occupydemocrats--2020-11-17--Biden signals reluctance to investigate, prosecute Trump for his crimes

Will Donald Trump walk away from his presidency scot-free ?
That ’ s the frightening prospect the nation faces after the term of perhaps the least law-abiding president in history ends if one is to put any credence in the reports the President-elect Joe Biden is privately telling advisors that he doesn ’ t want his own presidency to be overwhelmed by endless investigations of his predecessor .
According to an NBC News report sourced from five people with knowledge of the discussions , Biden is leery of a long series of probes into Trump ’ s conduct that would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time when his paramount goal is to try to reunite the nation .
Biden is also worried that such investigations would continue to allow Trump to remain in the spotlight and dominate the news cycles with his endless tweets declaring his victimization and absolving himself of any responsibilities whatsoever for the transgressions of his administration .
The president-elect reportedly specifically mentioned the wisdom of avoiding federal tax investigations of his vanquished foe and of challenging any immunity orders or pardons that Trump may issue in his lame-duck weeks ahead , with one advisor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ move on.
” Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede !
While it is understandable that the goal of bringing the country back from the precipice of the potential civil war that Donald Trump seemed to be attempting to instigate with his calls for right-wing militias to “ stand by , ” Biden ’ s reported desire to drop efforts to hold the current president accountable for his misdeeds may conflict with another one of his stated ambitions : the restoration of the independence of the Justice Department from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finally managed to wrestle the Justice Department into submission and make it a politically-tainted arm of his own defense strategy under Attorney General William Barr , returning the nation to an unbiased rule of law rather than of favored connections will need to be a top priority for the incoming administration .
With that in mind , Biden may be reluctant to dictate which prosecutions to pursue to whomever he appoints as his own Attorney General .
“ His overarching view is that we need to move the country forward , ” one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ But the most important thing on this is that he will not interfere with his Justice Department and not politicize his Justice Department.
” “ He can set a tone about what he thinks should be done , ” another Biden advisor explained .
But , the advisor continued , “ he ’ s not going to be a president who directs the Justice Department one way or the other.
” Of course , Biden can heavily influence the direction his new Department of Justice takes through his choice of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ general , a decision that his aides have called “ one of the most consequential decisions he ’ s going to make , ” as one advisor described it .
One of the dangers of telegraphing in advance that prosecutions of Donald Trump and his loyal White House minions are not a priority for the Biden administration — besides lots of angry progressives looking for this administration to finally be held accountable for the boatload of criminal offenses that they perceive it has committed — is that it will embolden Trump to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upcoming weeks and run rampant through the federal government in an unchecked crime spree with little chance of consequences for their actions .
While the final disposition of any potential charges against Trump himself will likely be at the discretion of the next attorney general , Biden is apparently reluctant to alienate the 47.3 % percent of the nation who voted for the Republican incumbent , particularly with the balance of power in the Senate — and the future potential to pass his legislative agenda — dependent on the outcome of the runoff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ move is to first investigate the sins of the Trump administration , deliver the truth about what actually happened to the American public , and let the Justice Department make a decision on prosecution depending on the facts uncovered .
Hopefully , the citizens of this country will unite behind the rule of law when confronted with unbiased evidence .
Whether the right-wing media machine will ever allow this to happen is the big question .
The profit motive has historically outweighed justice and truth in this country , and conflict sells .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to see Trump held accountable may have to place their hopes in state attorneys general and continue to use social media to push their viewpoint .
Original reporting by Carol E. Lee , Kristen Welker , and Mike Memoli at NBC News .
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Will Donald Trump walk away from his presidency scot-free?
That’s the frightening prospect the nation faces after the term of perhaps the least law-abiding president in history ends if one is to put any credence in the reports the President-elect Joe Biden is privately telling advisors that he doesn’t want his own presidency to be overwhelmed by endless investigations of his predecessor.
According to an NBC News report sourced from five people with knowledge of the discussions, Biden is leery of a long series of probes into Trump’s conduct that would continue to divide the country at a time when his paramount goal is to try to reunite the nation.
Biden is also worried that such investigations would continue to allow Trump to remain in the spotlight and dominate the news cycles with his endless tweets declaring his victimization and absolving himself of any responsibilities whatsoever for the transgressions of his administration.
The president-elect reportedly specifically mentioned the wisdom of avoiding federal tax investigations of his vanquished foe and of challenging any immunity orders or pardons that Trump may issue in his lame-duck weeks ahead, with one advisor saying that Biden “just wants to move on.”
“He’s going to be more oriented toward fixing the problems and moving forward than prosecuting them,” another advisor explained.
Add your name to tell Trump: You Lost! Concede!
While it is understandable that the goal of bringing the country back from the precipice of the potential civil war that Donald Trump seemed to be attempting to instigate with his calls for right-wing militias to “stand by,” Biden’s reported desire to drop efforts to hold the current president accountable for his misdeeds may conflict with another one of his stated ambitions: the restoration of the independence of the Justice Department from the White House.
After Donald Trump finally managed to wrestle the Justice Department into submission and make it a politically-tainted arm of his own defense strategy under Attorney General William Barr, returning the nation to an unbiased rule of law rather than of favored connections will need to be a top priority for the incoming administration.
With that in mind, Biden may be reluctant to dictate which prosecutions to pursue to whomever he appoints as his own Attorney General.
“His overarching view is that we need to move the country forward,” one advisor said, according to NBC News. “But the most important thing on this is that he will not interfere with his Justice Department and not politicize his Justice Department.” “He can set a tone about what he thinks should be done,” another Biden advisor explained. But, the advisor continued, “he’s not going to be a president who directs the Justice Department one way or the other.”
Of course, Biden can heavily influence the direction his new Department of Justice takes through his choice of the person he nominates to become his attorney general, a decision that his aides have called “one of the most consequential decisions he’s going to make,” as one advisor described it.
One of the dangers of telegraphing in advance that prosecutions of Donald Trump and his loyal White House minions are not a priority for the Biden administration — besides lots of angry progressives looking for this administration to finally be held accountable for the boatload of criminal offenses that they perceive it has committed — is that it will embolden Trump to take advantage of the lame-duck period over the upcoming weeks and run rampant through the federal government in an unchecked crime spree with little chance of consequences for their actions.
“While they’re not looking for broad criminal indictments, they do want to make sure that people don’t think there are no ramifications for any of their actions between now and the new presidency,” a person familiar with the incoming administration’s thinking said.
While the final disposition of any potential charges against Trump himself will likely be at the discretion of the next attorney general, Biden is apparently reluctant to alienate the 47.3% percent of the nation who voted for the Republican incumbent, particularly with the balance of power in the Senate — and the future potential to pass his legislative agenda — dependent on the outcome of the runoff elections in Georgia.
Perhaps his best move is to first investigate the sins of the Trump administration, deliver the truth about what actually happened to the American public, and let the Justice Department make a decision on prosecution depending on the facts uncovered.
Hopefully, the citizens of this country will unite behind the rule of law when confronted with unbiased evidence.
Whether the right-wing media machine will ever allow this to happen is the big question. The profit motive has historically outweighed justice and truth in this country, and conflict sells.
In the meantime, those who want to see Trump held accountable may have to place their hopes in state attorneys general and continue to use social media to push their viewpoint.
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Original reporting by Carol E. Lee, Kristen Welker, and Mike Memoli at NBC News.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-17--Lindsey Graham tries to defend himself from alleged election-fixing scandal as backlash grows

On Tuesday morning , Sen. Lindsey Graham defended himself from the damning allegations that he had personally tried to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger into tossing legal ballots .
Claiming he was just asking whether or not the “ checks and balances ” for mail-in votes were “ good enough , ” the South Carolina Senator desperately tried to do damage control in response to the growing public outrage .
If Mr. Raffensperger ’ s admissions to CNN ’ s Wolf Blitzer are to be believed , Graham has emerged from his highly contested re-election battle even more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s lickspittle in the Senate .
Last night , Raffensperger told Wolf Blitzer that “ [ Graham ] asked if the ballots could be matched back to the voters…And then he , I got the sense it implied that then you could throw those out for any , if you look at the counties with the highest frequent error of signatures .
So that ’ s the impression that I got…It was just an implication of , ‘ Look hard and see how many ballots you could throw out . '
” Perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fellow Republicans that he is willing to throw his integrity and the law in the trash on behalf of Donald Trump , Raffensperger became one of the most prominent Republican officials to push back against Trump and his minions ’ clumsy attempts to steal the election .
It is appalling that Lindsey Graham would try to abuse his position in order to have legal votes thrown out on behalf of the second-worst president in our nation ’ s history , and if it is confirmed , should lead to Graham ’ s impeachment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course , since Mitch McConnell and his Republican cronies have dedicated their careers to making it harder for people to vote and have long ago discarded any integrity or respect for the rule of law in the trash in their fanatical quest for power .
Democrats were quick to condemn Graham — and point the finger at the guiltiest party of all , Donald Trump , who still refuses to concede the election despite all evidence pointing to his loss .

