vdare--2020-10-28--One To Watch: Karen Handel vs. Rep. McBath In Georgia's Sixth

This has been a bad year for Congressional immigration patriots , largely due to President Kushner ’ s failure to back them .
One possible mitigation : the race in Georgia ’ s sixth congressional district , which requires some backstory .
Typically Republican , in 2017 , its Congressman , Tom Price , left to serve as President Trump ’ s Secretary of Health and Human Services .
In the Special Election to fill his seat , Republican Karen Handel beat Democrat Jon Ossoff by 3.57 points .
Then , in 2018 , Congresswoman Handel lost to Democrat Lucy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and proud , disclosure : in 2018 , I canvassed on behalf of the Republican Party in Georgia .
On some shifts , that meant canvassing for Rep. Handel ] .
Now , in 2020 , Karen Handel is running against Congresswoman McBath—it ’ s a rematch of the 2018 election , but with the incumbency flipped .
Mrs. Handel is nothing special .
She ’ s just another Republican doofus , not a national populist or an immigration patriot .
According to NumbersUSA , she has basically no position on immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is the worst of the worst : A black gun-grabber .
In 2018 , Paul Kersey informed VDARE.com readers : McBath , a darling of the organizations that would love to confiscate every gun in the country , and those groups are spending to millions to keep her in Congress : “ McBath is again winning hefty financial support from Everytown for Gun Safety , with the group partly financed by Michael Bloomberg pledging $ 3 million on ads .
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.. McBath is vastly outraising Handel for direct spending , though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million compared to Handel 's roughly $ 2 million.
” [ Georgia 's McBath seeks 2nd win in once-famed GOP district , by Jeff Amy , Associated Press , October 15 , 2020 ] As America crumbles under the weight of demographic change , constant rioting , rising homicide , and anarcho-tyranny , one of the most important things we can MUST do is protect our gun rights .
No matter what horror might be on the horizon , America ’ s historic majority will have a literal fighting chance so long as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand , there ’ s no telling what America ’ s hostile elite might subject us to , should they manage to disarm us .
Laura Loomer and Lauren Witzke are challenging awful incumbents , but they need a miracle to win .
Karen Handel only needs a little luck to unseat an even more awful incumbent .

This has been a bad year for Congressional immigration patriots, largely due to President Kushner’s failure to back them. One possible mitigation: the race in Georgia’s sixth congressional district, which requires some backstory.
Typically Republican, in 2017, its Congressman, Tom Price, left to serve as President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. In the Special Election to fill his seat, Republican Karen Handel beat Democrat Jon Ossoff by 3.57 points.
Then, in 2018, Congresswoman Handel lost to Democrat Lucy McBath by 1.02 points. [Full, and proud, disclosure: in 2018, I canvassed on behalf of the Republican Party in Georgia. On some shifts, that meant canvassing for Rep. Handel]. Now, in 2020, Karen Handel is running against Congresswoman McBath—it’s a rematch of the 2018 election, but with the incumbency flipped.
Mrs. Handel is nothing special. She’s just another Republican doofus, not a national populist or an immigration patriot. According to NumbersUSA, she has basically no position on immigration.
But her opponent, Rep. McBath, is the worst of the worst: A black gun-grabber. In 2018, Paul Kersey informed VDARE.com readers:
From right to left: Rabbi Andy Bachman, Reverend Rob Schenk, Lucy McBath, Abigail Disney, and Eric Ruben. This photo is from the discussion that followed a special screening of Armor of Light, a pro-gun control documentary. Eric Ruben is a fellow at the liberal Brennan Center for Justice, where he focuses on “Second Amendment jurisprudence.” [Credit Image: New America via Flickr]
McBath, a darling of the organizations that would love to confiscate every gun in the country, and those groups are spending to millions to keep her in Congress:
“McBath is again winning hefty financial support from Everytown for Gun Safety, with the group partly financed by Michael Bloomberg pledging $3 million on ads. . .. McBath is vastly outraising Handel for direct spending, though, taking in more than $5 million compared to Handel's roughly $2 million.” [Georgia's McBath seeks 2nd win in once-famed GOP district, by Jeff Amy, Associated Press, October 15, 2020]
As America crumbles under the weight of demographic change, constant rioting, rising homicide, and anarcho-tyranny, one of the most important things we can MUST do is protect our gun rights. No matter what horror might be on the horizon, America’s historic majority will have a literal fighting chance so long as we are armed. On the other hand, there’s no telling what America’s hostile elite might subject us to, should they manage to disarm us.
Laura Loomer and Lauren Witzke are challenging awful incumbents, but they need a miracle to win. Karen Handel only needs a little luck to unseat an even more awful incumbent.


vdare--2020-11-04--Lauren Witzke Here To Stay—Next Stop House Of Representatives?

Immigration patriot Lauren Witzke succeeded , in spite of opposition from the GOP establishment , in getting the Republican nomination for Senator in the state of Delaware , formerly represented by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden , but failed to defeat Democrat Chris Coons .
This is normal , Delaware frequently sends a Democrat to the Senate , but it 's a worthwhile protest candidacy and it was successful in one way—she did better than previous Republican challengers : The scenario was reminiscent of Delaware 's 2010 U.S. Senate race , in which former Republican governor Mike Castle was expected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seat , which Biden vacated when he became vice president .
But Christine O'Donnell ... .upset Castle , shocking the state .
Coons beat her handily in the general election ... .
Witzke , with her extreme `` America First '' platform and unabashedly anti-immigration rhetoric , makes O'Donnell , who made national headlines with her `` I 'm not a witch '' ad , look tame .
And yet the 32-year-old , who had no prior experience running for office before this election , received a greater percentage of the Republican votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did in 2010 .
O'Donnell had also run against Biden for U.S. Senate in 2008 .
That 's from this Delaware Online article : Witzke got a slightly lower percentage of the vote that 2010 and 2014 GOP candidates , but turnout meant that she got 50 percent more actual votes from Delaware Republicans than O'Donnell in 2010 , and twice as many as the 2014 candidate .
Delaware counties , as above , are either red or blue politically—see the map at right from the 2010 .
Witzke is very popular with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unlike many Establishment Republicans , favors a moratorium on legal immigration , on the sensible grounds that there 's been too much of it lately .
She 's also willing to engage with us here at VDARE.com ( we 're journalists , and interview people ) which infuriates the Left .
What Witzke should do , and in fact , what she should already have done , is declare for the House Of Representives election , which is in only two years .
Delaware is one of those unpopulous states with two senators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't going to get more popular over the next two years , whatever the outcome of this election is decided to be .
Both Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul proved that one representative can make a difference .
Why not Lauren Witzke ?

