bonginoreport--2020-11-06--Neil Patel: The Birth of the Coalition of Normal People May Be Upon Us

Throughout this election , there were signs of the birth of a coalition of normal people unhappy with the radical turns our country has been taking .
Regardless of how the presidential race turns out , the potential political realignment is unmistakable .
Hispanic and blue-collar workers are shifting noticeably away from the overtures of the left-wing , `` defund the police '' crowd .
I 'm not sure who thought violence and looting in the streets of so many of our cities would have no political repercussions , but it did , and it brought regular Americans together in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ future .
Our election year was dominated by antifa riots on one side and QAnon conspiracies on the other .
Between actual Marxists lighting buildings on fire and huge swaths of America thinking our country is run by a secret pedophile ring , it was hard not to fear for our future .
The hard left , with the backing of the corporate media and many in corporate America , made a serious effort to stoke American racial division .
Since the sin of slavery centuries ago , the issue of race has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stand for .
Civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. fought hard to put those issues behind us and asked us to look at each person 's character rather than what color skin they happened to be born with .
That very premise — a cornerstone of liberal American thinking — was under attack this year .
The overwhelming defeat of that attack has been the best part of this whole election .
Instead of driving up racial divisions , the radical left seems to have driven at least some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , our politics are now slightly — and sometimes more than slightly — less divided on purely racial grounds .
That 's as big of a win as we could have hoped for , especially considering where we find ourselves these days .
The most dramatic shift happened in the state of Florida , where the Hispanic population consists of a large number of Cubans and Venezuelans .
Despite the rise in socialist popularity among our youth , those with the most direct personal experience with left-wing government came out hard against it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Florida by 27 points in 2016 .
This time , President Donald Trump drew to a near tie .
Results in other states were less dramatic , but even in Georgia and Ohio , Trump performed around 15 points better against Joe Biden than he did against Hillary .
According to CNN 's exit polling , Trump also picked up about 4 points among African Americans nationally over his performance in 2016 .
These are large gains , and they are more noteworthy considering the months of racial division our country has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the change ?
The two most obvious answers are criminal justice and economic concerns .
Voters of all stripes trusted Trump more on the economy and crime .
Despite the left 's attempts to make absolutely everything about race , it turns out that kitchen-table issues are still important to minority communities .
Americans have for too long voted largely along racial lines .
If those trends had continued , based on our country 's demographics alone , the Republican party would have become a permanent minority party .
That was the Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Florida and Texas .
It seems like we may instead be shifting to more voting by economic interests .
Those at the lower end of our wage scale have felt stuck in neutral ( or reverse ) , while top-income Americans have benefited from international trade , automation and the information technology age .
During the Trump years , for the first time in a long time , lower-income workers saw larger wage gains than middle- or higher-income workers .
Voters seem to know that .
That 's what the results show , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opportunity for the Republican Party .
If Republicans can capture more hardworking Americans of all races , our politics will be forever changed .
On the flip side , if Republicans do n't pull off that sort of realignment , they are doomed to fail in a demographically changing country .
A Republican party focused on moving beyond harmful racial divisions and improving the plight of working Americans seems possible based on the results we are seeing .
Figuring out how to share prosperity more widely without harming prosperity in the process is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have felt left behind in an increasingly global and automated economy .
It 's not easy to come up with fixes for that , but to date , our political leaders have n't really tried .
They 're closely attuned to the needs of the huge businesses that dominate Washington .
Those businesses have flourished these past few decades .
In the process , we have seen that what 's good for big business — especially huge , multinational businesses with overseas growth goals — is not always what 's good for America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognize the issue .
They decry populism and the ugliness that can come with it without looking at its root causes .
Others , who do see what 's really happening in our country , have chosen the easy way out by demagoguing these issues with superficial , politically popular fixes rather than real solutions .
We need a third option : smart politicians who are committed to finding real solutions to restore the American dream for the many who feel it slipping away .
We have a country worth fixing .
Addressing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going forward .
If the Republicans do that , then they could be home to a broader , more enduring , working-class majority of regular Americans of all races .
The left fears this more than anything else .
On the flip side , if we continue to ignore this dynamic , the result will probably be a continued surge in socialist popularity among young Americans , as we have seen these past few years .
Just ask the Cubans how that turns out .
Neil Patel co-founded The Daily Caller , one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which regularly breaks news and distributes it to over 15 million monthly readers .
Patel also co-founded The Daily Caller News Foundation , a nonprofit news company that trains journalists , produces fact-checks and conducts longer-term investigative reporting .
The Daily Caller News Foundation licenses its content free of charge to over 300 news outlets , reaching potentially hundreds of millions of people per month .
To find out more about Neil Patel and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators website at www.creators.com

Throughout this election, there were signs of the birth of a coalition of normal people unhappy with the radical turns our country has been taking. Regardless of how the presidential race turns out, the potential political realignment is unmistakable. Hispanic and blue-collar workers are shifting noticeably away from the overtures of the left-wing, "defund the police" crowd. I'm not sure who thought violence and looting in the streets of so many of our cities would have no political repercussions, but it did, and it brought regular Americans together in a way that bodes well for the future.
Our election year was dominated by antifa riots on one side and QAnon conspiracies on the other. Between actual Marxists lighting buildings on fire and huge swaths of America thinking our country is run by a secret pedophile ring, it was hard not to fear for our future.
The hard left, with the backing of the corporate media and many in corporate America, made a serious effort to stoke American racial division. Since the sin of slavery centuries ago, the issue of race has cut against all that America is supposed to stand for. Civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. fought hard to put those issues behind us and asked us to look at each person's character rather than what color skin they happened to be born with. That very premise — a cornerstone of liberal American thinking — was under attack this year. The overwhelming defeat of that attack has been the best part of this whole election.
Instead of driving up racial divisions, the radical left seems to have driven at least some racial healing. At a bare minimum, our politics are now slightly — and sometimes more than slightly — less divided on purely racial grounds. That's as big of a win as we could have hoped for, especially considering where we find ourselves these days.
The most dramatic shift happened in the state of Florida, where the Hispanic population consists of a large number of Cubans and Venezuelans. Despite the rise in socialist popularity among our youth, those with the most direct personal experience with left-wing government came out hard against it. Hillary Clinton won the Hispanic vote in Florida by 27 points in 2016. This time, President Donald Trump drew to a near tie. Results in other states were less dramatic, but even in Georgia and Ohio, Trump performed around 15 points better against Joe Biden than he did against Hillary. According to CNN's exit polling, Trump also picked up about 4 points among African Americans nationally over his performance in 2016.
These are large gains, and they are more noteworthy considering the months of racial division our country has just been through. What's driving the change? The two most obvious answers are criminal justice and economic concerns. Voters of all stripes trusted Trump more on the economy and crime. Despite the left's attempts to make absolutely everything about race, it turns out that kitchen-table issues are still important to minority communities.
Americans have for too long voted largely along racial lines. If those trends had continued, based on our country's demographics alone, the Republican party would have become a permanent minority party. That was the Democrats' hope for converting states such as Florida and Texas.
It seems like we may instead be shifting to more voting by economic interests. Those at the lower end of our wage scale have felt stuck in neutral (or reverse), while top-income Americans have benefited from international trade, automation and the information technology age. During the Trump years, for the first time in a long time, lower-income workers saw larger wage gains than middle- or higher-income workers. Voters seem to know that. That's what the results show, anyway.
All this presents a huge opportunity for the Republican Party. If Republicans can capture more hardworking Americans of all races, our politics will be forever changed. On the flip side, if Republicans don't pull off that sort of realignment, they are doomed to fail in a demographically changing country. A Republican party focused on moving beyond harmful racial divisions and improving the plight of working Americans seems possible based on the results we are seeing.
Figuring out how to share prosperity more widely without harming prosperity in the process is a real challenge. Too many Americans have felt left behind in an increasingly global and automated economy. It's not easy to come up with fixes for that, but to date, our political leaders haven't really tried. They're closely attuned to the needs of the huge businesses that dominate Washington. Those businesses have flourished these past few decades. In the process, we have seen that what's good for big business — especially huge, multinational businesses with overseas growth goals — is not always what's good for America.
Many politicians still don't even recognize the issue. They decry populism and the ugliness that can come with it without looking at its root causes. Others, who do see what's really happening in our country, have chosen the easy way out by demagoguing these issues with superficial, politically popular fixes rather than real solutions. We need a third option: smart politicians who are committed to finding real solutions to restore the American dream for the many who feel it slipping away.
We have a country worth fixing. Addressing these issues should be the primary focus going forward. If the Republicans do that, then they could be home to a broader, more enduring, working-class majority of regular Americans of all races. The left fears this more than anything else. On the flip side, if we continue to ignore this dynamic, the result will probably be a continued surge in socialist popularity among young Americans, as we have seen these past few years.
Just ask the Cubans how that turns out.
Neil Patel co-founded The Daily Caller, one of America's fastest-growing online news outlets, which regularly breaks news and distributes it to over 15 million monthly readers. Patel also co-founded The Daily Caller News Foundation, a nonprofit news company that trains journalists, produces fact-checks and conducts longer-term investigative reporting. The Daily Caller News Foundation licenses its content free of charge to over 300 news outlets, reaching potentially hundreds of millions of people per month. To find out more about Neil Patel and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com


bonginoreport--2020-11-06--Michael Goodwin: Election Night Showed Why Trump Voters Don’t Trust the Media