On Tuesday morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham defended himself from the damning allegations that he had personally tried to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger into tossing legal ballots. Claiming he was just asking whether or not the “checks and balances” for mail-in votes were “good enough,” the South Carolina Senator desperately tried to do damage control in response to the growing public outrage.
Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger says Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are pressuring him to toss legal ballots. Graham just responded, saying he spoke to Raffensperger about whether the "checks and balances" for mail-in voting were "good enough." pic.twitter.com/mjvou0QlQw — The Recount (@therecount) November 17, 2020
If Mr. Raffensperger’s admissions to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer are to be believed, Graham has emerged from his highly contested re-election battle even more determined to perform as Donald Trump’s lickspittle in the Senate.
Last night, Raffensperger told Wolf Blitzer that “[Graham] asked if the ballots could be matched back to the voters…And then he, I got the sense it implied that then you could throw those out for any, if you look at the counties with the highest frequent error of signatures. So that’s the impression that I got…It was just an implication of, ‘Look hard and see how many ballots you could throw out.'”
Perhaps fed up with the assumption by his fellow Republicans that he is willing to throw his integrity and the law in the trash on behalf of Donald Trump, Raffensperger became one of the most prominent Republican officials to push back against Trump and his minions’ clumsy attempts to steal the election.
Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger is doing something very few Republican officials did during the Trump Era. He publicly called out Trump's lies, resisted pressure to abuse his powers, and stood up for the rule of law. Here's what he told @wolfblitzer about the GA recount. pic.twitter.com/YVZDzvgdtV — Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) November 17, 2020
It is appalling that Lindsey Graham would try to abuse his position in order to have legal votes thrown out on behalf of the second-worst president in our nation’s history, and if it is confirmed, should lead to Graham’s impeachment — but won’t, of course, since Mitch McConnell and his Republican cronies have dedicated their careers to making it harder for people to vote and have long ago discarded any integrity or respect for the rule of law in the trash in their fanatical quest for power.
Democrats were quick to condemn Graham — and point the finger at the guiltiest party of all, Donald Trump, who still refuses to concede the election despite all evidence pointing to his loss.
This is insane and illegal. https://t.co/7TqrnZ2ebi — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 17, 2020
Senate Republicans shouldn't be applying pressure on election officials to overturn the will of the people. This is deeply troubling and unacceptable. The voters chose @JoeBiden. This was a free and fair election. It's way past time for all of us to accept that and move on. https://t.co/7BsyoFT0Kr — Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) November 17, 2020
This is what happens when Trump runs the country and his party like a mob boss. Shameful isn’t even the word. https://t.co/dU9aOYCe76 — Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) November 17, 2020
More evidence that Trump and his despicable enablers don't give a single damn about democracy, and will tell any lie and break any law to try to silence American voters. https://t.co/ZFIRsJCqe8 — Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) November 16, 2020
If true, Senator Lindsey Graham’s attempted election fixing is a major scandal. https://t.co/UISsl5batn — Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) November 17, 2020
So basically asking him to commit voter fraud. I see. https://t.co/Kw0V4pkLQP — Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) November 17, 2020
I’d like to report some voter fraud. https://t.co/Fe2591SBBD — Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) November 17, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-18--Swing district Dem who lost her seat debunks myth that progressives are to blame for 2020 losses

While Democratic nominee Joe Biden did succeed in winning the presidency and deposing Donald Trump , Democrats did not fare so well further down the ballot .
Despite pouring nearly a billion dollars into ten Senate races and hundreds of House races , the Democrats failed to win a Senate majority for the fifth election cycle in a row and managed to lose at least nine more Congressional seats , giving them their thinnest House majority since World War II .
The presidential race hadn ’ t even been officially called for Joe Biden before centrist Democrats began melting down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As usual , blame was immediately placed on the progressive wing of the party .
In a post-Election night phone call , Majority Whip Rep. Clyburn ( D-SC ) — who just so happens to have accepted more money from pharmaceutical companies than any other politician , over a million dollars ’ worth — was quick to warn that if “ we are going to run on Medicare for All , defund the police , socialized medicine , we ’ re not going to win.
” That refrain has been repeated ad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dominated by corporate media shills and the verminous NeverTrumpers who have wormed their way into Democratic political circles despite there being little evidence that any of that is the case and has become a source of great division within the already-fragile Democratic coalition .
The fact of the matter is that every single endorser of Medicare for All won re-election , including in swing districts , while all but one of the 93 sponsors of the Green New Deal will be returning to Congress .
In fact , early looks at the data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat was , the more likely they were to lose their race to an actual conservative Republican .
While Democrats fared poorly in Florida across the board , a progressive ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour outperformed Biden and won with an extremely decisive margin of 61 % of the vote .
FOX News exit polls showed for the second presidential election cycle in a row that progressive policies like government-run healthcare were very popular with voters on a national level .
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s 26th District , took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to debunk the myth that the progressive wing of the party , its activist supporters , and the specter of “ socialism ” are somehow responsible for Democratic losses across the board in 2020 .
For the record , Mucarsel-Powell did not run on Medicare for All .
While there is no easy answer to just what happened during the 2020 election , it ’ s important to remember that it was conducted in the middle of a pandemic against a Republican president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personality whose outrageous abuse of the truth is amplified by an enormously powerful conservative propaganda machine and actively enabled by multibillion-dollar social media companies .
This was not a “ normal ” election by any stretch of the imagination .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede !
That being said , while Republican fearmongering about “ defunding the police ” and their lurid fantasies about how Democrats were going to usher in a socialist dystopia certainly didn ’ t help , the “ we support law and order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shtick is one that the Republicans have used every single election for the past 30 years and at some point we have to stop accepting it as an excuse and start demanding some accountability .
As Michael Podhorzer , a senior aide at the nation ’ s largest union , remarked in the New York Times , not a single Democrat actually ran on “ defunding the police ” and it is ludicrous to put the blame on black activists .
In fact , there is substantial evidence that Black Lives Matter activists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden with their determined efforts to register voters at rallies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police .
In addition , canvassing get-out-the-vote movements of progressive “ Squad ” Democrats like Rep. Rashida Tlaib ( D-MI ) and Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D-MN ) played a huge role in propelling Biden to victory in their must-win states while as late as September 2020 , the Biden campaign answered “ What do you mean by ‘ on the ground ’ ?
” in response to press queries about their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainly more productive for Democrats than the NeverTrump conservative scumbags at the Lincoln Project , who preyed on the legitimate fear and outrage of liberal voters to funnel tens of millions of dollars of grandma ’ s small-donor-dollars into their private companies while failing to win over any Republicans — in fact , quite the opposite : Trump won a bigger percentage of Republicans than he did in 2016 .
That “ socialism BAD ” messaging doesn ’ t begin to explain how Donald Trump increased his vote share by 10 million or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black communities , and it ’ s fairly clear that if it weren ’ t for the COVID-19 pandemic , Trump would have won the election quite easily — which is deeply alarming in and of itself .
The Democratic Party establishment is clearly in need of a new approach and new messaging in order to drown out and cut through the ceaseless lies and the fearmongering of the right-wing , and giving in to this impulse to turn on the base is the worst possible decision we could make .
All this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highlight the Democratic establishment ’ s failure to competently parry a line of attack they fully knew was coming .