Immigration patriot Lauren Witzke succeeded, in spite of opposition from the GOP establishment, in getting the Republican nomination for Senator in the state of Delaware, formerly represented by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, but failed to defeat Democrat Chris Coons.
This is normal, Delaware frequently sends a Democrat to the Senate, but it's a worthwhile protest candidacy and it was successful in one way—she did better than previous Republican challengers:
Witzke eclipsed 2010 O'Donnell campaign Prior to Delaware's September primary, Witzke was not the state GOP's favored candidate. Republican Jim DeMartino had the backing of the state party, but lost to Witzke by 14 percentage points.
The scenario was reminiscent of Delaware's 2010 U.S. Senate race, in which former Republican governor Mike Castle was expected to be a shoo-in for the Senate seat, which Biden vacated when he became vice president. But Christine O'Donnell ....upset Castle, shocking the state. Coons beat her handily in the general election.... Witzke, with her extreme "America First" platform and unabashedly anti-immigration rhetoric, makes O'Donnell, who made national headlines with her "I'm not a witch" ad, look tame. And yet the 32-year-old, who had no prior experience running for office before this election, received a greater percentage of the Republican votes in Kent and Sussex counties than O'Donnell did in 2010. O'Donnell had also run against Biden for U.S. Senate in 2008.
That's from this Delaware Online article:
America First is here to stay! https://t.co/yJB8Qq7k1B — Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) November 5, 2020
Witzke got a slightly lower percentage of the vote that 2010 and 2014 GOP candidates, but turnout meant that she got 50 percent more actual votes from Delaware Republicans than O'Donnell in 2010, and twice as many as the 2014 candidate. Delaware counties, as above, are either red or blue politically—see the map at right from the 2010. Witzke is very popular with people who vote Republican.
Witzke, unlike many Establishment Republicans, favors a moratorium on legal immigration, on the sensible grounds that there's been too much of it lately.
Flatten the curve pic.twitter.com/GxIkxVHFzu — Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) April 23, 2020
She's also willing to engage with us here at VDARE.com (we're journalists, and interview people) which infuriates the Left.
Watch the latest video at bitchute.com
What Witzke should do, and in fact, what she should already have done, is declare for the House Of Representives election, which is in only two years. Delaware is one of those unpopulous states with two senators and one representative, and Democrats aren't going to get more popular over the next two years, whatever the outcome of this election is decided to be.
Both Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul proved that one representative can make a difference. Why not Lauren Witzke?


vdare--2020-11-05--Patrick J. Buchanan: Trumpism Lives On!

Patrick J. Buchanan: Trumpism Lives On!

