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Ha ha! Just saw this on The Washington Post
Republican lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who advised President Trump during his Saturday phone call with Georgia’s secretary of state in an effort to overturn the election, resigned on Tuesday as a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Foley & Lardner.
Mitchell’s resignation came after the law firm on Monday issued a statement saying it was “concerned by” her role in the call. The firm noted that as a matter of policy, its attorneys do not represent “any parties seeking to contest the results of the election.”
The Washington Post on Sunday published audio and a transcript of the hour-long call in which Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the election results. During the call, Mitchell complained that she had not been given access to certain information from Raffensperger’s office, and Trump relied on her to an extraordinary degree during the call.
Scary shenanigans in Pennsylvania. There's no chance that Biden won't be sworn in as President. The Republicans know they aren't going to win this election by any legal means, the Supreme Court put paid to that. So therefore the Republican gambit can only be to encourage more demonstrations that will lead to violence.
The civil war analogies aren't really accurate, this isn't one territory versus another, it's America slowly eating itself alive, it's paving the way for a textbook fascist state. The Republican strategy is to make the Country unmanageable for the next 4 years. It was Bush senior who armed the Taliban back in the 80's and Bush Junior who armed the American Taliban during the noughties by legalizing assault rifles.
I'd love to know what the Generals are thinking right now, I suspect they are looking around at each other wondering how many proto fascists they have among their ranks. The future for America might rest in which way the Army leans, not the Senate or the House of Representatives.
They can find a way.
I reckon even the greenest probationer could get a breach out of Trump in just a few minutes. A seasoned weegie cop would have him breaching in a matter of seconds.
I reckon even the greenest probationer could get a breach out of Trump in just a few minutes. A seasoned weegie cop would have him breaching in a matter of seconds.
With Trump, all you need to do is point a TV cameral at him and he'll boast about all the illegal shit he's done.
A couple of pollsters have called the Warnock race for the Dems, and expect Ossoff to win too, but too early to call. The thoughts seem to be R turnout is down, mainly dupe to the Orange Whingebag.
Off to bed now - will see how this post/prediction reads when I wake up!
https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1346641725419364353
https://twitter.com/JesseMPrescott/status/1346642104202752003
It certainly looks like the Dems are going to win both. Warnock is basically there and whilst Perdue is currently ahead of Ossoff it's by approximately 1500 votes and there are approx 30,000 to be counted still from heavily Democratic counties.
Don't know a huge amount about Perdue but I'm extremely happy about Loeffler losing, if anyone represents the sickness at the heart of GOP politics, it's her.
Now for final certification of Biden and we can all look forward to the soap.opera that will be the orangutans post election life..
To shamelessly steal a joke, if there was one person I really wanted to see lose, it was Loeffler. Same goes for Perdue.
So how do we think the MAGA cultists will react if it does go blue? Not that we’ve long to wait.
Rev Warnock wins...
Democratic control of the Senate is a good start but it gives Joe Manchin a hell of a lot of power, will be interesting to see how he votes in future. Also, assuming there's no equivalent of the whip, I wonder if progressive Democrats will use the slender majority to their benefit (although this seems unlikely given how they caved with Pelosi's re-election).
It's certainly better than 4 more years of Trump but it's essentially going to be 2-4 years of centre-right leadership with nothing getting done that could make a real difference in the US long-term, it's like if the Tories replaced a UKIP government here.
it’s like if the Tories replaced a UKIP government here.
indeed. Something many folk forget. In the US your choice is centre right or hard right
Why are there different races for the two seats? Does each one represent a different region, or are there two votes on each ballot?
indeed. Something many folk forget. In the US your choice is centre right or hard right
I can never quite get my head around Americans who think Democrats = Marxists and/or Communists
Why are there different races for the two seats? Does each one represent a different region, or are there two votes on each ballot?
Each state has two senators. Senators serve six-year terms, but are staggered, so there is usually a two-gap, then a four-year gap between senate elections in each state. One of these elections was a special election to replace a senator who had been appointed to an interim term to replace someone who died or retired. That senate seat only has two years left on the term, so the new senator will only serve two years before the next election. After that, Georgia will go back to having senate elections with a two-year gap, followed by a four-year gap.
Edit: From Wikipedia
Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Georgia, appointed Loeffler to the Senate in December 2019 after Republican senator Johnny Isakson resigned for health reasons. Loeffler is running in the 2020 Georgia U.S. Senate special election, the winner of which will hold the Senate seat until January 3, 2023. She finished second in the November 3 election, advancing to a runoff with Democrat Raphael Warnock held on January 5, 2021.[2] She lost a close race to Warnock.
Why are there different races for the two seats?
Its because senate seats have staggered elections. The terms are six years with one third being elected every two years.
In this case though a senator resigned midterm so there is an additional special election.
it’s like if the Tories replaced a UKIP government here
Or… like Labour bringing back Blair as leader, and then Johnson losing his seat and Labour getting a very slim majority.
I wonder if the MAGA lot are getting tired of winning yet.
Or… like Labour bringing back Blair as leader, and then Johnson losing his seat and Labour getting a very slim majority.
Blair era is looking like a golden age right now!
So is there anyone else who's lost both houses and the presidency in a single term? Impressive.
I'm really hoping twitter have ordered extra hamsters for today. the orange one may not be happy
Note the date on that Trump statement. Says it all.
This is from fivethirtyeight.com
CNN reports the following notable vote tallies are left:
20,000 to 25,000 votes left in Fulton County.
19,000 votes left in DeKalb County.
Almost 5,000 votes left in Gwinnett County.
7,000 votes left in deep-red Coffee County in south Georgia.
