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2020 Election Results

This is fun.

Justin Baragona on Twitter: "
Sean Hannity, while accurately stating that new Congresswoman-elect @CoriBush is from St. Louis, falsely believes she's a man.

Karl Rove correctly states that Bush is a woman, but falsely believes that she is from Baltimore. https://t.co/qqniyQ8Rqd" / Twitter

CB herself:
Cori Bush on Twitter: "
Republicans are already worried about me and they haven’t even figured out my gender or my hometown?

Hey Sean. Hey Karl.

I’m Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, from the Lou and I’m proud.

And if Cori Bush from Baltimore is trying to get into some good trouble, hmu sis!" / Twitter

"The Lou"? A Brit might think "The Loo" - a bathroom.


I like this also:
Jamaal Bowman on Twitter: "If you can run a middle school effectively in the Bronx, I think you have the experience to serve in Congress. Thank you @iamsambee for having me on! https://t.co/d3Hhns52QS" / Twitter
 
lpetrich said:
This is fun.

Justin Baragona on Twitter: "
Sean Hannity, while accurately stating that new Congresswoman-elect @CoriBush is from St. Louis, falsely believes she's a man.

Karl Rove correctly states that Bush is a woman, but falsely believes that she is from Baltimore. https://t.co/qqniyQ8Rqd" / Twitter

CB herself:
Cori Bush on Twitter: "
Republicans are already worried about me and they haven’t even figured out my gender or my hometown?

Hey Sean. Hey Karl.

I’m Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, from the Lou and I’m proud.

And if Cori Bush from Baltimore is trying to get into some good trouble, hmu sis!" / Twitter

"The Lou"? A Brit might think "The Loo" - a bathroom.


I like this also:
Jamaal Bowman on Twitter: "If you can run a middle school effectively in the Bronx, I think you have the experience to serve in Congress. Thank you @iamsambee for having me on! https://t.co/d3Hhns52QS" / Twitter
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Here in St. Louis we refer to the city as "The Lou", and most around here would refer to a Brit as a "Furiner", so we won't be worried too much about how they mispronounce "bathroom".
 
AOC honors a fallen comrade.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: ".@MaxRose4NY has been a great colleague & friend, despite all our differences.

He was relentlessly attacked for attending a community event after the murder of George Floyd.

Max used his election night speech to bravely declare why it was the right thing to do.

Watch it ⬇️" / Twitter

City & State NY on Twitter: "Max Rose has conceded to Nicole Malliotakis. He gave a rather unusual election night speech: (links)" / Twitter

Rep. Max Rose’s unusual election night speech
But Democratic Rep. Max Rose, who looks likely to lose to Republican Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis in New York’s 11th District, took a different approach on this election night. After briefly calling for a full vote count, Rose swiftly pivoted to a detailed defense of his decision to march with Black Lives Matter in his district in June. “I want to speak to something more than just myself or Nicole, but my decision to march to honor George Floyd,” Rose said, before inveighing against political division. He did not concede the race, but the first-term representative acknowledged that he faced an uphill battle. Malliotakis, who leads among in-person votes by 15 percentage points, has declared victory.

“If we are going to unite this country then we must listen when a community is hurting,” Rose continued. “Black parents worry a chance encounter could end with their baby boy or girl never coming home. And yes, the wife or husband of a police officer feels their heart leave their chest every time a tour starts, scared the love of their life may never walk back through the door. … Young Staten Islanders marched to express their pain. And for that – they were called rioters and thugs on national television. They were demonized for their faith in America's capacity for change … their belief that peaceful protest is how you do it, and their hope that their hometown could be a part of that movement. The weeks following the murder of George Floyd, our nation was united in the belief that we must change. … Our politics tore at that common purpose.”
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After Trump Lost Election, See How He's Losing In Court | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC - YouTube
In a special report, MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber debunks Trump’s voter “fraud” claims with the facts and the judges’ own words from court. Melber highlights the fact that Trump's own lawyer admitted there's no evidence of voter fraud under oath and that Trump's own aides are privately acknowledging they're aware this legal fight is "unsustainable." Aired on 11/12/2020.
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What a sight. Trump's lawyers conceding in court that they don't have much of a case.

Opinion | Republicans are wrong. Trump has no ‘right’ to cause this chaos. - The Washington Post
In Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada, attorneys pressing Trump's "election fraud" lawsuits have basically been laughed out of court. In Georgia and Wisconsin, election officials confidently predict recounts will not erase Biden's five-figure leads. In Arizona, where some news organizations still decline to call the race, the Republican attorney general says he believes Trump — trailing by more than 11,000 votes — is "very, highly unlikely" to triumph there, either.

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Some Republicans have reportedly said privately that they are just giving Trump time to "process" his loss. Do they think he's a child? Is he really so emotionally immature? He has had plenty of setbacks in his life — multiple bankruptcies, two divorces. He knew he was likely to lose this election and had plenty of time to prepare his tender ego for the blow.
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Trump often seems like a big baby. I like what Jamaal Bowman said about his excuse-making -- he seems like he's 11 rather than 74.