Earlier , by Peter Brimelow : A Long Farewell To Donald Trump , Immigration Patriot .
And Thanks .
Donald Trump may end up losing the 2020 election in the Electoral College , but he won the campaign that ended on Nov. 3 .
Democrats had been talking of a `` sweep , '' a `` blowout , '' a `` blue wave '' washing the Republicans out of power , capturing the Senate , and bringing in an enlarged Democratic majority in Nancy Pelosi 's House .
They visualized the ouster of Trump in a defeat so massive and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eternal repudiation of the man .
And , most intoxicating of all , they believed they would be seen by history as the angels of America 's deliverance .
It was not to be .
The American electorate failed to perform its designated role in the establishment 's morality play .
Indeed , Democrats ended Tuesday night terrified that America had again turned its back on them and preferred Trump to the leaders and agenda they had put forth .
By the campaign 's end , Democrats were freezing the ball and running @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burdens candidate Trump had to carry .
Early in his reelection year , the nation was struck by the worst pandemic in a hundred years that , by Election Day , would kill nearly a quarter of a million Americans and cause an economic collapse to rival the Great Depression .
Trump had to endure daily the near-universal hatred and hostility of the nation 's academic , media and cultural elites .
How hostile is this city to President Trump ?
He lost D.C. 's three electoral votes by a margin of 20-1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump won 3 million more votes in 2020 than he had in 2016 , and , as of midnight on Election Day , he seemed headed for victory in the Electoral College .
Giving the energy and effort he put into his campaign—a dozen rallies in the last three days—and the enthusiastic response from the huge crowds , Trump has much to be proud of .
Trump may lose the presidency , but Trumpism was not rejected .
Nor was it repudiated by the people if , by Trumpism , one means `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ borders , using tariffs to bring back our manufacturing base , bidding goodbye to globalism , staying out of unnecessary wars and swearing off ideological crusades .
And if Joe Biden becomes our 46th president , the tenure of office of this visibly frail and enfeebled leader is likely to be among the more abbreviated in American history , and bereft of high achievement .
For Democrats appear to have lost seats in Nancy Pelosi 's House , and , instead of sweeping to power in the Senate to make Chuck Schumer the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have gained only a single seat .
As of now , Sen. Mitch McConnell is set to be the gatekeeper to any passage of the Biden-Harris and Sanders-AOC agendas .
Good luck getting something enacted that Mitch McConnell does n't like .
As of today , the 2020 election has restored to Senate Republicans veto power over any and all administration legislation , be it liberal , progressive or socialist .
This election may have made McConnell the most powerful congressional leader since Lyndon Johnson .
With McConnell leading a GOP majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the filibuster or pack the Supreme Court , and the GOP majority would have the power to kill the Biden tax plan , `` Medicare for All '' and the `` Green New Deal . ''
There will be no statehood and two senators for Puerto Rico or D.C. , and no reparations for slavery .
Mayors and governors seeking blue state bailouts to avoid defaulting on overdue debts will need McConnell 's blessing .
In times past , there was often comity between the parties , or at least an attempt at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after he took office , President Gerald Ford went before Congress to declare : `` I do not want a honeymoon with you .
I want a good marriage . ''
It was not to be .
And in the ideological divide and poisoned politics of this city , there is little likelihood of compromise—or even civility .
The worst of the COVID-19 crisis , in terms of cases , hospitalizations and deaths , may be ahead of us .
And Democrats will not be able to blame Trump indefinitely .
And if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has at times indicated , a national `` shutdown , '' a Biden honeymoon is unlikely to last .
Bottom line : Joe Biden is not going to be the `` transformational '' president of his imagining .
Nor is he going to be the `` most progressive president since Roosevelt '' as some Democrats have been promising .
And the reasons are obvious .
FDR had massive Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress throughout the 1930s .
And he won the presidency in 1932 by capturing 57 % of the vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Union .
In 1936 , he carried 46 of 48 states , losing only Maine and Vermont .
Biden has no such mandate and no such power base , and he lacks the natural gifts of FDR .
Sorry , but there is no new `` Era of Good Feelings '' in store for America .
To the contrary .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Earlier, by Peter Brimelow: A Long Farewell To Donald Trump, Immigration Patriot. And Thanks.
Donald Trump may end up losing the 2020 election in the Electoral College, but he won the campaign that ended on Nov. 3.
Democrats had been talking of a "sweep," a "blowout," a "blue wave" washing the Republicans out of power, capturing the Senate, and bringing in an enlarged Democratic majority in Nancy Pelosi's House.
They visualized the ouster of Trump in a defeat so massive and humiliating that it would serve as an eternal repudiation of the man. And, most intoxicating of all, they believed they would be seen by history as the angels of America's deliverance.
It was not to be.
The American electorate failed to perform its designated role in the establishment's morality play. Indeed, Democrats ended Tuesday night terrified that America had again turned its back on them and preferred Trump to the leaders and agenda they had put forth.
By the campaign's end, Democrats were freezing the ball and running out the clock.
Consider the immense burdens candidate Trump had to carry.
Early in his reelection year, the nation was struck by the worst pandemic in a hundred years that, by Election Day, would kill nearly a quarter of a million Americans and cause an economic collapse to rival the Great Depression.
Trump had to endure daily the near-universal hatred and hostility of the nation's academic, media and cultural elites. How hostile is this city to President Trump?
He lost D.C.'s three electoral votes by a margin of 20-1.
Yet, even so burdened, Trump won 3 million more votes in 2020 than he had in 2016, and, as of midnight on Election Day, he seemed headed for victory in the Electoral College.
Giving the energy and effort he put into his campaign—a dozen rallies in the last three days—and the enthusiastic response from the huge crowds, Trump has much to be proud of.
Trump may lose the presidency, but Trumpism was not rejected.
Nor was it repudiated by the people if, by Trumpism, one means "America First" nationalism, securing our borders, using tariffs to bring back our manufacturing base, bidding goodbye to globalism, staying out of unnecessary wars and swearing off ideological crusades.
And if Joe Biden becomes our 46th president, the tenure of office of this visibly frail and enfeebled leader is likely to be among the more abbreviated in American history, and bereft of high achievement.
For Democrats appear to have lost seats in Nancy Pelosi's House, and, instead of sweeping to power in the Senate to make Chuck Schumer the new majority leader, Senate Democrats appear to have gained only a single seat. As of now, Sen. Mitch McConnell is set to be the gatekeeper to any passage of the Biden-Harris and Sanders-AOC agendas.
Good luck getting something enacted that Mitch McConnell doesn't like.
As of today, the 2020 election has restored to Senate Republicans veto power over any and all administration legislation, be it liberal, progressive or socialist. This election may have made McConnell the most powerful congressional leader since Lyndon Johnson.
With McConnell leading a GOP majority, Democrats would be unable to end the filibuster or pack the Supreme Court, and the GOP majority would have the power to kill the Biden tax plan, "Medicare for All" and the "Green New Deal." There will be no statehood and two senators for Puerto Rico or D.C., and no reparations for slavery. Mayors and governors seeking blue state bailouts to avoid defaulting on overdue debts will need McConnell's blessing.
In times past, there was often comity between the parties, or at least an attempt at comity. In mid-August of 1974, after he took office, President Gerald Ford went before Congress to declare: "I do not want a honeymoon with you. I want a good marriage."
It was not to be. And in the ideological divide and poisoned politics of this city, there is little likelihood of compromise—or even civility.
Biden faces other troubles, too.
The worst of the COVID-19 crisis, in terms of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, may be ahead of us. And Democrats will not be able to blame Trump indefinitely. And if their answer is, as Joe Biden has at times indicated, a national "shutdown," a Biden honeymoon is unlikely to last.
Bottom line: Joe Biden is not going to be the "transformational" president of his imagining. Nor is he going to be the "most progressive president since Roosevelt" as some Democrats have been promising.
And the reasons are obvious.
FDR had massive Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress throughout the 1930s. And he won the presidency in 1932 by capturing 57% of the vote and 42 of the 48 states of the Union. In 1936, he carried 46 of 48 states, losing only Maine and Vermont.
Biden has no such mandate and no such power base, and he lacks the natural gifts of FDR. Sorry, but there is no new "Era of Good Feelings" in store for America. To the contrary.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-11-05--After Months Of Supporting Peaceful Burning And Looting, Media Want Crackdown On Republicans Yelling

