Conceding is just a gesture of goodwill that signals to the country that democracy is intact and there will be a smooth transition. The fucktard will be removed by the Secret Service as a trespasser once Biden is sworn in.
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Conceding is just a gesture of goodwill that signals to the country that democracy is intact and there will be a smooth transition. The fucktard will be removed by the Secret Service as a trespasser once Biden is sworn in.
As if Trump got a fair shake. He was constantly undermined every inch of his term and still is.
Are you afraid some voting corruption might be discovered? I think if the president suspects the election was tainted ,he's only doing his job getting to the bottom of any wrong doing. That's for all voters and just following the constitution to insure a fair election. Same old shit for four years. The left wants to change all the rules and makes false accusations and everybody else is a white supremist racist if they don't buy into the fucking bullshit healing.unity story line.
My responses are above in red. You guys were handed the keys to a Ferrari and you crashed it. Now you're mad because the American people aren't dumb enough to buy you another one.
Can't you appreciate how close this election is? 70+million don't like your "Big Guy". You're just blind and deaf to reason.
If everything is on the up and up,I'll give Biden his chance. That's more than Trump got from the left with all the interference.
If everything is on the up and up,I'll give Biden his chance. That's more than Trump got from the left with all the interference.
Agree, but here is better explanation of what Vaughn tried to say:
What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election? | Van Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Jones
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Blind and deaf to reason?
Over 77 million don't like yours. Math.....catch the fever.
I was pissed when Trump got elected in 2016, then I chilled and decided to give the guy a chance. He started in with his "taking over an economic disaster" talk. He was taking credit for an economy that was already the longest economic expansion in history. Then came the Muslim Ban. Then he started appointing people that had no business being in the positions they were being appointed to. Then he started removing the protections that were put in place after the last economic disaster and started working to undo the ACA without a better plan like he promised. Then his campaign team started to get indicted. That's around the time I said "Fuck this guy, I was right".
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Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims
Aaron Blake 5 hrs ago
By now, it?s well-established that most of the arguments put forward by President Trump?s reelection campaign in its challenge of the results of the 2020 election are baseless and highly speculative. Even Trump allies, as The Washington Post reported late Tuesday, acknowledge the apparent futility of the effort. Others have reasoned that there?s no harm in going through the motions, with one anonymous GOP official asking, ?What?s the downside for humoring him? for a little while?
But as scenes in courtrooms nationwide in recent days have shown, there is indeed a downside for those tasked with pursuing these claims. Repeatedly now, they have been rebuked by judges for how thin their arguments have been.
The most famous scene came in Pennsylvania, where a Trump lawyer strained to avoid acknowledging that their people were, in fact, allowed to observe the vote-counting process in Philadelphia:
At the city?s federal courthouse on Thursday evening, attorneys for Trump asked a judge to issue an emergency order to stop the count, alleging that all Republican observers had been barred.
Under sharp questioning from Judge Paul S. Diamond, however, they conceded that Trump in fact had ?a nonzero number of people in the room,? leaving Diamond audibly exasperated.
?I?m sorry, then what?s your problem?? asked Diamond, who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Denying Trump?s request, Diamond struck a deal for 60 observers from each party to be allowed inside.
At one point on Friday afternoon, 12 Republican observers and five Democrats were watching the count, according to a ballot counter who was working.
After that ?nonzero? answer, Diamond pressed the Trump campaign lawyer to be more explicit ? and he suggestively invoked their standing with the bar: ?I?m asking you as a member of the bar of this court: Are people representing the plaintiffs in the room?? The lawyer responded more directly: ?Yes.? By the end of the hearing, Diamond invoked his right to make sure lawyers in his courtroom acted in good faith.
Another Trump lawyer, Jonathan S. Goldstein, was also grilled by a Pennsylvania judge this week. Under questioning, he acknowledged that, contrary to Trump?s claims about rampant voter fraud, he wasn?t alleging fraud in the 592 ballots he sought to disqualify in Montgomery County, Pa.
Again, Trump?s lawyer strained to avoid directly answering the question but was ultimately forced to acknowledge it:
THE COURT: In your petition, which is right before me ? and I read it several times ? you don?t claim that any electors or the Board of the County were guilty of fraud, correct? That?s correct?
GOLDSTEIN: Your Honor, accusing people of fraud is a pretty big step. And it is rare that I call somebody a liar, and I am not calling the Board of the [Democratic National Committee] or anybody else involved in this a liar. Everybody is coming to this with good faith. The DNC is coming with good faith. We?re all just trying to get an election done. We think these were a mistake, but we think they are a fatal mistake, and these ballots ought not be counted.
THE COURT: I understand. I am asking you a specific question, and I am looking for a specific answer. Are you claiming that there is any fraud in connection with these 592 disputed ballots?
GOLDSTEIN: To my knowledge at present, no.
THE COURT: Are you claiming that there is any undue or improper influence upon the elector with respect to these 592 ballots?
GOLDSTEIN: To my knowledge at present, no.
