Ev Boyle

human on the internet.

[Ev Boyle @evboyle]

Spent a couple hours digging into LA Councilmember Gil Cedillo's campaign contributions and wow, the things this guy is getting away with in broad daylight are insane. Not surprised there's an active FBI probe of our City Council. A short 🧵 (TLDR: vote for @EunissesH!)

[Noah Goldberg @Noah__Goldberg]

Washington Post editorial board weighs in on LA mayoral race and inaccurately asserts a talking point that has been bandied about X over the last week: that Nithya Raman conceded on election night. That didn’t happen.

https://t.co/6QZ7PvC1VS

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

I know this is going to sound weird, but 1) Social media following doesn’t necessarily translate into votes 2) everybody who follows you on social media doesn’t live in the same city as you 3) everybody who follows you on social media isn’t a registered voter.

A lot of the people who supported Spencer Pratt didn’t live in Los Angeles and couldn’t vote for mayor. Dems outnumber Republicans 3-to-1 in LA.

Hope this helps.

[Nithya Raman @nithyavraman]

A few months ago this campaign was a long shot.

Now, we're advancing to the general election.

We got here because people across Los Angeles believe in something better: a city where Angelenos can afford to live, work, and build a future.

[Karthik @KarthikForTexas]

This is like if AOC ran for Governor of Alabama and lost and we tried to argue it was fraud.

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

lol

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

"If you can’t beat them, accuse them of cheating."

Read: https://t.co/haREue3MBH

[Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla]

I’d say sowing doubt and distrust in American elections without evidence is “diabolical,” Mr. Speaker.

[Ev Boyle @evboyle]

@designertracy @nithyavraman Tell us you don’t live in LA without telling us you don’t live in LA…

[Unrig LA @UnrigLA]

@KarenBassLA You and your supporters did everything possible to help boost Spencer Pratt, amplify the MAGA agenda, and now we have to deal with all of their election denial conspiracies.
https://t.co/oYSuKNkEEp

[Ev Boyle @evboyle]

@erikamohandie @nithyavraman Because most nonpartisan & progressive people left X when it was taken over by right-wing demagogues. I know the most powerful people in the country, most of all the president, are spreading blatant lies about our elections, but that doesn’t mean you have to believe them.

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

Trump should show up here at the L.A. County ballot processing center because he’d learn within five minutes this is democracy in action, not some conspiracy.

[Nithya Raman @nithyavraman]

I’m incredibly honored that voters have given us the opportunity to advance to the general election for Mayor of Los Angeles.

To the thousands of supporters who knocked doors, made calls, sent texts, donated, and opened their homes for events across the city, and to everyone else who made this moment possible: thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Now our fight for a healthier, safer, more affordable, and more joyful Los Angeles continues. For too long, City Hall has prioritized giving political advantage to powerful interests that fund elections. Meanwhile, working people pay the price in higher rents, depleted services, and a city that has stopped working for them.

If you’re as frustrated by the broken status quo as I am, I hope you’ll join our movement to build a city that works for everyone.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

If you want to have a good time in life, I think you should believe in some conspiracy theories. They're fun. Life is about having fun.

But if you want to be right, you should probably have a reflexive aversion to every conspiracy theory you hear. It's not that they're all wrong. It's more that the vast vast vast majority of them are incredibly stupid and don't really survive three seconds' thought (see post below for why it makes no sense for Karen Bass to rig an election to help a stronger candidate against her). More broadly, conspiracy theories almost always assume the extraordinary competency of a shadowy group of elites who are very good at keeping a secret. Haven't the last few decades proved that elites aren't that competent? Everybody accusing Karen Bass of expertly rigging the LA election on Twitter right now also thinks she sucks as mayor. What are the odds that the politician you hate, who you think sucks at everything, is exclusively good at rigging electoral outcomes to make you personally upset?

There's more to life than being right, so feel free to ignore the second paragraph. But people interested in being right should be much more reflexively judgmental of conspiracy theories.

[Ev Boyle @evboyle]

@DC_Draino I’m assuming you already know this and are being paid for your opinions or something, but every single thing you said here is a lie. This is a deeply irresponsible use of your platform.

[(((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten]

The LA mayor stuff is the dumbest conspiracy theory I've ever heard & makes no sense. Dem establishment/Bass wanted Pratt, not Raman, to advance.

Bass crushes Pratt in a 1-on-1 by 18 pt, while Raman beat Bass by 4.

Pratt's the rarity in LA less popular than the unpopular Bass!

[Unrig LA @UnrigLA]

If you don’t want to take them at their word, money talks.

The LA Police Protective League and the LA County Federation of Labor spent $1.89 million trying sink Raman & boost Pratt so they could cultivate a Bass Vs Pratt runoff.

[neiman marxist @dannie_doe]

checking in on @MRodCD7

[Unrig LA @UnrigLA]

So many people are screaming that Pratt got zero votes in a ballot drop when in reality he actually got 21,870 in that drop.

They are just reposting the same inaccurate info from NBC News site (left). Receipts from official county registrar’s site on right.