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My favorite definition of a cynic: a premature realist.
Today we are all cynics or damn well should be. Show me an American who trusts politicians, polls, news organizations and social media bigs who fancy themselves our new masters and I’ll show you a fool.
Regarding the forecasts of how the election would go, Casey Stengel’s line about the hapless 1962 Mets fits the moment: “Can’t anybody here play this game?”
As we stand on the smoking ruins of shattered predictions, the answer is no, a thousand times no. The usual suspects are bumblers — and that’s being kind because some are downright dishonest.
A disputed presidential election that appears destined for the courts is the worst possible outcome for a nation already gagging on anger and polarization. Yet that’s where we are and while the campaigns position themselves for the final drama, it’s impossible to divorce the shocking results from the run-up to it.
The wall-to-wall promises of a blue wave were delivered with all the certainty of prophecy. Joe Biden and Democrats would sweep the White House and all of Congress from sea to shining sea. Even a large voter survey that Fox News did with the Associated Press suggested as much.
Some 24 hours after the polls closed, President Trump still has a fighting chance to get 270 electoral votes, the GOP is holding on to a slim majority in the Senate and actually gained five House seats, narrowing the Dems’ majority to 12 seats.
We all make mistakes, and most of us try to avoid them. The problem with the unholy news-polling-social media-industrial complex is that the mistakes are so numerous and predictable that they begin to feel intentional.
Worse, all the mistakes run in one direction. What are the odds of that happening honestly?
The refusal of TV networks to promptly call states for Trump when he had big leads with nearly all the vote counted, as they did with Biden, is emerging as a point of grievance on the right. Were they afraid of sparking the violence promised if Trump won?
The first clue that the election could not possibly turn out as promised was that all the players were of one mind. When they all take the same side of an argument, which is most of the time, the best bet is to run to the opposite side.
Some samples: Last Sunday, Quinnipiac had Biden winning the general election by 11 points and CNBC predicted he would win by 10, as did NBC and the Wall Street Journal. The results, as of Wednesday evening, showed Biden ahead by two percentage points, 50-48.
State polls were almost as bad. Emerson had Biden winning Florida by six points and the New York Times/Siena had him winning by three. The result: Trump won by 3.4 points.
One sneaky suspicion is that biased news organizations, including the Times, use their polls to reinforce their agenda. The paper hates Trump and its polls generally undercount his support. Coincidence?
Some on the right see crooked polls as a form of voter suppression. The claim is that making Trump look like a sure loser was aimed to discourage supporters from voting.
The usual response from pollsters is that “shy” Trump voters don’t engage with them or, if they do, don’t tell the truth because they are afraid of ostracism or violence. Thus, the pollsters blame Trump supporters for their own products being inaccurate.
That’s been a constant feature of the Trump years. Everything is his fault, even the misconduct of his enemies, er, opponents.
As usual, they have the blame game backwards. Trump voters, with good reason, didn’t trust elite corporations long before he ran in 2016. They were society’s forgotten people and didn’t see Wall Street or any other exclusive coastal institution caring about them.
Only when they found their fighter in Trump was it obvious their mistrust was well placed. The Washington Post, CNN, the broadcast networks and others on the far left demonized the president for five years, falsely accused him of colluding with Russia and encouraged his impeachment.
Their coverage of his supporters ranges from shock to contempt, as if their backing of the president makes them idiots unfit for America. Which, of course, is exactly why Trump was elected in the first place and got more than 68 million votes Tuesday, or 5 million more than in 2016.
Whatever the final score of the Electoral College, it’s already a given that the 2020 campaign has deepened the chasms tearing our country apart.
In that sense, the future is spoken for.


bonginoreport--2020-11-07--Justice Alito Issues Temporary Order Granting PA GOP’s Request to Segregate Late Ballots

“ Until today , this Court was not informed that the guidance ” issued by PA Secretary of State to segregate and secure such ballots may not being followed by county Boards of Election .
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania sought in emergency injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court requiring the Secretary of State and County Boards of Election to segregate and secure ballots received after the statutory deadline : In short , an order from the Court is badly needed .
But given some county boards ’ refusal to confirm that they are segregating ballots and the Secretary ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ segregation of ballots may not suffice to preserve RPP ’ s appellate rights .
RPP therefore now asks the Court for an order directing Respondents Secretary of State Boockvar and the county boards of elections , pending certiorari review or further order of the Court , to log , to segregate , and otherwise to take no further action related to any mail-in or civilian absentee ballots received after the General Assembly ’ s received-by deadline .
Justice Samuel Alito just issued an administrative injunction , pending consideration by the full court : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordered , pending further order of the Court , to comply with the following guidance provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth on October 28 and November 1 , namely , ( 1 ) that all ballots received by mail after 8:00 p.m. on November 3 be segregated and kept “ in a secure , safe and sealed container separate from other voted ballots , ” and ( 2 ) that all such ballots , if counted , be counted separately .
The attorneys for Pennsylvania had represented , in an earlier litigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ twice , that this procedure would be used , but apparently the Supreme Court was just informed that was not the case .
Alito continued : Until today , this Court was not informed that the guidance issued on October 28 , which had an important bearing on the question whether to order special treatment of the ballots in question , had been modified .
The application received today also informs the Court that neither the applicant nor the Secretary has been able to verify that all boards are complying with the Secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is alleged , is not legally binding on them .
I am immediately referring this application to the Conference and direct that any response be filed as soon as possible but in any event no later than 2 p.m. tomorrow , November 7 , 2020 .
It ’ s unclear that forcing PA to comply with its own statutes on late ballots would make a difference , but it might make some difference depending how the on-time portion ends up .

The Republican Party of Pennsylvania sought in emergency injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court requiring the Secretary of State and County Boards of Election to segregate and secure ballots received after the statutory deadline:
In short, an order from the Court is badly needed. But given some county boards’ refusal to confirm that they are segregating ballots and the Secretary’s changing guidance, an order requiring segregation of ballots may not suffice to preserve RPP’s appellate rights. RPP therefore now asks the Court for an order directing Respondents Secretary of State Boockvar and the county boards of elections, pending certiorari review or further order of the Court, to log, to segregate, and otherwise to take no further action related to any mail-in or civilian absentee ballots received after the General Assembly’s received-by deadline.
Justice Samuel Alito just issued an administrative injunction, pending consideration by the full court:
All county boards of election are hereby ordered, pending further order of the Court, to comply with the following guidance provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth on October 28 and November 1, namely, (1) that all ballots received by mail after 8:00 p.m. on November 3 be segregated and kept “in a secure, safe and sealed container separate from other voted ballots,” and (2) that all such ballots, if counted, be counted separately.
The attorneys for Pennsylvania had represented, in an earlier litigation that ended up in a 4-4 deadlock twice, that this procedure would be used, but apparently the Supreme Court was just informed that was not the case. Alito continued:
Until today, this Court was not informed that the guidance issued on October 28, which had an important bearing on the question whether to order special treatment of the ballots in question, had been modified. The application received today also informs the Court that neither the applicant nor the Secretary has been able to verify that all boards are complying with the Secretary’s guidance, which, it is alleged, is not legally binding on them. I am immediately referring this application to the Conference and direct that any response be filed as soon as possible but in any event no later than 2 p.m. tomorrow, November 7, 2020.
It’s unclear that forcing PA to comply with its own statutes on late ballots would make a difference, but it might make some difference depending how the on-time portion ends up.
Added: Here is the Petition for Writ of Certiorari pursuant to which the Application was made. Unfortunately, this case before SCOTUS is too narrow and doesn’t contest failure to verify and match signatures, only addresses late arriving ballots. I believe the lower court litigation included signatures, so maybe it’s preserved (but since they didn’t track non-matching ballots, hard to see what the remedy would be).
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bonginoreport--2020-11-06--FBI Probes Allegations of Backdated Ballots in Detroit

The FBI is investigating allegations of election fraud in Detroit after a city worker stepped forward and claimed election workers were asked to backdate ballots that had come in after the election deadline had passed , multiple officials said .
A senior law enforcement official in Washington confirmed that an investigation was opened after the whistleblower 's concerns were forwarded from the Michigan Republican Party .
`` The FBI is investigating , '' the official said .
GOP officials in Michigan said the whistleblower was identified and assisted by Phill Kline , the head of the Thomas More Society 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting disputes and irregularities across the country for months .
But Michigan GOP chairwoman Laura Cox confirmed Friday afternoon the here party referred a whistleblower to the FBI and U.S. attorney in Detroit .
`` The MIGOP has referred a whistleblower case to the U.S. Attorney in which a city of Detroit employee was directed to change the date of receipt , in the official election record on ballots which had been received after the deadline , '' Cox said .
`` This directive allegedly came from both City and State employees who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These allegations are highlighted by the city of Detroit ’ s attempt to block Republican poll challengers from supervising this process . ''

The FBI is investigating allegations of election fraud in Detroit after a city worker stepped forward and claimed election workers were asked to backdate ballots that had come in after the election deadline had passed, multiple officials said.
A senior law enforcement official in Washington confirmed that an investigation was opened after the whistleblower's concerns were forwarded from the Michigan Republican Party. "The FBI is investigating," the official said.
GOP officials in Michigan said the whistleblower was identified and assisted by Phill Kline, the head of the Thomas More Society's Amistad Project, which has been litigating voting disputes and irregularities across the country for months.
Kline declined comment.
But Michigan GOP chairwoman Laura Cox confirmed Friday afternoon the here party referred a whistleblower to the FBI and U.S. attorney in Detroit.
"The MIGOP has referred a whistleblower case to the U.S. Attorney in which a city of Detroit employee was directed to change the date of receipt, in the official election record on ballots which had been received after the deadline," Cox said. "This directive allegedly came from both City and State employees who were working at the TCF center. These allegations are highlighted by the city of Detroit’s attempt to block Republican poll challengers from supervising this process."
This is a developing story.