After Months Of Supporting Peaceful Burning And Looting, Media Want Crackdown On Republicans Yelling "Count The Votes"

I got this alert on my phone to a news story from Esquire magazine : For the moment , I 've misplaced the link , but I do n't care .
The thing is that mild but vocal objections to being shut out of vote-counting by Republicans are now `` chaos '' .
That 's after months of actual chaos by black and white Democrat supporters of BLM/Antifa .
Is the election being stolen ?
Well , do n't expect people to believe it is n't based on MSM reports .
What credibility the media had left has been burning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ savagely beaten , during the last few mostly peaceful months .
In the meantime , from `` mostly peaceful '' Portland , a reminder from Andy Ngo of what actual chaos looks like .
And one more point : a bunch of Republicans shouting objections to vote-fixing by the Gore camp in Florida in the year 2000 was called the `` Brooks Brothers Riot '' because it was committed by middle-class white Republicans .
A headline in the Washington Post about this two years ago was Reminder that the Washington Post supports anti-war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Antifa riots that target white conservatives , as at Charlottesville .
But these people were doing `` antics '' that `` went to far . ''

I got this alert on my phone to a news story from Esquire magazine:
For the moment, I've misplaced the link, but I don't care. The thing is that mild but vocal objections to being shut out of vote-counting by Republicans are now "chaos." That's after months of actual chaos by black and white Democrat supporters of BLM/Antifa.
Riot with burning buildings: "Mostly peaceful"
People standing around in small groups: "Mob-like scene" https://t.co/gA5p86kWJ3 — jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) November 5, 2020
I’m outside the building, where a crowd is literally praying and cheering.
There’s no rioting out here. Nothing remotely violent. https://t.co/BrxiYis0Eh — Tristan Justice (@JusticeTristan) November 5, 2020
Hey media - this is what a peaceful protest looks like. https://t.co/sk9ekRWw2q — Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) November 5, 2020
Is the election being stolen? Well, don't expect people to believe it isn't based on MSM reports.
The problem with all of this talk about voting irregularities in some states is that I no longer have any way of properly judging whether the claims are backed by any substance because I know right off the bat that I can't trust the mainstream media to report truthfully on it. — Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) November 5, 2020
What credibility the media had left has been burning, or being toppled, or been savagely beaten, during the last few mostly peaceful months.
In the meantime, from "mostly peaceful" Portland, a reminder from Andy Ngo of what actual chaos looks like.
Large crowd of antifa black bloc smash up businesses in downtown Portland. #PortlandRiots https://t.co/bHC9vUhgVt — Andy Ngô 🏳🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) November 5, 2020
The National Guard was activated for the first time tonight in Portland at the #antifa riot. In the past six months of rioting, the governor refused to bring in the National Guard. #PortlandRiots #antifa https://t.co/A3Rcrjkbov — Andy Ngô 🏳🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) November 5, 2020
And one more point: a bunch of Republicans shouting objections to vote-fixing by the Gore camp in Florida in the year 2000 was called the "Brooks Brothers Riot" because it was committed by middle-class white Republicans. A headline in the Washington Post about this two years ago was
‘It’s insanity!’: How the ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ killed the 2000 recount in Miami Eighteen years after a chaotic recount, debate still rages over whether the antics went too far. By Michael E. Miller, November 15, 2018
Reminder that the Washington Post supports anti-war riots, anti-Trump riots, anti-conservative riots, and Antifa riots that target white conservatives, as at Charlottesville. But these people were doing "antics" that "went too far."


vdare--2020-11-05--Trump Narrows Biden's Lead In Arizona

Trump Narrows Biden's Lead In Arizona

Trump picked up a net 10k+ votes in the wee hours in Phoenix ’ s Maricopa County , winning 58 % of a batch of 62k ballots , cutting Biden ’ s lead in Arizona .
More Arizona counties will report tomorrow .
Trump ’ s problem is that if Wisconsin really is in Biden ’ s pocket ( Biden is up 0.6 % in Wisconsin and a big 2.4 % margin in Michigan ) as many are saying , to win , Trump would have to nearly run the table , protecting leads in North Carolina , Georgia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ either Arizona or Nevada .
Or he could lose NC and sweep the rest .
Trump must win Pennsylvania .
If Biden wins Pennsylvania , he wins .
If he wins Georgia , he at least ties .
If he wins North Carolina , he is at 268 , one short of a tie .
If Wisconsin somehow goes back on the table , there are other scenarios .
I don ’ t have any inside information , but I suspect Democratic insiders in Philadelphia and Atlanta haven ’ t played all their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ authority pushing machine-controlled localities to hurry up and report ?
JFK ’ s boys in 1960 told Teddy White that the Illinois downstate Republicans laid their hand down first because they didn ’ t have the manhood of Mayor Daley .
Is anybody exerting pressure in 2020 to hurry up and report ?
The media sure isn ’ t . )
Biden winning Georgia and Trump winning the rest , would generate a tie .
Biden would be unlikely to get a majority of state delegations in the House , but it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way , somebody should figure out a way for the Electoral College to have an odd number of votes .