While Democratic nominee Joe Biden did succeed in winning the presidency and deposing Donald Trump, Democrats did not fare so well further down the ballot. Despite pouring nearly a billion dollars into ten Senate races and hundreds of House races, the Democrats failed to win a Senate majority for the fifth election cycle in a row and managed to lose at least nine more Congressional seats, giving them their thinnest House majority since World War II.
The presidential race hadn’t even been officially called for Joe Biden before centrist Democrats began melting down and began pointing fingers over the disaster. As usual, blame was immediately placed on the progressive wing of the party. In a post-Election night phone call, Majority Whip Rep. Clyburn (D-SC) — who just so happens to have accepted more money from pharmaceutical companies than any other politician, over a million dollars’ worth — was quick to warn that if “we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we’re not going to win.”
That refrain has been repeated ad nauseum across a political media landscape overwhelmingly dominated by corporate media shills and the verminous NeverTrumpers who have wormed their way into Democratic political circles despite there being little evidence that any of that is the case and has become a source of great division within the already-fragile Democratic coalition.
The fact of the matter is that every single endorser of Medicare for All won re-election, including in swing districts, while all but one of the 93 sponsors of the Green New Deal will be returning to Congress.
Every single incumbent in a swing district that co-sponsored Medicare for All won re-election! Now, we must guarantee health care to everyone across this country. pic.twitter.com/cO329OBF43 — Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) November 10, 2020
In fact, early looks at the data show that the more ideologically conservative a Democrat was, the more likely they were to lose their race to an actual conservative Republican.
Here's the Dem vote margin for the 24 vulnerable Democratic House candidates compared to their GovTrack ideology score. There's of course a million caveats here, but, in the aggregate: the more conservative their record in Congress, the worse they fared at the polls. pic.twitter.com/fotgb3mfya — Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) November 6, 2020
While Democrats fared poorly in Florida across the board, a progressive ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour outperformed Biden and won with an extremely decisive margin of 61% of the vote. FOX News exit polls showed for the second presidential election cycle in a row that progressive policies like government-run healthcare were very popular with voters on a national level.
lol these fox news voter polls pic.twitter.com/NoiNjPiqOH — John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) November 3, 2020
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who lost her swing seat in Florida’s 26th District, took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to debunk the myth that the progressive wing of the party, its activist supporters, and the specter of “socialism” are somehow responsible for Democratic losses across the board in 2020. For the record, Mucarsel-Powell did not run on Medicare for All.
My district voted for Clinton +16% and Trump +6% — that's a DRAMATIC 22 pt swing at the top of the ticket not easily explained by this false narrative of progressives versus moderates. I won by 2% in 2018 and lost by 3% in 2020. (2/8) — Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@DebbieforFL) November 18, 2020
I was a leader in advocating for Venezuelan freedom — and as an immigrant, my story is the Miami story. But it wasn't enough. Because South FL is extremely diverse. We are unique. And when others try to treat Latinos as a monolithic group, they miss the nuances. (4/8) — Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@DebbieforFL) November 18, 2020
There were many factors: a targeted disinformation campaign to Latinos; an electorate desperate to re-open, wracked with fear over the economic consequences; a national party that thinks racial identity is how we vote. It's not just about socialism. (6/8) — Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@DebbieforFL) November 18, 2020
While there is no easy answer to just what happened during the 2020 election, it’s important to remember that it was conducted in the middle of a pandemic against a Republican president who presides over his own cult of personality whose outrageous abuse of the truth is amplified by an enormously powerful conservative propaganda machine and actively enabled by multibillion-dollar social media companies. This was not a “normal” election by any stretch of the imagination.
Add your name to tell Trump: You Lost! Concede!
That being said, while Republican fearmongering about “defunding the police” and their lurid fantasies about how Democrats were going to usher in a socialist dystopia certainly didn’t help, the “we support law and order” and “Democrats are Socialists” shtick is one that the Republicans have used every single election for the past 30 years and at some point we have to stop accepting it as an excuse and start demanding some accountability.
As Michael Podhorzer, a senior aide at the nation’s largest union, remarked in the New York Times, not a single Democrat actually ran on “defunding the police” and it is ludicrous to put the blame on black activists.
“They are asking us to believe that after four years of colossal disasters, with more than 200,000 dead from mismanaged Covid, with millions waiting without hope for needed relief to continuing mass unemployment, with more than $14 billion in spending, with massive disruptions to established norms and a President who made this a referendum on four more years of the same, what made the difference was this or that position advocated in the debate that neither Biden nor House Democrats endorsed.”
In fact, there is substantial evidence that Black Lives Matter activists may have helped swing the election for Biden with their determined efforts to register voters at rallies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In addition, canvassing get-out-the-vote movements of progressive “Squad” Democrats like Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) played a huge role in propelling Biden to victory in their must-win states while as late as September 2020, the Biden campaign answered “What do you mean by ‘on the ground’?” in response to press queries about their ground game in Michigan.
They were certainly more productive for Democrats than the NeverTrump conservative scumbags at the Lincoln Project, who preyed on the legitimate fear and outrage of liberal voters to funnel tens of millions of dollars of grandma’s small-donor-dollars into their private companies while failing to win over any Republicans — in fact, quite the opposite: Trump won a bigger percentage of Republicans than he did in 2016.
That “socialism BAD” messaging doesn’t begin to explain how Donald Trump increased his vote share by 10 million or the gains he made in Hispanic and Black communities, and it’s fairly clear that if it weren’t for the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump would have won the election quite easily — which is deeply alarming in and of itself.
The Democratic Party establishment is clearly in need of a new approach and new messaging in order to drown out and cut through the ceaseless lies and the fearmongering of the right-wing, and giving in to this impulse to turn on the base is the worst possible decision we could make. All this petulant “blame-the-left” narrative does is highlight the Democratic establishment’s failure to competently parry a line of attack they fully knew was coming.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-18--GOP Senate candidate’s press secretary busted insulting Georgia “rednecks” in unearthed tweet

As Donald Trump continues his vociferous loser ’ s tantrum with no concession imminent , most people are assuming that — whether he has to be dragged kicking and screaming from the White House or sullenly sulks out the back door in disgrace — Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States .
The real political action has shifted from the desperate GOP lawsuits challenging the legitimacy of the ballot counts to the Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will take place in January .
The winners in Georgia runoffs will determine whether President-elect Biden will have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that can help him begin to reverse the damage that his predecessor instigated and to pass the long-stalled pandemic relief bill that has been prevented from even being brought up for debate by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell .
One of the two incumbent Republican senators from the state trying to retain their seats after failing to reach a 50 % majority in the recent election is Senator Kelly Loeffler ( R-GA ) who is running against Reverend Raphael Warnock , the senior pastor of Atlanta ’ s renowned Ebenezer Baptist Church .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ runoff because , as a wealthy WNBA franchise owner appointed to her seat by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp after former Senator Johnny Isakson resigned for health reasons , she has never actually run in or won an election previously .
She also gained considerable notoriety when it was discovered that she divested herself of millions of dollars worth of stock in companies that were vulnerable to business downturns during the COVID-19 pandemic after receiving a private briefing of the Senate Committee on Health , Education , Labor & Pensions on the spread of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the enormous risk that the virus posed was divulged to the public .
With Loeffler ’ s personal ethics as deplorable as this insider trading episode demonstrates , it comes as no surprise that the people she hires for her staff are equally condemnable .
Loeffler ’ s press secretary Caitlin O ’ Dea has recently come under scrutiny on social media after a number of her old tweets resurfaced that exhibited a frightening level of condescension towards Georgia and the subsection of its inhabitants that typically vote Republican , generally a poor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ struggling to win their votes in a state where Biden eked out a win against Trump in a surprising flip of a state that has been won by Republicans in most recent elections .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede !
Loeffler seemingly likes to hire people who could be her doppelganger , both physically as well as in their political attitudes , since O ’ Dea ’ s blond hair and thin lips could make her a body double for her boss .
Apparently , O ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ snobbish scorn towards its less sophisticated citizens and extends to her tweeted beliefs that have raised accusations of racism , homophobia , and Islamophobia…at least before she locked her Twitter account and deleted a selection of her old posts .
Luckily , a researcher who posts as Resist Programming on the social media platform managed to preserve examples of the Loeffler press secretary ’ s tweets that demonstrate how perfectly her attitudes fit in with the Republican Party of the Trump era .
Here ’ s a selection from the lengthy thread that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Loeffler ’ s senatorial campaign back in August for your edification .
Not even O ’ Dea ’ s mother is spared from her omnivorous hatred nor are her fellow blonds or people who may be carrying a few extra pounds .
It ’ s said that a politician can only be as good as the staff that they hire to support them .
With Caitlin O ’ Dea running her communications strategy , Senator Loeffler gives Georgia just one more reason to reject her candidacy and elect Rev .
Raphael Warnock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Then both Loeffler and O ’ Dea can retreat back into their homes where they won ’ t have to interact with rednecks , gays , Muslims , or anyone else who doesn ’ t look , act , and think like themselves .
In the meantime , progressives need to do everything that they can to help Reverend Warnock and the other Georgia senatorial candidate Jon Ossoff win their runoff elections in January , either by voting , if you live in Georgia , or by volunteering for and/or contributing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of state resident .
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As Donald Trump continues his vociferous loser’s tantrum with no concession imminent, most people are assuming that — whether he has to be dragged kicking and screaming from the White House or sullenly sulks out the back door in disgrace — Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States.
The real political action has shifted from the desperate GOP lawsuits challenging the legitimacy of the ballot counts to the Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will take place in January.
The winners in Georgia runoffs will determine whether President-elect Biden will have a Democratic majority in that legislative chamber that can help him begin to reverse the damage that his predecessor instigated and to pass the long-stalled pandemic relief bill that has been prevented from even being brought up for debate by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
One of the two incumbent Republican senators from the state trying to retain their seats after failing to reach a 50% majority in the recent election is Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) who is running against Reverend Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Atlanta’s renowned Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Loeffler is considered particularly vulnerable in the runoff because, as a wealthy WNBA franchise owner appointed to her seat by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp after former Senator Johnny Isakson resigned for health reasons, she has never actually run in or won an election previously.
She also gained considerable notoriety when it was discovered that she divested herself of millions of dollars worth of stock in companies that were vulnerable to business downturns during the COVID-19 pandemic after receiving a private briefing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions on the spread of the disease, before the news of the enormous risk that the virus posed was divulged to the public.
With Loeffler’s personal ethics as deplorable as this insider trading episode demonstrates, it comes as no surprise that the people she hires for her staff are equally condemnable.
Loeffler’s press secretary Caitlin O’Dea has recently come under scrutiny on social media after a number of her old tweets resurfaced that exhibited a frightening level of condescension towards Georgia and the subsection of its inhabitants that typically vote Republican, generally a poor mindset to exhibit when your boss is struggling to win their votes in a state where Biden eked out a win against Trump in a surprising flip of a state that has been won by Republicans in most recent elections.
Meet @CaitElizabeth5. She is Kelly Loeffler’s press secretary. Like her boss she mocks and hates Georgia. Thanks to excellent research by @RzstProgramming finding this for us. Makes sure everyone in Georgia sees this!! pic.twitter.com/nb903BnHb4 — Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) November 18, 2020
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Loeffler seemingly likes to hire people who could be her doppelganger, both physically as well as in their political attitudes, since O’Dea’s blond hair and thin lips could make her a body double for her boss.
Apparently, O’Dea’s animosity goes beyond a snobbish scorn towards its less sophisticated citizens and extends to her tweeted beliefs that have raised accusations of racism, homophobia, and Islamophobia…at least before she locked her Twitter account and deleted a selection of her old posts.
Luckily, a researcher who posts as Resist Programming on the social media platform managed to preserve examples of the Loeffler press secretary’s tweets that demonstrate how perfectly her attitudes fit in with the Republican Party of the Trump era.
Here’s a selection from the lengthy thread that Resist Programming posted back at the start of Loeffler’s senatorial campaign back in August for your edification.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300467530776088577?s=20
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300479073446178818?s=20
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300484512745435137?s=20
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300501589657030657?s=20
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300506216083402752?s=20
Not even O’Dea’s mother is spared from her omnivorous hatred nor are her fellow blonds or people who may be carrying a few extra pounds.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300512956539711488?s=20
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300544258181599233?s=20
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1300594615800737792?s=20
It’s said that a politician can only be as good as the staff that they hire to support them.
With Caitlin O’Dea running her communications strategy, Senator Loeffler gives Georgia just one more reason to reject her candidacy and elect Rev. Raphael Warnock to take her place in the senate.
Then both Loeffler and O’Dea can retreat back into their homes where they won’t have to interact with rednecks, gays, Muslims, or anyone else who doesn’t look, act, and think like themselves.
In the meantime, progressives need to do everything that they can to help Reverend Warnock and the other Georgia senatorial candidate Jon Ossoff win their runoff elections in January, either by voting, if you live in Georgia, or by volunteering for and/or contributing to their campaigns if you are an out of state resident.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-18--Watchdogs formally demand Senate investigate Lindsey Graham over election meddling allegations