The Trump campaign also sought to temporarily stop counting some ballots in Detroit. It cited a GOP poll watcher who had said she had been told by an unidentified person that late mail ballots were being predated to before Election Day, so they would be considered valid.
The judge repeatedly asserted this was hearsay, but Trump campaign lawyer Thor Hearne sought to argue that it wasn?t ? despite it having been someone who said they heard about something they weren?t personally involved in. He pointed to a vague note the poll watcher produced ? which said ?entered receive date as 11/2/20 on 11/4/20? ? as evidence:
STEPHENS: So I want to make sure I understand you. The affiant is not the person who had knowledge of this. Is that correct?
HEARNE: The affiant had direct firsthand knowledge of the communication with the elections inspector and the document they provided them.
STEPHENS: Okay, which is generally known as hearsay, right?
HEARNE: I would not think that?s hearsay, Your Honor. That?s firsthand personal knowledge by the affiant of what she physically observed. And we included an exhibit which is a physical copy of the note that she was provided.
The two later returned to the point, after Stephens reviewed the note, and Stephens echoed Judge Diamond?s exasperation:
STEPHENS: I?m still trying to understand why this isn?t hearsay.
HEARNE: Well, it?s, it, I ?
STEPHENS: I absolutely understand what the affiant says she heard someone say to her. But the truth of the matter ? that you?re going for was that there was an illegal act occurring. Because other than that I don?t know what its relevancy is.
HEARNE: Right. I would say, Your Honor, in terms of the hearsay point, this is a firsthand factual statement made by Ms. Connarn, and she has made that statement based on her own firsthand physical evidence and knowledge --
STEPHENS: ?I heard somebody else say something.? Tell me why that?s not hearsay. Come on, now.
HEARNE: Well it?s a firsthand statement of her physical ?
STEPHENS: It?s an out-of-court statement offered where the truth of the matter is [at-issue], right?
In a later written decision, Stephens slammed the argument as ?inadmissible hearsay within hearsay.? And after the campaign appealed, Stephens rebuked it Monday for not including required documentation.
?I regret to inform you that your submission is defective,? Stephens said.
Another of the Trump team?s claims crumbled rather quickly in Georgia.
In Chatham County, as in Michigan, the Trump campaign cited supposed evidence that 53 late ballots may have been predated so they could be counted. Except two witnesses they called acknowledged under oath that they didn?t know whether the ballots were received after the deadline. And two others for the local board of elections testified that they were, in fact, received on time.
Judge James Bass dismissed the case in a one-sentence, eight-word ruling, saying, ?I?m denying the request and dismissing the petition? and abruptly adjourned the hearing. He then elaborated in a written opinion, saying that ?the Court finds that there is no evidence that the ballots referenced in the petition were received after 7:00 p.m. on election day, thereby making those ballots invalid. Additionally, there is no evidence that the Chatham County Board of Elections or the Chatham County Board of Registrars has failed to comply with the law.?
The common thread running through all of these is that Trump?s lawyers are regularly offering a significantly more watered-down version of Trump?s claims about rampant voter fraud ? because they, unlike Trump, have to substantiate their claims. And as these exchanges show, it?s a rather thankless task that can quickly land them on a judge?s bad side.
Aaron Blake 5 hrs ago
By now, it?s well-established that most of the arguments put forward by President Trump?s reelection campaign in its challenge of the results of the 2020 election are baseless and highly speculative. Even Trump allies, as The Washington Post reported late Tuesday, acknowledge the apparent futility of the effort. Others have reasoned that there?s no harm in going through the motions, with one anonymous GOP official asking, ?What?s the downside for humoring him? for a little while?
But as scenes in courtrooms nationwide in recent days have shown, there is indeed a downside for those tasked with pursuing these claims. Repeatedly now, they have been rebuked by judges for how thin their arguments have been.
The most famous scene came in Pennsylvania, where a Trump lawyer strained to avoid acknowledging that their people were, in fact, allowed to observe the vote-counting process in Philadelphia:
At the city?s federal courthouse on Thursday evening, attorneys for Trump asked a judge to issue an emergency order to stop the count, alleging that all Republican observers had been barred.
Under sharp questioning from Judge Paul S. Diamond, however, they conceded that Trump in fact had ?a nonzero number of people in the room,? leaving Diamond audibly exasperated.
?I?m sorry, then what?s your problem?? asked Diamond, who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Denying Trump?s request, Diamond struck a deal for 60 observers from each party to be allowed inside.
At one point on Friday afternoon, 12 Republican observers and five Democrats were watching the count, according to a ballot counter who was working.
After that ?nonzero? answer, Diamond pressed the Trump campaign lawyer to be more explicit ? and he suggestively invoked their standing with the bar: ?I?m asking you as a member of the bar of this court: Are people representing the plaintiffs in the room?? The lawyer responded more directly: ?Yes.? By the end of the hearing, Diamond invoked his right to make sure lawyers in his courtroom acted in good faith.
Another Trump lawyer, Jonathan S. Goldstein, was also grilled by a Pennsylvania judge this week. Under questioning, he acknowledged that, contrary to Trump?s claims about rampant voter fraud, he wasn?t alleging fraud in the 592 ballots he sought to disqualify in Montgomery County, Pa.