Trump picked up a net 10k+ votes in the wee hours in Phoenix’s Maricopa County, winning 58% of a batch of 62k ballots, cutting Biden’s lead in Arizona. More Arizona counties will report tomorrow.
Trump’s problem is that if Wisconsin really is in Biden’s pocket (Biden is up 0.6% in Wisconsin and a big 2.4% margin in Michigan) as many are saying, to win, Trump would have to nearly run the table, protecting leads in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and coming from behind in either Arizona or Nevada. Or he could lose NC and sweep the rest. Trump must win Pennsylvania.
If Biden wins Pennsylvania, he wins. If he wins Georgia, he at least ties. If he wins North Carolina, he is at 268, one short of a tie.
If Wisconsin somehow goes back on the table, there are other scenarios.
I don’t have any inside information, but I suspect Democratic insiders in Philadelphia and Atlanta haven’t played all their cards yet. (Is anybody in authority pushing machine-controlled localities to hurry up and report? JFK’s boys in 1960 told Teddy White that the Illinois downstate Republicans laid their hand down first because they didn’t have the manhood of Mayor Daley. Is anybody exerting pressure in 2020 to hurry up and report? The media sure isn’t.)
Biden winning Georgia and Trump winning the rest, would generate a tie. Biden would be unlikely to get a majority of state delegations in the House, but it’s unclear if Trump could.
By the way, somebody should figure out a way for the Electoral College to have an odd number of votes.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-05--Mass Shooting Victims In June-October Up 58% Over 2019

In Wikipedia ’ s “ List of Mass Shootings in the United States in 2020 , ” the Racial Reckoning @ @ @ @ @ big body count , with the number of killed or wounded in mass shootings ( @ @ @ @ @ up 58 % for June-October 2020 over 2019 .
The good news is that the @ @ @ @ @ months hasn ’ t been quite as over the top as in June and July @ @ @ @ @ George Floyd mourning .
But we still may have reached a New Normal considerably worse @ @ @ @ @ Normal .

In Wikipedia’s “List of Mass Shootings in the United States in 2020,” the Racial Reckoning continues to rack up a big body count, with the number of killed or wounded in mass shootings (four or more victims) up 58% for June-October 2020 over 2019.
The good news is that the mass shooting mayhem in recent months hasn’t been quite as over the top as in June and July, the shootiest months of George Floyd mourning. But we still may have reached a New Normal considerably worse than the notoriously awful Old Normal.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-05--Democrats: "By Any Means Necessary"

Democrats: "By Any Means Necessary"

To be a good American in 2020 , you are supposed to believe that Putin stole the 2016 election and @ @ @ @ @ Democratic insiders in Philadelphia or Atlanta might put a thumb on the scale in favor @ @ @ @ @ after four years of editorializing that Trump must be driven by office By Any Means @ @

To be a good American in 2020, you are supposed to believe that Putin stole the 2016 election and that it is inconceivable that Democratic insiders in Philadelphia or Atlanta might put a thumb on the scale in favor of Joe Biden, even after four years of editorializing that Trump must be driven by office By Any Means Necessary.
If you are a Biden voter, and were called to serve on a jury trying for vote fraud a Democratic operative who admitted on the stand to concocting the votes that denied Donald Trump a second term, would you vote to convict the defendant? — Steve Sailer (@Steve_Sailer) November 5, 2020
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-06--Trump As Braveheart: "If You Count the Legal Votes I Win."

There ’ s a great scene in Braveheart where William Wallace confronts Robert The Bruce .
It ’ s worth remembering tonight as we think about what ’ s happening in the vote fraud situation regarding the Trump-Biden election : For the past four years , President Trump has been leading an insurrection against the ruling/managerial elite , and on November 3 , 2020 , it appeared he had won a stunning and decisive victory against Joe Biden .
But mysteriously , the votes stopped being counted in the dead of the night in key states like Michigan , Pennsylvania @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Which is why Trump ’ s speech tonight was so important .
It ’ s fitting it happened on the Fifth of November ... President Donald Trump promised Thursday to level significant legal action to challenge elections in important swing states after watching his margin of victory whittled away by late-counted ballots for Vice President Joe Biden .
“ We think there ’ s going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence , so much proof , it ’ s going to end up perhaps at the highest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll see , ” he said .
“ We think there ’ ll be a lot of litigation , because we can not have an election stolen like this.
” The president spoke to reporters at the White House press briefing , demanded transparency in the process , and casting doubt on the Democrat-run voting systems .
“ We want every legal vote counted , and I want every legal vote counted , ” he said .
“ We want openness and transparency – no secret count rooms , no mystery ballots , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day.
” The president said he correctly predicted that mail-in ballots opened the election up to fraud and that they would challenge the results .
“ Democrat officials never believed they could win this election honestly .
I really believe that that ’ s why they did the mail-in ballots , where there is tremendous corruption and fraud going on , ” Trump said .
The president said that there were a lot of “ shenanigans ” in the election , complaining about electoral workers turning away Trump election observers or keeping them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ If you count the legal votes , I easily win .
If you count the illegal votes , they can try to steal the election from us , ” Trump said .
The president berated the pollsters for falsely predicting that he would lose the election , accusing them of knowingly doing so to suppress the Republican vote .
He also cast doubt on the voting systems being run by Democrats , accusing them of blocking his votes .
“ The voting apparatus of those states are run in all cases by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We were winning all the key locations by a lot actually , and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away in secret.
” Detroit and Philadelphia , he warned , had a history of corruption in their cities and that casts doubt on the results .
Certain locations , Trump said , stopped counting or submitted large chunks of ballots in the early morning hours of the election .
Donald Trump Declares Election Fraud , ‘ If You Count the Legal Votes I Win ’ , by Charlie Spiering , November 5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be six years since Donald Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his historic run for the White House .
On November 5 , 2020 , with an increasingly blatant attempt to steal his electoral victory underway in numerous states across America , it ’ s time we realize his courage has to be contagious .
He has thrown down the gauntlet , calling out fraud in Detroit and Philadelphia ( should have included Charlotte , Atlanta , and Milwaukee ) , all heavily black municipalities controlled by Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , threatening the legitimacy of our democracy and elections .
Republicans must unite around Trump now , or else hang separately .

