[GT] US election - It's 2020, what could possibly go wrong?

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

ItsHappening.gif

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324490673777713153

I'm glad they're investigating now while they know where he's going to be for the next two months.

Feel free to flee the country early though, Mr Prez.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Kushner just wiped his twitter clean of every tweet.

Flight risk.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

I'm glad they're investigating now while they know where he's going to be for the next two months.

Feel free to flee the country early though, Mr Prez.

Can they force him to stay here during that time? He’s a national security risk.

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Kushner just wiped his twitter clean of every tweet.

I got fooled by that a while ago. he's just never tweeted.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Trump's lead in GA seems to be shrinking rapidly. Nevada set to announce results in 15 minutes or so. Maybe we can wrap this up before noon?

This aged well. And I mean that heavily sarcastically, I'm not calling you out or anything, its just that this Election is just dragging on and on.

Has this ever happened before? I vaguely recall Florida recounts between W and Gore?

Is there a National 'Russian Hacker' Holiday or something?

[GGG]

He didn’t say what day before noon

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

I will never understand why some people were so willing to give their complete trust to a guy that just made baseless allegation after baseless allegation. He's just taking advantage of the side of you that feels a sense of injustice about the world and wants to yell and kick dirt about it. But if you're truly and impartially looking out for the best for the people then you'd be vetting his comments as much as everyone else's rather than just nodding and raising your pitchfork at everything he says merely because he SOUNDS convincing and honest.

Patriotism is a powerful tool especially when used for the wrong reasons. Trump had the charisma of a cockroach, but he yelled the messages that a lot of Americans seem to want to hear. We can all shake our heads in disbelief but it still occurred and will happen again.

There was another leader who was widely popular and got himself in power on patriotism and saying what people wanted to hear. The similarities are very much there (yes I am enacting Godwin here, but it's relevant).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_G...ntial_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novemb...deral_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_...deral_election

This election clearly showed without a doubt that this nefarious element in America not only remains, but is stronger then ever. I understand that people want to sweep it under the rug, but it's there, it's most certainly awoken and Americans need to figure out what to do with it. Last time there was such a divided population on issues in the US there was a civil war.

Trump was by far the worst president in history, and we are here on Day 4 still counting. Even though Biden will win, it is with the slimmest of margins in many states.

The next Trump isn't far away and Americans need to rectify the issues that caused him to succeed as he did.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

I got fooled by that a while ago. he's just never tweeted.

Ah, ok, thank you for telling me. I'm not sure I've ever looked at his twitter before now. Ivanka's very occasionally, the dueling failson twins slightly more often, and Trump's now and again.

In our house, we refer to Kushner as the byproduct of a Slenderman fart.

[troutman]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324733191614246912

[SuperMatt18]

Matata's post may not be worded in the best way, but the general theme isn't wrong. People shouldn't just look at this presidential election and go "Trump's gone, now all is right with U.S politics!" and think everything is fine for the next 4 years.

This win doesn't change the fact that 70M people still voted and supported that horrible human.

This win doesn't silence voices like Mitch McConnell that are still too prevalent in U.S politics and are spouting many of the same things that Trump did.

This win doesn't change the years of discrimination and structural racisim that has placed minorities in the US.

This win doesn't suddenly solve the issues with law enforcement and police reform in the U.S.

ETC, ETC

Should it be celebrated? 100% because it's still a big win.

But this needs to be seem as the first step to uniting and improving the United States, not the final victory. If people don't want this to happen again then they need to keep working and protesting for voting reform, etc over the next 4 years.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Locke

This aged well. And I mean that heavily sarcastically, I'm not calling you out or anything, its just that this Election is just dragging on and on.

Has this ever happened before? I vaguely recall Florida recounts between W and Gore?

Is there a National 'Russian Hacker' Holiday or something?

Bush Gore went to mid December.

[comrade]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Kushner just wiped his twitter clean of every tweet.

