AZ-SEN 2022 Megathread: Mastering the Art of the Thiel

[Devout Centrist]

I actually think Masters would be a better GE candidate than Brnovich or Lamon, but please for the love of God, can Trump stop with the "stolen election" crap.

Masters is a deranged sicko that looks dead on like a school shooter. Kelly could (and very likely would!) crush him.

[Devout Centrist]

https://twitter.com/bgmasters/status/1553112391549743105
This message doesn't appeal to anyone outside of the Republican primary electorate - it is true that 'Hispanic voters' (really, Mexican Americans and Central Americans) do care about crime and immigration, but Masters has exactly zero credibility on these issues. Republicans did very well with Hispanics in 2020 precisely because immigration was a much less salient issue.

[Devout Centrist]

This is pretty interesting, as Masters is one of very few Republican candidates who’s trying to make government overreach in the context of COVID-19 a key theme of his campaign. He’s also pivoting away from Trump -

After a bruising primary campaign, Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters and his team are seeking to center his general election against Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly on what they term as “cultural issues,” immigration, inflation and COVID-19, among other topics.

A recent Masters speech at a Turning Point Action event, where he was joined by GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, suggests he sees latent frustration at the lockdowns and mask mandates of two years ago as an issue that could attract voters in November.

Masters never once mentioned politically divisive former President Donald Trump, whose endorsement he promoted until winning the Republican primary. Instead, he talked about the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new COVID-19 guidelines, which eliminate isolation restrictions for unvaccinated people.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/08/20/senate-hopeful-blake-masters-aims-government-overreach-covid-19/10341704002/

“Interesting” insofar as there are a boatload of insane statements he’s made that directly contradict this laughable pivot. No one here is going to take this seriously.

[Devout Centrist]

Ummmmmm

https://twitter.com/jaywillis/status/1569725634741665792?s=20&t=2Cwf38cPvnLe...

Yeah, this has come up a couple times already. Certainly doesn't help BLAKE

[Devout Centrist]

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Mastering the Art of the Thiel

[Devout Centrist]

Wait, why are so many Atlas posters watching Senate debates now?

no lives