[See full transcript at Rev.com]
There’s a great scene in Braveheart where William Wallace confronts Robert The Bruce. It’s worth remembering tonight as we think about what’s happening in the vote fraud situation regarding the Trump-Biden election:
Now tell me, what does that mean to be noble? Your title gives you claim to the throne of our country, but men don't follow titles, they follow courage. Now our people know you. Noble, and common, they respect you. And if you would just lead them to freedom, they'd follow you. And so would I.
For the past four years, President Trump has been leading an insurrection against the ruling/managerial elite, and on November 3, 2020, it appeared he had won a stunning and decisive victory against Joe Biden.
But mysteriously, the votes stopped being counted in the dead of the night in key states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.
Which is why Trump’s speech tonight was so important. It’s fitting it happened on the Fifth of November...
President Donald Trump promised Thursday to level significant legal action to challenge elections in important swing states after watching his margin of victory whittled away by late-counted ballots for Vice President Joe Biden. “We think there’s going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence, so much proof, it’s going to end up perhaps at the highest court in the land, you’ll see,” he said. “We think there’ll be a lot of litigation, because we cannot have an election stolen like this.” The president spoke to reporters at the White House press briefing, demanded transparency in the process, and casting doubt on the Democrat-run voting systems. “We want every legal vote counted, and I want every legal vote counted,” he said. “We want openness and transparency – no secret count rooms, no mystery ballots, no illegal votes being cast after Election Day.” The president said he correctly predicted that mail-in ballots opened the election up to fraud and that they would challenge the results. “Democrat officials never believed they could win this election honestly. I really believe that that’s why they did the mail-in ballots, where there is tremendous corruption and fraud going on,” Trump said. The president said that there were a lot of “shenanigans” in the election, complaining about electoral workers turning away Trump election observers or keeping them away from watching the ballot counts. “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us,” Trump said. The president berated the pollsters for falsely predicting that he would lose the election, accusing them of knowingly doing so to suppress the Republican vote. He also cast doubt on the voting systems being run by Democrats, accusing them of blocking his votes. “The voting apparatus of those states are run in all cases by Democrats,” Trump said. “We were winning all the key locations by a lot actually, and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away in secret.” Detroit and Philadelphia, he warned, had a history of corruption in their cities and that casts doubt on the results. Certain locations, Trump said, stopped counting or submitted large chunks of ballots in the early morning hours of the election. Donald Trump Declares Election Fraud, ‘If You Count the Legal Votes I Win’, by Charlie Spiering, November 5, 2020
Courage!
This upcoming June, it will be six years since Donald Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his historic run for the White House. On November 5, 2020, with an increasingly blatant attempt to steal his electoral victory underway in numerous states across America, it’s time we realize his courage has to be contagious.
He has thrown down the gauntlet, calling out fraud in Detroit and Philadelphia (should have included Charlotte, Atlanta, and Milwaukee), all heavily black municipalities controlled by Democrats, and noting voting fraud is happening, threatening the legitimacy of our democracy and elections.
Republicans must unite around Trump now, or else hang separately.


vdare--2020-11-06--Voter Fraud In Pennsylvania: Forget About It, Jake. It's Phillytown.

We are told that vote fraud is very , very rare , but perhaps it ’ s more like it ’ s very boring and tawdry , so it ’ s easy to memoryhole when it does happen .
For example , here are a couple of 2020 Department of Justice press releases about a vote fraud conspiracy in Philadelphia in 2013-2015 : Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday , July 23 , 2020 Former Congressman Charged with Ballot Stuffing , Bribery , and Obstruction A former U.S .
Congressman was charged Tuesday in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violate voting rights by fraudulently stuffing the ballot boxes for specific candidates in the 2014 , 2015 , and 2016 primary elections , bribery of an election official , falsification of records , voting more than once in federal elections , and obstruction of justice .
Michael “ Ozzie ” Myers , 77 , of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , is charged with conspiring with and bribing the former Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward , 36th Division , Domenick J. Demuro .
Myers , a Democrat from Philadelphia , who served two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before being the first Congressman to be expelled since 1861 , has quite a Wikipedia bio : Michael Joseph Myers was born on May 4 , 1943 , in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
In 1963 , Myers was arrested for burglary , but was later acquitted .
[ 1 ] In 1979 , he got into a fight with a security guard and a 19-year-old female cashier in an elevator leading from the rooftop lounge of a Quality Inn motel in Arlington , Virginia , punching and kicking them .
Myers became combative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the music at a party he was having in the motel , shouting , “ I ’ m a congressman : we don ’ t have to be quiet.
” He was subsequently charged with assault and battery , [ 8 ] and eventually pleaded no contest to a charge of disorderly conduct three months later .
He received a six-month suspended sentence .
[ 9 ] [ 10 ] Myers was involved in the Abscam scandal in 1980 .
Myers was videotaped accepting a bribe of $ 50,000 from undercover FBI agents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 ] On that tape , Myers is recorded saying that “ money talks in this business and bullshit walks.
” [ 12 ] Myers was expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2 , 1980 , by a vote of 376 to 30 , becoming the first member of the House to be expelled since 1861 .
Myers was convicted of bribery and conspiracy and sentenced to three years in prison in 1981 .
[ 13 ] Demuro , who pleaded guilty previously in federal court in Philadelphia , was responsible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all voter activities of his division in accord with federal and state election laws .
… Myers is charged with bribing Demuro to illegally add votes for certain candidates of their mutual party in primary elections .
Some of these candidates were individuals running for judicial office whose campaigns had hired Myers , and others were candidates for various federal , state , and local elective offices whom Myers favored for a variety of reasons .
According to the indictment , Myers would solicit payments from his clients in the form of cash @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and then use portions of these funds to pay Demuro and others in return for tampering with election results .
After receiving payments ranging from between $ 300 to $ 5,000 per election from the consultant , the court papers allege Demuro would add fraudulent votes on the voting machine – also known as “ ringing up ” votes – for Myers ’ clients and preferred candidates , thereby diluting the value of ballots cast by actual voters .
At Myers ’ direction , Demuro would add these fraudulent votes to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would later falsely certify that the voting machine results were accurate .
Myers is also accused of directing Demuro to lie about the circumstances of the bribes and the ballot-stuffing scheme to investigators .
And here ’ s the DoJ ’ s earlier press release about Demuro : Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday , May 21 , 2020 Former Philadelphia Judge of Elections Convicted of Conspiring to Violate Civil Rights and Bribery A former Judge of Elections has been convicted for his role in accepting bribes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results during the 2014 , 2015 , and 2016 primary elections in Philadelphia .
Domenick J. Demuro , 73 , of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , pleaded guilty during a sealed proceeding on March 16 , 2020 , before U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond to conspiring to deprive persons of civil rights , and using interstate facilities in aid of bribery .
The court unsealed the matter today .
Sentencing is scheduled for June 30 , 2020 .
During his guilty plea hearing , Demuro admitted that while serving as an elected municipal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the form of money and other things of value in exchange for adding ballots to increase the vote totals for certain candidates on the voting machines in his jurisdiction and for certifying tallies of all the ballots , including the fraudulent ballots .
Demuro further admitted that a local political consultant [ Myers ] gave him directions and paid him money to add votes for candidates supported by the consultant , including candidates for judicial office whose campaigns actually hired the consultant , and other candidates for various federal , state and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a variety of reasons .
Demuro also admitted that the votes he added in exchange for payments by the political consultant increased the number of votes fraudulently recorded and tallied for the consultant ’ s clients and preferred candidates , thereby diluting the ballots cast by actual voters .
… “ Domenick Demuro put a thumb on the scale for certain candidates , in exchange for bribes , ” said Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Driscoll of the FBI ’ s Philadelphia Division .

