US election 2020 thread

[Dogsauce]

I bet the Twitter bots are out stirring shit big time.

I don’t think people get that the whole Russia Interference thing last time wasn’t some corrupt property deal or blackmail or whatever else was claimed, but an attempt to divide, weaken and humiliate the US. Job well done. Putin laughing spreads his wings...

 

[teqniq]

This is a great parody 'boot on the other foot' thing going on here:



there's lots more...

 

[Aladdin]

 

[frogwoman]

The race is extremely tight in Georgia. The latest tally has the race separated by around just 600 votes

, with further tranches of ballots from Biden-leaning precincts expected before long.

It’s very close, but the sense of Biden coming from behind is an artificially constructed dynamic. Most of the mail-in votes being counted now were actually cast first.

 

[bimble]

'we're gonna take on the soroses we're gonna take it to them they will be destroyed' etc and so on.

 

[JTG]

For those not caught up: pretty much all the networks cut Trump off last night (CNN may be the exception) and poured scorn on him. Yes, even Fox. Not sure that will have much impact on anyone deep in the conspiracy bunker though

 

[brogdale]

Don't you dare smear The Mayor by likening him to Trump!

The look of horror on their faces is his entourage arriving at Trumpton...no diss

 

[ska invita]

I stayed up to watch the 'press conference because I *genuinely * thought he was going to concede...

hes an extreme case of a sociopathic narcissist currently in the most powerful elected political position in the world <i expect it is clinically impossible for him to concede and face the humiliation on such a large stage

 

[chilango]

Even if/when Biden wins, I'm not sure there's much to celebrate.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

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[prunus]

Last 3 GA vote drops have been at 41 minutes past the hour; maybe only 18 minutes to go.

(Ok I’m clutching at straws!)

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Even if/when Biden wins, I'm not sure there's much to celebrate.

Trump losing is reason enough.

 

[JTG]

NBC saying it could be weeks before they call Georgia

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

NBC saying it could be weeks before they call Georgia

But it may not be a decider, yes? Am I following this right now?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

In terms of reaction, you know how loads of you lot kept saying all looked lost in the rustbelt states and even when some of us were saying there's loads of space in the mail ballots to close the gaps you were still sceptical?

Imagine that only you're a Trumpette, so are all your friends, your facebook feed is saturated with bollocks and you definitely saw the President miles ahead on election night.
You're gonna have a really hard time believing it aren't you?

Not having a go at anyone with that btw, just saying that unless you're knee deep in the maths and procedure of it all, it looks fucking fishy

That’s exactly what I thought when I listened to him. Most voters are not sat glued to a thread on Urban or watching coverage of the vote.

They are just hearing about a voting process that is taking forever and then hearing the President, in an unprecedented moment, calling the entire process into question. There is no getting around the fact that for millions who pay scant attention it does look like these states will keep counting votes until they find enough Biden votes.

 

[fucthest8]

For those not caught up: pretty much all the networks cut Trump off last night (CNN may be the exception) and poured scorn on him. Yes, even Fox. Not sure that will have much impact on anyone deep in the conspiracy bunker though

Pretty much the opposite surely, just proves that MSM and the Deep State are against him and his holy war against the child trafficking Socialists that are the Democrat Party. etc

 

[brogdale]

Pretty much the opposite surely, just proves that MSM and the Deep State are against him and his holy war against the child trafficking Socialists that are the Democrat Party. etc

The on-going nightmare for the GOP; a large chunk of their 'base' will not vote for the communist/pedarist enablers.

 

[bimble]

this thread of tweets here, am i catastrophising if i think what he's saying is true?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Even if/when Biden wins, I'm not sure there's much to celebrate.

There was nothing to celebrate in a Biden win even before this.

 

[prunus]

But it may not be a decider, yes? Am I following this right now?

I think trump cannot win without GA, so it’s a semi-decider (ie it means either Biden win or a draw).

 

[Spymaster]

Idi Trump.

Don Jong Un

 

[klang]

Not long up. what have I missed?

there is this:


and apparently his twitter and youtube accounts have been suspended.

the man has good taste in microphones though.

 

[Tankus]

For those not caught up: pretty much all the networks cut Trump off last night (CNN may be the exception) and poured scorn on him. Yes, even Fox. Not sure that will have much impact on anyone deep in the conspiracy bunker though

watched a bit of hannity talking to Cruz , they were in full on fraud talk up

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Useful explainer from Bernie:

 

[chilango]

There was nothing to celebrate in a Biden win even before this.

Well....if Biden had romped home thanks to an organised Left mobilising w/c votes across the country...there would've been.


But that was never on the cards. was it?

 

[ska invita]

this thread of tweets here, am i catastrophising if i think what he's saying is true?

its true

 

[prunus]

Last 3 GA vote drops have been at 41 minutes past the hour; maybe only 18 minutes to go.

(Ok I’m clutching at straws!)

And there it is. Now 463. Still we wait.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

For those not caught up: pretty much all the networks cut Trump off last night (CNN may be the exception) and poured scorn on him. Yes, even Fox. Not sure that will have much impact on anyone deep in the conspiracy bunker though

Even Mike Pence himself. Not many people clocked that though.


Not every legal vote has been counted but we must count. Hard to not see that as a power grab.

It's pure stasis. both parties working towards the end goal. This is what I meant earlier by the democrats not prioritising the popular, not that Biden would not win it.

 

[Spymaster]

its true

Only insofar as theres a (small) section of republicans behaving that way. Even most Trump supporters aren't doing the full-on conspiraloon thing and are seemingly distancing themselves from the outright lunacy.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

this thread of tweets here, am i catastrophising if i think what he's saying is true?

Leave off with this coup nonsense the military is not coming in to shut down tv channels or hault ballot counting. get your shit together, for god's sake. In Turkey we have things called coups and they involve the military patrolling the streets and rounding people up. Not this spectacle.