Washington State Republican Party "get out the vote" rally draws almost no one to the state capitol

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In an ominous sign for the Washington State Republican Party of what fate likely awaits them at the end of the 2024 presidential election next month, what was supposed to be a major “get out the vote” event yesterday at the Capitol Campus in Olympia turned into an embarrassingly spectacular bust when the party faithful failed to show up.

The party had promoted the event as an opportunity to hear from Chair Jim Walsh and an “all-star cast of candidates.” Attendees were urged to bring their ballots. Advance invitations were posted on the party’s Twitter account, Facebook account, and its main website, like the one below, published at 11:08 AM the day before.

But when 3 PM rolled around, the hoped-for masses had not materialized, as you can see from the photo above, provided by an observer who stopped by the Legislative Building to see how the Republicans were getting along.

A pair of videos posted on YouTube by an account called Stealth Creations corroborates that a tiny number of people were in attendance to hear from Walsh and candidates like Pete Serrano (running for Attorney General), Sharon Hanek (running for Auditor), and Carmen Goers (running for Congress). In the first of the two videos (which are hard to watch, not because of the content, but because of extremely sloppy filming and editing), Walsh can be heard thanking the itty bitty crowd for “braving the blustery weather” and promising them “we’re going to go quickly, before it starts to monsoon.”

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/10/a-sign-of-whats-to-come-washington-state-republican-party-get-out-the-vote-rally-draws-almost-no-one-to-the-state-capitol.html

[IdiotsforPalin]

1. Here in Washington

We could give a damn about repukes. This will be a blue wave

[Wounded Bear]

3. We have our red counties in Washington, like everywhere else...

but I haven't see a lot of trump swag around this time.

[LisaM]

2. The Washington Republican party has an aversion to normal candidates.

They've run a string of crazies and unpleasant characters for years. It's too bad, because there used to be some reasonable Republicans (like Dan Evans) but the those days seem long gone.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Yeah, they went full MAGA over the last 6-8 years or so...nt

[Aristus]

5. The Trumpanzees out in Spokanistan didn't get to Olympia in their tractors fast enough.

[RainCaster]

6. Spokane proper is blue, though outside, it's red

Towns south of there are very red- Yakima, Tri-Cities, Zillah, Ellensburg, Toppenish...