occupydemocrats--2020-11-05--Questions fly after unprompted announcement that Trump is still “alive and well”

After Donald Trump ’ s gaslighting of America with his lies about the deadliness and the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic — as well as about his commitment to predict preexisting conditions while his Justice Department brings a case to end them and the rest of Obamacare to the Supreme Court — it ’ s difficult to accept any message concerning health and well-being issued by his administration .
Hence , suspicions were raised when NBC White House correspondent Kelly O ’ Donnell sent out this otherwise seemingly innocuous tweet this morning .
The response that this post attracted demonstrates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health of much of our nation has descended to in the Trump era .
Outside of the usual partisan sniping about Trump ’ s own psychological fitness , his COVID scare , and his intermittent signs of transient ischemic attacks , since election day no one had been raising any significant questions about the president ’ s medical condition and few had doubted his continued existence on this planet .
The fact that Trump ’ s campaign manager — presumably Bill Stepien — felt the need to reassure the president ’ s followers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , like someone was proving the answer to a question that nobody asked .
Twitter denizens , inured to Trump ’ s mendacity and malfeasance , smelled something fishy in the unsolicited assertion about the president ’ s health .
They immediately responded with conspiracy theories that rivaled the most outlandish promoted by Trump himself .
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Yes , folks , this is how far we ’ ve fallen as a nation as we sit on pins and needles waiting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that deflated the hopes of progressives with a clear indication that half of the country is in dire need of psychological and moral counseling .
On the left , people are clutching after any shred of hope that our long national nightmare may soon be over , waiting anxiously for every new voting tally update from Nevada , Pennsylvania , Georgia , Arizona , and North Carolina .
On the right , the MAGA fans are convinced of the vitality and ultimate invincibility of the man who allows them to feel OK about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to luxuriate in their selfishness .
Meanwhile , a few sensible Americans look at the statement from Trump ’ s campaign manager and wonder whether he is simply referring to the president ’ s chances of an electoral win rather than his actual physical and mental health .
That disparity in interpretation— as wide as any differences in perception since the blind men and the elephant — is the perfect encapsulation of 2020 for future historians to ponder .
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After Donald Trump’s gaslighting of America with his lies about the deadliness and the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic — as well as about his commitment to predict preexisting conditions while his Justice Department brings a case to end them and the rest of Obamacare to the Supreme Court — it’s difficult to accept any message concerning health and well-being issued by his administration.
Hence, suspicions were raised when NBC White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell sent out this otherwise seemingly innocuous tweet this morning.
Trump campaign manager says “Donald Trump is alive and well” — Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) November 5, 2020
The response that this post attracted demonstrates just how fragile a state the mental health of much of our nation has descended to in the Trump era.
Outside of the usual partisan sniping about Trump’s own psychological fitness, his COVID scare, and his intermittent signs of transient ischemic attacks, since election day no one had been raising any significant questions about the president’s medical condition and few had doubted his continued existence on this planet.
The fact that Trump’s campaign manager — presumably Bill Stepien — felt the need to reassure the president’s followers of his continued well-being somehow felt off, like someone was proving the answer to a question that nobody asked.
Twitter denizens, inured to Trump’s mendacity and malfeasance, smelled something fishy in the unsolicited assertion about the president’s health.
They immediately responded with conspiracy theories that rivaled the most outlandish promoted by Trump himself.
ohmigod he committed suicide didn't he https://t.co/XqZPRxlrNe — 2022 US House Candidate Richard Butt (@tacticaldipshit) November 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/jaricadavis/status/1324376832427393025?s=20
Add your name to states not to cave Trump. COUNT EVERY VOTE!
https://twitter.com/liz_ostrom/status/1324376672456577025?s=20
they couldn't hide him being dead, i think the "well" is the lie — pja (@PJAxemurderer) November 5, 2020
they couldn't hide him being dead, i think the "well" is the lie — pja (@PJAxemurderer) November 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/KJan1056/status/1324379771485196296?s=20
Yes, folks, this is how far we’ve fallen as a nation as we sit on pins and needles waiting for the final tally in an election that deflated the hopes of progressives with a clear indication that half of the country is in dire need of psychological and moral counseling.
On the left, people are clutching after any shred of hope that our long national nightmare may soon be over, waiting anxiously for every new voting tally update from Nevada, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and North Carolina.
On the right, the MAGA fans are convinced of the vitality and ultimate invincibility of the man who allows them to feel OK about their racism and xenophobia and their ability to luxuriate in their selfishness.
Meanwhile, a few sensible Americans look at the statement from Trump’s campaign manager and wonder whether he is simply referring to the president’s chances of an electoral win rather than his actual physical and mental health.
That disparity in interpretation— as wide as any differences in perception since the blind men and the elephant — is the perfect encapsulation of 2020 for future historians to ponder.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-05--Trump exposes his desperation with all-caps primal scream of election anguish on Twitter

As the vote tallies continue to roll in and things look ever bleaker for President Donald Trump , he has resorted to simply demanding an end to the democratic process — which he did on Thursday morning in a feral cry of anguish and rage : The succinct and substanceless demand is the modern political version of that scene from The Office where Michael Scott simply yells “ I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY ; ” even the Associated Press snarkily remarked that “ Trump ’ s public comments have no impact on the tallying of votes across the country.
” But bereft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will do what he always does : tweet his primal screams into the digital void .
While on the one hand , it is deeply disturbing to see the president attempt to interfere with the democratic process so openly , the lazy and ham-fisted way he ’ s going about it is so pathetic that you can tell he ’ s just going through the motions and perhaps , secretly , is welcoming a chance to be free from the stress of presidency and its constant interruptions to his golf and television agenda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of whom have been waiting four long years for this moment , immediately erupted in mockery and pummeled the president with over 115,000 replies in less than an hour .
One of the most amusing bits was the joke that Donald Trump was actually referring to Count Von Count from Sesame Street : While the rest were just plain funny :

As the vote tallies continue to roll in and things look ever bleaker for President Donald Trump, he has resorted to simply demanding an end to the democratic process — which he did on Thursday morning in a feral cry of anguish and rage:
STOP THE COUNT! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020
ANY VOTE THAT CAME IN AFTER ELECTION DAY WILL NOT BE COUNTED! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020
The succinct and substanceless demand is the modern political version of that scene from The Office where Michael Scott simply yells “I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY;” even the Associated Press snarkily remarked that “Trump’s public comments have no impact on the tallying of votes across the country.”
But bereft of anything else to do, Trump will do what he always does: tweet his primal screams into the digital void.
While on the one hand, it is deeply disturbing to see the president attempt to interfere with the democratic process so openly, the lazy and ham-fisted way he’s going about it is so pathetic that you can tell he’s just going through the motions and perhaps, secretly, is welcoming a chance to be free from the stress of presidency and its constant interruptions to his golf and television agenda.
– 31 hours ago Trump announced he would undemocratically try to overturn the vote in the Supreme Court – Last night McEnany said on Fox that legal votes should not be counted – Today Trump says "STOP THE COUNT" Journalists: How much evidence do you need to call this what it is — Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) November 5, 2020
The people of Twitter, most of whom have been waiting four long years for this moment, immediately erupted in mockery and pummeled the president with over 115,000 replies in less than an hour.
One of the most amusing bits was the joke that Donald Trump was actually referring to Count Von Count from Sesame Street:
finally an american president takes a strong anti-dracula stance https://t.co/ir0BFlD2cf — Rich Lather (@allahliker) November 5, 2020
STOP THE COUNTESS pic.twitter.com/tTp7CAwTiK — John Sabine (@jsabine214) November 5, 2020
"One Biden vote. TWO Biden votes. THREE Biden votes! 71,173,344 Biden votes! Ha ha ha…" pic.twitter.com/FBtaYssVzu — Sam Litzinger (@SamLitzinger) November 5, 2020
While the rest were just plain funny:
Fun fact: if we stopped the count right now, Biden wins. — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) November 5, 2020
Live footage from inside the white House pic.twitter.com/9E3KCV5e1o — London is foreverblue (@LForeverblue) November 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/EliyahHavemann/status/1324362065486794755?s=20
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-07--Trump still refuses to concede, whines that Biden must not “wrongfully claim” the presidency

While the major networks are still holding off on calling it , it ’ s now undeniable that Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States .
Counting will continue until every single ballot is tallied and in the end it looks likely that the former vice president could rack up a total of 306 electoral votes , a resounding victory especially against an incumbent president .
Petulant manchild that he is , Donald Trump is refusing to accept defeat .
Instead , he ’ s insisting that mass voter fraud has somehow robbed him of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that represents nothing but deluded wishful thinking on his part .
Republicans in Congress are recklessly amplifying the dangerous rhetoric , whipping the GOP base into a fervor that could spill over into violence if the situation isn ’ t soon defused .
Through it all , Trump continues to tweet , a geriatric internet troll to the very end .
As the sun set on the week that saw him deposed from the presidency , he tweeted that Biden “ should not wrongfully claim the office of the President.
” It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man who “ hereby ” claimed victory in states that he lost by huge margins .
He went on to insist that “ legal proceedings ” might keep him in power , this despite the fact that most of his legal attempts to disrupt the election have been laughed out of court .
No amount of lawyering is going to save him at this point .
Add your name to states not to cave Trump .
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In a follow-up tweet , he again alluded to some kind of magical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it could possibly be that he had an early lead in some states only for them to “ miraculously disappear.
” The answer , of course , is that mail-in ballots were counted later and heavily leaned Democrat because the president spent the past few months attacking the very idea of mail-in voting and urging his supporters to vote in person on Election Day .
He made the bed , now he has to lie in it .
Oh , and that bed ?
Soon it will no longer be in the Executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donny .

