So I'm still trying to figure out what Trump's goal is in denying the validity of the election. — Hippyhead
I’m not sure Trump’s ascension to power was set up by Obama’s presidency so much as by Hillary’s candidacy... — Todd Martin
President Trump on Friday suffered another blow to his unprecedented effort to undo the election results when a delegation of Michigan Republicans, after meeting with Mr. Trump at the White House, said that they would “follow the normal process” in certifying the vote results and honor the outcome.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. won Michigan, and a state board is scheduled to consider certifying the vote on Monday.
While Mr. Trump has made baseless charges of voter fraud in Michigan and elsewhere, Michigan’s top two Republican lawmakers — who had been summoned to the White House by the president — said after the meeting that they had “not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election” in the state. In a statement, they vowed not to interfere with the certification process.
“As legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan’s electors, just as we have said throughout this election,” said the two officials, Mike Shirkey, the leader of the State Senate, and Lee Chatfield, the speaker of the State House.
“Michigan’s certification process should be a deliberate process free from threats and intimidation,” they added. “Allegations of fraudulent behavior should be taken seriously, thoroughly investigated, and if proven, prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And the candidates who win the most votes win elections and Michigan’s 16 electoral votes. These are simple truths that should provide confidence in our elections.”
A US District Court judge Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign trying to invalidate millions of Pennsylvania mail-in votes in a significant loss for the campaign. — CNN
Trump’s really acting like the guy who, when a girlfriend dumps him, throws acid in her face so that nobody else will like her - ‘if I can’t have her, nobody else can, either.’ — Wayfarer
I think we should be careful in assuming that we know what Trump is up to. Trump himself may not know. He's a very instinctive and spontaneous player. And using that method he succeeded in defeating the entire political establishment at their own game, until very recently. — Hippyhead
And using that method he succeeded in defeating the entire political establishment at their own game, until very recently. — Hippyhead
Btw, give me some insight, what do Georgians think of Sidney Powell's latest conspiracy theory that Dominion paid Brian Kemp to illegally add a shit-ton of votes to Biden's tally and of her threat to "blow up" Georgia with a "Biblical" lawsuit. It's National Enquirer "Aliens ate my baby"-level stuff, but is it gaining any traction? And wtf is she doing it for? It's never going anywhere? Is there a plan here? — Baden
I see the Senate as the only check left against a Democratic party that is being pushed farther left than the general public wants, — Hanover
Why is it for Americans so difficult to understand that everybody doesn't think as they themselves do, even if you just had an election there where 79 million voted for Biden and 73 million voted for Trump?In a nutshell, the Donkey is about you, and your well-being, and the GOP is about itself and getting as much as it can no matter what it takes, or from whom or how. — tim wood
I disagee.An example of how far the Republican party has fallen, the national highway system was Eisenhower. No Republican today could even formulate the underlying concepts of such a thing. — tim wood
You're claiming those Trump voters were thinking? What were they thinking?Why is it for Americans so difficult to understand that everybody doesn't think as they themselves do, even if you just had an election there where 79 million voted for Biden and 73 million voted for Trump? — ssu
What do you disagree with and why? You maybe think Ted Cruz or Lindsay Graham, arguably the best, brightest, and most intelligent stars of the Republican Party, could think of such things?An example of how far the Republican party has fallen, the national highway system was Eisenhower. No Republican today could even formulate the underlying concepts of such a thing.
— tim wood
I disagee. — ssu
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