They have other fish to fry, like keeping Georgia Republicans activated for the Senate runoffs and having a good chance for the Presidential nomination - like Marco Rubio FL and Tom Cotton AR.
 
Opinion | This is a massive failure of character among Republicans — with evangelicals out in front - The Washington Post - "One of the better speeches I helped produce for George W. Bush was never given." - a concession speech for the 2000 election.

About Evangelical Protestants,
A group that was once seen as censorious became the least strict chaperone at Trump’s bacchanal. Under the president’s influence, White evangelicals went from the group most likely to believe personal morality matters in a politician to the group that is least likely. “We’re not electing a pastor in chief,” explained Jerry Falwell Jr., the former president of Liberty University. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas, argued that “outward policies” should matter more than “personal piety.” Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition made his case for Trump’s reelection based on conservative deliverables. “There has never been anyone,” Reed said, “who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more than Donald J. Trump.”
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Opinion | Imagine if Republicans played fairly - The Washington Post - on Susan Collins ME, Lisa Murkowski AK, Mitt Romney UT, and Ben Sasse NE as "the reality caucus"
 
Trump's eldest children split on his path forward - CNNPolitics
While his adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are gung-ho, leading the charge for the President to stay in the fight, daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump has emerged as someone looking for a way for the President to save face as he considers his next steps, sources tell CNN.

Differing approaches have emerged amongst the Trump siblings: Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are telling their father to aggressively fight to the end, echoing baseless claims that the election has been rigged and the outcome should change. Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, meanwhile, are weighing a different political calculus. Ivanka Trump and Kushner would prefer the President concede the race as soon as next week after the Georgia recount has concluded on November 20, whereas Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. would prefer to drag it out until the bitter end.
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China congratulates Biden, Harris on victory
By Eva Dou

SEOUL — China finally congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris on Friday for their U.S. election win, ending whispers over Beijing’s reticence.

Beijing’s salutations came just over 24 hours after Biden’s team said he had held phone calls with the leaders of Australia, Japan and South Korea — U.S. allies that have watched with varying degrees of concern as Beijing has expanded its regional influence.
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lpetrich said:
Trump's eldest children split on his path forward - CNNPolitics
While his adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are gung-ho, leading the charge for the President to stay in the fight, daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump has emerged as someone looking for a way for the President to save face as he considers his next steps, sources tell CNN.

Differing approaches have emerged amongst the Trump siblings: Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are telling their father to aggressively fight to the end, echoing baseless claims that the election has been rigged and the outcome should change. Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, meanwhile, are weighing a different political calculus. Ivanka Trump and Kushner would prefer the President concede the race as soon as next week after the Georgia recount has concluded on November 20, whereas Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. would prefer to drag it out until the bitter end.
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Is this continuing along the false narrative that Kuschner and Ivanka are the stabilizing force for Trump?
 
Now that Trump has gone in to pout mode he's lost all credibility. He could have avoided his Rubicon moment if he'd just eaten a cheeseburger rather go for his ALL CAPS laptop.

Now not only is he a loser, he's in denial, a draft dodger, and, for the want of a needle, buried in the hay of the whiny horse.
 
fromderinside said:
Now that Trump has gone in to pout mode he's lost all credibility.
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With who?
He could have avoided his Rubicon moment if he'd just eaten a cheeseburger rather go for his ALL CAPS laptop.

Now not only is he a loser, he's in denial, a draft dodger, and, for the want of a needle, buried in the hay of the whiny horse.
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But at the moment, lots of people are giving his PAC money... money they think is going for the recount in this election, but it is going to his "I'm fleecing my rube followers" PAC instead. So, he is using this crap, hopefully, just to get free cash.
 
With virtually no more votes to count, the media feels safe in calling the races. It is over. Joe Biden, the comeback kid, has won 306 to 235 (in the first count). He narrowly recaptured the Blue Wall and thanks to a bunch of suspicious ballots that were delivered by some shady people in Arizona and Georgia, Biden took those states as well. Thank you shady people.

Meanwhile America waits to see if Trump is intent on becoming a dictator, is just a sore loser, or is fleecing his supporters one last time seeing his "Help our election" emails solicit funds that are going to PAC, not the election lawyers.

Donald Trump becomes the first one-termer since George HW Bush, who does not deserve the dishonor of being mentioned in a sentence with Trump. The same with Jimmy Carter.
 
Trump law firm withdraws from Pennsylvania case challenging election | US news | The Guardian - also in Arizona

Georgia begins hand recount amid GOP infighting in state | Fox News
Georgia Begins Hand Recount Of Ballots : NPR - some 5 million ballots by hand. They are hoping to complete their recount by Wednesday, Nov 18, in time for certifying the results on Nov 20.

"Raffesnperger said Wednesday the risk-limiting audit would normally require only a sample of the ballots be hand counted. But because the margin is so slim – 14,000 votes out of nearly five million cast, a full hand count was required."