While the major networks are still holding off on calling it, it’s now undeniable that Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States. Counting will continue until every single ballot is tallied and in the end it looks likely that the former vice president could rack up a total of 306 electoral votes, a resounding victory especially against an incumbent president.
Petulant manchild that he is, Donald Trump is refusing to accept defeat. Instead, he’s insisting that mass voter fraud has somehow robbed him of his rightful reelection, a baseless conspiracy theory that represents nothing but deluded wishful thinking on his part. Republicans in Congress are recklessly amplifying the dangerous rhetoric, whipping the GOP base into a fervor that could spill over into violence if the situation isn’t soon defused.
Through it all, Trump continues to tweet, a geriatric internet troll to the very end. As the sun set on the week that saw him deposed from the presidency, he tweeted that Biden “should not wrongfully claim the office of the President.” It’s a laughably hypocritical message from a man who “hereby” claimed victory in states that he lost by huge margins.
He went on to insist that “legal proceedings” might keep him in power, this despite the fact that most of his legal attempts to disrupt the election have been laughed out of court. No amount of lawyering is going to save him at this point.
Add your name to states not to cave Trump. COUNT EVERY VOTE!
In a follow-up tweet, he again alluded to some kind of magical “legal proceedings” and questioned how it could possibly be that he had an early lead in some states only for them to “miraculously disappear.” The answer, of course, is that mail-in ballots were counted later and heavily leaned Democrat because the president spent the past few months attacking the very idea of mail-in voting and urging his supporters to vote in person on Election Day.
He made the bed, now he has to lie in it. Oh, and that bed? Soon it will no longer be in the Executive Residence of the White House. Sorry Donny.
Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President. I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2020
I had such a big lead in all of these states late into election night, only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by. Perhaps these leads will return as our legal proceedings move forward! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-06--Republican Congressman records weird horror film-looking video warning about “compromised” election

The Republicans are not well .
With the defeat of their cretinous leader at the ballot box by Joe Biden , the MAGA crowd is retreating into a miasma of conspiracy theories and pathological delusions .
Some of them seem simply incapable of conceiving of a world in which Donald Trump is not president , in which the most powerful country in the world and its nuclear arsenal aren ’ t subject to the whims of an egomaniacal gameshow host .
Others , like Congressional Republicans , know full well that Trump ’ s claims of voter fraud and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ choosing to humor him in order to pander to his base .
Eventually though , all of them—the president included—will be forced to face the truth .
Joe Biden is our next president .
All of which is not to say that there won ’ t be serious , long-term consequences to Trump ’ s decision to cast doubt on the legitimacy of our elections .
His claims of mass voter fraud are likely to burrow deep into the fevered minds of far-right Americans , never to dislodge .
Hopefully , none of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right what their warped worldview sees as a cosmic wrong .
At the very least , we can expect them to continue screeching and hurling around insane talking points .
Add your name to states not to cave Trump .
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Rep. Clay Higgins ( R-LA ) has quickly pulled ahead of the pack in the contest for craziest response from an elected official .
Higgins—who drew headlines for filming himself inside an Auschwitz gas chamber—shared a bizarre video of himself in a dark room , lit in by eery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election was rigged .
The video has the feel of a found-footage horror film and starts with the Congressman darkly intoning that Donald Trump has been “ an anointed blessing to our nation ” before going on to claim without evidence that he has “ inside data ” showing the election has been “ compromised.
” Given the fact that he seems to not even have a properly functioning light or high-resolution camera , the claim seems dubious at best .
Higgins goes on to ramble about the “ dissolution of our Republic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off with a weird noise .
Clearly , this man is better suited to the psych ward of a hospital than the United States House of Representatives .
The good people of Lousiana would be wise to recognize that .

The Republicans are not well. With the defeat of their cretinous leader at the ballot box by Joe Biden, the MAGA crowd is retreating into a miasma of conspiracy theories and pathological delusions. Some of them seem simply incapable of conceiving of a world in which Donald Trump is not president, in which the most powerful country in the world and its nuclear arsenal aren’t subject to the whims of an egomaniacal gameshow host.
Others, like Congressional Republicans, know full well that Trump’s claims of voter fraud and a stolen election are shameless lies but are choosing to humor him in order to pander to his base. Eventually though, all of them—the president included—will be forced to face the truth. Joe Biden is our next president.
All of which is not to say that there won’t be serious, long-term consequences to Trump’s decision to cast doubt on the legitimacy of our elections. His claims of mass voter fraud are likely to burrow deep into the fevered minds of far-right Americans, never to dislodge. Hopefully, none of his lunatic followers resort to violence to right what their warped worldview sees as a cosmic wrong. At the very least, we can expect them to continue screeching and hurling around insane talking points.
Add your name to states not to cave Trump. COUNT EVERY VOTE!
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) has quickly pulled ahead of the pack in the contest for craziest response from an elected official. Higgins—who drew headlines for filming himself inside an Auschwitz gas chamber—shared a bizarre video of himself in a dark room, lit in by eery red light, spewing claims that the election was rigged.
The video has the feel of a found-footage horror film and starts with the Congressman darkly intoning that Donald Trump has been “an anointed blessing to our nation” before going on to claim without evidence that he has “inside data” showing the election has been “compromised.” Given the fact that he seems to not even have a properly functioning light or high-resolution camera, the claim seems dubious at best.
Higgins goes on to ramble about the “dissolution of our Republic” and other apocalyptic images before sounding off with a weird noise. Clearly, this man is better suited to the psych ward of a hospital than the United States House of Representatives. The good people of Lousiana would be wise to recognize that.
In a very bizarre video, Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins says he has “inside data” that the election was rigged https://t.co/B52MifqBzj Higgins once made a video inside a former gas chamber at Auschwitz. He took that video down — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 6, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-06--MAGA Tears: Trump fans are hysterical and trying to cope with his imminent defeat

After four seemingly interminable years of Republicans screaming “ ARE YOU TRIGGERED ?
” and doing everything they can to “ own the libs ” by flashing pictures of credibly accused rapist Brett Kavanaugh at us and chanting slogans about “ two scoops two terms , ” it ’ s finally our turn to laugh and gloat as they melt down and completely lose their minds as they try to grapple with the new reality that they must finally live in .
And folks , the cope is real .
We ’ re talking penthouse suites at the cope-a-cabana .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Cape of Good Cope .
Dear Martha letters to Cope Kicks .
CW : some of the following posts may contain foul language and may cause loss of sanity points Grabbing the headlines are the women who prostrated themselves outside the Clark County Election Department and literally prayed for some daemonic entity to intervene on Trump ’ s behalf : Trump supporters across the country are holding protests to either stop the vote count or recount the votes , depending on the location — some of them even in the bluest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prayer of being overturned , wasting their time out of desperation and grief .
The president ’ s most loyal cartoonist , the banned-from-the-White-House for anti-Semitism Ben Garrison produced his most delusional piece yet , featuring an outrageously buffy Trump using “ lawsuits ” to win the election .
Of course , in real life , Trump ’ s lawsuits and the bumbling morons he sent to file them were laughed out of court .
Many can ’ t seem to come to terms with reality : In a case of poetic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Libertarian third-party candidate Jo Jorgensen and her supporters for taking votes away from Trump in key areas : The Trumpers who put irresponsible amounts of money where their mouth is via gambling were understandably very upset at the results .
Add your name to states not to cave Trump .
COUNT EVERY VOTE !
Some Republicans felt the need to blame FOX News and former House Speaker and Koch puppet Paul Ryan for some sort of “ betrayal.
” A FOX host tried to find literally anything else that Trump was beating Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use the opportunity to embrace their true selves : While the most deluded and fanatical MAGA fans are performing Olympic-level feats of mental gymnastics to try to talk themselves into believing that actually , it is Good that Trump lost and this is all part of a greater plan… …but unfortunately for those who have become devotees of the QAnon movement , whoever has been posting the Q drops on 8chan has suddenly gone silent , throwing thousands of people into confused turmoil .
Is it immature to revel in the anguish of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after four years of them yelling “ f*ck your feelings ” and taking glee in the monstrous atrocities that Trump and his goons inflicted on tens of thousands of innocent migrants at the border , all the thousands of civilians who died under Trump ’ s indiscriminate bombings , the demonization of Muslims and other minorities and the countless hate crimes they provoked , and all the other endless injustices and crimes that Trump and his fans put our nation through , I think we ’ ve earned it .
It feels good @ @ @ @ @ @ @