Senator Lindsey Graham is spending the final days of the Trump era doing exactly what he ’ s done for the past four years : shamelessly performing the dirty work of our corrupt , disastrous president and undermining American democracy in the process .
Once an outspoken critic of Donald Trump , Graham has contorted himself into one of the president ’ s most obsequious lapdogs , a pathetic minion of a man who happily degrades himself to spread the harmful lies pumped out by the White House .
With the victory of President-elect Joe Biden , Graham could have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ return to some form of sane rhetoric .
Instead , it appears that he is actively working behind the scenes to subvert the will of the American people .
An allegation that he tried to convince Georgia ’ s Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to discard legal ballots—proffered by Raffensberger himself—is now spurring calls for Graham ’ s resignation .
It should come as no surprise that Graham , as dishonorable a public servant as one is likely to find in modern American history , has no intention of resigning , protected as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GOP ’ s control of the chamber .
But while Mitch McConnell might be able to protect Graham from immediate consequences he can do nothing to stop the growing media firestorm .
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An official request has been sent to the Senate Ethics Committee for it to open an investigation into Graham ’ s election behavior to ascertain whether nor not Graham tried to convince Raffensperger to “ disenfranchise Georgia voters by not counting votes lawfully cast for the office of president.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shaub , the former chief of the United States Office of Government Ethics , Richard Painter , chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush ’ s White House , and Claire Finkelstein , Director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennslyvania .
As the three legal experts point out in their letter if true the allegation against Graham “ constitutes an abuse of office and conduct unbecoming of a senator.
” While it ’ s unclear how the committee will respond to the request @ @ @ @ @ @ @ block in the campaign to hold Graham accountable for his assault on our Republic ’ s sacred right to vote .
The people of South Carolina may have elected this odious creature to represent them for another six years this cycle but a concerted effort to expose him for the crook he is could prove crucial in ensuring that they don ’ t make that mistake again .
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Senator Lindsey Graham is spending the final days of the Trump era doing exactly what he’s done for the past four years: shamelessly performing the dirty work of our corrupt, disastrous president and undermining American democracy in the process. Once an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, Graham has contorted himself into one of the president’s most obsequious lapdogs, a pathetic minion of a man who happily degrades himself to spread the harmful lies pumped out by the White House.
With the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, Graham could have chosen to distance himself from Trump and return to some form of sane rhetoric. Instead, it appears that he is actively working behind the scenes to subvert the will of the American people. An allegation that he tried to convince Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to discard legal ballots—proffered by Raffensberger himself—is now spurring calls for Graham’s resignation.
It should come as no surprise that Graham, as dishonorable a public servant as one is likely to find in modern American history, has no intention of resigning, protected as he is from Senate expulsion by the GOP’s control of the chamber. But while Mitch McConnell might be able to protect Graham from immediate consequences he can do nothing to stop the growing media firestorm.
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An official request has been sent to the Senate Ethics Committee for it to open an investigation into Graham’s election behavior to ascertain whether nor not Graham tried to convince Raffensperger to “disenfranchise Georgia voters by not counting votes lawfully cast for the office of president.” The request was tendered by Walter Shaub, the former chief of the United States Office of Government Ethics, Richard Painter, chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush’s White House, and Claire Finkelstein, Director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennslyvania.
As the three legal experts point out in their letter if true the allegation against Graham “constitutes an abuse of office and conduct unbecoming of a senator.” While it’s unclear how the committee will respond to the request, it represents one more important building block in the campaign to hold Graham accountable for his assault on our Republic’s sacred right to vote.
The people of South Carolina may have elected this odious creature to represent them for another six years this cycle but a concerted effort to expose him for the crook he is could prove crucial in ensuring that they don’t make that mistake again. This man is an enemy of democracy and must be treated as such by the media.
NEW: A formal request has been sent to the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Sen. Graham over whether he suggested that Georgia's Secretary of State "disenfranchise Georgia voters by not counting votes lawfully cast for the office of president."https://t.co/BSW4U30BX6 — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) November 18, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-18--Marco Rubio attacks Rev. Warnock for his religious beliefs in outrageous show of hypocrisy