bonginoreport--2020-11-06--AOC Inspires Lunatic to Create “Trump Supporter Blacklist”

At the behest of 'squad ' member and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , a blacklist of `` Trump sycophants '' —entitled `` The Trump Accountability Project '' —is archiving the names of individuals who `` elected , served , funded , supported , and represented '' President Donald Trump .
`` Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future ?
I foresee decent probability of many deleted Tweets , writings , photos in the future , '' the US representative tweeted Friday afternoon .
`` Yes , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ staffer Michael Simon , citing the Trump Accountability Project .
`` Every Administration staffer , campaign staffer , bundler , lawyer who represented them — everyone . ''
On the website 's landing page , it urges urges that `` [ w ] e must never forget those who helped further the Trump agenda , '' adding that `` the world should never forget those who , when faced with a decision , chose to put their money , their time , and their reputations behind separating children from their families , encouraging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the unnecessary loss of life and economic devastation from our country 's failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic . ''
The site is a self-described `` permanent record '' of those who elected the president , including Trump campaign staffers , Republican National Committee members , and affiliated PACs in 2016 or 2020 .
Individuals who donated a `` significant amount '' — $ 1000 or more—in efforts to re-elect the president and related campaign committees are also blacklisted .
Others who worked in the Trump administration ; endorsed the president in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boards , commissions , or the judiciary ; and staffed law firms that represented the Trump name in any capacity are named .
Deranged Never-Trumper Jennifer Rubin also tweeted her desire for a blacklist of Trump supporters : In response , Human Event 's Will Chamberlain quipped : `` Leading Democrats like @ AOC and @ JRubinBlogger apparently want to treat Trump supporters like China treats the Uyghurs . ''

At the behest of 'squad' member and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a blacklist of "Trump sycophants"—entitled "The Trump Accountability Project"—is archiving the names of individuals who "elected, served, funded, supported, and represented" President Donald Trump.
Who could have seen this coming pic.twitter.com/8cUBQxMHgP — Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) November 6, 2020
"Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future? I foresee decent probability of many deleted Tweets, writings, photos in the future," the US representative tweeted Friday afternoon.
"Yes, we are," answered former Obama administration staffer Michael Simon, citing the Trump Accountability Project. "Every Administration staffer, campaign staffer, bundler, lawyer who represented them — everyone."
On the website's landing page, it urges that "[w]e must never forget those who helped further the Trump agenda," adding that "the world should never forget those who, when faced with a decision, chose to put their money, their time, and their reputations behind separating children from their families, encouraging racism and anti-Semitism, and negligently causing the unnecessary loss of life and economic devastation from our country's failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic."
The site is a self-described "permanent record" of those who elected the president, including Trump campaign staffers, Republican National Committee members, and affiliated PACs in 2016 or 2020.
Individuals who donated a "significant amount"—$1000 or more—in efforts to re-elect the president and related campaign committees are also blacklisted.
Others who worked in the Trump administration; endorsed the president in a public light; were appointed to federal boards, commissions, or the judiciary; and staffed law firms that represented the Trump name in any capacity are named.
Shortly after the project received sharp criticism on social media, advertisers changed the site’s main blurb explaining the endeavor's purpose. Organizers clarified that the list was intended to oust paid backers of the Trump administration, axing the stipulations of “those who served him,” “those who represented him,” and “those who supported him."
And here: (left is original). Evidently they figured out, at a minimum, that putting judges and donors on an enemies list was probably a bad idea. ? pic.twitter.com/UZxmRlgojq — Leslie McAdoo Gordon (@McAdooGordon) November 7, 2020
The growing compilation was initially published before the group privatized the extensive Google Sheets document captured by Internet archives. Tabs separate categories such as “Campaign Staff,” “Administration,” “Appointees,” “Donors,” “Law Firms,” “Endorsers,” and “Denouncers."
Under “Administration," senior advisors in the White House are tallied all the way down to the “Chief Calligrapher.” The “Denouncers" section points to Miles Taylor, the low-level bureaucrat anonymous source published and promoted by The New York Times as a “senior administration official.” Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett tops the "Appointees" division.
"We’re launching the Trump Accountability Project to make sure anyone who took a paycheck to help Trump undermine America is held responsible for what they did," former Pete Buttigieg national surrogates director Emily Abrams wrote before her account went private.
Former national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee and ex-senior spokesman for the Barack Obama campaign Hari Sevugan echoed Abrams.
You better believe it. We just launched the Trump Accountability Project to make sure anyone who took a paycheck to help Trump undermine America is held responsible for what they did. https://t.co/clRu6WSfvL https://t.co/J78dgyHJpG — Hari Sevugan (@HariSevugan) November 6, 2020
"If you hire someone who remained with the Trump admin after the election, be on notice you will be held accountable by MeidasTouch and we will ensure you are exposed," warned Geragos & Geragos partner Ben Meiselas who represented professional football player turned-Black Lives Matter activist Colin Kaepernick in his highly-publicized lawsuit against the NFL.
If you hire someone who remained with the Trump admin after the election, be on notice you will be held accountable by MeidasTouch and we will ensure you are exposed. — Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) November 6, 2020
On Thursday night, Stand Up Republic executive director Evan McMullin foreshadowed the call: "We should keep and publish a list of everyone who assists Trump’s frivolous and dangerous attacks on the election. Name and shame forever."
We should keep and publish a list of everyone who assists Trump’s frivolous and dangerous attacks on the election. Name and shame forever. — Evan McMullin ?? (@EvanMcMullin) November 6, 2020
Deranged Never-Trumper Jennifer Rubin also tweeted her desire for a blacklist of Trump supporters: "Any R now promoting rejection of an election or calling to not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into 'polite' society." She threatened, "We have a list."
Any R now promoting rejection of an election or calling to not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into "polite" society. We have a list. — Jennifer 'Count Every Vote' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 6, 2020
In response, Human Event's Will Chamberlain quipped: "Leading Democrats like @AOC and @JRubinBlogger apparently want to treat Trump supporters like China treats the Uyghurs."
Leading Democrats like @AOC and @JRubinBlogger apparently want to treat Trump supporters like China treats the Uyghurs — Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) November 6, 2020
Slightly Offens*ve host Elijah Schaffer lambasted Cortez, levelling that she "threatened 69 million voting American citizens who support President Trump."
"The second amendment was created to protect us from people like her. We aren’t scared of her or any other socialist sacks of sh*t," Schaffer volleyed. "Try us."
Today, a sitting congresswoman, Rep. Alexandria Cortez, threatened 69 million voting American citizens who support President Trump.
The second amendment was created to protect us from people like her
We aren’t scared of her or any other socialist sacks of sh*t
Try us — ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) November 7, 2020
Students For Trump founder and co-chairman Ryan Fournier fired: "What AOC said today about logging tweets and names of Trump supporters is equivalent to what they would do in Communist China."
"She and her crew do not belong anywhere near government," Fournier snapped.


bonginoreport--2020-11-06--Michigan County Flips to Trump After Software Glitch Is Fixed

The software used to tabulate votes in one Michigan county sent at least 6,000 Republican votes to Democratic candidates , the state 's GOP Chairwoman Laura Cox revealed at a press conference Friday .
The county has since swung back to Trump .
47 counties used this malfunctioning software , Cox reported while joined by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in Bloomfield Hills .
The duo called on state officials to open up the ballot counting in Michigan .
The two outlined counting irregularities in the Detroit metro area , including the back-dating of ballots .
Project Veritas recently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Postal Service worker who alleged that mail fraud was committed in Traverse City , Michigan .
The postmark scheme reportedly ordered the hand stamping of ballots retroactively to Nov. 3 even if delivered post-Election Day .
`` In Antrim County , ballots were counted for Democrats that were meant for Republicans , causing a 6,000 vote swing against our candidates , '' Cox cited , explaining that the county clerk came forward to report that the `` tabulating software glitched '' and caused a `` miscalculation of the votes . ''
Since then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counties `` used this same software in the same capacity , '' Cox stated .
`` Antrim County had to hand count all of the ballots and these counties that used this software need to closely examine their results for similar discrepancies , '' Cox said , adding that `` the people of Michigan deserve a transparent and open process . ''
`` Other states may have , too , '' The Post Millennial 's Ian Miles Cheong questioned , prompting if this ballot-counting incident was just a technical glitch or a `` @ @ @

The software used to tabulate votes in one Michigan county sent at least 6,000 Republican votes to Democratic candidates, the state's GOP Chairwoman Laura Cox revealed at a press conference Friday. The county has since swung back to Republican.
47 counties used this malfunctioning software, Cox reported while joined by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in Bloomfield Hills. The duo called on state officials to open up the ballot counting in Michigan.
The two outlined counting irregularities in the Detroit metro area, including the back-dating of ballots. Project Veritas recently released a whistleblower interview with a US Postal Service worker who alleged that mail fraud was committed in Traverse City, Michigan. The postmark scheme reportedly ordered the hand stamping of ballots retroactively to Nov. 3 even if delivered post-Election Day.
"In Antrim County, ballots were counted for Democrats that were meant for Republicans, causing a 6,000 vote swing against our candidates," Cox cited, explaining that the county clerk came forward to report that the "tabulating software glitched" and caused a "miscalculation of the votes."
Since then, officials have discovered that nearly 50 counties "used this same software in the same capacity," Cox stated.
"Antrim County had to hand count all of the ballots and these counties that used this software need to closely examine their results for similar discrepancies," Cox said, adding that "the people of Michigan deserve a transparent and open process."
"Other states may have, too," The Post Millennial's Ian Miles Cheong questioned, prompting if this ballot-counting incident was just a technical glitch or a "feature."


