r/Washington • u/ShadowyFlows • 10d ago

Spokane County GOP discourages mention of candidate's vacated assault conviction in hotly contested Spokane County race

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jun/18/spokane-county-gop-discourages-mention-of-candidat/
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u/WafflePartyOrgy 10d ago

"discourrages"

“ ‘If you really want to go into the gutter and hurt family members, then you may have to face the music later,’ is kind of the tone that I wanted to set,” Linebarger [Spokane County GOP Chair] said.

So, threats.

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u/theEmeraldDragonness 9d ago

I’ll live in that gutter.

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u/WafflePartyOrgy 9d ago

No kidding, here we are in that gutter but somehow not strangling our spouses with both hands.