For someone who regularly posts random bible verses on Twitter in a bizarre and hypocritical form of virtue signaling , Senator Marco Rubio ( R-FL ) seems fairly disconnected from the actual tenets of the Christianity he espouses publicly to burnish his evangelical bona fides .
The man who ranted on about the supposed attacks on Catholicism when Amy Coney Barrett ’ s ties to an extremist charismatic religious cult were being assailed during her confirmation hearings is now attacking the faith of another man who wishes to join him in the Senate , Georgia Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a speech that Warnock , the senior pastor of Atlanta ’ s renowned Ebenezer Baptist Church , gave that emphasized a fairly central assertion in the dogma of most Christian faiths : that the primacy of God ’ s law outweighs the man-made demands of secular society .
Rubio twisted the meaning of Warnock ’ s message in a transparent attempt to sway voters in the January senatorial runoff election in Georgia that will decide how the balance of power in the U.S. Senate plays out .
It is an interestingly hypocritical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly from someone who regularly makes his piety public in his selective Bible-quoting tweets and who posted this tweet decrying the critique of politicians who display their dedication to their faith .
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Unsurprisingly , Senator Rubio ’ s readers on social media were quick to notify him of the depths of his slimy , self-serving hypocrisy .
Senator Rubio knows that the audience that his tweet is aimed at likely won ’ t care about the inherent intellectual dishonesty of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Democratic candidate for the Senate .
Those who are outraged by such underhanded and insincere political tactics can best send Senator Rubio a message by doing everything that they can to help Reverend Warnock and the other Georgia senatorial candidate Jon Ossoff win their runoff elections in January , either by voting , if you live in Georgia , or by volunteering for and/or contributing to their campaigns if you are an out of state resident .
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For someone who regularly posts random bible verses on Twitter in a bizarre and hypocritical form of virtue signaling, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) seems fairly disconnected from the actual tenets of the Christianity he espouses publicly to burnish his evangelical bona fides.
The man who ranted on about the supposed attacks on Catholicism when Amy Coney Barrett’s ties to an extremist charismatic religious cult were being assailed during her confirmation hearings is now attacking the faith of another man who wishes to join him in the Senate, Georgia Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock.
This morning, Rubio tweeted an excerpt of a speech that Warnock, the senior pastor of Atlanta’s renowned Ebenezer Baptist Church, gave that emphasized a fairly central assertion in the dogma of most Christian faiths: that the primacy of God’s law outweighs the man-made demands of secular society.
Not shocked #Georgia Democrat Senate candidate Raphael Warnock said “You cannot serve God and the military” at the same time. These & even crazier things is what the radicals who control the Democratic party’s activist & small dollar donor base believepic.twitter.com/bQyBuKLwjb — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 18, 2020
Rubio twisted the meaning of Warnock’s message in a transparent attempt to sway voters in the January senatorial runoff election in Georgia that will decide how the balance of power in the U.S. Senate plays out.
It is an interestingly hypocritical interpretation of Warnock’s words, particularly from someone who regularly makes his piety public in his selective Bible-quoting tweets and who posted this tweet decrying the critique of politicians who display their dedication to their faith.
Today the assault may be on Catholicism. But tomorrow, no religion will be safe from the same attacks And then the message will be clear,if you want to serve in public office,especially on the highest court in the land,only those willing to hide or deny their faith need apply. pic.twitter.com/zj4a9mmMCq — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 26, 2020
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Unsurprisingly, Senator Rubio’s readers on social media were quick to notify him of the depths of his slimy, self-serving hypocrisy.
The military is not and should not be put on the same religious pedastal as God. That's Rev. Warnock's point. — Pé (@4everNeverTrump) November 18, 2020
Marco conveniently forgot this verse: Matthew 6:24. "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” — Carpe Diem (@__CarpeDiem__3) November 18, 2020
Someone should tell @marcorubio that you cant serve either if you die from a pre existing condition not covered by a healthcare plan. — Raul Jenkins (@MrRaulJenkins) November 18, 2020
Hey I just googled it and it appears to be from Matthew 6: 24. If you want to attack the Reverend on his policy views, fine, but this is a low blow. — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) November 18, 2020
TFW your daily tweets are from your "Scripture of the Day" calendar — Ben. No More, No Less. (@BJS_quire) November 18, 2020
Marco Rubio, who quotes Bible verses on Twitter all the time, is now criticizing Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock for quoting the Bible. That’s particularly rich, considering Warnock is an actual Reverend. — Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) November 18, 2020
When you use faith as a political tool, it causes one to question the sincerity of your beliefs. You follow a president who holds up bibles in front of churches but doesn’t attend them. Now you are using the words of a minister as another political prop to be exploited? — Ron F. (@RonGOPVet4Biden) November 18, 2020
Senator Rubio knows that the audience that his tweet is aimed at likely won’t care about the inherent intellectual dishonesty of his critique of a Black pastor running as a Democratic candidate for the Senate.
Those who are outraged by such underhanded and insincere political tactics can best send Senator Rubio a message by doing everything that they can to help Reverend Warnock and the other Georgia senatorial candidate Jon Ossoff win their runoff elections in January, either by voting, if you live in Georgia, or by volunteering for and/or contributing to their campaigns if you are an out of state resident.
There is no better cure for hypocrisy than demonstrating that it will have a negative effect on the electoral prospects of those who employ it and the candidates that they support.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-18--McEnany endangers public health with  rant against “Orwellian” Thanksgiving restrictions

President-elect Joe Biden has won the election with 306 electoral votes and yet the Trump team is still insisting that their failed leader will be getting a second term .
It ’ s now reached the point where it ’ s more pathetic than frightening .
Their legal attempts to throw out ballots or tilt states towards Trump have been largely laughed out of court and they ’ ve been unable to provide a shred of evidence for their claims of widespread voter fraud .
Today , Trump ’ s right-hand liar and White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany appeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the administration ’ s lukewarm propaganda .
After she made the absurd claim that there likely be a second Trump administration , host Steve Doocy brought up the issue of COVID-19 once again spiking heading into Thanksgiving and the fact that several state governors have warned against large gatherings while urging safety precautions to avoid superspreader events .
“ Yeah I think a lot of the guidelines you ’ re seeing are Orwellian , ” said McEnany , somehow trying to draw a connection between reasonable efforts to curb the virus spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 1984 .
The irony is that in seeking to redefine the word “ Orwellian ” to suit her party ’ s immediate political needs she is in fact engaging in the exact kind of language manipulation that forms a major theme in the celebrated novel .
“ Let me start by saying the CDC has put out considerations as we prepare to go about Thanksgiving , about socially distancing , wearing masks , doing what you can and there ’ s a whole list of pages of very good considerations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ re not recommending a certain number of people but were are giving considerations that you should put in place , ' ” said McEnany , undercutting the health suggestions of several states with the same kind of reckless abandon that has characterized this administration ’ s coronavirus response since day one .
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“ And I think that ’ s the American way , the American people know how to protect their health , ” she said , even though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly contradict her claim .
If Americans knew how to protect their health without guidance we wouldn ’ t be in this dire situation right now .
“ We ’ ve dealt with COVID for many months but it ’ s Orwellian in a place like Oregon to say : ‘ If you gather in numbers more than six we might come to your house and arrest you and you get thirty days of jail time , ” said McEnany .
“ That ’ s not the American way .
We don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We make responsible health decisions as individuals.
” McEnany ’ s dangerous rhetoric isn ’ t surprising at this point , but that doesn ’ t mean it ’ s any less detestable .
The White House has perverted the coronavirus into a political issue and now they have to keep hammering home these anti-scientific lines in order to placate Trump ’ s paranoid base , many of whom still believe the pandemic is a hoax .
By signaling to Americans that it ’ s okay to ignore state guidelines , McEnany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way that will lead to more deaths .
States aren ’ t instituting new lockdowns and guidelines just to flex their power , they ’ re doing it because coronavirus is once again spiraling out of control and if drastic steps aren ’ t taken immediately hospitals could soon be overrun and the entire healthcare infrastructure strained to the breaking point .
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President-elect Joe Biden has won the election with 306 electoral votes and yet the Trump team is still insisting that their failed leader will be getting a second term. It’s now reached the point where it’s more pathetic than frightening. Their legal attempts to throw out ballots or tilt states towards Trump have been largely laughed out of court and they’ve been unable to provide a shred of evidence for their claims of widespread voter fraud.
Today, Trump’s right-hand liar and White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany appeared on Fox News to peddle some more of the administration’s lukewarm propaganda. After she made the absurd claim that there likely be a second Trump administration, host Steve Doocy brought up the issue of COVID-19 once again spiking heading into Thanksgiving and the fact that several state governors have warned against large gatherings while urging safety precautions to avoid superspreader events.
“Yeah I think a lot of the guidelines you’re seeing are Orwellian,” said McEnany, somehow trying to draw a connection between reasonable efforts to curb the virus spread and the totalitarian state of George Orwell’s 1984. The irony is that in seeking to redefine the word “Orwellian” to suit her party’s immediate political needs she is in fact engaging in the exact kind of language manipulation that forms a major theme in the celebrated novel.
“Let me start by saying the CDC has put out considerations as we prepare to go about Thanksgiving, about socially distancing, wearing masks, doing what you can and there’s a whole list of pages of very good considerations. And in that they say: ‘We’re not recommending a certain number of people but were are giving considerations that you should put in place,'” said McEnany, undercutting the health suggestions of several states with the same kind of reckless abandon that has characterized this administration’s coronavirus response since day one.
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“And I think that’s the American way, the American people know how to protect their health,” she said, even though the 240,000+ American deaths would seem to directly contradict her claim. If Americans knew how to protect their health without guidance we wouldn’t be in this dire situation right now.
“We’ve dealt with COVID for many months but it’s Orwellian in a place like Oregon to say: ‘If you gather in numbers more than six we might come to your house and arrest you and you get thirty days of jail time,” said McEnany. “That’s not the American way. We don’t lose our freedom in this country. We make responsible health decisions as individuals.”
McEnany’s dangerous rhetoric isn’t surprising at this point, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less detestable. The White House has perverted the coronavirus into a political issue and now they have to keep hammering home these anti-scientific lines in order to placate Trump’s paranoid base, many of whom still believe the pandemic is a hoax.
By signaling to Americans that it’s okay to ignore state guidelines, McEnany is urging people to behave in a way that will lead to more deaths. States aren’t instituting new lockdowns and guidelines just to flex their power, they’re doing it because coronavirus is once again spiraling out of control and if drastic steps aren’t taken immediately hospitals could soon be overrun and the entire healthcare infrastructure strained to the breaking point.
McEnany dismisses public health guidelines to slow the spread of coronavirus as "Orwellian" pic.twitter.com/S70IbQIce6 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 18, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-18--Trump embarks on frantic diatribe trying to excuse his 2020 election loss while refusing to work