bonginoreport--2020-11-06--NYPD Officers Respond to BLM Hecklers

NYPD Officers Respond to BLM Hecklers

A protest that began on Thursday night on Christopher Street in Manhattan ended up at Union Square in confrontations between police and protestors .
I did n't intend to go to the protest , but I was meeting up with a friend for drinks around 10 pm at The Magician on Rivington Street .
I had time to kill between when my son 's dad picked him up for the evening and when I was meant to meet up with Kelly , so I figured I 'd check it out .
Manhattan is big .
I figured the protest would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christopher Street , so I asked the Uber to drop me off near West 4th Street and went in search of the civil action .
I walked east , down by Washington Square Park .
I saw the helicopters hovering so I tried to follow them a bit , but I was on the ground and they were in the sky .
I checked Twitter , it looked like they were heading down Lafayette , so I went that way .
It was the wrong way .
I went south , should have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dealer on a bike at the corner of Houston and MacDougal if he 'd seen where the protestors had gone , and he said `` Biden won , what are they protesting ? ''
It was a good question , and I intended to find out .
I followed the police lights – let them guide me .
Found the blocked off streets , wondered how big a protest could be in downtown New York if I could n't even find it .
It was a weekly protest , one that has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Village – great neighbourhood , vibrant , gay , artsy , paradise .
They were moving fast .
Twitter said there 'd been arrests , officers had been kettling people off , Anna Slatz said so too .
I tried to track it .
Turned north .
Walking up Lafayette , outside the Public Theater where my friend Michael Friedman was memorialized a few years ago , miss him still .
Cop SUV 's were parked outside , a whole row of them .
Two officers leaning against a facing hood .
each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to them , her man in tow .
`` Are they out again tonight ? ''
She asked them .
`` Up at Union Square , '' one cop said , giving me the information I needed .
`` It 's the Battle of Union Square , '' he said .
`` We won it last night and we 're about to win it again . ''
`` Well , God bless you , '' the woman said .
I headed north .
Police vans lined the streets .
Under cover with lights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dodged between the cabs and Ubers .
As I got closer to Union Square I hoped I would n't miss the action .
I made quick work of ten blocks and was upon the park .
It was flanked by cops on all sides , cops in what are called `` turtle shells , '' intense gear that made them look like gladiators , ninja turtles , transformers , paint ball enthusiasts .
I entered the park from the east side , took the protest from the back .
There was a prayer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protestors in some kind of worship of Jesus Christ .
I thought : I could get on board with this , but why are they ?
What 's even going on here ?
They declared , via call and response , some 100 people , that they were there to fight against 2020 , to take it back , and with the power of Jesus .
A black trans woman in a sequined teal gown took over after that , and I remembered this was an LGBTQIA+ etc .
march after all .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anna Slatz off to the side , I went to say hi .
She thought at first I was someone called Rebecca , but I was n't .
We chatted for a bit .
She thought it might all die down , people might just disperse and go home .
She told me there 'd already been some arrests , and went back to looking at her phone .
`` It was nice catching up with you , '' I said , and thought I might be on my way .
There were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as many as there were protestors , maybe even more .
As I exited the park on the south east side I happened upon a large contingent of bike cops .
I asked a guy on the corner what he thought would happen .
He was guarded at first , but then we talked for a bit , and he told me what he really thought .
I told him I worked for The Post Millennial and he said he 'd caught some of our stuff , liked it .
I asked him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had the same view as Anna , either the protestors would engage or they would disperse .
But his take on what was going on was different .
`` They 're bored , '' he said , `` we all are . ''
`` Alot of it 's the social thing , '' he told me .
`` These kids want to have a party , who can blame them . ''
He said that while they were out there guarding the children of the one percenters ' right to protest in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and to shout insults at cops , people were getting shot in Brownsville , and crime was increasing .
A young woman leaned out the back window of a sleek , black , Chevy Suburban and shouted `` F—ck you !
All cops are bastards ! ''
While filming the cops on her phone and flipping them off .
A group of young men on bikes pulled up at the corner to tell the cops they suck .
`` You 're a waste of money , you 're a waste of resources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the corner applauded them , `` So brave !
So brave ! ''
The officers cheered as the light changed and the cyclists rode away .
Before he left on his own bike , strapping on his elaborate helmet , the officer introduced himself , and we shook hands , even though you 're not supposed to during the pandemic .
There was a moment of uncertainty before we placed palms in each others hands , and then we did it anyway , we touched like human beings used to .
NYPD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers in their turtle shells , and guys who looked more like they were fitted out for riots , carrying batons , and some exec types in suits .
Everyone was waiting for something to happen , and no one could quite tell if they wanted something to go down or not .
The officer told me he 'd rather not , but they were prepared for it .
Officers began to line up across the street on the south side of the park in front of a Whole Foods , protestors on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their backs to the park .
Behind them , on benches , people ate take-out and barely even noticed a disturbance .
A woman asked an officer if he thought she 'd be able to get into the Burlington Coat Factory .
I would n't have tried it myself .
Tensions mounted for no other reason than that was the whole point of everyone being there .
It was a standoff , officers on one side , protestors on the other , with 14th Street between them .
City busses rumbled through .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers took the opportunity to tell them to push back out of traffic .
And they arrested a young man .
I spoke to his friend , who said he was arrested for standing in the street when the cops told him to move back .
She wanted to find a way to spring him from custody .
She was frantic , not knowing what to do or where to turn .
I saw her telling officers `` You 're so miserable .
Get your life together . ''
The officer thanked her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surrounding the protestors , and the standoff was renewed , with everyone taking up new positions .
After tense words , the officers went back across the street .
The protestors played the Imperial March from Star Wars .
After the young man who was arrested , loaded into the back of a police van it seemed like the climax had passed .
And by then I was late for drinks .
I headed out down 4th Ave. After half a block , even looking north to the park and the flashing lights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been no protest at all .
Five students sat on a bench eating kebobs from a food cart .
Another half block and the city was quiet , save for traffic .
I was too late to walk the 15 blocks down to Rivington St. , to the neighbourhood I knew and loved so well .
I hailed a cab .
Open air restaurants were full , couples walked hand in hand in matching face masks , and the city was as it was , unaffected , unimpacted , quiet , serene .