After four seemingly interminable years of Republicans screaming “ARE YOU TRIGGERED?” and doing everything they can to “own the libs” by flashing pictures of credibly accused rapist Brett Kavanaugh at us and chanting slogans about “two scoops two terms,” it’s finally our turn to laugh and gloat as they melt down and completely lose their minds as they try to grapple with the new reality that they must finally live in.
And folks, the cope is real. We’re talking penthouse suites at the cope-a-cabana. Extra-strength copium pipes. International cruises around the Cape of Good Cope. Dear Martha letters to Cope Kicks.
CW: some of the following posts may contain foul language and may cause loss of sanity points
Grabbing the headlines are the women who prostrated themselves outside the Clark County Election Department and literally prayed for some daemonic entity to intervene on Trump’s behalf:
Spoiler alert: this won't change the outcome of the ballots pic.twitter.com/kTJh27m1pB — Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 6, 2020
Trump supporters across the country are holding protests to either stop the vote count or recount the votes, depending on the location — some of them even in the bluest of states where they don’t have a prayer of being overturned, wasting their time out of desperation and grief.
The president’s most loyal cartoonist, the banned-from-the-White-House for anti-Semitism Ben Garrison produced his most delusional piece yet, featuring an outrageously buffy Trump using “lawsuits” to win the election.
damn, this is legitimately kinda sad pic.twitter.com/mpkD13aCXZ — kim possible facts (@kimpossiblefact) November 6, 2020
Of course, in real life, Trump’s lawsuits and the bumbling morons he sent to file them were laughed out of court.
just watched a michigan court throw out a ridiculous trump suit. Here was the face trump's lawyer made when the judge announced she was tossing the whole thing pic.twitter.com/08lHwsCHLi — mo (@mo87mo87) November 5, 2020
Many can’t seem to come to terms with reality:
They seem to be a bit stuck on the first stage: denial pic.twitter.com/VyWbTl7cYF — Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 6, 2020
In a case of poetic justice, Trumpers grew wildly angry at Libertarian third-party candidate Jo Jorgensen and her supporters for taking votes away from Trump in key areas:
The /pol conservatives are FURIOUS at libertarians lmao pic.twitter.com/LOEd12Ue9J — Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 5, 2020
The Trumpers who put irresponsible amounts of money where their mouth is via gambling were understandably very upset at the results.
Maybe it's not the brightest idea to bet all your savings on Trump winning, but then again, they're not the brightest people pic.twitter.com/Z49FH4S3z8 — Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 6, 2020
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Some Republicans felt the need to blame FOX News and former House Speaker and Koch puppet Paul Ryan for some sort of “betrayal.”
A FOX host tried to find literally anything else that Trump was beating Biden in:
This one I think takes it pic.twitter.com/Q9nWobddCO — Chowder (@TheChowderhead) November 6, 2020
One 4chan user decided to use the opportunity to embrace their true selves:
I was incredibly sceptical a Biden presidency would deliver for the Nefarious Trans Agenda I’m part of, but the repubs seem to insist pic.twitter.com/9wD3iYiXqm — Otto (@Andilaama) November 6, 2020
While the most deluded and fanatical MAGA fans are performing Olympic-level feats of mental gymnastics to try to talk themselves into believing that actually, it is Good that Trump lost and this is all part of a greater plan…
"TRUMP IS ACTUALLY PLAYING A 6000 IQ MOVE RIGHT NOW!" pic.twitter.com/8L0EWzkC6R — Coping MAGA Tweets (@CopingMAGA) November 5, 2020
Food for thought from the boards. Chew on this and decide for yourself. pic.twitter.com/kiMYe47hxa — AwakenedOutlaw⚒ (@AwakenedOutlaw) November 6, 2020
…but unfortunately for those who have become devotees of the QAnon movement, whoever has been posting the Q drops on 8chan has suddenly gone silent, throwing thousands of people into confused turmoil.
Nothing since then — TrueAnon Pod (@TrueAnonPod) November 5, 2020
Q has not posted since election day. It's driving followers nuts. They were told to trust the plan for three years and some are starting to realize there isn't one. They want guidance or an explanation and it hasn't come yet. Others are embedding themselves further into the lie. — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 6, 2020
Is it immature to revel in the anguish of our political rivals? Perhaps, but after four years of them yelling “f*ck your feelings” and taking glee in the monstrous atrocities that Trump and his goons inflicted on tens of thousands of innocent migrants at the border, all the thousands of civilians who died under Trump’s indiscriminate bombings, the demonization of Muslims and other minorities and the countless hate crimes they provoked, and all the other endless injustices and crimes that Trump and his fans put our nation through, I think we’ve earned it.
It feels good to win again, damn it!
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-06--Trump desperately tries to convince supporters he can still win with military votes

Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States .
When all the votes are fully counted it looks like he will carry Pennsylvania , Georgia , Nevada , and Arizona with a popular vote lead of perhaps 7 million Americans .
As expected , MAGA-world is imploding as the delusional followers of soon-to-be-former President Trump scramble to construct a scenario in which he somehow manages to hang onto the White House .
Trump himself is proving completely unable to accept defeat graciously and is instead claiming in vain that he actually won the election .
Without a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there was widespread voter fraud and that the Democrats are attempting to steal the presidency .
The pathetic claims represent nothing less than the last dying gasps of the Trump administration but just because they ’ re incapable of changing the outcome of this election doesn ’ t mean they ’ re not dangerous .
Trump will soon be gone , but he ’ s determined to inflict as much damage to our Republic as possible on the way out .
Cowardly Republicans in Congress are boosting the president ’ ss conspiracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American public could have their faith in our democracy irreparably damaged by their lies .
Even in defeat , this man manages to hurt his country .
That said , eventually the GOP will be forced to accept Biden ’ s win due to sheer inertia .
His lead over Trump is widening by the second and even if through some incredible fluke Trump manages to claw back one of the states he ’ s losing to Biden , the former vice president will still have more than enough electoral votes to declare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expect Trump to resort to increasingly pathetic rhetoric .
In a tweet dripping in resignation , Trump asked where the “ missing military ballots ” from Georgia are .
“ What happened to them ?
” he wrote .
What happened is that they haven ’ t been fully counted yet , but they will .
Despite the president ’ s efforts to “ stop the count , ” every vote will be tabulated .
And if those military ballots somehow push him over the top in Georgia , the state will go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steal it.
” But it also won ’ t be enough .
Even with Georgia in his pocket , Trump lost .
Because he ’ s a loser .
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Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States. When all the votes are fully counted it looks like he will carry Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona with a popular vote lead of perhaps 7 million Americans. As expected, MAGA-world is imploding as the delusional followers of soon-to-be-former President Trump scramble to construct a scenario in which he somehow manages to hang onto the White House.
Trump himself is proving completely unable to accept defeat graciously and is instead claiming in vain that he actually won the election. Without a shred of evidence, he is insisting that there was widespread voter fraud and that the Democrats are attempting to steal the presidency. The pathetic claims represent nothing less than the last dying gasps of the Trump administration but just because they’re incapable of changing the outcome of this election doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous.
I easily WIN the Presidency of the United States with LEGAL VOTES CAST. The OBSERVERS were not allowed, in any way, shape, or form, to do their job and therefore, votes accepted during this period must be determined to be ILLEGAL VOTES. U.S. Supreme Court should decide! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2020
Trump will soon be gone, but he’s determined to inflict as much damage to our Republic as possible on the way out. Cowardly Republicans in Congress are boosting the president’ss conspiracy theories and a nonsignificant portion of the American public could have their faith in our democracy irreparably damaged by their lies. Even in defeat, this man manages to hurt his country.
That said, eventually the GOP will be forced to accept Biden’s win due to sheer inertia. His lead over Trump is widening by the second and even if through some incredible fluke Trump manages to claw back one of the states he’s losing to Biden, the former vice president will still have more than enough electoral votes to declare victory. As that inevitability looms, expect Trump to resort to increasingly pathetic rhetoric.
In a tweet dripping in resignation, Trump asked where the “missing military ballots” from Georgia are. “What happened to them?” he wrote.
What happened is that they haven’t been fully counted yet, but they will. Despite the president’s efforts to “stop the count,” every vote will be tabulated. And if those military ballots somehow push him over the top in Georgia, the state will go red. Democrats won’t “steal it.” But it also won’t be enough. Even with Georgia in his pocket, Trump lost. Because he’s a loser.
Where are the missing military ballots in Georgia? What happened to them? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-06--Trump tweet taunting Hillary’s dignified election defeat comes back to haunt him

