:rofl:Is 80 million votes against Trump really that hard to believe? He worked very hard for over 4 years to demonize half the country, after all. — praxis
Can we just take a moment to reflect on the fact that the "coup attempt" was a rational conclusion from Trump and the GOP's politics, that it was egged on by Trump and the GOP, that Trump is still egging it on, and only at the last second when GOP members realised the optics of the coup attempt were sufficiently bad did they back out? — fdrake
As to whether the Republicans were cowards, fearful of doing the right thing, they certainly were. As to whether the rank and file actually believed the Trump nonsense, I doubt it. As to whether the Republicans can now remove themselves from Trump now that he has revealed too clearly what and who he actually is, yes. And that, as I said above, is the positive takeaway here. I don't see the rank and file GOP as much as co-conspirators in attempting to steal Biden's legitimate win, but as pathetic cowards fearful of losing their power who knew better. — Hanover
This is the same crowd who earnestly believed Obama is the Antichrist. This is the crowd who fears there are nano-trackers in the covid-19 vaccine.
They aren't going away. — frank
This nano tracker idea would be novel if we weren't all willing to pay for the one most carry in their pocket. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
They aren't going away. — frank
wish covid had killed/would kill more of those dickheads. Perhaps china could (allegedly) engineer a more effective virus in that regard — The Opposite
45% of Republican supporters stand by Trump's coup attempt. — fdrake
They did not say they supported “a coup”. Does anyone really believe these people were attempting a coup? — Brett
A failed attempt at a putsch - certianly more so than a coup or 'insurrection' - is, I think, probably the most appropriate way to speak of it. — StreetlightX
A failed attempt at a putsch - certianly more so than a coup or 'insurrection' - is, I think, probably the most appropriate way to speak of it. — StreetlightX
The disgust levelled at those violent cosplayers ought to be separated from the celebration of a symbol of power and bloody oppression. — StreetlightX
Which is a minority of Republicans, of people that voted for Trump.40 percent of Republicans polled approved of the Capitol mob attack. — frank
After what appears to be the tightest congressional election in decades, Rita Hart, a state senator, has decided to forgo a legal battle in her home state and will instead contest the election directly with the House Administration Committee. Iowa election officials certified Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks as the winner on Monday after a recount diminished her initial victory margin from 47 votes to only 6 votes.
As you might expect with such a close margin, the two campaigns are fighting for every single vote. Miller-Meeks declared victory, but Hart called for a recount of all 24 counties in the district on November 12. The latest front in that fight is in Scott County, where Miller-Meeks campaign alleged Sunday that the recount is "illegal" because it is being done both by hand and by machine.
The lead had earlier flipped back and forth between the candidates after the discovery and correction of two major tabulation errors.
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