Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer Touts Endorsement Of Man Convicted Of Voter Fraud, Other Disreputable Republicans
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The Republican senator boasts she has over 1,000 endorsements. It’s not clear they’re all worth being proud of.
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), who faces an unexpectedly competitive reelection battle, claims to have more than 1,000 endorsements — a group that includes current and former elected officials, conservative activists, farmers and business people.
But until adding 76 names this week, Fischer’s total fell well short of 1,000.
And perhaps more important, some of the folks on her list might not be people whose blessing is worth advertising.
Take Michael Hannum, a conservative activist from Douglas County, whom the Fischer campaign describes as a “pro-life warrior for Fischer.” In 2016, Hannum pleaded guilty to voting illegally in both Kansas and Nebraska in the 2012 election. He paid a fine of $5,500 as punishment. Ironically, Hannum, who claimed the double vote was a mistake due to travel between homes in the two states, got caught up in a Kansas state law that empowered then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) to prosecute alleged election fraud. Kobach, a right-wing demagogue, has unsuccessfully claimed that mass voter fraud hurt former President Donald Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 elections. Meanwhile, Hannum is not the first Republican to be caught for a crime the right pretends is perpetrated by the left en masse.
Jack Poulsen is another not-so-wholesome name on the endorsement page. Poulsen, who is listed among the endorsements as a Wheeler County commissioner even though the county commission website no longer has his name, pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud charges in May. The Department of Justice accused Poulsen of using his position as president of a regional bank to direct illegal loans to a relative that cost the bank $800,000 in losses. Poulsen’s actions contributed to the 2020 collapse of the bank he led, which had been in existence for over 60 years. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison in August.
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