It ’ s over .
After four torturous years , it ’ s finally over .
While most news outlets are holding off a bit longer before calling it , it ’ s now undeniable that Joe Biden will become the President-Elect of the United States of American and Donald Trump will be a one-term president .
Biden flipped Pennsylvania , has pulled ahead in Georgia , and is likely going to capture Nevada and Arizona as well .
In his moment of defeat , Trump is demonstrating the lack of grace that has defined his entire life .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election is being stolen from him through voter fraud .
Rather than accept the reality that this country has rejected him , he ’ s casting doubt on our electoral process , once again inflicting lasting damage on this nation ’ s most important institutions .
It ’ s as pathetic as it is dangerous and history will remember him as a flailing sore loser in this moment .
The MAGA voters are taking a cue from Trump and ridiculously claiming that their glorious leader did in fact win .
The same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts don ’ t care about your feelings ” to liberals and taunted the rest of us with shirts saying “ Trump ’ s Your President ” are now falling to pieces like a bunch of spoiled children .
Add your name to states not to cave Trump .
COUNT EVERY VOTE !
As has happened countless times since his Inauguration Day , one of his old tweets is now coming back to bite Trump in his whiny ass .
In 2016 , after he defeated Hillary Clinton—a victory he secured at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and misinformation—Trump tweeted out that Russian President Vladimir Putin believed Clinton ’ s behavior post-election to be “ humiliating ” and that a person “ must be able to lose with dignity.
” Trump remarked that this observation was “ So true !
” The incredible irony need not be pointed out , but it ’ s worth noting that Hillary Clinton conceded and Trump is unlikely to do so .
This monstrous , cruel , loser of a man will slink off into the night with his tail behind his legs .
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It’s over. After four torturous years, it’s finally over. While most news outlets are holding off a bit longer before calling it, it’s now undeniable that Joe Biden will become the President-Elect of the United States of American and Donald Trump will be a one-term president. Biden flipped Pennsylvania, has pulled ahead in Georgia, and is likely going to capture Nevada and Arizona as well.
In his moment of defeat, Trump is demonstrating the lack of grace that has defined his entire life. He insists without any basis in fact that the election is being stolen from him through voter fraud. Rather than accept the reality that this country has rejected him, he’s casting doubt on our electoral process, once again inflicting lasting damage on this nation’s most important institutions. It’s as pathetic as it is dangerous and history will remember him as a flailing sore loser in this moment.
I easily WIN the Presidency of the United States with LEGAL VOTES CAST. The OBSERVERS were not allowed, in any way, shape, or form, to do their job and therefore, votes accepted during this period must be determined to be ILLEGAL VOTES. U.S. Supreme Court should decide! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2020
The MAGA voters are taking a cue from Trump and ridiculously claiming that their glorious leader did in fact win. The same people who for years have screamed “facts don’t care about your feelings” to liberals and taunted the rest of us with shirts saying “Trump’s Your President” are now falling to pieces like a bunch of spoiled children.
Add your name to states not to cave Trump. COUNT EVERY VOTE!
As has happened countless times since his Inauguration Day, one of his old tweets is now coming back to bite Trump in his whiny ass. In 2016, after he defeated Hillary Clinton—a victory he secured at least in some part due to Russian interference and misinformation—Trump tweeted out that Russian President Vladimir Putin believed Clinton’s behavior post-election to be “humiliating” and that a person “must be able to lose with dignity.” Trump remarked that this observation was “So true!”
The incredible irony need not be pointed out, but it’s worth noting that Hillary Clinton conceded and Trump is unlikely to do so. This monstrous, cruel, loser of a man will slink off into the night with his tail behind his legs. Good riddance.
Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: "In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity." So true! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2016
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-06--Don Jr. melts down and desperately tries to cope on Twitter after 2020 race is called for Joe Biden

Our national nightmare is over .
With his all-but-certain victory in Pennsylvania , former Vice-President Joe Biden will now become President Joe Biden and send the Trump family packing .
While the task of bringing this country out of the abyss of insanity and disease that Donald Trump left it in only begins now , we definitely deserve to savor this well-deserved and hard-fought victory — and do a little appropriate gloating at the most insufferable people in the country .
Unsurprisingly , Trump ’ s son Donald Trump Jr. is not taking the news well .
The “ author @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was decidedly so on Friday morning , taking to Twitter for a public meltdown that would make his father proud — if , of course , his father wasn ’ t a sociopathic narcissist who despises his fail-kids and sees their desperate desires for his approval as pitiful weakness .
“ Does anyone really believe that Joe Biden shattered Obama ’ s historic 2008 numbers ?
” demanded a frantic Don Jr. “ C ’ mon man !
!
!
” Sorry , Junior , it is extremely believable that after 230,000 deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ straight years of horrific atrocities , naked corruption , and stunning mismanagement that the United States would turn out in huge numbers to vote him out .
Perhaps Donald Trump ’ s decision to spend the past year trashing Democratic-run big cities as crime-ridden hellholes was not the smartest of political moves !
While Donnie J and his idiot brother will doubtlessly spend the next few days concocting all kinds of voter fraud conspiracies in a desperate attempt to cope with their historic defeat , we can and should take glee in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with abject cruelty and derision on that awful morning four years ago .
With any luck , the Trump family will have some serious legal troubles in the near future to compound their humiliating defeat .
Social media immediately tore into him , barraging his tweet with 30,000 replies in less than an hour :

Our national nightmare is over.
With his all-but-certain victory in Pennsylvania, former Vice-President Joe Biden will now become President Joe Biden and send the Trump family packing. While the task of bringing this country out of the abyss of insanity and disease that Donald Trump left it in only begins now, we definitely deserve to savor this well-deserved and hard-fought victory — and do a little appropriate gloating at the most insufferable people in the country.
Unsurprisingly, Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. is not taking the news well. The “author” of the book “Triggered” was decidedly so on Friday morning, taking to Twitter for a public meltdown that would make his father proud — if, of course, his father wasn’t a sociopathic narcissist who despises his fail-kids and sees their desperate desires for his approval as pitiful weakness.
“Does anyone really believe that Joe Biden shattered Obama’s historic 2008 numbers?” demanded a frantic Don Jr. “C’mon man!!!”
Does anyone really believe that Joe Biden shattered Obama’s historic 2008 numbers? Does anyone really believe that he did that mostly in big cities? C’mon man!!! — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 6, 2020
Sorry, Junior, it is extremely believable that after 230,000 deaths, a trashed economy, and four straight years of horrific atrocities, naked corruption, and stunning mismanagement that the United States would turn out in huge numbers to vote him out.
Perhaps Donald Trump’s decision to spend the past year trashing Democratic-run big cities as crime-ridden hellholes was not the smartest of political moves!
While Donnie J and his idiot brother will doubtlessly spend the next few days concocting all kinds of voter fraud conspiracies in a desperate attempt to cope with their historic defeat, we can and should take glee in their weeping and moaning, as they did with abject cruelty and derision on that awful morning four years ago. With any luck, the Trump family will have some serious legal troubles in the near future to compound their humiliating defeat.
Social media immediately tore into him, barraging his tweet with 30,000 replies in less than an hour:
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-07--Pathetic: Trump issues all-caps whiny screed about how he actually won the election

It ’ s been several hours after the 2020 election was called for former Vice-President Joe Biden , and nary a peep had been heard from the now-outgoing President of the United States , who had spent his morning playing a few rounds of golf to try and cope with the inevitable .
Later in the afternoon , however , Donald decided to take to Twitter and fired off an all-caps declaration of denial to the American people .
In a desperate attempt to throw the election into question , Trump claimed that his “ observers ” were not allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually it was Trump who had won the election .
Ominously warning that “ bad things ” had happened that had “ never happened before , ” the tweet represented Donald Trump ’ s last-ditch attempt to muddy the waters — but all he ’ s going to accomplish is pouring fuel on the fire of his supporters hyperactive , intensely paranoid imaginations .
While it is extremely amusing to watch Donald Trump freak out and conduct himself like a whiny loser , there is always the looming threat that his words might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into acts of violence against those who he believes have wronged him — which is exactly why it was so important that we won this historic victory and driven his lard ass out of the White House .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede !
Social media users were quick to pounce , having waited for the moment for four long years :

