demagogue on 4/11/2020 at 05:39
I hope y'all're right about the urban vote in MI & WI & mail in vote in PA. It's not looking good with ~80% of returns so far.
And I thought Texas was toying with us. Goddamn rust belt has the whole world on pins and needles.
Starker on 4/11/2020 at 05:41
Yeah, don't count Georgia out yet. Atlanta vote count was stopped for tonight due to a burst pipe.
demagogue on 4/11/2020 at 05:45
A burst pipe... How very 2020.
So I assume Trump is definitely declaring victory tonight with the returns we have on hand now, and the next few days are going to be crazy, right?
Starker on 4/11/2020 at 05:51
Has there ever been a time when sowing chaos hasn't been his MO? He will try to raise as much hell as possible. But that's the good outcome. Imagine him instead spending the time quietly sabotaging the next administration.
Jason Moyer on 4/11/2020 at 05:51
Yup. Biden just basically said he's confident about Michigan and Wisconsin, he can't believe they're even in it in Georgia, and he's going to win PA. I dunno if that's bravado or not, I'd assume his campaign has better data than most people do. 538 predicted that Trump would have a big lead in PA on election day and that it would disappear after all the votes were counted, so let's hope Biden wins Georgia/Mich/Wisc so we don't have to worry about it.
henke on 4/11/2020 at 06:00
*me watching the election*
[video=youtube;vZpdRB5CfLw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZpdRB5CfLw[/video]
rachel on 4/11/2020 at 06:51
That it would be so close after all the chaos and death of the past four years is so depressing.
Not surprising, but really, really so fucking depressing.
Vae on 4/11/2020 at 07:41
Trump was trending to win WI, MI, and PA, which would secure his victory, so they stopped counting the votes.
[video=youtube;RTc2ujkMwyE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTc2ujkMwyE[/video]
demagogue on 4/11/2020 at 08:06
At least get your messaging straight:
Quote:
With no winner in the 2020 race and votes still being counted in several battleground states, President Trump entered the East Room of the White House at 2:21 a.m. on Wednesday and asserted without evidence that the election was being taken from him by “a very sad group of people.”
“This is a fraud on the American public,” he told a crowd of supporters, in a reckless and unsubstantiated string of remarks about the democratic process. “This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win the election.”
The president said he wanted to stop the counting of votes and put the outcome of the election in the hands of the Supreme Court. “We want all voting to stop,” he said.
“We will win this,” he continued. “As far as I am concerned we already have won it.” He had not, in fact, won the battleground states he claimed as victories, like North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Many states were still counting votes and had not reported any vote totals.
His remarks were an escalation of his monthslong effort to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the race and previewed what is expected to become a protracted legal battle. Before Trump's false claims, his campaign was already fund-raising off the uncertain outcome. A 12:03 a.m. plea asked for money to help “protect the integrity of this Election.”
They also stood in contrast with remarks made earlier in the evening by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who urged his supporters to have patience until all the votes were counted.
“It's not my place or Donald Trump's place to declare the winner of this election,” Mr. Biden tweeted. “It's the voters' place.”
Mr.Duck on 4/11/2020 at 08:09
Ah, pinches gringos....