A protest that began on Thursday night on Christopher Street in Manhattan ended up at Union Square in confrontations between police and protestors. I didn't intend to go to the protest, but I was meeting up with a friend for drinks around 10 pm at The Magician on Rivington Street. I had time to kill between when my son's dad picked him up for the evening and when I was meant to meet up with Kelly, so I figured I'd check it out.
Manhattan is big. I figured the protest would be in the West Village, near Christopher Street, so I asked the Uber to drop me off near West 4th Street and went in search of the civil action. I walked east, down by Washington Square Park. I saw the helicopters hovering so I tried to follow them a bit, but I was on the ground and they were in the sky. I checked Twitter, it looked like they were heading down Lafayette, so I went that way. It was the wrong way. I went south, should have gone north.
I asked a drug dealer on a bike at the corner of Houston and MacDougal if he'd seen where the protestors had gone, and he said "Biden won, what are they protesting?" It was a good question, and I intended to find out.
I followed the police lights – let them guide me. Found the blocked off streets, wondered how big a protest could be in downtown New York if I couldn't even find it. It was a weekly protest, one that has been held near Stonewall, in the West Village – great neighbourhood, vibrant, gay, artsy, paradise. They were moving fast. Twitter said there'd been arrests, officers had been kettling people off, Anna Slatz said so too. I tried to track it.
Turned north. Walking up Lafayette, outside the Public Theater where my friend Michael Friedman was memorialized a few years ago, miss him still. Cop SUV's were parked outside, a whole row of them. Two officers leaning against a facing hood. each smoking cigarettes. A woman walked up to them, her man in tow.
"Are they out again tonight?" She asked them.
"Up at Union Square," one cop said, giving me the information I needed. "It's the Battle of Union Square," he said. "We won it last night and we're about to win it again."
"Well, God bless you," the woman said. I headed north. Police vans lined the streets. Under cover with lights, no sirens, skirted traffic, dodged between the cabs and Ubers.
As I got closer to Union Square I hoped I wouldn't miss the action. I made quick work of ten blocks and was upon the park. It was flanked by cops on all sides, cops in what are called "turtle shells," intense gear that made them look like gladiators, ninja turtles, transformers, paint ball enthusiasts. I entered the park from the east side, took the protest from the back.
There was a prayer in progress, a woman leading the protestors in some kind of worship of Jesus Christ. I thought: I could get on board with this, but why are they? What's even going on here? They declared, via call and response, some 100 people, that they were there to fight against 2020, to take it back, and with the power of Jesus. A black trans woman in a sequined teal gown took over after that, and I remembered this was an LGBTQIA+ etc. march after all.
I took some photos, I spotted Anna Slatz off to the side, I went to say hi. She thought at first I was someone called Rebecca, but I wasn't. We chatted for a bit. She thought it might all die down, people might just disperse and go home. She told me there'd already been some arrests, and went back to looking at her phone. "It was nice catching up with you," I said, and thought I might be on my way.
There were so many cops, almost at least as many as there were protestors, maybe even more. As I exited the park on the south east side I happened upon a large contingent of bike cops. I asked a guy on the corner what he thought would happen. He was guarded at first, but then we talked for a bit, and he told me what he really thought. I told him I worked for The Post Millennial and he said he'd caught some of our stuff, liked it.
I asked him what he thought would happen. He had the same view as Anna, either the protestors would engage or they would disperse. But his take on what was going on was different.
"They're bored," he said, "we all are."
"Alot of it's the social thing," he told me. "These kids want to have a party, who can blame them." He said that while they were out there guarding the children of the one percenters' right to protest in the park, to march around the city, and to shout insults at cops, people were getting shot in Brownsville, and crime was increasing.
A young woman leaned out the back window of a sleek, black, Chevy Suburban and shouted "F—ck you! All cops are bastards!" While filming the cops on her phone and flipping them off.
A group of young men on bikes pulled up at the corner to tell the cops they suck. "You're a waste of money, you're a waste of resources," they said.
The officers on the corner applauded them, "So brave! So brave!" The officers cheered as the light changed and the cyclists rode away.
Cyclists stop to insult NYPD — cops shout back "you're so brave!” and cheer them on as they ride away. pic.twitter.com/wJnDdqxnOM — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 6, 2020
Before he left on his own bike, strapping on his elaborate helmet, the officer introduced himself, and we shook hands, even though you're not supposed to during the pandemic. There was a moment of uncertainty before we placed palms in each others' hands, and then we did it anyway, we touched like human beings used to.
NYPD flanked the park, with the bike officers in their turtle shells, and guys who looked more like they were fitted out for riots, carrying batons, and some exec types in suits. Everyone was waiting for something to happen, and no one could quite tell if they wanted something to go down or not. The officer told me he'd rather not, but they were prepared for it.
Officers began to line up across the street on the south side of the park in front of a Whole Foods, protestors on the opposite side of the street, their backs to the park. Behind them, on benches, people ate take-out and barely even noticed a disturbance. A woman asked an officer if he thought she'd be able to get into the Burlington Coat Factory. I wouldn't have tried it myself.
Tensions mounted for no other reason than that was the whole point of everyone being there. It was a standoff, officers on one side, protestors on the other, with 14th Street between them. City busses rumbled through.
As protestors stepped into the street, officers took the opportunity to tell them to push back out of traffic. And they arrested a young man.
A young man arrested at Union Square Protest for Black Lives Matter and black trans lives.
Police pushed protestors out of the street and arrested those who wouldn't move back. pic.twitter.com/qPYFVt5QZo — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 6, 2020
I spoke to his friend, who said he was arrested for standing in the street when the cops told him to move back. She wanted to find a way to spring him from custody. She was frantic, not knowing what to do or where to turn.
I saw her telling officers "You're so miserable. Get your life together." The officer thanked her.
A protestor at Union Square last night tells an NYPD officer "you're so miserable, get your life together." He thanks her. pic.twitter.com/eOLxOVVCiD — libby emmons (@libbyemmons) November 6, 2020
Officers pushed into the park and surrounding the protestors, and the standoff was renewed, with everyone taking up new positions.
A young man arrested at Union Square Protest for Black Lives Matter and black trans lives.
Police pushed protestors out of the street and arrested those who wouldn't move back. pic.twitter.com/qPYFVt5QZo — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 6, 2020
After tense words, the officers went back across the street. The protestors played the Imperial March from Star Wars.
BLM protestors play the Imperial March from Star Wars as NYPD moved back. pic.twitter.com/VYLWXQgJbw — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 6, 2020
After the young man who was arrested, loaded into the back of a police van it seemed like the climax had passed. And by then I was late for drinks. I headed out down 4th Ave. After half a block, even looking north to the park and the flashing lights, it was as though there'd been no protest at all. Five students sat on a bench eating kebobs from a food cart. Another half block and the city was quiet, save for traffic. I was too late to walk the 15 blocks down to Rivington St., to the neighbourhood I knew and loved so well. I hailed a cab.
Open air restaurants were full, couples walked hand in hand in matching face masks, and the city was as it was, unaffected, unimpacted, quiet, serene.


bonginoreport--2020-11-06--The Polls Were More Wrong in 2020 Than in 2016

One of the greatest lessons of 2016 is that polling can suffer from major flaws , especially when measuring support for and against an outsider candidate like President Donald Trump .
Polls generally have had a good track record of predicting the outcomes of elections , but anyone who doubts them today has good reason to do so .
When it came to the national polls they did come close to estimating the popular vote in 2016 , but state polls is where things broke down .
State polls were off by roughly five percentage points in 2016 .
Needless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system the national polling is practically irrelevant , while the state polls , particularly in key swing states , are the most important .
After their embarrassing failures in 2016 , the pollsters acknowledged that their samples were biased and understated the support Trump would receive from non-college educated whites , which propelled him to victory .
So after four long years of being able to rework their polling methodologies , by 2020 they were able to give forecasting the election results another shot….. and were off by even more than in 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together a compilation of the major polling failures this election cycle .
Not a single poll predicted that Susan Collins , who won her race , would win her race .
Quinnipiac predicted that Collins would lose by 12 points , when she actually won by 8.8 , for an incredible 20.8 point margin of error .
The average poll predicted Biden would carry the state by 0.9 points , while Trump won it by 3.4 .
The only polls that predicted a Trump victory were from pollsters that are often accused of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how much Trump would win by .
The average poll had Bidden up 6.7 points in Wisconsin , which he carried by 0.7 points .
This state is likely to be the subject of a recount request .
And Some Notable Other Cases… Even polls that greatly favored Republicans massively understated their support .
Mitch McConnell polled 9 points ahead of his opponent who he defeated by over a 20 points margin , and Joni Ernst only polled 1.4. points above her opponent , but won by 6.6 .
While the national polls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as important as the state polls for reasons previously explained , they too were more inaccurate than in 2016 .
In 2016 the RealClearPolitics average had Hillary Clinton ahead by 3.2 points while she won the popular vote by 2.1 , this cycle the polls had Biden leading Trump by 7.2 points ( 51.2 % to 44 % ) , Biden is leading 50.5 % to 47.8 % as of writing , for a 2.7 point lead , and margin of error of 4.5 , more than twice as large .

One of the greatest lessons of 2016 is that polling can suffer from major flaws, especially when measuring support for and against an outsider candidate like President Donald Trump. Polls generally have had a good track record of predicting the outcomes of elections, but anyone who doubts them today has good reason to do so.
When it came to the national polls they did come close to estimating the popular vote in 2016, but state polls is where things broke down. State polls were off by roughly five percentage points in 2016. Needless to say, with our electoral colleges system the national polling is practically irrelevant, while the state polls, particularly in key swing states, are the most important.
After their embarrassing failures in 2016, the pollsters acknowledged that their samples were biased and understated the support Trump would receive from non-college educated whites, which propelled him to victory. So after four long years of being able to rework their polling methodologies, by 2020 they were able to give forecasting the election results another shot….. and were off by even more than in 2016.
HotAir’s John Sexton put together a compilation of the major polling failures this election cycle.
Example 1: Maine’s Senate Race
Not a single poll predicted that Susan Collins, who won her race, would win her race. Quinnipiac predicted that Collins would lose by 12 points, when she actually won by 8.8, for an incredible 20.8 point margin of error.
Example 2: Florida
The average poll predicted Biden would carry the state by 0.9 points, while Trump won it by 3.4. The only polls that predicted a Trump victory were from pollsters that are often accused of Republican bias, and even they understated how much Trump would win by.
Example 3: Wisconsin
The average poll had Bidden up 6.7 points in Wisconsin, which he carried by 0.7 points. This state is likely to be the subject of a recount request.
And Some Notable Other Cases…
Even polls that greatly favored Republicans massively understated their support. Mitch McConnell polled 9 points ahead of his opponent who he defeated by over a 20 points margin, and Joni Ernst only polled 1.4. points above her opponent, but won by 6.6.
While the national polls for the presidential race aren’t as important as the state polls for reasons previously explained, they too were more inaccurate than in 2016. In 2016 the RealClearPolitics average had Hillary Clinton ahead by 3.2 points while she won the popular vote by 2.1, this cycle the polls had Biden leading Trump by 7.2 points (51.2% to 44%), Biden is leading 50.5% to 47.8% as of writing, for a 2.7 point lead, and margin of error of 4.5, more than twice as large.


bonginoreport--2020-11-06--All Eyes Are on Congressional Republicans Not Standing With Trump

Whether Congressional Republicans know it or not , they have reached a fork in the road .
Where they go from here will decide their future .
Republicans will retain the Senate and make serious inroads in the House thank to President Donald J Trump ’ s ability to motivate our base and grow the party ( as seen by the amazing gains Trump made among Hispanics , Blacks and LGBT voters ) .
The fork in the road is pretty simple : Either you stand with the overwhelming majority of your party in demanding that every single legally cast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against them .
Once you start down one path , there is no turning back .
RELATED : Trump Is A President Who Refuses to Lose We have always known that – win or lose – the battle for the heart and soul of the party would begin the moment the 2020 election was over .
The reality is that the battle has come a little earlier .
The election is not over , we do not know who the President will be , but yet the moment of choosing is before Congressional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump in 2016 – out of a large and experienced pack of Presidential hopefuls – because they were tired of Republicans who would run promising to fight for what they cared about , only to buckle under at the first moment things got tough .
Republicans nominated Trump and he was elected because we wanted a fighter .
Someone who would go to the mat for the issues he ran on , someone who wouldn ’ t compromise and someone who wouldn ’ t surrender at the first sign of trouble .
RELATED @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Who Called Arizona For Biden : ‘ A Clinton-Voting , Biden-Donating Democrat ’ Trump governed exactly as he promised .
Unflinching in his commitment to ending illegal immigration , growing our economy , cutting job-killing regulations , renegotiating trade deals that gutted our middle class , and ending pointless and endless foreign wars .
Trump never gave up .
He always fought and he continues to fight .
Now it is time for Republicans in Congress to stand up for him , for party and – most importantly – for the integrity of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wouldn ’ t be in office if President Trump ’ s name weren ’ t on the ballot .
President Trump single-handedly saved the Republican Senate and defied the odds by closing the gap in the House ( giving Republicans a serious chance of retaking the lower chamber and vanquishing Nancy Pelosi in 2022 ) .
RELATED : BET Founder Bob Johnson Says That Trump Being Re-elected Would Be Great For Black Americans They must stand up and be heard and they must do it today .
The energy and enthusiasm among Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stop the Steal Facebook group launched by Women for America First amassed 365,000 members in less than 24 hours before the tech giant stepped in and shut the group down .
All across the country our grassroots are rallying in support of the President and in support of the integrity of our election process .
What ’ s missing ?
Far too few Congressional Republicans have stepped up to the plate and spoken out against the Democratic shenanigans at the ballot box .
If Republicans will not stand up for us , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Minority Voters Turn Out For Trump In Record Numbers Every single Republican member of the House and Senate who refuses to stand up for the integrity of our elections should get a primary challenger in their next election .
The Tea Party movement after Obama ’ s election in 2008 , was born out of disgust with the Republican establishment .
The bloodbath that occurred in GOP primaries in 2010 and 2012 will look like child ’ s play compared to what we will see if the establishment chooses to roll over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republicans , now is your time of choosing .
Choose wisely and remember – we are watching !