It’s been several hours after the 2020 election was called for former Vice-President Joe Biden, and nary a peep had been heard from the now-outgoing President of the United States, who had spent his morning playing a few rounds of golf to try and cope with the inevitable.
Later in the afternoon, however, Donald decided to take to Twitter and fired off an all-caps declaration of denial to the American people. In a desperate attempt to throw the election into question, Trump claimed that his “observers” were not allowed into the vote-counting rooms and yelled that actually it was Trump who had won the election.
Ominously warning that “bad things” had happened that had “never happened before,” the tweet represented Donald Trump’s last-ditch attempt to muddy the waters — but all he’s going to accomplish is pouring fuel on the fire of his supporters hyperactive, intensely paranoid imaginations.
THE OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS. I WON THE ELECTION, GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES. BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR THEM! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020
71,000,000 Legal Votes. The most EVER for a sitting President! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020
While it is extremely amusing to watch Donald Trump freak out and conduct himself like a whiny loser, there is always the looming threat that his words might provoke some of his similarly deranged supporters into acts of violence against those who he believes have wronged him — which is exactly why it was so important that we won this historic victory and driven his lard ass out of the White House.
Add your name to tell Trump: You Lost! Concede!
Social media users were quick to pounce, having waited for the moment for four long years:
https://twitter.com/ilmarkw/status/1325198411981750272?s=20
https://twitter.com/JustVent6/status/1325200081352450050?s=20
The first 3 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining pic.twitter.com/8JKFaJaPbk — tim (not Australian) (@PostinMonkey) November 7, 2020
Apologies everyone. DJT left the caps lock on. These types of tweets are notoriously difficult to read. Allow me to translate: I lost. Sucks. I'm upset. Trying to manage my feelings and emotions but I was never gifted with the tools. I don't really understand the democracy. — Joe Bereta (@joebereta) November 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/nicholasstoller/status/1325201474683510786?s=20
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-07--Rudy Giuliani throws a fit at reporter when she tells him Biden won

Folks , we are very proud and excited to present to you the very moment that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is told that Trump has lost the election .
Giuliani has become one of Trump ’ s most fanatical supporters , having spent the past year and a half working with contacts in Ukraine and other shadowy figures to try to drum up smears and concoct conspiracy theories against Joe Biden and his family , but only succeeded in showing the world that Joe Biden loves his troubled and well-endowed son Hunter Biden .
When reporters in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost , Giuliani couldn ’ t believe it .
“ They don ’ t decide the election !
The call for Joe Biden…who was it called by ?
All of the networks ?
WOOOOOW .
All the networks ?
We have to forget about the law !
Judges don ’ t count !
All the networks , all the networks…thought Joe Biden was gon na win by 10 % .
Don ’ t be ridiculous .
Networks don ’ t get to decide the outcome of the election !
” Hate to break @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judge in the nation is going to go along with the Trump team ’ s bumbling and confused attempts to sue their way to the presidency .
It ’ s over !
You lost !
No “ October Surprise ” this time !
Hope you enjoy the next four years of griping on OANN with your hand down your pants , Rudy !

Folks, we are very proud and excited to present to you the very moment that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is told that Trump has lost the election.
Giuliani has become one of Trump’s most fanatical supporters, having spent the past year and a half working with contacts in Ukraine and other shadowy figures to try to drum up smears and concoct conspiracy theories against Joe Biden and his family, but only succeeded in showing the world that Joe Biden loves his troubled and well-endowed son Hunter Biden.
When reporters in the crowd told Rudy that the President had lost, Giuliani couldn’t believe it.
“They don’t decide the election! The call for Joe Biden…who was it called by? All of the networks? WOOOOOW. All the networks? We have to forget about the law! Judges don’t count! All the networks, all the networks…thought Joe Biden was gonna win by 10%. Don’t be ridiculous. Networks don’t get to decide the outcome of the election!”
Hate to break it to you Ruders, but no judge in the nation is going to go along with the Trump team’s bumbling and confused attempts to sue their way to the presidency. It’s over! You lost! No “October Surprise” this time! Hope you enjoy the next four years of griping on OANN with your hand down your pants, Rudy!
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-09--Trump family split over whether Donald should concede to Biden

CNN is reporting an internal split among Donald Trump ’ s own family as to whether the president should keep spouting unlikely and embarrassing claims of massive election fraud or give in to inevitability and concede the race to his Democratic opponent former Vice President Joe Biden .
According to the cable news network , both son-in-law Jared Kushner and spouse Melania Trump are urging the president to throw in the towel and accept his ignominious defeat .
Donald Trump Jr. and his younger brother Eric want their father to continue to fight the validity of the results through a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from every major news organization — including their virtual in-house state media over at Fox News — that called the election for Biden once Donald Trump ’ s chances diminished to a mathematical impossibility .
No mention of whether Ivanka Trump has sided with her brothers or her husband in this reported divide , but if the split is between those who face legal liability once the president ’ s immunity from prosecution disappears and those who may remain unworried over future criminal charges , she may want to stay in her brothers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s sources in the White House say that behind closed doors Trump is not denying that he lost the election despite continuing to publicly try to declare himself the winner without the votes to back up his assertions .
Jason Miller , a Trump campaign spokesperson , immediately took to Twitter to deny the news network ’ s assertions about the divisions within the president ’ s inner circle between blood relations and those who joined the family by marriage .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accusations of “ fake news ” by saying that it stood by its reporting as 100 % accurate .
So far , judging from the president ’ s numerous statements continuing to claim victory when the “ legal ballots ” are counted and his frequent screams of “ FRAUD !
” and “ STOLEN ELECTION ” in his Twitter posts , Trump seems to be listening to his male progeny .
Given that his campaign is continuing to solicit funds from supporters by using the claims of a massive Democratic conspiracy to steal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ states with Republican-controlled legislatures like Georgia , Pennsylvania , and Arizona — it ’ s unlikely that Trump has any incentive to cease his efforts at denial and concede defeat any time soon .
Instead , he ’ s likely to continue to divide the nation as Biden tries to bring together its alienated factions , and humiliate himself further in the process .
It ’ s time to simply ignore Donald Trump until he gets too tired of whining and lapses into a petulant silence .
Original reporting by Kaitlan Collins , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kevin Liptak at CNN .
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CNN is reporting an internal split among Donald Trump’s own family as to whether the president should keep spouting unlikely and embarrassing claims of massive election fraud or give in to inevitability and concede the race to his Democratic opponent former Vice President Joe Biden.
According to the cable news network, both son-in-law Jared Kushner and spouse Melania Trump are urging the president to throw in the towel and accept his ignominious defeat.
Donald Trump Jr. and his younger brother Eric want their father to continue to fight the validity of the results through a series of lawsuits and reject the projections from every major news organization — including their virtual in-house state media over at Fox News — that called the election for Biden once Donald Trump’s chances diminished to a mathematical impossibility.
No mention of whether Ivanka Trump has sided with her brothers or her husband in this reported divide, but if the split is between those who face legal liability once the president’s immunity from prosecution disappears and those who may remain unworried over future criminal charges, she may want to stay in her brothers’ camp in this argument.
CNN’s sources in the White House say that behind closed doors Trump is not denying that he lost the election despite continuing to publicly try to declare himself the winner without the votes to back up his assertions.
“[Trump is] continuing to push his attorneys to pursue legal challenges that would delay formal certification of the results, and he has made no public indication that he is ready to accept the results of the election,” CNN reports.
Jason Miller, a Trump campaign spokesperson, immediately took to Twitter to deny the news network’s assertions about the divisions within the president’s inner circle between blood relations and those who joined the family by marriage.
This story is not true. Given undetermined electoral outcomes in multiple states and serious voting irregularities and lack of transparency in others, Jared has advised @realDonaldTrump to pursue all available legal remedies to ensure accuracy. https://t.co/O8XgClHQMi — Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) November 8, 2020
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CNN responded to Miller’s accusations of “fake news” by saying that it stood by its reporting as 100% accurate.
So far, judging from the president’s numerous statements continuing to claim victory when the “legal ballots” are counted and his frequent screams of “FRAUD!” and “STOLEN ELECTION” in his Twitter posts, Trump seems to be listening to his male progeny.
Given that his campaign is continuing to solicit funds from supporters by using the claims of a massive Democratic conspiracy to steal the election — highly unlikely in swing states with Republican-controlled legislatures like Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Arizona — it’s unlikely that Trump has any incentive to cease his efforts at denial and concede defeat any time soon.
Instead, he’s likely to continue to divide the nation as Biden tries to bring together its alienated factions, and humiliate himself further in the process.
“Waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool says to push on.” —Pete Seeger
It’s time to simply ignore Donald Trump until he gets too tired of whining and lapses into a petulant silence.
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Original reporting by Kaitlan Collins, Kate Bennett, Jeremy Diamond, and Kevin Liptak at CNN.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-08--Trump campaign communications head posts and deletes phony election results headline