That's because of statistical sampling - for N samples, the relative sampling error scales as 1/sqrt(N). Thus, for relative error E, N ~ 1/E^2
 
lpetrich said:
Trump law firm withdraws from Pennsylvania case challenging election | US news | The Guardian - also in Arizona
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So you have lawyers alleging 2.65 million ballots have issues... and the lawyers quit...

How seriously are we supposed to take a charge like that... if the lawyers just quit?!

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! Over 2.65 million votes were the victim of the Pennsylvania Secretary of State! ... You know what, never mind. We'll let some other lawyers handle this earth shattering accusation.
 
Navarro: White House’s operating ‘assumption is a second Trump term’ - POLITICO
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Friday that the Trump administration is operating as if it will extend into a second term, attempting to stiff-arm the reality of last week's election and dismissing talk that the incoming Biden administration might unwind many of President Donald Trump's policies.

“We are moving forward here at the White House under the assumption there will be a second Trump term,” Navarro said on Fox Business, echoing a refrain from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the president’s most steadfast allies.
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Top CEOs met to plan response to Trump's election denial
Only a few of America’s CEOs have made public statements about President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his election loss, but in private, many are alarmed and talking about what collective action would be necessary if they see an imminent threat to democracy.

On Nov. 6, more than two dozen CEOs of major U.S. corporations took part in a video conference to discuss what to do if Trump refuses to leave office or takes other steps to stay in power beyond the scheduled Jan. 20 inauguration of former Vice President Joe Biden. On Saturday Biden was declared the election winner by The Associated Press and other news organizations.

During the conference, which lasted more than an hour, the CEOs agreed that Trump had the right to pursue legal challenges alleging voter fraud.

But if Trump tries to undo the legal process or disrupts a peaceful transition to Biden, the CEOs discussed making public statements and pressuring GOP legislators in their states who may try to redirect Electoral College votes from Biden to Trump, said Yale Management Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, who convened the meeting.

“They’re all fine with him taking an appeal to the court, to a judicial process. They didn’t want to deny him that. But that doesn’t stop the transition,” said Sonnenfeld. “They said if that makes people feel better, it doesn’t hurt anything to let that grind through.”
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Let's see what the Trumpies have to say about that. Will they become born-again socialists? :D
 
NYT, WaPo, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and BBC now have projected winners for all 50 states. AP and Fox have only Georgia as a state without a projected winner.

Pennsylvania secretary of state will not order a recount | TheHill - because Biden's margin is above the recount limit of 0.5%.

Trump's election 'legal challenges' won't change 2020 results. Can he win by losing? - "The weaknesses across these cases illustrate how the Trump campaign isn’t using the legal process; it’s abusing it."
Not only is the factual scenario materially different from 2000 (when the whole election came down to a single state in which the candidates ended up 537 votes apart), but the lawsuits the Trump campaign has filed thus far are, with one exception, embarrassingly thin or entirely picayune. One of the campaign’s sole “victories,” for instance, was a Pennsylvania state court ruling requiring observers to be allowed 6 feet from the vote counters, rather than 10 feet. No vote tallies were affected in the process — and even that order could still be overturned by Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.

Even the one claim with potentially substantive legs — that Pennsylvania should not count certain late-arriving mail-in ballots — can’t possibly have an impact on the election given the size of Biden’s lead there.

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n particular, we’ve focused on five common flaws in these cases: The overreliance on hearsay; the wild speculation in lieu of actual evidence; the reliance upon “witnesses” or putative victims with serious credibility problems; the reframing (or refiling) of already-disproven or denied claims; and, perhaps most important, the extent to which most of these claims would not actually change the result.
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This is something that Trump has done for years, attempting to win by lawsuit. He has succeeded in the past, mainly by outlasting his opponents, but here are opponents with more endurance than many of his previous ones. It doesn't help that many of his election lawsuits are extremely weak and easy to dismiss as baseless.
 
Trump sues to stop certifications in Michigan, Pennsylvania as Georgia announces recount
But Biden cannot officially be declared the winner until states certify their results, their electors meet on Dec. 14 to cast their votes for president, and Congress convenes on Jan. 6 to count those votes.

State recounts and court challenges can continue through the federal deadline of Dec. 8 — a date that looms large for team Trump.
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PA's certification deadline is Nov 23.

Election results certification dates, 2020 - Ballotpedia
  • Nov 05 - DE
  • Nov 10 - LA OK SD VT
  • Nov 11 - SC WY
  • Nov 13 - MS
  • Nov 16 - VA
  • Nov 17 - FL
  • Nov 18 - AR ID MA
  • Nov 20 - GA ND
  • Nov 23 - KY ME MI PA UT
  • Nov 24 - DC IN MN NM NC OH
  • Nov 25 - AK AL
  • Nov 30 - AZ CO IA MT NE
  • Dec 01 - KS NV WI
  • Dec 03 - CT OR TX WA WV
  • Dec 04 - IL
  • Dec 07 - NY
  • Dec 08 - MD MO NJ
  • Dec 11 - CA
  • Not specified - HI NH RI TN
The deadlines for the states where Biden won with the smallest margins are:

GA Nov 20, AZ Nov 30, PA Nov 23, WI Dec 1
 
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