Whether Congressional Republicans know it or not, they have reached a fork in the road. Where they go from here will decide their future.
Republicans will retain the Senate and make serious inroads in the House thank to President Donald J Trump’s ability to motivate our base and grow the party (as seen by the amazing gains Trump made among Hispanics, Blacks and LGBT voters).
The fork in the road is pretty simple: Either you stand with the overwhelming majority of your party in demanding that every single legally cast ballot is counted, or you stand against them.
Once you start down one path, there is no turning back.
RELATED: Trump Is A President Who Refuses to Lose
We have always known that – win or lose – the battle for the heart and soul of the party would begin the moment the 2020 election was over. The reality is that the battle has come a little earlier.
The election is not over, we do not know who the President will be, but yet the moment of choosing is before Congressional Republicans.
Republican primary voters chose Donald Trump in 2016 – out of a large and experienced pack of Presidential hopefuls – because they were tired of Republicans who would run promising to fight for what they cared about, only to buckle under at the first moment things got tough.
Republicans nominated Trump and he was elected because we wanted a fighter.
Someone who would go to the mat for the issues he ran on, someone who wouldn’t compromise and someone who wouldn’t surrender at the first sign of trouble.
Republicans wiped out Democrats all across the Ballots this week but @realDonaldTrump didn’t get enough votes? pic.twitter.com/p408AjHT8T — Rusty Weiss 🇺🇸 (@rustyweiss74) November 6, 2020
RELATED: Trump Campaign Slams Fox News Director Who Called Arizona For Biden: ‘A Clinton-Voting, Biden-Donating Democrat’
Trump governed exactly as he promised. Unflinching in his commitment to ending illegal immigration, growing our economy, cutting job-killing regulations, renegotiating trade deals that gutted our middle class, and ending pointless and endless foreign wars.
Trump never gave up. He always fought and he continues to fight.
Now it is time for Republicans in Congress to stand up for him, for party and – most importantly – for the integrity of our elections.
Many of these Republicans wouldn’t be in office if President Trump’s name weren’t on the ballot.
President Trump single-handedly saved the Republican Senate and defied the odds by closing the gap in the House (giving Republicans a serious chance of retaking the lower chamber and vanquishing Nancy Pelosi in 2022).
RELATED: BET Founder Bob Johnson Says That Trump Being Re-elected Would Be Great For Black Americans
They must stand up and be heard and they must do it today.
The energy and enthusiasm among Republicans is firmly behind President Trump.
The Stop the Steal Facebook group launched by Women for America First amassed 365,000 members in less than 24 hours before the tech giant stepped in and shut the group down.
🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨 Facebook has shut down the Stop the Steal Facebook group that had 365,000 members. Is this how social media treated Black Lives Matter protestors? @AmyKremer @KylieJaneKremer @WomenforTrump — Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) November 5, 2020
All across the country our grassroots are rallying in support of the President and in support of the integrity of our election process.
What’s missing? Far too few Congressional Republicans have stepped up to the plate and spoken out against the Democratic shenanigans at the ballot box.
If Republicans will not stand up for us, then we will come after them.
RELATED: Minority Voters Turn Out For Trump In Record Numbers
Every single Republican member of the House and Senate who refuses to stand up for the integrity of our elections should get a primary challenger in their next election.
The Tea Party movement after Obama’s election in 2008, was born out of disgust with the Republican establishment.
The bloodbath that occurred in GOP primaries in 2010 and 2012 will look like child’s play compared to what we will see if the establishment chooses to roll over in this most critical moment.
We are watching the birth of the next Tea Party with the #StoptheSteal movement. This is where the energy and enthusiasm is in the GOP. @AmyKremer @KylieJaneKremer @WomenforTrump pic.twitter.com/QOwKKUOb0i — Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) November 6, 2020
Congressional Republicans, now is your time of choosing.
Choose wisely and remember – we are watching!


bonginoreport--2020-11-06--Mandatory Recount Likely in Pennsylvania

The vote in Pennsylvania is very close , with Joe Biden holding a narrow lead in his bid for the presidency .
With the race being this close , the Associated Press has not called the race for Biden or Trump as of Friday morning .
A Biden victory in Pennsylvania means he would have enough Electoral College votes to be declared the winner .
With the tight margin between the two candidates , a recount could happen .
Here are the rules for a possible recount : In Pennsylvania , if the margin of victory is 0.5 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recount will take place .
Candidates can not request a recount but can appeal the “ order or decision of any county board regarding the computation or canvassing of the returns of any primary or election , or regarding any recount or recanvass thereof.
” Live updates : Biden takes the lead in Pa. as mail-in count continues Individual voters can request a recount .
In individual precincts or election districts , a recount can be requested if at least three voters make such a request in the court of common pleas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordered is 5 p.m. Nov. 12 .
Are Pennsylvania recounts done by hand ?
In the event of a recount , the Secretary of the Commonwealth would order all county boards of election to conduct it .
All ballot boxes would be opened and the “ entire vote of the election district ” will be counted .
The county boards must recount all ballots using manual , mechanical or electronic devices of a different type than that used for the specific election .
This means paper ballots can be counted by hand .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ recorded on form DSBE RE-CBE and transmitted back to the Secretary of the Commonwealth no later than noon the day after the county has completed the recount .
2016 vs 2020 : Compare how PA counties voted in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections Under mandatory recounts , counties have three weeks after election results have been made official by the state to complete a recount .
Under a requested recount , there is no set deadline .

Will there be a Pennsylvania recount? Here are the rules.
Show Caption Hide Caption How a contentious election affects a peaceful transition of power What history has shown us about contested elections and peaceful transitions of power. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY
The vote in Pennsylvania is very close, with Joe Biden holding a narrow lead in his bid for the presidency.
With the race being this close, the Associated Press has not called the race for Biden or Trump as of Friday morning. A Biden victory in Pennsylvania means he would have enough Electoral College votes to be declared the winner.
With the tight margin between the two candidates, a recount could happen. Here are the rules for a possible recount:
PA mandatory vs. requested recounts
In Pennsylvania, if the margin of victory is 0.5% of the vote or closer, a mandatory recount will take place. Candidates cannot request a recount but can appeal the “order or decision of any county board regarding the computation or canvassing of the returns of any primary or election, or regarding any recount or recanvass thereof.”
Live updates: Biden takes the lead in Pa. as mail-in count continues
Individual voters can request a recount. In individual precincts or election districts, a recount can be requested if at least three voters make such a request in the court of common pleas. The deadline for a recount to be ordered is 5 p.m. Nov. 12.
Are Pennsylvania recounts done by hand?
In the event of a recount, the Secretary of the Commonwealth would order all county boards of election to conduct it. All ballot boxes would be opened and the “entire vote of the election district” will be counted.
The county boards must recount all ballots using manual, mechanical or electronic devices of a different type than that used for the specific election. This means paper ballots can be counted by hand.
The results of the recount must be recorded on form DSBE RE-CBE and transmitted back to the Secretary of the Commonwealth no later than noon the day after the county has completed the recount.
Livestream: Watch the mail-in ballot counting in Philadelphia
2016 vs 2020: Compare how PA counties voted in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections
Under mandatory recounts, counties have three weeks after election results have been made official by the state to complete a recount. Under a requested recount, there is no set deadline.


bonginoreport--2020-11-07--Rich Lowry: Win or Lose, Trump Is Here to Stay

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is on the goal line ...