Soon-to-be-ex-president Donald Trump continued his endless campaign to sow doubt on the results of the 2020 election and lazily build the case for having his “ victory ” stolen from him by the communist antifa liberal officials of the Georgia Republican Party on Wednesday morning .
Growing more and more frantic with every subsequent tweet , Trump incoherently leaped from right-wing conspiracy theory to unfounded allegation , often giving no context or explanation for what he ’ s talking about ( “ 71 % MESS !
” ) .
Every one of his tweets was marked by Twitter with their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election fraud was “ disputed , ” but it is unlikely that his legions of heartbroken fans will interpret that cursory gesture towards reality as anything but more evidence of a greater conspiracy against him .
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But screaming into the void is all the president has left , and is all the president wants to do these days , having entirely given up any pretense at actually governing since the election .
For the 11th day in a row , his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hasn ’ t even had a single intelligence briefing since October 1st .
His childish behavior over the past week and a half calls the existence of the lame duck period at all into question : why on earth do we allow the losing president to stick around for two months with the knowledge that they ’ ll never be held accountable at the polls for the decisions they make during that period ?
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the nation unchecked , we can not afford to wait two months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal government .
Over two hundred thousand deaths can already be placed on the shoulders of Donald J. Trump ’ s neglience , and God only knows how many more we will lose thanks to his refusal to take any responsibility for the country over the next two months .
Like the Electoral College that gave him the presidency in the first place and the undemocratic Senate that entrenches Republican obstructionism , the lame duck period is yet another aspect of American political state that needs to be abolished in the wake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American history .

Soon-to-be-ex-president Donald Trump continued his endless campaign to sow doubt on the results of the 2020 election and lazily build the case for having his “victory” stolen from him by the communist antifa liberal officials of the Georgia Republican Party on Wednesday morning.
Growing more and more frantic with every subsequent tweet, Trump incoherently leaped from right-wing conspiracy theory to unfounded allegation, often giving no context or explanation for what he’s talking about (“71% MESS!”). Every one of his tweets was marked by Twitter with their disclaimer pointing out that the claim of election fraud was “disputed,” but it is unlikely that his legions of heartbroken fans will interpret that cursory gesture towards reality as anything but more evidence of a greater conspiracy against him.
THEY WOULD’NT LET REPUBLICAN POLL WATCHERS INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS. UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
The Georgia recount is a joke and is being done UNDER PROTEST. Even though thousands of fraudulent votes have been found, the real number is in matching signatures. Governor must open up the unconstitutional Consent Decree and call in the Legislature! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
They didn’t even allow Republican Observers into the building to watch. A terrible insult to our Constitution! https://t.co/Q8RgaTs6ev — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
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This was a rigged election. No Republican Poll Watchers allowed, voting machine “glitches” all over the place (meaning they got caught cheating!), voting after election ended, and so much more! https://t.co/YDh7A7wxLW — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
Wrong! At first they voted against because there were far more VOTES than PEOPLE (Sad!). Then they were threatened, screamed at and viciously harassed, and were FORCED to change their vote, but then REFUSED, as American patriots, to sign the documents. 71% MESS. Don’t Harass! https://t.co/n5frpesHfD — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
…AND I WON THE ELECTION. VOTER FRAUD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! https://t.co/9coP3R44UQ — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
But screaming into the void is all the president has left, and is all the president wants to do these days, having entirely given up any pretense at actually governing since the election. For the 11th day in a row, his public schedule is empty. His schedule hasn’t even had a single intelligence briefing since October 1st.
Here’s Trump’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) pic.twitter.com/29WmlXq7LS — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 18, 2020
His childish behavior over the past week and a half calls the existence of the lame duck period at all into question: why on earth do we allow the losing president to stick around for two months with the knowledge that they’ll never be held accountable at the polls for the decisions they make during that period?
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the nation unchecked, we cannot afford to wait two months before any kind of decisive action from the federal government. Over two hundred thousand deaths can already be placed on the shoulders of Donald J. Trump’s neglience, and God only knows how many more we will lose thanks to his refusal to take any responsibility for the country over the next two months.
Like the Electoral College that gave him the presidency in the first place and the undemocratic Senate that entrenches Republican obstructionism, the lame duck period is yet another aspect of American political state that needs to be abolished in the wake of the second most disastrous presidency in American history.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-19--Trump offers truly sad excuse for his latest Michigan court defeat

At what point do Donald Trump ’ s delusions of a victory prevented only by massive election fraud — for which he and his attorneys have been unable to provide even an iota of hard evidence — become not just a sign of his malign intent to subvert democracy and his tenuous hold on basic reality but such a threat to our system of government that he must be stopped by either the invocation of the 25th amendment or the most rapid impeachment hearings in American history ?
Many people would suggest that we already reached that point days ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his social media posts , as this latest gem demonstrates .
Unless Trump is referring to some deal he has in the works with the Michigan Republican state legislators whom he is flying to Washington DC at his request in an attempt to prevent the state ’ s legitimately determined Biden victory from being certified , his claims that his campaign ’ s lawsuit was dropped because he won the election ring of panicked desperation and mental instability .
The notice of voluntary dismissal filed by the Trump campaign in their lawsuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Western District of Michigan Southern Division shows that the reason given for dropping the suit was that it was no longer necessary since the “ Wayne County board of county canvassers met and declined to certify the results of the presidential election.
” Unfortunately , that filing seems to have been drafted in the brief period between the initial refusal by the Republican members of the board to certify the ballots and the second unanimous vote approving the results of the vote count after the obvious racist motives for disenfranchising Detroit ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publicized and forced the GOP loyalists to have second thoughts about subverting democracy .
The incompetence of Trump ’ s legal team can only be compared with the soon-to-be ex-president ’ s own inability to manage a response to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Trump ’ s attorneys likely only care about billable hours and continued access to the highest levels of power , otherwise , they would have never taken on these cases that have been filed on such flimsy or non-existent evidence .
Indeed , a number of law firms initially representing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their reputations going forward and seeing no chance of victory , have resigned their roles in these baseless election fraud cases .
Trump ’ s specious excuse for the withdrawal of a lawsuit contesting election results that had already been rendered a fait accompli by last night ’ s final certification is as pathetic as it is laughable .
The narcissist whose own ego prevents him from admitting defeat is only adding to his public humiliation by refusing to accept his vanquished fate in a graceful and dignified manner .
Then again , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Donald Trump ’ s behavioral repertoire and likely never will be .
It just goes to show you that if you live by the sword of bullying and derision , your eventual fate will be equally ugly .
And no one is more deserving of public humiliation after the last four years of chaos and malevolence than Donald J. Trump .
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At what point do Donald Trump’s delusions of a victory prevented only by massive election fraud — for which he and his attorneys have been unable to provide even an iota of hard evidence — become not just a sign of his malign intent to subvert democracy and his tenuous hold on basic reality but such a threat to our system of government that he must be stopped by either the invocation of the 25th amendment or the most rapid impeachment hearings in American history?
Many people would suggest that we already reached that point days ago and Trump himself has reinforced that opinion in his social media posts, as this latest gem demonstrates.
We withdrew because we won! https://t.co/aMoNQXEj4z — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2020
Unless Trump is referring to some deal he has in the works with the Michigan Republican state legislators whom he is flying to Washington DC at his request in an attempt to prevent the state’s legitimately determined Biden victory from being certified, his claims that his campaign’s lawsuit was dropped because he won the election ring of panicked desperation and mental instability.
The notice of voluntary dismissal filed by the Trump campaign in their lawsuit in the United States District Court in the Western District of Michigan Southern Division shows that the reason given for dropping the suit was that it was no longer necessary since the “Wayne County board of county canvassers met and declined to certify the results of the presidential election.”
Unfortunately, that filing seems to have been drafted in the brief period between the initial refusal by the Republican members of the board to certify the ballots and the second unanimous vote approving the results of the vote count after the obvious racist motives for disenfranchising Detroit’s heavily African American electorate were widely publicized and forced the GOP loyalists to have second thoughts about subverting democracy.
The incompetence of Trump’s legal team can only be compared with the soon-to-be ex-president’s own inability to manage a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump’s attorneys likely only care about billable hours and continued access to the highest levels of power, otherwise, they would have never taken on these cases that have been filed on such flimsy or non-existent evidence.
Indeed, a number of law firms initially representing the Trump campaign, likely concerned about their reputations going forward and seeing no chance of victory, have resigned their roles in these baseless election fraud cases.
Trump’s specious excuse for the withdrawal of a lawsuit contesting election results that had already been rendered a fait accompli by last night’s final certification is as pathetic as it is laughable.
The narcissist whose own ego prevents him from admitting defeat is only adding to his public humiliation by refusing to accept his vanquished fate in a graceful and dignified manner.
Then again, graceful and dignified were never a part of Donald Trump’s behavioral repertoire and likely never will be.
It just goes to show you that if you live by the sword of bullying and derision, your eventual fate will be equally ugly.
And no one is more deserving of public humiliation after the last four years of chaos and malevolence than Donald J. Trump.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-19--Eric Trump flayed with mockery for absurdly saying Giuliani will “take down these dirtbags”

