Republican candidate for Nevada State Treasurer, Drew “The Great Exaggerator” Johnson, is at it again, trying to wipe clean his trail of decidedly non-conservative positions over the years.
A week ago I wrote about Drew’s support for Ranked (“Rigged) Choice Voting (RCV), as detailed in an R Street Policy Study he co-authored.
He got called out for it on social media. Bigly.
And the only guy in Nevada more thin-skinned and prickly than liberal blubber-blogger Jon Ralston went cuckoo for Cocoa Nuts over it.
He indignantly responded on X, claiming he “never supported RCV,” except for “Republican presidential primary states,” and that any allegation that he’s “for RCV is a lie.”
The Great Exaggerator continued:
“Someone tried to attack me with that stupidity in my congressional primary. It was proven to be a completely bogus attack. Read the paper (which I wrote about 20% of) and explain how any honest person could make the claim that I think we should have RCV in our elections.”
Poor Drew. Still doesn’t know the Internet lives forever. Read on…
I’ve since discovered a second article inked by Drew himself (no co-author to hide behind this time) in 2022 which was published by Florida Politics.
In it, Drew voices opposition to a bill by Republicans in the Florida Legislature to ban RCV, writing that the new system “makes elections more efficient and encourages voters to be more engaged.”
He continued:
“(S)tate lawmakers should not pass the bill until they remove the small portion that would strip local governments of the right to save money and streamline elections by implementing RCV.”
Drew went on to characterize RCV “as an instant runoff election” which “is a huge benefit,” citing the following as examples:
“Taxpayers around the country are already benefiting from RCV. New York City trimmed an estimated $15-20 million by streamlining its mayoral election using RCV. San Francisco adopted RCV to replace runoffs, saving more than $4 million per election cycle.”
Ah, yes. nothing says “I’m a conservative Republican” like urging people to mimic the disastrous policies of liberal cities like New York and San Francisco!
Drew concluded by declaring that Republican efforts to ban RCV “goes against the GOP’s own principles by banning a fiscally-sound, common-sense solution.”
He added that Republican legislators “should be working to expand the adoption of ranked choice voting, not scheming to ban the system in the Sunshine State.”
But, but, but…
I thought Drew wrote last week that he “never supported RCV” and that any allegation that he’s for it “is a lie”?
Turns out, Drew’s the liar.
What other whoppers has he told you?