We are told that vote fraud is very, very rare, but perhaps it’s more like it’s very boring and tawdry, so it’s easy to memoryhole when it does happen. For example, here are a couple of 2020 Department of Justice press releases about a vote fraud conspiracy in Philadelphia in 2013-2015:
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Former Congressman Charged with Ballot Stuffing, Bribery, and Obstruction A former U.S. Congressman was charged Tuesday in an indictment unsealed today, with conspiring to violate voting rights by fraudulently stuffing the ballot boxes for specific candidates in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections, bribery of an election official, falsification of records, voting more than once in federal elections, and obstruction of justice. Michael “Ozzie” Myers, 77, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is charged with conspiring with and bribing the former Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward, 36th Division, Domenick J. Demuro.
Myers, a Democrat from Philadelphia, who served two terms in the US House of Representatives before being the first Congressman to be expelled since 1861, has quite a Wikipedia bio:
Michael Joseph Myers was born on May 4, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1963, Myers was arrested for burglary, but was later acquitted.[1] In 1979, he got into a fight with a security guard and a 19-year-old female cashier in an elevator leading from the rooftop lounge of a Quality Inn motel in Arlington, Virginia, punching and kicking them. Myers became combative after they told him to turn down the music at a party he was having in the motel, shouting, “I’m a congressman: we don’t have to be quiet.” He was subsequently charged with assault and battery,[8] and eventually pleaded no contest to a charge of disorderly conduct three months later. He received a six-month suspended sentence.[9][10] Myers was involved in the Abscam scandal in 1980. Myers was videotaped accepting a bribe of $50,000 from undercover FBI agents on August 22, 1979.[11] On that tape, Myers is recorded saying that “money talks in this business and bullshit walks.”[12] Myers was expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980, by a vote of 376 to 30, becoming the first member of the House to be expelled since 1861. Myers was convicted of bribery and conspiracy and sentenced to three years in prison in 1981.[13]
Back to the DoJ:
Demuro, who pleaded guilty previously in federal court in Philadelphia, was responsible for overseeing the entire election process and all voter activities of his division in accord with federal and state election laws. … Myers is charged with bribing Demuro to illegally add votes for certain candidates of their mutual party in primary elections. Some of these candidates were individuals running for judicial office whose campaigns had hired Myers, and others were candidates for various federal, state, and local elective offices whom Myers favored for a variety of reasons. According to the indictment, Myers would solicit payments from his clients in the form of cash or checks as “consulting fees,” and then use portions of these funds to pay Demuro and others in return for tampering with election results. After receiving payments ranging from between $300 to $5,000 per election from the consultant, the court papers allege Demuro would add fraudulent votes on the voting machine – also known as “ringing up” votes – for Myers’ clients and preferred candidates, thereby diluting the value of ballots cast by actual voters. At Myers’ direction, Demuro would add these fraudulent votes to the totals during Election Day, and then would later falsely certify that the voting machine results were accurate. Myers is also accused of directing Demuro to lie about the circumstances of the bribes and the ballot-stuffing scheme to investigators.
And here’s the DoJ’s earlier press release about Demuro:


vdare--2020-11-06--The Darkness At Noon Election

The Darkness At Noon Election

Darkness at Noon is Arthur Koestler ’ s famous 1940 novel imagining the interrogation before a show trial of an Old Bolshevik like Bukharin by Stalin ’ s secret police .
In reality , the NKVD didn ’ t bother with Dostoevskyan dialogues , they just beat the arrestees until they promised to confess in front of the cameras so they could be shot and get the pain over with .
But in Darkness at Noon , the protagonist swears his innocence : he never plotted against the Stalin-like dictator .
But his interrogator gets him to admit that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dictator to be , the hero should have plotted to kill the Stalin figure , and therefore he is either guilty of plotting to murder the leader or of being too cowardly to act on his moral imperative and plot to murder the leader , psychologically checkmating the protagonist .
We ’ ve been lectured for four years that Trump is not Stalin , he ’ s Literally Hitler .
Now , though , we are also being lectured that , while of course Putin hacked the 2016 election , none of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hitler have interfered in the 2020 election .
If they haven ’ t , why didn ’ t they ?
Do they not believe their own rhetoric ?
Were they unwilling to risk arrest ?
Are the systems so bulletproof that not even the best minds of The Resistance can penetrate them ?