Pending the outcome in a few key states, Donald Trump may be leaving the White House, but he’s not exiting the room.
The fiercest Never Trump critics hoped for — and wishfully predicted — a cleansing landslide, a 2020 defeat so all-encompassing that every trace of Trump and his enablers would be erased from the Republican Party.
That’s not happening. Trump’s poll- and pundit-defying surge toward the cusp of a second term vindicates his approach enough to give him and his potential successors continued traction, if not a dominant voice, in the party.
Trump’s possible loss is nothing like the shellacking the GOP experienced in 2008, when a deeply unpopular George W. Bush left office amid a controversial war and a financial crisis and Barack Obama won the presidency in a landslide together with a 60-seat Senate majority.
Trump’s party is set to retain its Senate majority and perhaps pick up House seats, while the margin of his own defeat may be a whisker in the Blue Wall states, as his 2016 margin of victory was a whisker.
He did his own side the inadvertent favor of perhaps buffering it from the worst consequences of his own possible loss — first, by filling the Ruth Bader Ginsburg seat on the Supreme Court that otherwise would have fallen to Joe Biden, and by performing well enough to aid the cause of Republican Senate candidates, who will neuter a Biden presidency from the outset if they do indeed manage to hold the majority.
Trump’s voters were still there for him — in fact, more so than ever. His tack of doubling down on his base wasn’t quite as insane as commentators always told us and almost worked (it was an exaggerated version of the strategy that won George W. Bush a second term in 2004 and Obama a second term in 2012). His strong close proved his power as a campaigner, with his signature madcap rallies — featuring the intensity of a revival meeting and the yucks of Borscht Belt comedy — serving as effective organizing and messaging vehicles.
This is not to deny that Trump’s own failings helped sink him. There are a thousand pitfalls he could have avoided if he weren’t so thin-skinned, self-involved and undisciplined. No single one of them made the difference, but cumulatively they blighted his presidency and made him radioactive in the suburbs and among college-educated whites.
No one should want to repeat them, and the party should never again get behind such a flawed personal figure. Nevertheless, Trump points to a viable GOP future even if he comes up short.
He posted startling gains among Latino voters, particularly in Florida. This shows it’s possible to imagine a working-class-oriented Republican Party that isn’t a demographic dead end, but genuinely crosses racial lines, even if this potential is still inchoate.
Given how Trump’s base showed up massively in two presidential elections, it’s also unlikely that these voters are going to be jettisoned anytime soon by some other Republican presidential candidate in favor of an entirely new coalition. Indeed, the education- and class-based re-sorting of the GOP (affluent suburbs peeling off and working-class voters coming on board) predated Trump, although he accelerated the trend.
These voters’ concerns have to figure prominently in the agenda of the GOP going forward. That doesn’t require embracing any particular Trump policy — steel tariffs, for instance, have been a bust — but it does mean the party will inevitably be more populist going forward.
One lesson of Trump is that presidential politics rewards entrepreneurial candidates who figure out a new way to win a party’s nomination and to campaign. Trump imitators will likely fail. Instead, the name of the game should be figuring out how to hold the Trump base while recovering ground in the suburbs, especially given that Trump’s electoral path might have been too narrow even for Trump himself to duplicate.
But all this work will take place with Trump himself remaining an outsize presence. He’ll presumably continue to rate and so will remain a fixture on Fox News and talk radio even if he’s a one-term president. His supporters will still consider him a legendary fighter, a totem of resistance to the media and the cultural elite. And ambitious 2024 candidates will seek to inherit his mantle.
Trump might not win the biggest, most important prize of a second term in 2020, but there’s no doubt he has staved off political irrelevance.
Twitter: @RichLowry


bonginoreport--2020-11-07--Patrick Buchanan: Trumpism Lives On!

Patrick Buchanan: Trumpism Lives On!

Donald Trump may end up losing the 2020 election in the Electoral College , but he won the campaign that ended on Nov. 3 .
Democrats had been talking of a `` sweep , '' a `` blowout , '' a `` blue wave '' washing the Republicans out of power , capturing the Senate , and bringing in an enlarged Democratic majority in Nancy Pelosi 's House .
They visualized the ouster of Trump in a defeat so massive and humiliating that it would serve as an eternal repudiation of the man .
And , most intoxicating of all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by history as the angels of America 's deliverance .
It was not to be .
The American electorate failed to perform its designated role in the establishment 's morality play .
Indeed , Democrats ended Tuesday night terrified that America had again turned its back on them and preferred Trump to the leaders and agenda they had put forth .
By the campaign 's end , Democrats were freezing the ball and running out the clock .
Consider the immense burdens candidate Trump had to carry .
Early in his reelection year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worst pandemic in a hundred years that , by Election Day , would kill nearly a quarter of a million Americans and cause an economic collapse to rival the Great Depression .
Trump had to endure daily the near-universal hatred and hostility of the nation 's academic , media and cultural elites .
How hostile is this city to President Trump ?
He lost D.C. 's three electoral votes by a margin of 20-1 .
Yet , even so burdened , Trump won 3 million more votes in 2020 than he had in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Election Day , he seemed headed for victory in the Electoral College .
Giving the energy and effort he put into his campaign — a dozen rallies in the last three days — and the enthusiastic response from the huge crowds , Trump has much to be proud of .
Trump may lose the presidency , but Trumpism was not rejected .
Nor was it repudiated by the people if , by Trumpism , one means `` America First '' nationalism , securing our borders , using tariffs to bring back our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , staying out of unnecessary wars and swearing off ideological crusades .
And if Joe Biden becomes our 46th president , the tenure of office of this visibly frail and enfeebled leader is likely to be among the more abbreviated in American history , and bereft of high achievement .
For Democrats appear to have lost seats in Nancy Pelosi 's House , and , instead of sweeping to power in the Senate to make Chuck Schumer the new majority leader , Senate Democrats appear to have gained only a single seat .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is set to be the gatekeeper to any passage of the Biden-Harris and Sanders-AOC agendas .
Good luck getting something enacted that Mitch McConnell does n't like .
As of today , the 2020 election has restored to Senate Republicans veto power over any and all administration legislation , be it liberal , progressive or socialist .
This election may have made McConnell the most powerful congressional leader since Lyndon Johnson .
With McConnell leading a GOP majority , Democrats would be unable to end the filibuster or pack the Supreme Court , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power to kill the Biden tax plan , `` Medicare for All '' and the `` Green New Deal . ''
There will be no statehood and two senators for Puerto Rico or D.C. , and no reparations for slavery .
Mayors and governors seeking blue state bailouts to avoid defaulting on overdue debts will need McConnell 's blessing .
In times past , there was often comity between the parties , or at least an attempt at comity .
In mid-August of 1974 , after he took office , President Gerald Ford @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I do not want a honeymoon with you .
I want a good marriage . ''
It was not to be .
And in the ideological divide and poisoned politics of this city , there is little likelihood of compromise — or even civility .
The worst of the COVID-19 crisis , in terms of cases , hospitalizations and deaths , may be ahead of us .
And Democrats will not be able to blame Trump indefinitely .
And if their answer is , as Joe Biden has at times indicated , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ honeymoon is unlikely to last .
Bottom line : Joe Biden is not going to be the `` transformational '' president of his imagining .
Nor is he going to be the `` most progressive president since Roosevelt '' as some Democrats have been promising .
And the reasons are obvious .
FDR had massive Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress throughout the 1930s .
And he won the presidency in 1932 by capturing 57 % of the vote and 42 of the 48 states of the Union .
In 1936 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ losing only Maine and Vermont .
Biden has no such mandate and no such power base , and he lacks the natural gifts of FDR .
Sorry , but there is no new `` Era of Good Feelings '' in store for America .
To the contrary .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of `` Nixon 's White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever . ''
To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists , @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Donald Trump may end up losing the 2020 election in the Electoral College, but he won the campaign that ended on Nov. 3.
Democrats had been talking of a "sweep," a "blowout," a "blue wave" washing the Republicans out of power, capturing the Senate, and bringing in an enlarged Democratic majority in Nancy Pelosi's House.
They visualized the ouster of Trump in a defeat so massive and humiliating that it would serve as an eternal repudiation of the man. And, most intoxicating of all, they believed they would be seen by history as the angels of America's deliverance.
It was not to be.
The American electorate failed to perform its designated role in the establishment's morality play. Indeed, Democrats ended Tuesday night terrified that America had again turned its back on them and preferred Trump to the leaders and agenda they had put forth.
By the campaign's end, Democrats were freezing the ball and running out the clock.
Consider the immense burdens candidate Trump had to carry.
Early in his reelection year, the nation was struck by the worst pandemic in a hundred years that, by Election Day, would kill nearly a quarter of a million Americans and cause an economic collapse to rival the Great Depression.
Trump had to endure daily the near-universal hatred and hostility of the nation's academic, media and cultural elites. How hostile is this city to President Trump?
He lost D.C.'s three electoral votes by a margin of 20-1.
Yet, even so burdened, Trump won 3 million more votes in 2020 than he had in 2016, and, as of midnight on Election Day, he seemed headed for victory in the Electoral College.
Giving the energy and effort he put into his campaign — a dozen rallies in the last three days — and the enthusiastic response from the huge crowds, Trump has much to be proud of.
Trump may lose the presidency, but Trumpism was not rejected.
Nor was it repudiated by the people if, by Trumpism, one means "America First" nationalism, securing our borders, using tariffs to bring back our manufacturing base, bidding goodbye to globalism, staying out of unnecessary wars and swearing off ideological crusades.
And if Joe Biden becomes our 46th president, the tenure of office of this visibly frail and enfeebled leader is likely to be among the more abbreviated in American history, and bereft of high achievement.
For Democrats appear to have lost seats in Nancy Pelosi's House, and, instead of sweeping to power in the Senate to make Chuck Schumer the new majority leader, Senate Democrats appear to have gained only a single seat. As of now, Sen. Mitch McConnell is set to be the gatekeeper to any passage of the Biden-Harris and Sanders-AOC agendas.
Good luck getting something enacted that Mitch McConnell doesn't like.
As of today, the 2020 election has restored to Senate Republicans veto power over any and all administration legislation, be it liberal, progressive or socialist. This election may have made McConnell the most powerful congressional leader since Lyndon Johnson.
With McConnell leading a GOP majority, Democrats would be unable to end the filibuster or pack the Supreme Court, and the GOP majority would have the power to kill the Biden tax plan, "Medicare for All" and the "Green New Deal." There will be no statehood and two senators for Puerto Rico or D.C., and no reparations for slavery. Mayors and governors seeking blue state bailouts to avoid defaulting on overdue debts will need McConnell's blessing.
In times past, there was often comity between the parties, or at least an attempt at comity. In mid-August of 1974, after he took office, President Gerald Ford went before Congress to declare: "I do not want a honeymoon with you. I want a good marriage."
It was not to be. And in the ideological divide and poisoned politics of this city, there is little likelihood of compromise — or even civility.
Biden faces other troubles, too.
The worst of the COVID-19 crisis, in terms of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, may be ahead of us. And Democrats will not be able to blame Trump indefinitely. And if their answer is, as Joe Biden has at times indicated, a national "shutdown," a Biden honeymoon is unlikely to last.
Bottom line: Joe Biden is not going to be the "transformational" president of his imagining. Nor is he going to be the "most progressive president since Roosevelt" as some Democrats have been promising.
And the reasons are obvious.
FDR had massive Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress throughout the 1930s. And he won the presidency in 1932 by capturing 57% of the vote and 42 of the 48 states of the Union. In 1936, he carried 46 of 48 states, losing only Maine and Vermont.
Biden has no such mandate and no such power base, and he lacks the natural gifts of FDR. Sorry, but there is no new "Era of Good Feelings" in store for America. To the contrary.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever." To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com.