The fragile and now severely damaged ego of Donald Trump is still being protected by his solicitous minions from the travails of reality .
The lengths to which his campaign staff are willing to go to help feed the defeated president ’ s delusions that he somehow did not lose the election by nearly five million votes was demonstrated today when Tim Murtaugh , the Trump campaign ’ s communications director , posted a since-deleted tweet that he likely hoped would reinforce Trump ’ s claims that he really did win the election when you eliminate the supposedly “ illegal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been hoping to generate a classic “ Dewey defeats Truman ” moment illustrating a disastrously presumptive prediction of victory for a candidate that ultimately ended up a loser , the only electoral fraudulence in sight on the day after major media outlets finally called the election in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden was the photoshopped headline that he failed to pass off as genuine when The Washington Times outed his deceptive intent .
CNN ‘ s Bill Weir kindly provided a copy of the original newspaper with the undoctored headline and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Washington Times ’ own rebuke likely forced Murtaugh to delete his manipulative post from Twitter , if not from the walls of the Trump campaign headquarters .
It was soon discovered that Murtaugh and his staff didn ’ t even have the skills to photoshop the newspaper headline on their own , having instead stolen it from a website dedicated to speculating on fictional alternative versions of history containing the fantasies of what might have been had reality not intervened .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump campaign ’ s incompetent attempt to rewrite history .
Sooner or later , someone in the Trump camp will realize that these types of futile efforts at turning the perception of the election results upside down are merely embarrassing and demoralizingly clumsy as people dance in the streets and celebrate the ouster of a president disavowed by a large majority of Americans .
No one except the president ’ s dimmest of supporters are falling for the lies , and Trump ’ s ego will simply have to withstand the relentless assault @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We want to hear what YOU have to say .
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The fragile and now severely damaged ego of Donald Trump is still being protected by his solicitous minions from the travails of reality.
The lengths to which his campaign staff are willing to go to help feed the defeated president’s delusions that he somehow did not lose the election by nearly five million votes was demonstrated today when Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign’s communications director, posted a since-deleted tweet that he likely hoped would reinforce Trump’s claims that he really did win the election when you eliminate the supposedly “illegal” ballots.
While Murtaugh may have been hoping to generate a classic “Dewey defeats Truman” moment illustrating a disastrously presumptive prediction of victory for a candidate that ultimately ended up a loser, the only electoral fraudulence in sight on the day after major media outlets finally called the election in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden was the photoshopped headline that he failed to pass off as genuine when The Washington Times outed his deceptive intent.
CNN‘s Bill Weir kindly provided a copy of the original newspaper with the undoctored headline and photo, a move that along with The Washington Times’ own rebuke likely forced Murtaugh to delete his manipulative post from Twitter, if not from the walls of the Trump campaign headquarters.
It was soon discovered that Murtaugh and his staff didn’t even have the skills to photoshop the newspaper headline on their own, having instead stolen it from a website dedicated to speculating on fictional alternative versions of history containing the fantasies of what might have been had reality not intervened.
https://twitter.com/alt_historian/status/1325530580222685184?s=20
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Twitter exploded with derision at the Trump campaign’s incompetent attempt to rewrite history.
Sooner or later, someone in the Trump camp will realize that these types of futile efforts at turning the perception of the election results upside down are merely embarrassing and demoralizingly clumsy as people dance in the streets and celebrate the ouster of a president disavowed by a large majority of Americans.
No one except the president’s dimmest of supporters are falling for the lies, and Trump’s ego will simply have to withstand the relentless assault by the reality of his loss.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-08--Philadelphia landscaping business cashing in on Trump’s ill-fated voter fraud press conference

One of Donald Trump ’ s more perplexing posts over the past few days of his denying the reality of his electoral loss was this seemingly innocuous tweet from yesterday .
Most people assumed that the press conference was taking place at the Philadelphia branch of the ritzy Four Seasons hotel chain until Trump quickly followed up his initial post with a couple of clarifications .
The corrected location information didn ’ t really do much to clear up the confusion and forced the proprietors of the upscale hotel to issue their own post to try to clarify that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loser media event that Rudy Giuliani was planning in the City of Brotherly Love .
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Concede !
While the hotel managed to help let people know that the press conference wasn ’ t taking place at their premises , it didn ’ t do much to explain why the Trump campaign was holding an event at a landscape gardening emporium in an environment considerably less glitzy than a four-star hotel .
Some people speculated that the choice of this location was due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too late to correct .
Journalists arriving on the scene found the president ’ s minions trying to figure out how to rearrange the company ’ s landscaping equipment to accommodate the anticipated crowds for the press conference .
The reason for choosing a location outside the main city center of Philadelphia became clearer during Rudy Giuliani ’ s recitation of alleged election irregularities that were interrupted with the news that most major news organizations had just called the section for Joe Biden .
It ’ s certainly interesting to see a British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follies at the end of the Trump era .
Meanwhile , the folks at Four Seasons Total Landscaping were today attempting to try to cash in on the unexpected publicity by launching a merchandising effort to sell T-shirts to the disgruntled Trump supporters who might be the only receptive market for such swag , while trying to simultaneously claim a bipartisan stance .
The world may be moving on from the increasingly desperate cries of election fraud still being proffered by the president and his disappointed followers , but capitalism — and entrepreneurship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , perhaps a Four Seasons Total Landscaping T-shirt will be as much of a historical artifact as a Custer ’ s Last Stand hoodie .
From the benefit of hindsight , future Americans can look back on the 2020 election without the sense of anxiety and urgency that present-day citizens have endured and be able to see the humor in the political ephemera that this fateful decision engendered .
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One of Donald Trump’s more perplexing posts over the past few days of his denying the reality of his electoral loss was this seemingly innocuous tweet from yesterday.
Most people assumed that the press conference was taking place at the Philadelphia branch of the ritzy Four Seasons hotel chain until Trump quickly followed up his initial post with a couple of clarifications.
The corrected location information didn’t really do much to clear up the confusion and forced the proprietors of the upscale hotel to issue their own post to try to clarify that they had nothing to do with the sore loser media event that Rudy Giuliani was planning in the City of Brotherly Love.
To clarify, President Trump’s press conference will NOT be held at Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia.
It will be held at Four Seasons Total Landscaping— no relation with the hotel. — Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center (@FSPhiladelphia) November 7, 2020
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While the hotel managed to help let people know that the press conference wasn’t taking place at their premises, it didn’t do much to explain why the Trump campaign was holding an event at a landscape gardening emporium in an environment considerably less glitzy than a four-star hotel.
In case you missed it, Donald Trump’s legal team is about to do a press conference outside a landscape gardeners, located between a crematorium and a dildo shop.https://t.co/bbWTyzSMHu — Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) November 7, 2020
Some people speculated that the choice of this location was due to a case of mistaken identity that was too late to correct.
Journalists arriving on the scene found the president’s minions trying to figure out how to rearrange the company’s landscaping equipment to accommodate the anticipated crowds for the press conference.
Security staff are guarding the gate but beyond it I have spotted @CLewandowski_, Mr Trump’s 2016 campaign manager & @PamBondi, Florida’s former Attorney-General + Trump loyalist discussing the rearranging of landscaping equipment in preparation for their news conference. pic.twitter.com/rXu70Zm3HN — Mark Stone (@Stone_SkyNews) November 7, 2020
The reason for choosing a location outside the main city center of Philadelphia became clearer during Rudy Giuliani’s recitation of alleged election irregularities that were interrupted with the news that most major news organizations had just called the section for Joe Biden.
Here is the full report of an unusual #Giuliani news conference: https://t.co/Z6UEQskIG8 — Mark Stone (@Stone_SkyNews) November 8, 2020
It’s certainly interesting to see a British media perspective on America’s election follies at the end of the Trump era.
Meanwhile, the folks at Four Seasons Total Landscaping were today attempting to try to cash in on the unexpected publicity by launching a merchandising effort to sell T-shirts to the disgruntled Trump supporters who might be the only receptive market for such swag, while trying to simultaneously claim a bipartisan stance.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1325473041506316289?s=20
The world may be moving on from the increasingly desperate cries of election fraud still being proffered by the president and his disappointed followers, but capitalism — and entrepreneurship — marches on.
In a hundred years, perhaps a Four Seasons Total Landscaping T-shirt will be as much of a historical artifact as a Custer’s Last Stand hoodie.
From the benefit of hindsight, future Americans can look back on the 2020 election without the sense of anxiety and urgency that present-day citizens have endured and be able to see the humor in the political ephemera that this fateful decision engendered.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-08--Trump’s Twitter feed goes quiet for 15 hours before he resumes bleating about cheating