Ha ha. What a coward. I'm actually starting to have more respect for people who at least have the courage of their convictions, even if their convictions are bad. Mealy-mouthed weasels like the Kushners (and a lot of politicians and media personalities) are just so pathetic.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually respect someone like Stephen Miller more than them, and I think he's a POS.

Edit: I just got conned. My bad.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Matata's post may not be worded in the best way, but the general theme isn't wrong. People shouldn't just look at this presidential election and go "Trump's gone, now all is right with U.S politics!" and think everything is fine for the next 4 years.

This win doesn't change the fact that over 70M people still voted and supported that horrible human.

This win doesn't silence voices like Mitch McConnell that are still too prevalent in U.S politics and are spouting many of the same things that Trump did.

This win doesn't change the years of discrimination and structural racisim that has placed minorities in the US.

This win doesn't suddenly solve the issues with law enforcement and police reform in the U.S.

ETC, ETC

Should it be celebrated? 100% because it's still a big win.

But this needs to be seem as the first step to uniting and improving the United States, not the final victory. If people don't want this to happen again then they need to keep working and protesting for voting reform, etc over the next 4 years.

Yes, as has been discussed at length for months. Nobody, like actually nobody, in this thread thinks your first paragraph is what’s happening.

[rubecube]

But I thought Trump loved the military? Absolute ghouls.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...909084673.html

Trump team saying election not over, including:

"In Nevada, there appear to be thousands of individuals who improperly cast mail ballots."

No. No. There are not.

Bogus list they sent to DOJ contains military folks who cast absentees. And at least one person I know.

Many on list sent to the DOJ have these postal codes: AE, AA and AP: Armed Forces Europe, Armed Forces Americas and Armed Forces Pacific.

That is, Nevadans in the military who sent absentees.

Incompetence or fraud, gentlemen?

Why does Team Trump hate NV military personnel?

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by Locke

This aged well. And I mean that heavily sarcastically, I'm not calling you out or anything, its just that this Election is just dragging on and on.

And to think people here complain about our elections being over before the polls close west of Sault Ste. Marie.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by comrade

Ha ha. What a coward. I'm actually starting to have more respect for people who at least have the courage of their convictions, even if their convictions are bad. Mealy-mouthed weasels like the Kushners (and a lot of politicians and media personalities) are just so pathetic.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually respect someone like Stephen Miller more than them, and I think he's a POS.

Nope, looks like I'm wrong. I'm informed he didn't wipe it, he's just never tweeted.

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by comrade

Ha ha. What a coward. I'm actually starting to have more respect for people who at least have the courage of their convictions, even if their convictions are bad. Mealy-mouthed weasels like the Kushners (and a lot of politicians and media personalities) are just so pathetic.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually respect someone like Stephen Miller more than them, and I think he's a POS.

He's never tweeted. This came up a month or so ago and it was clarified then.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Roughneck

And to think people here complain about our elections being over before the polls close west of Sault Ste. Marie.

Heh. I don't. I absolutely love how quickly the process goes here. In fact, I wish it was shorter. *paranoid look around*

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Matata's post may not be worded in the best way, but the general theme isn't wrong. People shouldn't just look at this presidential election and go "Trump's gone, now all is right with U.S politics!" and think everything is fine for the next 4 years.

This win doesn't change the fact that 70M people still voted and supported that horrible human.

This win doesn't silence voices like Mitch McConnell that are still too prevalent in U.S politics and are spouting many of the same things that Trump did.

This win doesn't change the years of discrimination and structural racisim that has placed minorities in the US.

This win doesn't suddenly solve the issues with law enforcement and police reform in the U.S.

ETC, ETC

Should it be celebrated? 100% because it's still a big win.

But this needs to be seem as the first step to uniting and improving the United States, not the final victory. If people don't want this to happen again then they need to keep working and protesting for voting reform, etc over the next 4 years.

Yeah, the people who said "hold Biden's feet to the fire after the election," can't now turn around and get mad when people start holding his feet to the fire.

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt until there's reason not to.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Bush Gore went to mid December.

It was a Festivus Miracle!