3,000 votes in Chatham County (Savannah).
So most of what is left is in pretty Democratic territory.
It's something like 4am in Georgia at the moment so I imagine the counting will resume in a few hours.
So with 59,000 votes or so to count Ossoff has a 13,000 lead over Perdue, Warnock a 50,000 lead over Loeffler. Loeffler would need 92% of the remaining votes to overtake Warnock so Warnock's certainly elected. Perdue would need around 66% of the remaining votes to overtake Ossoff.
it’s like if the Tories replaced a UKIP government here.
it means the removal of Mitch McConnell as the senate majority leader, as one commentator noted “perhaps the single most corrosive force on bipartisanship politics this country’s ever seen”
Trump is going to have a melt down
It's gonna be great
So is there anyone else who’s lost both houses and the presidency in a single term? Impressive.
Republicans took a thumping at the end of George W.'s second term, but Carter and George H. are the only other recent Presidents to serve only one full term. The Democratic Party had a lock on the House for decades, so Reagan's victory included the Senate, but not the House.
Trump is going to have a melt down
I'm not sure Trump really cares about the GOP's senate seats. He never really got behind this run-off and continually said stuff that was thought to be damaging the R candidates' chances and reduce the R turnout.
That said, hopefully now all those republicant cretins that were only standing behind Trump for his base in Georgia can actually speak out. So we may see a bit of a tide against Trump's stupid coup attempt. Here's hoping.
God, this is tense watching it all unfold from here. So glad I'm not an American at this point.
The prospect of Trump losing republican control of the senate through his narcissism is just too delicious.
I’m not sure Trump really cares about the GOP’s senate seats.
Exactly. He was never really a Republican, he just launched a hostile takeover for his own convenience. He mostly doesn't have any coherent policies, beyond being nasty to foreigners and giving himself tax cuts. The only thing he cares about is himself. This was all about him showing that he will screw over any Republican who doesn't back his crazy stuff all the way so he can keep extorting stuff from them.
Why are there different races for the two seats?
because: Georgia. They have a runoff 2 rd vote if any uppity black people win the election first round with less then 50% of the vote. Against the 2nd place contender (normally a white person) the reasoning being that in the first round the white vote will be spilt, but in the run off, most white Americans in Georgia will vote for the white candidate regardless of his/her politics. It was created it the 60s to prevent “negro block voting”
America: home of the bigot...sorry Brave, I meant brave
thols2, that is full of comedy
Powell, who pushed false conspiracy theories about state voting machines being corrupted by the dead Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.
And I thought it was just communist marxinists messing things up, turns out it's actually dead communist marxinists messing things up.
Beyond satire.
Many commentators suggesting that while the Democrat victory is a “good thing” the narrowness of the victory just before a massive MAGA rally in Washington is effectively pouring gasoline on the fire. There’s lots of well armed pissed off Qanon supporters gathering just waiting for Trump to tell them to “take your country back”
just waiting for Trump to tell them to “take your country back”
The gravy seals couldn't take their tray back in McDonalds. All they can achieve if they are violent in DC is hopefully opening a few more eyes to the rot in right-wing US society.
There’s lots of well armed pissed off Qanon supporters gathering just waiting for Trump to tell them to “take your country back”
Which is really the worst thing they could do, politically. The Republican Party used to attract centrist middle-class voters who have mortgages, run small businesses, etc., so are primarily motivated by economic considerations. Right-wing nutters also voted Republican, but the signaling was done through dog-whistles (urban unrest = angry Black people, for example). Nobody would say out loud what a significant minority privately muttered under their breath. Republican leaders had to tolerate those people because it would be impossible to win an election without them, but people like John McCain and Mitt Romney weren't blatant racists and they didn't campaign on threats of violence because they knew that middle-class suburbanites would abandon them if they went down that road.
Trump ripped the scab off that and the racism and fascism are there for all the world to see. The centrist voters turned against Trump and the Republican Party back in 2018 after they saw the reality. Now the Proud Boys think that rampaging around D.C. terrorizing people is going to convince voters that they should support Trump. Biden couldn't have picked a better thing to happen if he tried.
(Of course, this is why sensible people kept on urging the BLM protestors to keep it peaceful and condemned the burning of police stations. That sort of thing just drives voters away.)
The gravy seals couldn’t take their tray back in McDonalds
Coffee- keyboard moment 👍😂
It's a bit odd the National Guard called into DC won't be armed (I'm assuming the Proud Boys will be, despite requests that they aren't), I also wonder how many DC Police and National Guard are Proud Boys/other right-wing militia members as well. Hopefully there won't be counter-protests and it all just fizzles out with lots of photos of fat guys cos-playing action man being the news rather than mass violence.
Trump is going to have a melt down
Nah he wont care about them unless he thought somehow they would benefit him directly.
He will either just claim them losing is evidence of the "election fraud" or say that they lost because the republican leaders had failed to prove the "election fraud" and hence his supporters were too disgusted to vote for them.
Either way (or possibly some other batshit alternative) it will be a side act to his own whining though.
What’s the deal with Pennsylvania?
What’s the deal with Pennsylvania?
???
Gravy Seals - that is very nice and very apt.
I don't think for one minute that Orange is concerned about the senate run offs, thats politics, responsibility, accountability even and we know he just doesn't get involved with that one bit.
Thinking back over the last 4 years I can hardly recall him doing anything truly political (policy and such) and even if he came close to it, it was race or denier driven (banning muslims from entering the states or leaving the climate change agreements) nothing seemed to be done for people other than those who he owed money or favours to.
What’s the deal with Pennsylvania?
???
Haven't read into this yet to work out what he's on about.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346652589673345024