Tag Archives: Gabrielle Hanson

Phil Williams reports at Nashville’s CBS affiliate: Defeated mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson, refusing to accept her landslide loss in Franklin’s city election, has now partnered with discredited election deniers in Arizona in claiming the election was rigged. Hanson — who was defeated by incumbent Mayor Ken Moore by a four-to-one margin following a scandal-filled campaign — recorded a podcast over …

Phil Williams reports at Nashville’s CBS affiliate: In perhaps the most bizarre race that this picturesque Middle Tennessee community has ever experienced, Franklin voters resoundingly rejected a candidate for mayor who openly embraced white supremacists and Christian nationalism. Incumbent Mayor Ken Moore easily defeated Gabrielle Hanson, a local real estate developer and first-term city alderman who faced one controversy after …

The Daily Beast reports: Gabrielle Hanson, the Tennessee mayoral candidate who’s found herself embroiled in weekly controversy on the home stretch of her campaign, appeared to keep making blunders on Election Day—decrying that voting machines were malfunctioning on Tuesday despite an election official insisting otherwise. Hanson, who in the past month has been exposed as a Pride hypocrite and embracer …

Phil Williams reports for Nashville’s CBS affiliate: An influential Franklin conservative group has revoked its endorsements of Gabrielle Hanson for mayor and Jeff Feldman for alderman following a series of damning NewsChannel 5 investigations. The Westhaven Conservatives group, based in the affluent neighborhood where both candidates live, announced the decision late Friday in a pair of Facebook posts. In Hanson’s …

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: Members of the Franklin Board of Mayor and Alderman sternly rebuked controversial alderman and mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson Tuesday night, accusing her of sowing division in a once-peaceful city by inviting members of a hate group into the community. But Hanson quickly shot back, refusing to condemn the white supremacists who came to a candidates forum …

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: Controversial MAGA candidate Gabrielle Hanson, in another escalation of tensions in this city’s campaign for mayor, shared social media posts Wednesday from a hate group, accusing her opponent of being “connected to Antifa” and warning “there is no political solution.” It comes two days after a contingent from the hate group, the Tennessee Active Club, showed …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Members of the white supremacist Tennessee Active Club provided security for Gabrielle Hanson, a Moms for Liberty-backed alderman in Franklin, Tennessee, and current candidate for mayor, at a recent candidate forum, according to local reporter Phil Williams. The Tennessee Active Club is one of the “prominent cells” in a rapidly growing network of …

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: It’s an image that goes against everything that Franklin alderman and mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson has claimed she believes — an image of her own husband wearing nothing but an American flag Speedo at a Pride event. And if her husband, Tom Hanson, can be believed, Gabrielle Hanson not only supported the decision, but pushed him …

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: Controversial Franklin mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson insisted she was being transparent when she took to social media Tuesday night to admit to having been arrested back in the 90s for promoting prostitution. Hanson — who’s running a campaign with a morality-based, anti-LGBTQ message — posted the video hours after NewsChannel 5 Investigates texted her and asked …

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: “Appalled! Absolutely appalled!” That’s what a group of women from across the country are saying about how a candidate for Franklin mayor appears to have lifted their social media posts to falsely claim them as her supporters. Franklin alderman Gabrielle Hanson, a controversial candidate who appears to relish her MAGA Republican ties, may not have thought …