Rudy Giuliani , former mayor of New York and current attack dog attorney for President Trump , has been unraveling before our eyes over the past few years .
Once a man who was deeply respected for his ( admittedly overexaggerated ) leadership role in the wake of the 9/11 attacks , he has in his twilight years transformed himself into a grotesque cartoon clown , a shameless lickspittle for the worst president in American history , a geriatric ogre known for his deranged , incoherent media appearances and frequent gaffes .
For some reason , Trump seems to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preternaturally incompetent Giuliani and has tasked him with the bogus lawsuits that the administration is bringing to court in the hopes of overturning the election and denying the White House to President-elect Joe Biden .
So far , they ’ ve had no luck because there is absolutely no evidence of the widespread voter fraud conspiracy that Trump is alleging .
Earlier today , Giuliani held a press conference to ramble on about his election conspiracy theories but it wasn ’ t his words that captivated viewers .
Instead , it was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and dripped down the sides of his face , seemingly unnoticed by him .
Many were quick to point out that it was likely recently-applied hair dye .
Whatever it was , it rendered the entire affair into a surreal farce and underlined how truly ridiculous these cruel , evil people really are .
Twitter users were tickled pink by Giuliani ’ s grotesque appearance and immediately unloaded a barrage of jokes at his expense .
It was into this digital battleground that the president ’ s son Eric Trump—perhaps obliviously—waded when he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking down the New York Mafia , claiming that he will “ take down these dirtbags , ” presumably a reference to the duly elected Biden and his Democratic supporters .
While it is true that Giuliani was instrumental in dismantling the mob during his time as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York , he is quite clearly a different man now .
He went from taking down criminals to working for the most famous crook in the world .
On top of that , his mental facilities have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduced to a rambling mess who makes bizarre references to Mickey Mouse in court while trying to steal an election .
A towering legal giant this man is not .
Check out some of the best responses to Eric ’ s clueless tweet below .

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York and current attack dog attorney for President Trump, has been unraveling before our eyes over the past few years. Once a man who was deeply respected for his (admittedly overexaggerated) leadership role in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, he has in his twilight years transformed himself into a grotesque cartoon clown, a shameless lickspittle for the worst president in American history, a geriatric ogre known for his deranged, incoherent media appearances and frequent gaffes.
For some reason, Trump seems to have limitless reservoirs of blind faith in the preternaturally incompetent Giuliani and has tasked him with the bogus lawsuits that the administration is bringing to court in the hopes of overturning the election and denying the White House to President-elect Joe Biden. So far, they’ve had no luck because there is absolutely no evidence of the widespread voter fraud conspiracy that Trump is alleging.
Earlier today, Giuliani held a press conference to ramble on about his election conspiracy theories but it wasn’t his words that captivated viewers. Instead, it was the black substance that oozed from his hair and dripped down the sides of his face, seemingly unnoticed by him. Many were quick to point out that it was likely recently-applied hair dye. Whatever it was, it rendered the entire affair into a surreal farce and underlined how truly ridiculous these cruel, evil people really are.
Twitter users were tickled pink by Giuliani’s grotesque appearance and immediately unloaded a barrage of jokes at his expense. It was into this digital battleground that the president’s son Eric Trump—perhaps obliviously—waded when he sent out a tweet praising Giuliani for taking down the New York Mafia, claiming that he will “take down these dirtbags,” presumably a reference to the duly elected Biden and his Democratic supporters.
While it is true that Giuliani was instrumental in dismantling the mob during his time as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he is quite clearly a different man now. He went from taking down criminals to working for the most famous crook in the world. On top of that, his mental facilities have deteriorated so drastically that he has been reduced to a rambling mess who makes bizarre references to Mickey Mouse in court while trying to steal an election. A towering legal giant this man is not.
Check out some of the best responses to Eric’s clueless tweet below.
And then he aligned with another different kind of New York mobster! Imagine that! — Randy Shulman (@RandyShulman) November 19, 2020
That's when he was respected. Now, all we do is disrespect him. pic.twitter.com/OGcVDbMoWq — ricky araujo (@ricky213g) November 19, 2020
Looks to me like the hair dye is taking My Cousin Rudy down! pic.twitter.com/2ST0VzbakW — Tapps Ready (@TappsReady) November 19, 2020
He'll take'm down like the black sweat running down his face?? — Douglas K. Williams III (@InstigatorRules) November 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/chocolatetarte/status/1329488727727624193?s=20
I'm so glad you have the best legal representation pic.twitter.com/kFSewia63Z — rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) November 19, 2020
Couldn’t conquer gray hair though, losing embarrassingly pic.twitter.com/CGB0J3NAQe — dk (@darryLk29) November 19, 2020
…and handed their business to the Russian mob, just like your father did on a national scale. — Vinnie Longobardo (@VLongobardo) November 19, 2020
Reminder: he almost took his pants down too. pic.twitter.com/Dr00WjeB0M — Kelly (@Kelbre_Griff) November 19, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-19--Lindsey Graham melts down after the Squad demands his resignation for election meddling

The late Arizona Senator John McCain would surely be turning over in his grave if he could see what his old pal Senator Lindsey Graham ( R-SC ) has become in the years since his death .
Graham has abandoned all pretense of being anything other than a full-blown enabler and apologist for Donald Trump , jeopardizing his own career in the process and leading many observers to wonder what the president could possibly be dangling over his head to inspire such unwarranted loyalty .
The apotheosis of Graham ’ s unwavering subservience to the Trump agenda came with reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Raffensperger , the Republican secretary of state of Georgia , and suggested that he find a way to discredit legally cast ballots in order to hand the states electoral votes to the incumbent president rather than the legitimate winner of the majority of votes , President-elect Joe Biden .
Luckily , Raffensperger was the rare member of the GOP with enough integrity to withstand the pressure from the president and his allies to illegally ignore the will of Georgia voters , and he not only rejected Graham ’ s overtures but made them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The reports of that scandalous interaction caused a plethora of calls for Graham ’ s resignation from the Senate seat to which he just recently won re-election , including vociferous calls from “ the Squad , ” as the group of progressive Democratic congresswoman consisting of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) , Rep. Pramila Jayapal ( D-WA ) , Rep. Rashida Tlaib ( D-MI ) , and Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D-MN ) are known .
A Fox News segment highlighting the calls from “ the Squad ” for Graham to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to thwart democracy inspired an epic hissy fit from the South Carolina Senator as he posted a defiant tweet declaring that he would not be leaving the Senate anytime soon and attacking the Democratic congresswomen as “ Socialists , ” a term more radioactive for his Republican followers than any fans of the progressive legislators .
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar saw Graham ’ s tweet and felt compelled to correct his mistaken assumption as to why she and her colleagues were calling for Graham to leave the congressional body in shame .
Touché , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s polarized media environment it ’ s unlikely that her riposte will reach anyone other than people who already agree with her about the necessity of Graham ’ s resignation .
Still , the idea of someone who has demonstrably tried to undermine the very foundation of the American democratic process remaining as a member of the most powerful legislative body in the land remains an abomination to our Constitution .
Flood Senator Graham ’ s office with calls demanding that he resign today .
( 202 ) 224-5972 is the number to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ YOU have to say .
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The late Arizona Senator John McCain would surely be turning over in his grave if he could see what his old pal Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has become in the years since his death.
Graham has abandoned all pretense of being anything other than a full-blown enabler and apologist for Donald Trump, jeopardizing his own career in the process and leading many observers to wonder what the president could possibly be dangling over his head to inspire such unwarranted loyalty.
The apotheosis of Graham’s unwavering subservience to the Trump agenda came with reports this week that he had called Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state of Georgia, and suggested that he find a way to discredit legally cast ballots in order to hand the states electoral votes to the incumbent president rather than the legitimate winner of the majority of votes, President-elect Joe Biden.
Luckily, Raffensperger was the rare member of the GOP with enough integrity to withstand the pressure from the president and his allies to illegally ignore the will of Georgia voters, and he not only rejected Graham’s overtures but made them public for the whole world to see.
The reports of that scandalous interaction caused a plethora of calls for Graham’s resignation from the Senate seat to which he just recently won re-election, including vociferous calls from “the Squad,” as the group of progressive Democratic congresswoman consisting of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are known.
A Fox News segment highlighting the calls from “the Squad” for Graham to be held accountable for his dastardly attempt to thwart democracy inspired an epic hissy fit from the South Carolina Senator as he posted a defiant tweet declaring that he would not be leaving the Senate anytime soon and attacking the Democratic congresswomen as “Socialists,” a term more radioactive for his Republican followers than any fans of the progressive legislators.
I can understand why the Squad doesn't want me in the Senate – because I'm going to bury your agenda. You're a bunch of Socialists. You would transform America and make it Venezuela. I'm gonna stand in your way. I'm not going anywhere! pic.twitter.com/oLAMkwmyR4 — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) November 19, 2020
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar saw Graham’s tweet and felt compelled to correct his mistaken assumption as to why she and her colleagues were calling for Graham to leave the congressional body in shame.
Touché, Rep. Omar, although in today’s polarized media environment it’s unlikely that her riposte will reach anyone other than people who already agree with her about the necessity of Graham’s resignation.
Still, the idea of someone who has demonstrably tried to undermine the very foundation of the American democratic process remaining as a member of the most powerful legislative body in the land remains an abomination to our Constitution.
Flood Senator Graham’s office with calls demanding that he resign today. (202) 224-5972 is the number to call.
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-19--Social media explodes after hair dye leaks down Giuliani’s face at press conference