bonginoreport--2020-11-07--Gabriella Hoffman: The 2020 Pink Wave: GOP Women Stun With Historic 2020 Victories

Is 2020 the ‘ Year of the Republican Woman ’ ?
Initial electoral returns appear to confirm this trend .
Talk about an exciting way to cap off 100 years since the 19th Amendment ’ s ratification .
As Town Hall ’ s Reagan McCarthy noted , “ At least 12 new GOP women were elected in key house races , with 10 incumbent women winning reelection .
With some results still pending , 11 more GOP women could possibly win key house races.
” Some are suggesting if outstanding Congressional races yet to be tabulated continue to trend GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican women , incumbents and newbies , in the House chamber .
Before the election , only 13 GOP women—an abysmal 2.9 percent representation—served in the House .
Democrat women won an unprecedented 126 House seats during the 2018 blue wave .
This clearly didn ’ t sit well with the Republican Party , especially Rep. Elise Stefanik ( R-NY ) .
In December 2018 , she wrote , “ We are at a crisis level of GOP women in Congress & I will continue speaking out .
We need ALL your voices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That prompted her to establish E-PAC , whose mission is to “ engage , empower , and elevate ” Republican women running for Congress .
Stefanik wasn ’ t alone .
She joined political action committees ( PAC ) s Value in Electing Women ( VIEW ) , Winning for Women , and RightNOW Women , among others , in helping to usher in Tuesday ’ s victories .
According to Rutgers University ’ s Center for American Women in Politics , 25 Republican women served in the 109th Congress ( 2005-2007 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year .
227 Republican women filed to run for Congress this cycle .
94 eventually secured their respective party nominations .
The 19th* , a new women-centric publication , noted Election Night “ proved to be a strong showing for Republican women.
” The publication even emphasized how these women broke barriers : “ They nonetheless broke barriers in a year that may , once all of the races are called , be reminiscent of 2018 , when Democratic women fueled their party ’ s House takeover , sending the first Muslim women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ POLITICO noted Republican women in 2020 are “ having a historic moment of their own.
” Former U.S .
Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley campaigned across the country in support of 21 female candidates at the federal , state , and local level .
Haley , former Governor of South Carolina and Republican queenmaker , was thrilled with Tuesday ’ s results .
`` I could not be more excited or proud to support our GOP women , ” Haley said .
“ While they might have been outspent , they could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't wait to see what they do when they bring that same fight and determination to Washington . ''
`` If 2018 was the Year of the Woman , then 2020 is the Year of the Republican Woman , ” said Perez-Cubas .
“ After the last midterm elections , we knew that we needed to shake things up and do a better job of ensuring Republican women had enough resources and support to go toe-to-toe with their opponents on the Left .
Groups like WFW Action Fund did just that , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historical gains as a result . ''
Empowered and Ready to Be Heard A snapshot into the incoming class of female GOP House members will leave many excited .
Many representatives are younger , pro-life , pro-Second Amendment , and hail from suburban districts .
Even more intriguing is the handful of new members who experienced socialism ’ s horrors firsthand or grew up with parents who did .
Congresswoman-elect Victoria Spartz ( R-IN ) will make history as the first Soviet-born Member of Congress .
She grew up in Ukraine .
Two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Salazar of Florida and Nicole Malliotakis of New York , can relate to Spartz quite well and similarly educate Americans about the dangers of that system .
Nancy Mace , first female graduate of The Citadel , is the first Republican woman to represent her state in the chamber .
Yvette Harrell , a registered member of the Cherokee Nation , beat the Democrat representing New Mexico ’ s 2nd Congressional District .
Outside of the House of Representatives , things are looking good for Republican women in politics .
While Senator McSally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Washington , Cynthia Lummis will join as the first woman representing Wyoming as U.S .
Senator .
Utah State Senator Deidre Henderson will be the third Republican woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor .
Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch won a second term .
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung ousted the Rhode Island Democrat Speaker of the House .
Donna Veach flipped Connecticut ’ s 30th House District .
Christi Jacobsen , incoming Montana Secretary of State , will be the first Republican woman to serve in this role .
And many others are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women be celebrated in the media or acknowledged by feminists ?
Highly doubtful .
But they don ’ t need their permission to shine or win over supporters .
The era of the Republican woman is just getting started .
You go girls !

Is 2020 the ‘Year of the Republican Woman’? Initial electoral returns appear to confirm this trend.
Talk about an exciting way to cap off 100 years since the 19th Amendment’s ratification.
As Town Hall’s Reagan McCarthy noted, “At least 12 new GOP women were elected in key house races, with 10 incumbent women winning reelection. With some results still pending, 11 more GOP women could possibly win key house races.”
Some are suggesting if outstanding Congressional races yet to be tabulated continue to trend GOP, there could be upwards of 33 Republican women, incumbents and newbies, in the House chamber.
Historic, if it proves true.
What Ignited the ‘Pink Wave’
Before the election, only 13 GOP women—an abysmal 2.9 percent representation—served in the House. Democrat women won an unprecedented 126 House seats during the 2018 blue wave.
This clearly didn’t sit well with the Republican Party, especially Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY). In December 2018, she wrote, “We are at a crisis level of GOP women in Congress & I will continue speaking out. We need ALL your voices to help to make an impact.”
That prompted her to establish E-PAC, whose mission is to “engage, empower, and elevate” Republican women running for Congress.
Stefanik wasn’t alone. She joined political action committees (PAC)s Value in Electing Women (VIEW), Winning for Women, and RightNOW Women, among others, in helping to usher in Tuesday’s victories.
‘Historic’ Night for GOP Women
According to Rutgers University’s Center for American Women in Politics, 25 Republican women served in the 109th Congress (2005-2007). That number will be shattered this year.
227 Republican women filed to run for Congress this cycle. 94 eventually secured their respective party nominations.
The 19th*, a new women-centric publication, noted Election Night “proved to be a strong showing for Republican women.” The publication even emphasized how these women broke barriers:
“They nonetheless broke barriers in a year that may, once all of the races are called, be reminiscent of 2018, when Democratic women fueled their party’s House takeover, sending the first Muslim women and Native American women to Congress.”
POLITICO noted Republican women in 2020 are “having a historic moment of their own.”
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley campaigned across the country in support of 21 female candidates at the federal, state, and local level. Haley, former Governor of South Carolina and Republican queenmaker, was thrilled with Tuesday’s results.
"I could not be more excited or proud to support our GOP women,” Haley said. “While they might have been outspent, they could not be out worked. I can't wait to see what they do when they bring that same fight and determination to Washington."
Olivia Perez-Cubas, Working for Women Action Fund spokesperson, echoed Haley’s sentiment.
"If 2018 was the Year of the Woman, then 2020 is the Year of the Republican Woman,” said Perez-Cubas. “After the last midterm elections, we knew that we needed to shake things up and do a better job of ensuring Republican women had enough resources and support to go toe-to-toe with their opponents on the Left. Groups like WFW Action Fund did just that, and Republican women across the country are making historical gains as a result."
Empowered and Ready to Be Heard
A snapshot into the incoming class of female GOP House members will leave many excited. Many representatives are younger, pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, and hail from suburban districts.
Even more intriguing is the handful of new members who experienced socialism’s horrors firsthand or grew up with parents who did.
Congresswoman-elect Victoria Spartz (R-IN) will make history as the first Soviet-born Member of Congress. She grew up in Ukraine.
Two daughters of Cuban immigrants, Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida and Nicole Malliotakis of New York, can relate to Spartz quite well and similarly educate Americans about the dangers of that system.
Nancy Mace, first female graduate of The Citadel, is the first Republican woman to represent her state in the chamber.
Yvette Harrell, a registered member of the Cherokee Nation, beat the Democrat representing New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District.
Conclusion
Outside of the House of Representatives, things are looking good for Republican women in politics.
While Senator McSally (R-AZ) won’t return to Washington, Cynthia Lummis will join as the first woman representing Wyoming as U.S. Senator. Utah State Senator Deidre Henderson will be the third Republican woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor. Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch won a second term. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung ousted the Rhode Island Democrat Speaker of the House. Donna Veach flipped Connecticut’s 30th House District. Christi Jacobsen, incoming Montana Secretary of State, will be the first Republican woman to serve in this role.
And many others are still being accounted for.
Will these women be celebrated in the media or acknowledged by feminists? Highly doubtful. But they don’t need their permission to shine or win over supporters.
The era of the Republican woman is just getting started. You go girls!