With the klieg lights of media attention shifting to the now-recognized President-Elect Joe Biden , Donald Trump did something very uncharacteristic last night .
He went 15 whole hours without posting a single tweet to social media .
Perhaps he was watching the networks call the election in Biden ’ s favor after the margin of the former vice president ’ s victory in Pennsylvania made Trump ’ s possibilities for hitting the magic number of 270 electoral votes mathematically impossible .
Perhaps he was viewing the extensive coverage of the spontaneous celebrations that broke out in the nation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ecstatic people banged pots , honked horns , and danced on the current president ’ s metaphorical grave as the reality of the beginnings of a new political age and the end of our four-year nightmare began to permeate their psyches , so stressed and shattered by years of presidential abuses and the seemingly interminable wait for a victor to be declared after a nail-biting election night .
Perhaps he was huddling with his legal team after 1:54 PM yesterday when he posted this deluded tweet bragging about his losing vote total that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than Biden received , even after Trump rounded his number up .
How many of the intervening hours between that post and 5:38 AM this morning when he next tweeted were spent speaking with advisors , donors , and lawyers to discuss how he was going to try to fight to reverse the results of the final votes tallies through accusations of fraud is not yet known , but apparently none of his advisors were able to convince him to accept defeat graciously .
Instead , Trump continued to make claims of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as disputed and tagged with links to copious information refuting the president ’ s persistent claims about the dangers of mail-in ballots .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede !
By quoting Jonathan Turley , one of the right-wing lawyers who testified on his behalf at his impeachment inquiry , Trump certainly ensured that his likely futile bleatings about cheating would at least be presented to the public in a literate and coherent series of words , despite the inauthenticity of their contents .
Trump soon followed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his defenders — one whose appeal might perhaps better connect with his less-sophisticated followers than a Washington DC law professor — Newt Gingrich .
How ironic to have the man whose entire presidency has taken place under a cloud of suspicion that his surprise victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016 was the result of Russian electoral interference to be projecting his own accusations of ballot tampering and stolen elections .
Trump ’ s options for actually reversing the results of the election may be dwindling without any actual evidence of the type @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporters are alleging , but to have any future as a political opposition force moving forward , his protestations will help instill a sense of grievance among his followers who already have an ingrained sense of resentment over their diminishing white privilege and will help him solicit donations to fund his legal challenges and retire his campaign debt .
Hopefully , the reduced volume of the president ’ s social media posts ushers in a new era of relative peace and tranquility on the feeds of Twitter followers around the globe .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the outrage that he will be able to generate through his posts will fall to undetectable levels and he will fade into obscurity while loudly proclaiming his victimhood .
In just a few short weeks , we ’ ll be able to ignore Donald Trump without consequence .
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With the klieg lights of media attention shifting to the now-recognized President-Elect Joe Biden, Donald Trump did something very uncharacteristic last night.
He went 15 whole hours without posting a single tweet to social media.
Perhaps he was watching the networks call the election in Biden’s favor after the margin of the former vice president’s victory in Pennsylvania made Trump’s possibilities for hitting the magic number of 270 electoral votes mathematically impossible.
Perhaps he was viewing the extensive coverage of the spontaneous celebrations that broke out in the nation’s major urban centers where throngs of ecstatic people banged pots, honked horns, and danced on the current president’s metaphorical grave as the reality of the beginnings of a new political age and the end of our four-year nightmare began to permeate their psyches, so stressed and shattered by years of presidential abuses and the seemingly interminable wait for a victor to be declared after a nail-biting election night.
Perhaps he was huddling with his legal team after 1:54 PM yesterday when he posted this deluded tweet bragging about his losing vote total that was still more than four million fewer than Biden received, even after Trump rounded his number up.
71,000,000 Legal Votes. The most EVER for a sitting President! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020
How many of the intervening hours between that post and 5:38 AM this morning when he next tweeted were spent speaking with advisors, donors, and lawyers to discuss how he was going to try to fight to reverse the results of the final votes tallies through accusations of fraud is not yet known, but apparently none of his advisors were able to convince him to accept defeat graciously.
Instead, Trump continued to make claims of a stolen election that were flagged by Twitter as disputed and tagged with links to copious information refuting the president’s persistent claims about the dangers of mail-in ballots.
….Supreme Court Justice to compel them to separate ballots that were received after the legislative deadline. It required the intervention of Justice Alito. That’s a large group of ballots. When you talk about systemic problems, it’s about… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2020
…and Detroit with a long series of election problems (to put it mildly).” @JonathanTurley — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2020
Add your name to tell Trump: You Lost! Concede!
By quoting Jonathan Turley, one of the right-wing lawyers who testified on his behalf at his impeachment inquiry, Trump certainly ensured that his likely futile bleatings about cheating would at least be presented to the public in a literate and coherent series of words, despite the inauthenticity of their contents.
Trump soon followed that post up with another quote from one of his defenders — one whose appeal might perhaps better connect with his less-sophisticated followers than a Washington DC law professor — Newt Gingrich.
….Where it mattered, they stole what they had to steal. @newtgingrich — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2020
How ironic to have the man whose entire presidency has taken place under a cloud of suspicion that his surprise victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016 was the result of Russian electoral interference to be projecting his own accusations of ballot tampering and stolen elections.
Trump’s options for actually reversing the results of the election may be dwindling without any actual evidence of the type of massive fraud that he and his supporters are alleging, but to have any future as a political opposition force moving forward, his protestations will help instill a sense of grievance among his followers who already have an ingrained sense of resentment over their diminishing white privilege and will help him solicit donations to fund his legal challenges and retire his campaign debt.
Hopefully, the reduced volume of the president’s social media posts ushers in a new era of relative peace and tranquility on the feeds of Twitter followers around the globe.
As Trump’s words become increasingly irrelevant, the outrage that he will be able to generate through his posts will fall to undetectable levels and he will fade into obscurity while loudly proclaiming his victimhood.
In just a few short weeks, we’ll be able to ignore Donald Trump without consequence. and begin to truly make America great, if not again, then finally.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-10--McEnany’s misinformation press conference gets so bad that Fox News cuts away

Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States but the current occupant of the White House still refuses to accept this fact .
Trump is insisting that he won the election , alleging that a conspiracy of widespread voter fraud is working to rob him of his rightful victory .
The claim is patently untrue but the president ’ s surrogates are supporting it anyway .
Today , White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany—one of Trump ’ s most loyal serial liars—held a press conference with Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and unloaded a string of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president ’ s continued refusal to concede .
She claimed that the Trump campaign wants “ every legal vote to be counted , ” which has become the preferred method in recent days by which conservatives pretend to respect our democratic process while implying without evidence that there are some kind of “ illegal votes ” currently tainting the results .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede !
When pressed on whether or not she knows if “ fraudulent votes ” were actually cast , McEnany refused to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Trump team is asking for “ patience ” and referenced vague “ reports ” about voting irregularities .
In other words , it was immediately apparent that they have no hard evidence for their wild allegations .
McEnany repeated Trump ’ s lie that observers weren ’ t allowed into the count room even though the president ’ s lawyers have already admitted in court that their observers were indeed allowed inside for the ballot counting .
She baselessly accused the Democratic Party of “ welcoming ” voter fraud , once again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud occurred .
Fox News carried the segment and host Neil Cavuto felt the need to interrupt and address his viewers as McEnany alluded to illegal votes .
“ Whoa , whoa , whoa !
I just think we have to be very clear .
She ’ s charging that the other side is welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting , ” said Cavuto .
“ Unless she has more details to back that up , I can ’ t in good countenance continue showing this .
I want to make sure that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that up .
But that ’ s an explosive charge to make , that the other side is effectively rigging and cheating.
” After four years of shilling for the Trump administration , Fox ’ s decision to undermine the president ’ s election propaganda is a telling sign .
It seems that Rupert Murdoch ’ s media empire on some level realizes that the Trump era is over , that no barrage of lies can wrest victory away from Biden at this point .
Come January , he ’ s our president @

Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States but the current occupant of the White House still refuses to accept this fact. Trump is insisting that he won the election, alleging that a conspiracy of widespread voter fraud is working to rob him of his rightful victory. The claim is patently untrue but the president’s surrogates are supporting it anyway.
Today, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany—one of Trump’s most loyal serial liars—held a press conference with Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and unloaded a string of misinformation and excuses aimed at justifying the president’s continued refusal to concede.
She claimed that the Trump campaign wants “every legal vote to be counted,” which has become the preferred method in recent days by which conservatives pretend to respect our democratic process while implying without evidence that there are some kind of “illegal votes” currently tainting the results.
Add your name to tell Trump: You Lost! Concede!
When pressed on whether or not she knows if “fraudulent votes” were actually cast, McEnany refused to give a straight answer and instead said the Trump team is asking for “patience” and referenced vague “reports” about voting irregularities. In other words, it was immediately apparent that they have no hard evidence for their wild allegations.
McEnany can’t cite a single specific example of an “illegal vote” being cast pic.twitter.com/H6ul298p1K — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 9, 2020
McEnany repeated Trump’s lie that observers weren’t allowed into the count room even though the president’s lawyers have already admitted in court that their observers were indeed allowed inside for the ballot counting. She baselessly accused the Democratic Party of “welcoming” voter fraud, once again failing to provide any proof that such fraud occurred. Fox News carried the segment and host Neil Cavuto felt the need to interrupt and address his viewers as McEnany alluded to illegal votes.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa! I just think we have to be very clear. She’s charging that the other side is welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting,” said Cavuto. “Unless she has more details to back that up, I can’t in good countenance continue showing this. I want to make sure that maybe they do have something to back that up. But that’s an explosive charge to make, that the other side is effectively rigging and cheating.”
After four years of shilling for the Trump administration, Fox’s decision to undermine the president’s election propaganda is a telling sign. It seems that Rupert Murdoch’s media empire on some level realizes that the Trump era is over, that no barrage of lies can wrest victory away from Biden at this point. Come January, he’s our president.
Fox News cuts away from Kayleigh McEnany and the Trump campaign's press conference: "Unless she has more details to back that up, I can't in good countenance continue showing you this" pic.twitter.com/BqeXINaZwe — nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) November 9, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-09--Georgia Secretary of State denounces the attacks on his competence from his own party’s senators

