Election 2020

[wease]

Now they're going to do the recount.

I thought the Georgia recount was done?

Nope. That was just the first count.

Are you sure?

Yep. The first count hadn't been certified yet. The deadline for that was today. Trump had to wait until it was certified before he could ask for a recount.

Ok. I may have misunderstood the report I heard yesterday. I'll check again.

So it looks like they were doing a post-election audit and not an official recount. They could've certified before doing the audit but decided to wait until thos results were completed. Trump can still request an official recount.

[Electromatic]

Now they're going to do the recount.

I thought the Georgia recount was done?

Nope. That was just the first count.

Are you sure?

Yep. The first count hadn't been certified yet. The deadline for that was today. Trump had to wait until it was certified before he could ask for a recount.

Ok. I may have misunderstood the report I heard yesterday. I'll check again.

So it looks like they were doing a post-election audit and not an official recount. They could've certified before doing the audit but decided to wait until thos results were completed. Trump can still request an official recount.

The Georgia Recount is certified. As of this morning. Biden won by 12000ish.

This was an official audit/recount of the presidental votes. Trump’s strategy now would be to get votes thrown out over technicalities, but that was taken care of during the voting process. If signatures didn’t match on mail in votes or there were other problems the vote wasn’t counted unless the voter healed the ballot.

He’s lost so many electoral votes now that it doesn’t matter if he fights it in court for four years.

[McParadigm]

Are you fucking kidding me

[McParadigm]

Republicans: Keep an eye on those Democrats. They are calculated, conniving....and capable of anything.

Democrats: The sky’s on fire so maybe a bake sale

[dimejinky99]

CNN saying trump jr has covid.

I shouldn’t laugh but I am. I’m laughing.

[BurtReynolds]

It's a mild cold for him.

[macphisto]

Are you fucking kidding me

Really pathetic.

[dimejinky99]

In relation to that, what’s pathetic

[dimejinky99]

Fuck the election. This is what he’s about to lose his mind about.
Just imagine he forgets to delete all the DMs

[Norah]

Except he tweets from @realdonaldtrump

[96583UP]

Now that it's official that Biden won Georgia by 12,284 votes I can say that, going into Election Day, I never expected he would actually win the state.

I was expecting this to be one where the Dems lose by a couple % points and then you hear horrible stories of widespread disenfranchisement

but instead they narrowly won

and the stories of widespread disenfranchisement fall by the wayside

[96583UP]

Except he tweets from @realdonaldtrump

but they will begin to apply the regular terms of service so the real vegas question is what's the over / under on number of tweets he gets out before the account is suspended

maybe we need a thread for that

[verb_to_trust]

I wonder when Twitter access will be deemed a human right, and therefore offered in prison like church service and tv?

[Higgs]

Are you fucking kidding me

Really pathetic.

What's the pathetic bit Mac?

The president elect is meant to get $10 million in fed funds to aid in the transition. Because fuckwit refuses to concede the funds can't be released.

Sounds like another big win for the US democratic system and political integrity.

I think it's pathetic too, just wondering if we agree on the fine points.

[96583UP]

fortunately there's an endless list of affluent industrialists from both parties who were personally insulted by donald trump at one point during his presidency and donated millions to make sure the TV gameshow host did not get re-elected and so i am certain the Biden campaign will get more than the $10 MM they need to preserve Western Civilization

but

unfortunately an extra 75K people will prob die from coronavirus bc of the dysfunction

[elliseamos]

fortunately there's an endless list of affluent industrialists from both parties who were personally insulted by donald trump at one point during his presidency and donated millions to make sure the TV gameshow host did not get re-elected and so i am certain the Biden campaign will get more than the $10 MM they need to preserve Western Civilization

but

unfortunately an extra 75K people will prob die from coronavirus bc of the dysfunction

Yes, sure, whatever, but are suspenders going to be back in style in 2021?

[Bi_3]

Now that it's official that Biden won Georgia by 12,284 votes I can say that, going into Election Day, I never expected he would actually win the state.

I was expecting this to be one where the Dems lose by a couple % points and then you hear horrible stories of widespread disenfranchisement

but instead they narrowly won

and the tweets of widespread disenfranchisement fall by the wayside

FTFY

[Rob]

Now that it's official that Biden won Georgia by 12,284 votes I can say that, going into Election Day, I never expected he would actually win the state.

I was expecting this to be one where the Dems lose by a couple % points and then you hear horrible stories of widespread disenfranchisement

but instead they narrowly won

and the tweets of widespread disenfranchisement fall by the wayside

FTFY

...or maybe weeks of videos of people standing in lines all day to vote, BUT showing the world how proud they were to overcome such an obstacle, inspired people.

[tragabigzanda]

FUCK ICE

[Bi_3]

Some sound thinking from Sen. Jon Tester on how the Dems can make inroads with rural voters:

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/n ... 99375.html

Interesting, I think he is largely correct. Here a similar stance from Michigan:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ ... war-436301


“It’s not just that he eats cheeseburgers at a big celebratory dinner. It’s not just that he does things that the common man can kind of appreciate. And it’s not even because he uses kind of simplistic language—he doesn’t use complicated, wonky language, the way a lot of Democrats do,” Slotkin said. “We sometimes make people feel like they aren’t conscientious enough. They aren’t thoughtful enough. They aren’t ‘woke’ enough. They aren’t smart enough or educated enough to just understand what’s good for them. … It’s talking down to people. It’s alienating them. And there’s just certain voters who feel so distant from the political process—it’s not their life, it’s not their world. They hate it. They don’t like all that politics stuff. Trump speaks to them, because he includes them.”


It really is that simple.