denounce this ridiculous event being hosted by Amherst Republicans. Does Ed Rath think the 2020 election was stolen and that Donald Trump is still the president? The people of Amherst and Western New York firmly reject crazy 2020 conspiracy theories and it’s time for Ed Rath to stop hiding and call out his own party and election deniers like Chairman Brian Rusk. At the same time, Ed Rath must return campaign contributions from Chairman Rusk immediately.”