Internecine warfare is never pretty to watch .
When it is the Georgia Republican party at each other ’ s throats , however , Democrats may enjoy watching the battles from the sidelines with a mixture of schadenfreude and the anticipation of a weakened opposition in the upcoming battle for control of the Senate that runs straight through the state ’ s January runoff elections .
The conflict between the two incumbents representing the state in the U.S. Senate and Georgia ’ s GOP Secretary of State broke out into the open today when Senators David Perdue ( R-GA ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the resignation of Sec .
Brad Raffensperger , the person ultimately responsible for overseeing Georgia ’ s election and the subsequent ballot tallying .
Perdue and Loeffler both cited fraud and a lack of transparency during the vote-counting as the reasons for their vociferous call for the local official ’ s professional head , calling the state ’ s election proceedings an “ embarrassment.
” Secretary Raffensperger essentially responded along the lines of it ’ ll be a cold day in hell before they see him walking away from his responsibilities over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me start by saying that is not going to happen , ” Raffensperger responded in a statement addressed to his turncoat Republican colleagues after receiving their demand .
“ Was there illegal voting ?
I am sure there was .
And my office is investigating all of it .
Does it rise to the numbers or margin necessary to change the outcome to where President Trump is given Georgia ’ s electoral votes ?
That is unlikely , ” he continued , deflating the hopes of deplorables across the country .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One of my duties involves helping to run elections for all Georgia voters .
I have taken that oath , and I will execute that duty and follow Georgia law.
” Raffensperger came armed with facts — a strategy long in disuse in the party during the Trump era — to rebut the potentially libelous accusations of incompetence that they had lodged against their fellow member of the GOP .
Calling the Georgia election with nearly 5 million ballots cast ” a success , ” he claimed that the voting had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law , with every credible charge of illegal activity fully investigated .
“ We have put a monitor in at Fulton County … one of our longtime problem Democrat-run counties , ” he asserted .
“ As far as lack of transparency… we were literally putting releases of results up — at a minimum — hourly .
I and my office have been holding daily or twice-daily briefings for the press to walk them through all the numbers .
So that particular charge is laughable , ” he continued .
With Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost to now President-elect Joe Biden fair and square , it appears as if the Republican party is in danger of fracturing in fits of blame and recrimination in the wake of a previously deep-red state slowly turning blue .
Democrats can grab some popcorn and enjoy the fireworks as the accusations fly and the purges begin .
It couldn ’ t happen to a more appropriate bunch of people .
You can read Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ’ s full statement in response to his fellow Republicans in the attachment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ YOU have to say .
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Internecine warfare is never pretty to watch.
When it is the Georgia Republican party at each other’s throats, however, Democrats may enjoy watching the battles from the sidelines with a mixture of schadenfreude and the anticipation of a weakened opposition in the upcoming battle for control of the Senate that runs straight through the state’s January runoff elections.
The conflict between the two incumbents representing the state in the U.S. Senate and Georgia’s GOP Secretary of State broke out into the open today when Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) called for the resignation of Sec. Brad Raffensperger, the person ultimately responsible for overseeing Georgia’s election and the subsequent ballot tallying.
Perdue and Loeffler both cited fraud and a lack of transparency during the vote-counting as the reasons for their vociferous call for the local official’s professional head, calling the state’s election proceedings an “embarrassment.”
“The Secretary of State has failed to deliver honest and transparent elections. He has failed the people of Georgia, and he should step down immediately,” the two Republican Senators said in a statement.
Secretary Raffensperger essentially responded along the lines of it’ll be a cold day in hell before they see him walking away from his responsibilities over their literally Trumped-up accusations.
“Let me start by saying that is not going to happen,” Raffensperger responded in a statement addressed to his turncoat Republican colleagues after receiving their demand. “Was there illegal voting? I am sure there was. And my office is investigating all of it. Does it rise to the numbers or margin necessary to change the outcome to where President Trump is given Georgia’s electoral votes? That is unlikely,” he continued, deflating the hopes of deplorables across the country. “I am the duly elected Secretary of State. One of my duties involves helping to run elections for all Georgia voters. I have taken that oath, and I will execute that duty and follow Georgia law.”
Raffensperger came armed with facts — a strategy long in disuse in the party during the Trump era — to rebut the potentially libelous accusations of incompetence that they had lodged against their fellow member of the GOP.
Calling the Georgia election with nearly 5 million ballots cast ” a success,” he claimed that the voting had been orderly and conducted as required under state law, with every credible charge of illegal activity fully investigated.
“We have put a monitor in at Fulton County … one of our longtime problem Democrat-run counties,” he asserted. “As far as lack of transparency… we were literally putting releases of results up — at a minimum — hourly. I and my office have been holding daily or twice-daily briefings for the press to walk them through all the numbers. So that particular charge is laughable,” he continued.
With Donald Trump continuing to refuse to concede that he lost to now President-elect Joe Biden fair and square, it appears as if the Republican party is in danger of fracturing in fits of blame and recrimination in the wake of a previously deep-red state slowly turning blue.
Democrats can grab some popcorn and enjoy the fireworks as the accusations fly and the purges begin.
It couldn’t happen to a more appropriate bunch of people.
You can read Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s full statement in response to his fellow Republicans in the attachment below.
Full statement, it’s a long one: pic.twitter.com/POJX9euKOi — Charlie Gile (@CharlieGileNBC) November 9, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-09--Georgia GOP Senate candidates “eat their own” and call on Republican Secretary of State to resign

The turmoil caused by the blue shift in Georgia ’ s election results has caused a major rift among that state ’ s Republican political establishment .
The two GOP candidates for Senate who were forced into a January runoff election after no single candidate of either party reached the 50 % of the vote necessary to definitively win the contest on Election Day — incumbent Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler — have apparently decided to place the blame for their failures to achieve an outright victory on Georgia ’ s own Republican Secretary of State , Brad Raffensperger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump in claiming that their failures were due to unspecified , evidence-free irregularities in tabulating the state ’ s ballots and issued a press release calling for Raffensperger to step down from his office , citing “ mismanagement ” and a “ lack of transparency ” as the reasons .
In the world of reality , there are no credible allegations of any actual instances of election fraud or massive problems in counting the votes in Georgia , and people who read the press release on Twitter told the Republican senators exactly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of GOP solidarity .
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Let ’ s hope that Georgia voters remember all the reasons neither of the two of the state ’ s GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate deserves to win another term when the runoff election takes place in January .
You can help the Democrats win control of the Senate and give President-elect Biden the all-blue Congress that he needs to reverse the damage of the Trump era by donating to the two Democratic candidates in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at this link .
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The turmoil caused by the blue shift in Georgia’s election results has caused a major rift among that state’s Republican political establishment.
The two GOP candidates for Senate who were forced into a January runoff election after no single candidate of either party reached the 50% of the vote necessary to definitively win the contest on Election Day — incumbent Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler — have apparently decided to place the blame for their failures to achieve an outright victory on Georgia’s own Republican Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger.
The duo of disappointed candidates joined Donald Trump in claiming that their failures were due to unspecified, evidence-free irregularities in tabulating the state’s ballots and issued a press release calling for Raffensperger to step down from his office, citing “mismanagement” and a “lack of transparency” as the reasons.
In the world of reality, there are no credible allegations of any actual instances of election fraud or massive problems in counting the votes in Georgia, and people who read the press release on Twitter told the Republican senators exactly what they thought of the cannibalistic collapse of GOP solidarity.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS WILL BE TRUE. According to the AP, only three times a recount in Georgia flipped the result the margins were in the few hundreds, not 10k+. This is not reality, folks!https://t.co/twJi5sIOIQ — stephen fowler covers Georgia's election! (@stphnfwlr) November 9, 2020
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That's a yes. — Matthew Brady (@bradym80) November 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/YourJelly_tv/status/1325895799327350786?s=20
And at least one of those two purchased stock in a company whose tech allows my agency to work from home…where we’ve been since March 13. — Ms Danista (@MsDanista) November 9, 2020
Playing victim is pretty much the best the @gop has nowadays. — STAY AT HOME Elmo (@ImpeachMeElmo) November 9, 2020
Let’s hope that Georgia voters remember all the reasons neither of the two of the state’s GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate deserves to win another term when the runoff election takes place in January.
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