It ’ s been over two weeks since Election Day 2020 and the Trump team is still trying to do everything they can to disrupt and dispute and hopefully overturn the results , despite the overwhelming evidence that Joe Biden has won decisively .
Spearheading the charge is the President ’ s right-hand man , Rudy Giuliani , who most recently masterminded the disgraceful and unsuccessful smear campaign against Hunter Biden on Trump ’ s behalf and is now running around the nation filing lawsuits and promoting wild allegations of widespread voter fraud .
Earlier this morning , the President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press conference to explain the “ very clear and visible ” path to his 2020 election victory .
Predictably , Rudy Giuliani appeared to do the honors and almost immediately went wildly off the rails with an absurd dog-and-pony show so divorced from reality it clearly was held entirely to make the President think they were getting somewhere with all this nonsense .
It didn ’ t help Giuliani ’ s case that he decided halfway through the presser to re-enact a scene from the film My Cousin Vinnie .
The majority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Twitter feed — there are huge numbers of fraudulent ballots in Georgia and in Philadelphia and other Big Democrat-run Cities ( read : Black votes ) , the Biden team is perpetrating a massive widespread voter fraud conspiracy , Donald Trump won by a landslide , and so on and so forth .
Add your name to tell Trump : You Lost !
Concede !
In one very telling and likely unintentional moment , Giuliani admitted they were trying to “ overturn ” the election , meaning that they know that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reverse it .
Unfortunately for Trump , all anyone could talk about was the bizarre black liquid , apparently hair dye , that began leaking down Giuliani ’ s face .

It’s been over two weeks since Election Day 2020 and the Trump team is still trying to do everything they can to disrupt and dispute and hopefully overturn the results, despite the overwhelming evidence that Joe Biden has won decisively. Spearheading the charge is the President’s right-hand man, Rudy Giuliani, who most recently masterminded the disgraceful and unsuccessful smear campaign against Hunter Biden on Trump’s behalf and is now running around the nation filing lawsuits and promoting wild allegations of widespread voter fraud.
Earlier this morning, the President announced that there would be an important press conference to explain the “very clear and visible” path to his 2020 election victory. Predictably, Rudy Giuliani appeared to do the honors and almost immediately went wildly off the rails with an absurd dog-and-pony show so divorced from reality it clearly was held entirely to make the President think they were getting somewhere with all this nonsense.
It didn’t help Giuliani’s case that he decided halfway through the presser to re-enact a scene from the film My Cousin Vinnie.
Giuliani's reenacts a scene from "My Cousin Vinny" and then casually accuses Biden of crimes. Unhinged. pic.twitter.com/3RKJeX8cWs — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
The majority of the press conference read like the President’s Twitter feed — there are huge numbers of fraudulent ballots in Georgia and in Philadelphia and other Big Democrat-run Cities (read: Black votes), the Biden team is perpetrating a massive widespread voter fraud conspiracy, Donald Trump won by a landslide, and so on and so forth.
Add your name to tell Trump: You Lost! Concede!
In one very telling and likely unintentional moment, Giuliani admitted they were trying to “overturn” the election, meaning that they know that Biden won legitimately and are trying to reverse it.
We've reached the antisemitic dogwhistle portion of this press conference pic.twitter.com/0xjHQjvhq4 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
Unfortunately for Trump, all anyone could talk about was the bizarre black liquid, apparently hair dye, that began leaking down Giuliani’s face.
Giuliani is still melting pic.twitter.com/y0t4m9Rd4U — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
Social media immediately exploded with mockery and disgust.
Such a shame to see the point live on TV when Rudy Giuliani's brain began to leak from his head.#RudyGiuliani pic.twitter.com/OGYm415E7I — RS Archer (@archer_rs) November 20, 2020
Promise kept pic.twitter.com/HVnhVjoDeQ — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 19, 2020
For those of you concerned that Giuliani was bleeding on national television — let me assure you wire photos point to hair dye saturated with sweat as the more likely culprit pic.twitter.com/5ehzEzhQqZ — Beth Ponsot (@bponsot) November 19, 2020
.@RudyGiuliani and team putting on the war paint. pic.twitter.com/rFfEQ17hSm — Vincent Kennedy (@VincentCrypt46) November 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/liamtoomster/status/1329502681501601793?s=20
It's called "the wet look" and it's on purpose. pic.twitter.com/zqOrPB5fgN — Contact Tracy Chapman™ (@TimDuffy) November 19, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-11-19--Rudy Giuliani oozes gross black liquid and re-enacts My Cousin Vinny in bonkers presser

It’s been over two weeks since Election Day 2020 and the Trump team is still trying to do everything they can to disrupt and dispute and hopefully overturn the results, despite the overwhelming evidence that Joe Biden has won decisively. Spearheading the charge is the President’s right-hand man, Rudy Giuliani, who most recently masterminded the disgraceful and unsuccessful smear campaign against Hunter Biden on Trump’s behalf and is now running around the nation filing lawsuits and promoting wild allegations of widespread voter fraud.
Earlier this morning, the President announced that there would be an important press conference to explain the “very clear and visible” path to his 2020 election victory. Predictably, Rudy Giuliani appeared to do the honors and almost immediately went wildly off the rails with an absurd dog-and-pony show so divorced from reality it clearly was held entirely to make the President think they were getting somewhere with all this nonsense.
It didn’t help Giuliani’s case that he decided halfway through the presser to re-enact a scene from the film My Cousin Vinnie.
Giuliani's reenacts a scene from "My Cousin Vinny" and then casually accuses Biden of crimes. Unhinged. pic.twitter.com/3RKJeX8cWs — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
The majority of the press conference read like the President’s Twitter feed — there are huge numbers of fraudulent ballots in Georgia and in Philadelphia and other Big Democrat-run Cities (read: Black votes), the Biden team is perpetrating a massive widespread voter fraud conspiracy, Donald Trump won by a landslide, and so on and so forth.
Add your name to tell Trump: You Lost! Concede!
In one very telling and likely unintentional moment, Giuliani admitted they were trying to “overturn” the election, meaning that they know that Biden won legitimately and are trying to reverse it.
We've reached the antisemitic dogwhistle portion of this press conference pic.twitter.com/0xjHQjvhq4 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
Unfortunately for Trump, all anyone could talk about was the bizarre black liquid, apparently hair dye, that began leaking down Giuliani’s face.
Giuliani is still melting pic.twitter.com/y0t4m9Rd4U — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 19, 2020
Social media immediately exploded with mockery and disgust.
These mushrooms ain’t shit better have some mo- pic.twitter.com/9M1AWxqL3i — Screamer Jim (@HeheWaitWhut) November 19, 2020
For those of you concerned that Giuliani was bleeding on national television — let me assure you wire photos point to hair dye saturated with sweat as the more likely culprit pic.twitter.com/5ehzEzhQqZ — Beth Ponsot (@bponsot) November 19, 2020
.@RudyGiuliani and team putting on the war paint. pic.twitter.com/rFfEQ17hSm — Vincent Kennedy (@VincentCrypt46) November 19, 2020
It's called "the wet look" and it's on purpose. pic.twitter.com/zqOrPB5fgN — Contact Tracy Chapman™ (@TimDuffy) November 19, 2020
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