Well, yes of course. Especially the Senate. We could be having 2-3 SCOTUS retirements happen over the next 8 years. I think Breyer will retire in the next year or so and then there's a decent chance Thomas croaks, lol. Dude doesn't exactly seem healthy enough for 8 more years. Nor does it seem like he wants to.
And Democrats to want to "unify" with these people?
GOP can fuck off. Democrats have the House, Senate and Presidency. Enough playing nice with these people that will never show that kind of favor in return.
GOP can fuck off. Democrats have the House, Senate and Presidency. Enough playing nice with these people that will never show that kind of favor in return.
Ugh.
At some point, the GOP is just going to have to tell their constituents that they are absolutely wrong about this, or else this country will be in a lot more trouble come the midterms and 2024.
This poll result scares the crap out me, and it should scare politicians of ANY party.
At some point, the GOP is just going to have to tell their constituents that they are absolutely wrong about this, or else this country will be in a lot more trouble come the midterms and 2024.
This poll result scares the crap out me, and it should scare politicians of ANY party.
Which all stems from a place of the media, by and large, fearing accusations of bias more than they fear not telling the truth to their audience.
A truthful American press would call the Republican Party what it is: an increasingly extremist group deliberately and strategically detached from reality in order to foment support and imbued with fascistic tendencies in order to maintain a grip on power, with a disinformation echo chamber that is increasingly an existential threat to democracy.
The only people talking about unity at this point are the fascists who are using as a way to try to avoid consequences for their actions.
So now with both parties agreeing that there's a need for more election security and transparency, Americans will see more polling days and places and a full paper trail system (such as printed ballots, or scanned manually-filled ballots)?
This was the goal all along for Trump and team. Just sew enough doubt into democratic processes that you can continue your grift well after being out of the White House. From reporting from Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, Trump thought he was going to lose, knew he lost, everybody around him knew he lost, but he searched for people who would "Fight for Trump" to make it seem like he didn't lose, like it was stolen from him, and he turned that into hundreds of millions of dollars of donations *AFTER* losing an election.
Trump has got to have set the record for any politician getting donations *after* election day, and especially AFTER LOSING AN ELECTION.
Trump, of course, also sees campaign donations as a personal pot of money that he can get his lawyers to make arguments for why he can use it however he wants.
I wouldn't bet on any bipartisan measure on election security or transparency. There has been some bipartisan effort on the state level, Georgia is a great example of that, but now many MAGA-type Republicans in Georgia are regretting going along with that. The funny things about the recounts in Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada was that they had fewer changes of votes than in any previous recount. Georgia in particular, their day of voting was pretty much exactly spot on ... I think it was in the single digits votes that were different for whatever reason, compared to say Florida in 2000 where at least it was in the tens and hundreds, not ... like single votes.
This call from Trump won't motivate Republicans to want to pursue transparency. They just want to sling allegations of voter fraud, hang it up all around Voter ID (which isn't implemented to root out fraud, but to prevent people from voting), and get voter registration rolls cancelled days or weeks before an election.
Trump has got to have set the record for any politician getting donations *after* election day, and especially AFTER LOSING AN ELECTION.
Trump, of course, also sees campaign donations as a personal pot of money that he can get his lawyers to make arguments for why he can use it however he wants.
I wouldn't bet on any bipartisan measure on election security or transparency. There has been some bipartisan effort on the state level, Georgia is a great example of that, but now many MAGA-type Republicans in Georgia are regretting going along with that. The funny things about the recounts in Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada was that they had fewer changes of votes than in any previous recount. Georgia in particular, their day of voting was pretty much exactly spot on ... I think it was in the single digits votes that were different for whatever reason, compared to say Florida in 2000 where at least it was in the tens and hundreds, not ... like single votes.
This call from Trump won't motivate Republicans to want to pursue transparency. They just want to sling allegations of voter fraud, hang it up all around Voter ID (which isn't implemented to root out fraud, but to prevent people from voting), and get voter registration rolls cancelled days or weeks before an election.
Seems 11% of Dems actually do, or even join them in their cause.
Except that's not actually what the Republicans are doing on a local level:
Republicans advance more than 100 bills that would restrict voting in wake of Trump's defeat
State lawmakers have zeroed in on mail-in voting for new restrictions and rollbacks.
www.nbcnews.com
As has always been the case, Republicans know what game they are playing and they use their lies as the basis to justify voter suppression as a means retain power without actually having the support of their population.
I'm more concerned about the Not Sure people. Wtf do they mean they're "not sure?"
