When lies become inconvenient

 

There are lots of Republicans campaigning for office who are outright lying; if they didn't lie in concert with the former President and his lying cabal, they'd lose hard-right voters.  But when they win the primary and they need to get more voters to win the general election, they find these lies to be inconvenient.

Case in point:

Election denying New Hampshire Republican Senate hopeful flip-flops and says Biden is the 'legitimate president' and the 'election was not stolen' 24 hours after winning tight GOP primary

"Appearing on Fox News Channel's America's Newsroom with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer Thursday, Bolduc was asked if he continued to stand by a letter he signed alongside 120 other generals saying that Trump won the 2020 election. 

'So, we live and we learn right?' he answered. 

Bolduc said he had 'done a lot of research on this.' 'And I have come to the conclusion - and I want to be definitive on this - the election was not stolen,' he said. 

'Was there fraud? Yes. Is that a concern to Granite Staters all over the state? Yes, there is. Is there a responsibility for public servants in elected positions to ensure that our citizens have faith in their voting system? Yes.' 

 'But elections have consequences,' he continued. 'And, unfortunately, President Biden is the legitimate president of this country,' the Senate hopeful said."

In other words, he didn't do the research before, and he lied. 

Bolduc is currently several points behind (outside the margin of error) in polling for the Senate race he's in.  Which is very good news.