Politics and Religion
Re: Willy is not entirely wrong and you misunderstand both Barr and the election lawsuits
Every other government agency was closed down, and the Dems didn't care. They threatened impeachment over shutting down the Post Office.
What?? I don't remember anything about impeachment. Trump's Postmaster DeJoy had numerous conflicts of interest and Dems wanted him to divest but I don't remember impeachment. There are still questions: "While he [DeJoy] divested shares in UPS and Amazon before taking on his role, DeJoy drew scrutiny for not divesting from his $30–$75 million equity stake in XPO, a subcontractor for USPS. Under his tenure as postmaster general, USPS has increased its business with XPO. Additionally, when DeJoy sold his Amazon shares, he purchased stock options in Amazon that represent between 20 and 100% of his prior holdings. USPS prioritizes Amazon package delivery. A subsequent investigation carried out by the US Postal Service's inspector general found that DeJoy "met all the applicable ethics requirements" related to his investments. As of August 2020, DeJoy and his wife had $30–70 million invested in companies related to the USPS according to a USA Today report." Why did the FBI open a censorship office to censor American citizens?
What???Why did the FBI particularly target social media content questioning the integrity of the election?
What??? Why was there a pause in the vote counting in the middle of the night, something that Chris Hayes and other MSNBC hosts knew was going to happen before it did happen, and then suddenly a just in Democrat vote totals?
Talk about a self-inflicted wound. EVERY analyst (media, think tanks, the DNC, the RNC, Biden campaign, TRUMP CAMPAIGN) knew from historical trends that Rep voters tend to vote in person on election day (the first votes counted and announced in real time) and Dem have many more mail-in voters, votes that are usually not opened and counted until AFTER the close of all the polls. That is what happens EVERY YEAR for the past many years. .
Trump tweeted early on (Wednes morning) that he wanted the vote counting to STOP! "STOP THE COUNT!" After he fell behind, he changed his tune to "KEEP COUNTING!" (which would include military mail-in ballots that take longer to be delivered from overseas and are often he last votes counted).
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http://www.vox.com/2020/11/5/21550880/trump-tweet-stop-the-count-votes-presidential-election
Trump’s desperate “STOP THE COUNT!” tweet, briefly explained.
"... “STOP THE COUNT!” Trump tweeted at 9:12 am ET, after spending much of Wednesday posting a flood of misinformation on Twitter meant to make it seem as though Democrats are stealing the 2020 election from him. ... There’s one big problem, though — if vote tallying were immediately stopped in all the states, former Vice President Joe Biden would prevail in Arizona and Nevada, giving him 270 electoral votes and making him the presumptive president-elect. Not only is Trump’s talking point self-defeating, it’s completely inconsistent with what his advisers were saying on Wednesday and Thursday. ..."
If they were just counting legit mail in vote totals, then why was there no jump in Republican vote totals?
Because more Dems use mail-in voting than Reps. EVERY state confirmed that their mail-in voting was secure, reliable, and certified correct. .
http://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-11-05/trumps-mixed-message-stop-the-count-or-keep-counting
Trump’s mixed message: Stop the count or keep counting?
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"... “I’ve claimed certain states and he’s claiming states and we can both claim the states, but ultimately I have a feeling judges are going to have to rule,” Trump said Thursday night in a statement rife with false and unsubstantiated claims of fraud. “But there’s been a lot of shenanigans and we can’t stand for that in our country.” ..." THE JUDGES IN EVERY JURISDICTION RULED AGAINST TRUMP, so Trump was right for a change.
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"... Trump issued a follow-up all-caps tweet falsely claiming that any vote that arrived after election day “will not be counted.” Twitter flagged it as misinformation, a frequent occurrence for a president who has leaned heavily on baseless claims of voter fraud. He amended that message during his Thursday night statement as he tried to square his contradictory message with another unfounded claim that counting ballots amounted to stealing the election. ..." I.e., TRUMP IS A MORON.
How the hell did Joe Biden get more votes than Obama when Obama was filling stadiums and entire parks in 2008 when he gave a speech and Biden couldn't fill a VFW hall?
I think that Trump asked the same moronic question. "Demographics." "Population growth." Common sense. .
US Population
2012 ~316,000,000
2022 ~336,000,000
20 million people!!! How can that be?? Fake news! Voter fraud!!!
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VAP = voting age population; VEP = voting eligible pop; %VEP = turnout as a percentage of VEP
Year ....... VAP ............. VEP ......... Turnout .... %VEP
2012 235,248,000 222,474,111 129,235,000 ...58%
2016 249,422,000 230,931,921 136,669,276 ...59%
2020 257,605,088 239,247,182 159,690,457 ...67%
What????
Of 222 M voters in 2012, 129 M (58%) turned out and voted.
Of 238 M voters in 2020, 160 M (67%) turned out and voted.
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Maybe Biden got more votes than Obama BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE VOTERS.
When you had 2 Presidential candidates with extremely high negatives, there should have been a record low turnout. Instead there was the highest turnout of any election in US history, but in pure numbers and as a percentage of registered voters.
Some voters vote FOR a candidate and some voters vote AGAINST a candidate. Trump sure brought out a lot of "anybody but Trump" voters!And how did Democrats win the Presidency while losing seats in the House and Senate? None of that shit adds up. None of it.
Then you need to learn how to add.