They thought it was justfied because dear leader told them it was justified. So did a lot of other Republican leaders.
People are stupid and were gaslit for years by this administration and for decades by media. As a former Fox News viewer, I can promise you that they don't know it's bullshit. (I have rarely watched any news media but in my red state I was blissfully unaware of how much BS they spew.)
People are stupid and were gaslit for years by this administration and for decades by media. As a former Fox News viewer, I can promise you that they don't know it's bullshit. (I have rarely watched any news media but in my red state I was blissfully unaware of how much BS they spew.)
I want to know who the 9% of people who voted for Biden who thought the election should be overturned....
What makes you think they won't just embrace it, realizing it's the only actual pipeline for them to get and keep power? Why do they have to tell their constituents that they're wrong when the GOP platform is historically about being wrong on every issue?
This graph caught my eye as well. It does say 'among those that have heard of QANON'.
I'd be curious to see the Dem/GOP split of those that have heard of QANON.
Republicans (not just elected ones) are rejecting democracy. These scum care more about their precious Dear Leader being in charge, than freedom. They hate this country, they hate freedom, and they hate anyone who isn't like them. They are a cancer on this country.
I'll never forget a conversation I had with a co-worker after Trump won the election.
Coworker: why don't you like Trump?
Me: he has fascist tendencies.
Coworker: What's facism? *Googles facism* Oh that doesn't sound bad. What's wrong with patriotism?
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Shit we need to concentrate on making sure 2024 is a lock because they will come back with a vengeance if facts continue to not matter.
Good lord. These people are really behind saving.
Reminds of people who would be fine with a dictatorship as long as Trump was the dictator.
These people hate freedom, and democracy.
He was claiming the '16 election was rigged if he lost. Claimed it was the only way he could lose and repeated it again in '20 and got his party and base to go all in on it. Not sure how '16 would have played out if it lost but pretty sure it wouldn't have been this bad.
It's pretty wild that he's claimed all sorts of rigged shit his whole life, silver spoon and all. Somehow his base can't see this.
Of course they thought it was justified. Trump said the only way he loses was by cheating back in like august so naturally the seed was planted early.
Why would the GQP do that and kill their chances of gaining power?
lol - you must not have remembered the GWB years. Us libs were crying election fraud then. Its a way for people to cope I think. Its just much much worse now cuz facebook.
Lmao. This both sides bullshit. They did steal the election back then and used the same tactics they tried this time. They rioted in Flordia to delay the count and the conservative Supreme court stopped it.
In that case they're correct, elections have been rigged to disenfranchise minority voters for decades.
Terrible people have terrible beliefs, I'm shocked and floored.
Fuck the GOP, fuck all supporters of the GOP.
Fuck the GOP, fuck all supporters of the GOP.
"Drive your new Jeep Wrangler to a fence, then sit on it."
They realize that those "efforts" also include that insurrection that took play a few weeks ago, right?
In order for me to keep my anxieties at a manageable level, I have to assume that the vast majority of folks democratically elected to their positions in this government believes in the rule of law at some level. While the GOP loves to twist the law to suit their purpose, they've never fully rejected it.
If they're betting on "good people" to do absolutely nothing while they throw the US Constitution in the trash due to their own cowardice or malicious intent, then you can forget what I said.
The demographics aren't in their favor now or in future projections so this is the natural transition shift to stay in power/relevancy
I'd be more worried if dems just didn't win the presidency and manage to turn Georgia blue. Still fuckery ahead but it's not all doom and gloom
I'd be more worried if dems just didn't win the presidency and manage to turn Georgia blue. Still fuckery ahead but it's not all doom and gloom
Except they're already going all-in on "election fraud protections" already in an attempt to keep people from voting again. They can't win unless they cheat and we reminded them of that this year in front of the whole country, so you can expect them to fight tooth and nail...not to better represent but to better suppress.
2000 was a travesty of democracy and the Brooks Brothers riot that fucked with the recount has all but been confirmed to be a Republican astroturf operation. That election will be seen as a flashpoint event for America's decline. GWB shouldn't even have won even if he won Florida but this dumb fucking EC system that ignores the popular vote says otherwise.
Both sides are not the same.
You really can't compare the election of 2020 to the election of 2000. C'mon. And 2004 was recognized by pretty much everyone as a decisive victory for Bush.
Republicans: We are correct and everything else is incorrect no matter what.
They're fascists. Of course they feel this way.
They're fascists. Of course they feel this way.
