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  Yeah it goes to a special where the Democrats aren't allowed to run a candidate, so basically the repubs get to hand pick a scumbag here
context: A Republican arrested after winning his race for a seat in the Georgia House has decided to step aside instead of facing a possible suspension as soon as he was sworn into office later this month,
  The decision by Danny Rampey means a special election will be held on Jan. 31 to choose the new representative for the House seat based around Winder, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
  Rampey, 67, was arrested last month after investigators said he stole prescription narcotics at the retirement complex he manages. >
  
  Georgia sure loves its special elections. >
  
  Especially this one. No Democratic party nominees allowed cause they didn't have a candidate for this seat in November. >
  
  
  Especially this one. No Democratic party nominees allowed cause they didn't have a candidate for this seat in November.
  
  That seems quite unconstitutional.  
  EDIT: Am I understanding correctly that if he had waited until he had been sworn in, then the Dems would have been able to run a candidate?  So no different than McCain playing the rules by holding on until his death rather than retiring earlier, thus making it that the Arizona governor got to appoint his replacement rather than a special election being run to handle it. >
  
  That’s why the lionizing of McCain is always so fucking dumb. He knew what he was doing all the way until the end. >
  
  If Republicans were good people they wouldn't call themselves Republicans. >
  
  Or Christians >
  
  I would worship Satan before I called myself a christian. You can put that on my tombstone >
  
  Religion is used as a tool to control the masses. >
  
  Almost everything can be used as such a tool, patriotism, economy, military, sports etc >
  
  
  Rampey was charged in Barrow County with six counts of obtaining drugs by misrepresentation or theft, six counts of exploiting an elder or disabled adult, five counts of burglary and one count of drug possession.
  
  Paging George Santos... >
  
  The GOP is now just a criminal organisation masquerading as a political party. >
  
  Always was >
  
  “always” is a weird way to say since the 60s >
  
  They may have been different people and they may have had a different party name but they were doing the same thing; trying to strip rights from minorites, hating women, obstructing progress, etc. >
  
  I mean, disenfranchising minorities and women traces all the way back to the founding of America, so you don't even have to say trying >
  
  It goes back to the beginning of time. Women have always endured second-class citizenship or worse. >
  
  If it was a Democrat, it would have been in the headline and said democrats are in disarray. >
  
  Buried the lede...
  Rampey, 67, was arrested last month after investigators said he stole prescription narcotics at the retirement complex he manages. >
  
  This genuinely makes me wonder why he didn't just decide to hold on to his seat, double down, and easily get re-elected in two years.
  This is the type of shit that Republican voters want in their reps. >
  
  Seriously, it’s like he didn’t get the memo >
  
  He's 67, not gonna do well in jail. "Rampey and his family own a chain of personal care homes in northeast Georgia."  He just won an election.  
  Soooo many reasons not to be a low life shit heel, but some people just can't stop being shit heeler Republican. At least he couldn't.. >
  
  You think rich white men go to jail? Lol.
  Rich men don't go to jail, especially rich, white, connected men in the South. (For reference see Alex Murtaugh and Murtaugh family in SC) >
  
  If he was that connected, he would have fought the charge and not resigned.  But you're right.  Rich white men seem to wear an invisibility cloak when they go about their shenanigans. >
  
  Conservatives were campaigning on the post pandemic Crime sprees to win the House. Turns out the crime spree was in the House. And the violent thugs were Conservatives. >
  
  Can’t be true, republicans don’t use drugs /s >
  
  Right ? They’re the party of law and order and traditional values >
  
  Where does that fit on the Santos scale? >
  
  Fails miserably because he admitted it >
  
  I seen the headline “…member steps aside….” and initially thought “must be a Dem if he is stepping aside.” >
  
  Yeah, honestly surprising. He must have not known he could have been a senator from this. >
  
  Its a good thing he didn’t lie about is religion, professional background, place of residence, and campaign expenditures; whew!! >
  
  He ran unopposed, so his replacement is almost guaranteed to be Much Much Worse.