Again, Trump?s lawyer strained to avoid directly answering the question but was ultimately forced to acknowledge it:
THE COURT: In your petition, which is right before me ? and I read it several times ? you don?t claim that any electors or the Board of the County were guilty of fraud, correct? That?s correct?
GOLDSTEIN: Your Honor, accusing people of fraud is a pretty big step. And it is rare that I call somebody a liar, and I am not calling the Board of the [Democratic National Committee] or anybody else involved in this a liar. Everybody is coming to this with good faith. The DNC is coming with good faith. We?re all just trying to get an election done. We think these were a mistake, but we think they are a fatal mistake, and these ballots ought not be counted.
THE COURT: I understand. I am asking you a specific question, and I am looking for a specific answer. Are you claiming that there is any fraud in connection with these 592 disputed ballots?
GOLDSTEIN: To my knowledge at present, no.
THE COURT: Are you claiming that there is any undue or improper influence upon the elector with respect to these 592 ballots?
GOLDSTEIN: To my knowledge at present, no.
The Trump campaign also sought to temporarily stop counting some ballots in Detroit. It cited a GOP poll watcher who had said she had been told by an unidentified person that late mail ballots were being predated to before Election Day, so they would be considered valid.
The judge repeatedly asserted this was hearsay, but Trump campaign lawyer Thor Hearne sought to argue that it wasn?t ? despite it having been someone who said they heard about something they weren?t personally involved in. He pointed to a vague note the poll watcher produced ? which said ?entered receive date as 11/2/20 on 11/4/20? ? as evidence:
STEPHENS: So I want to make sure I understand you. The affiant is not the person who had knowledge of this. Is that correct?
HEARNE: The affiant had direct firsthand knowledge of the communication with the elections inspector and the document they provided them.
STEPHENS: Okay, which is generally known as hearsay, right?
HEARNE: I would not think that?s hearsay, Your Honor. That?s firsthand personal knowledge by the affiant of what she physically observed. And we included an exhibit which is a physical copy of the note that she was provided.
The two later returned to the point, after Stephens reviewed the note, and Stephens echoed Judge Diamond?s exasperation:
STEPHENS: I?m still trying to understand why this isn?t hearsay.
HEARNE: Well, it?s, it, I ?
STEPHENS: I absolutely understand what the affiant says she heard someone say to her. But the truth of the matter ? that you?re going for was that there was an illegal act occurring. Because other than that I don?t know what its relevancy is.
HEARNE: Right. I would say, Your Honor, in terms of the hearsay point, this is a firsthand factual statement made by Ms. Connarn, and she has made that statement based on her own firsthand physical evidence and knowledge --
STEPHENS: ?I heard somebody else say something.? Tell me why that?s not hearsay. Come on, now.
HEARNE: Well it?s a firsthand statement of her physical ?
STEPHENS: It?s an out-of-court statement offered where the truth of the matter is [at-issue], right?
In a later written decision, Stephens slammed the argument as ?inadmissible hearsay within hearsay.? And after the campaign appealed, Stephens rebuked it Monday for not including required documentation.
?I regret to inform you that your submission is defective,? Stephens said.
Another of the Trump team?s claims crumbled rather quickly in Georgia.
In Chatham County, as in Michigan, the Trump campaign cited supposed evidence that 53 late ballots may have been predated so they could be counted. Except two witnesses they called acknowledged under oath that they didn?t know whether the ballots were received after the deadline. And two others for the local board of elections testified that they were, in fact, received on time.
Judge James Bass dismissed the case in a one-sentence, eight-word ruling, saying, ?I?m denying the request and dismissing the petition? and abruptly adjourned the hearing. He then elaborated in a written opinion, saying that ?the Court finds that there is no evidence that the ballots referenced in the petition were received after 7:00 p.m. on election day, thereby making those ballots invalid. Additionally, there is no evidence that the Chatham County Board of Elections or the Chatham County Board of Registrars has failed to comply with the law.?
The common thread running through all of these is that Trump?s lawyers are regularly offering a significantly more watered-down version of Trump?s claims about rampant voter fraud ? because they, unlike Trump, have to substantiate their claims. And as these exchanges show, it?s a rather thankless task that can quickly land them on a judge?s bad side.
Well, you'll have all your cronies from the Obama Clinton cartel back in power. Biden is appointing them already.All the lying swept under the table. 70 million will be watching.
Yes, he?s already appointing experienced professionals from successful administrations. It?s what smart administrators do.
You can call them cronies, a cartel, and liars all you like. The facts don?t support anything you say so nobody takes you seriously. You are a troll.
Cheers!
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Two fewer war mongers on the team, so that's a start.
Peace!
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Peace!
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Spew your gospel over and over. What gets me is how you believe everybody should swallow it whole. Baa baa sheepy.
What an asswipe Tucker Carlson is. He claimed someone that voted was dead....then someone knocked on her door and SHE answered.
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Did Trump win in Dallas? Pretty sure all these peeps are engaging in a form of socialism in this clip.
Peace!
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Peace!
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