The populace though managed to keep itself from descending into mayhem and pandemonium after 2016, and looks set to also unanimously accept the 2020 results without any widespread militant uprisings or civil wars (which were anticipated rather comically). — StreetlightX
Incensed by a Supreme Court ruling that further dashed President Trump’s hopes of invalidating his November electoral defeat, thousands of his supporters marched in Washington and several state capitals on Saturday to protest what they contended, against all evidence, was a stolen election.
In some places, angry confrontations between protesters and counterprotesters escalated into violence. There were a number of scuffles in the national capital, where four people were stabbed, and the police declared a riot in Olympia, Wash., where one person was shot. — NY Times 12 Dec 2020
They get to show public support for a figure extremely popular among their constituencies, — StreetlightX
State election officials say the county accurately reported its results after Election Day but that there was a mistake made during this week's recount. The error was caught, officials say, and was never at risk of affecting the vote totals reported for either Biden or Trump.
— CNN
Facts First: There's nothing inherently suspicious or mysterious about large batches of votes being reported late at night or even after Election Day.
"For the most part?" Does that mean that there were cases where they were not allowed? No evidence?Facts First: There is no evidence supporting claims that poll watchers were shut out of the process. There have been some instances where poll workers did not understand the rules but for the most part, registered poll watchers have been allowed at polling places.
Facts First: The brief is likely referring to viral video footage of a ballot counting location in Fulton County, Georgia. After a review of the footage, state and county officials determined the events in the video were part of the normal process, not fraud. Though observers weren't present at the time captured in the video, there was no announcement made telling them to leave,
"In Michigan, which also employed the same Dominion voting system," the brief says, "on November 4, 2020, Michigan election officials have admitted that a purported 'glitch' caused 6,000 votes for President Trump to be wrongly switched to Democrat Candidate Biden."
Facts First: There was no technical glitch. It was human error and the issue was corrected and never affected the official vote total, according to state election officials.
"There have been no reports from state election officials of either party of widespread voter fraud from mail-in ballots."
Also curious is the flat out (absolutist) view that there has been no voter fraud and no irregularities. The question is why no one ever says 'yes, there were errors in counting, however these are insufficient to decide the election' — FreeEmotion
Also curious is the flat out (absolutist) view that there has been no voter fraud and no irregularities. The question is why no one ever says 'yes, there were errors in counting, however these are insufficient to decide the election' except for AG Barr has said in his statement. — FreeEmotion
This does not meet the charge: that the election officials were part of the fraud. Of course they say there was no fraud. — FreeEmotion
As for the evidence: supposedly people committing crimes are supposed to leave evidence sufficient to throw their entire project into utter dissarray and get jail sentences for their agents. — FreeEmotion
This does not meet the charge: that the election officials were part of the fraud. — FreeEmotion
Yes, but, of course, there was never anything to the cases. They were, on the one hand, clownish attempts at pacifying Trump's ego and, on the other, a fundraising scheme to con his gullible supporters out of hundreds of millions, most of which will go straight into his pocket. So, who knows? This may continue regardless of where we are in the process and the continued futility of the cause. — Baden
And so I'm left with the truth, which is that there is no evidence of election rigging and so anyone who says there is or who attempts to invalidate a fair election should be thwarted. Why people might be motivated to argue one side of the other probably varies from person to person, but it's largely irrelevant at the end of the analysis. The question is who do you want in office moving forward: Those who side with the truth or those who don't. — Hanover
we cannot just suppose that people were committing crimes without any evidence that crimes were committed — Metaphysician Undercover
This should not be some kind of surprise - their support of lawsuits guaranteed to fail is a feature, not a bug. — StreetlightX
The Republicans all know that Trump lost but they're willing to pacify him by pretending otherwise so that they don't face his wrath. They realize that these efforts to interfere with the election results will amount to nothing, so they see no danger in attacking the core of American democracy, and they see their support of Trump working to their political advantage. This theory casts the Republicans as pragmatists with little conscience, but it does not suggest the Republicans would actually do something that mattered, like issuing a court ruling in favor of Trump, refusing to certify the election, or casting their electoral college votes inconsistent with the voting results. — Hanover
What's made Powell et al (apparently) believe Trump won? — jorndoe
In a way, it makes Trump look even more pathetic - manipulated by cynics for their own gain, while in his mind, they're supporting his cause. — Wayfarer
That said, I don't think anyone put Trump into power. — Wayfarer
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