Darkness at Noon is Arthur Koestler’s famous 1940 novel imagining the interrogation before a show trial of an Old Bolshevik like Bukharin by Stalin’s secret police. In reality, the NKVD didn’t bother with Dostoevskyan dialogues, they just beat the arrestees until they promised to confess in front of the cameras so they could be shot and get the pain over with.
But in Darkness at Noon, the protagonist swears his innocence: he never plotted against the Stalin-like dictator. But his interrogator gets him to admit that, considering what a monster he believes the dictator to be, the hero should have plotted to kill the Stalin figure, and therefore he is either guilty of plotting to murder the leader or of being too cowardly to act on his moral imperative and plot to murder the leader, psychologically checkmating the protagonist.
We’ve been lectured for four years that Trump is not Stalin, he’s Literally Hitler. Now, though, we are also being lectured that, while of course Putin hacked the 2016 election, none of the millions who believe that Trump is Literally Hitler have interfered in the 2020 election.
If they haven’t, why didn’t they? Do they not believe their own rhetoric? Were they unwilling to risk arrest? Are the systems so bulletproof that not even the best minds of The Resistance can penetrate them?
It’s a mystery …


vdare--2020-11-06--Maybe Calling Riots Peaceful Didn't Help Dem House Candidates After All?

Centrist House Democrats lash out at liberal colleagues , blame far-left views for costing the party seats By Rachael Bade and Erica Werner November 5 , 2020 at 6:11 p.m. PST An angry dispute erupted among House Democrats on Thursday , with centrist members blasting their liberal colleagues during a private conference call for pushing far-left views that cost the party seats in Tuesday ’ s election that they had worked hard to win two years ago .
The bitter exchange , which lasted more than three hours as members sniped back and forth over tactics and ideology , reflected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exposed simmering tensions in the party even as its presidential nominee , Joe Biden , stands on the brink of achieving their biggest goal of the year — ousting President Trump .
Party leaders had expressed certainty that Trump ’ s divisiveness and mishandling of the pandemic would help them expand their majority with wins in GOP-held districts — and yet they lost at least a half-dozen seats and failed to retake the Senate .
The explanation laid out by centrists , according to multiple people who were on the call and spoke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Republicans were easily able to paint them all as socialists and radical leftists who endorse far-left positions such as defunding the police .
… Rep. Rashida Tlaib ( D-Mich. ) , a self-described democratic socialist , grew angry , accusing her colleagues of only being interested in appealing to White people in suburbia .
“ To be real , it sounds like you are saying stop pushing for what Black folks want , ” she said .
Democrats are poised to hold the smallest majority in 18 years , undercutting the leverage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
The rancor on Thursday ’ s call is certain to be more pronounced next year as the party faces the tougher task of uniting to pass legislation .
During the call , Pelosi sought to reassure her members that the election wasn ’ t as bad as it seemed .
Democrats , she argued , have held on to about 70 percent of the 30 Trump-carried districts they won in 2018 — and she predicted they would capture the White House .
“ We held the House .
Joe Biden is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next president of the United States , ” she said .
“ We did not win every battle , but we did win the war.
” Pelosi even held out hope of taking control of the Senate , pointing to two likely runoffs in Georgia where Democrats will be severe underdogs .
Majority Whip James Clyburn ( D-S.C. ) , however , cautioned that if Democrats run on socialized medicine and defunding cops , “ we ’ re not going to win ” those races .
In the aftermath of their unexpected losses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to come to terms with a bigger problem : Republicans have successfully cast the most vulnerable Democrats as “ socialists ” and tied them to liberal ideas , including Medicare-for-all , the Green New Deal and cutting police budgets .
It didn ’ t matter that Biden , House Democratic leadership and most members have rejected calls to “ defund the police , ” a position that got lost in attack ads .
The attacks , moderates warned , have proved salient and powerful — and Democrats need to figure out a way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ messaging is terrible ; it doesn ’ t resonate , ” Rep. Kurt Schrader ( D-Ore. ) , a member of the Blue Dog Coalition , said in an interview .
“ When [ voters ] see the far left that gets all the news media attention , they get scared .
They ’ re very afraid that this will become a supernanny state , and their ability to do things on their own is going to be taken away.
” The blame game extended beyond the liberal members .
Several moderate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have made a deal with the Trump administration on a coronavirus relief package .
Many moderates had been pushing her to compromise , fearful that constituents would blame them as Democratic leadership was unwilling to give Trump a legislative victory before the election .
… Rep. Conor Lamb ( D-Pa. ) , a centrist who barely won his seat on Election Day , agreed with Spanberger , however .
“ Spanberger was talking about something many of us are feeling today : We pay the price for these unprofessional and unrealistic comments about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is about the police or shale gas , ” Lamb said .
“ These issues are too serious for the people we represent to tolerate them being talked about so casually.
” … In swing districts , Republicans spent millions of dollars on ads seeking to tie Democrats to the “ defund the police ” movement that virtually none supported .
In New York , Republicans ran commercials showing a clip of Rep. Max Rose ( D-N.Y. ) joining a Black Lives Matter march protesting police brutality .
Rose opposes the movement to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him of essentially leading the charge to take money from police departments .
Rose is trailing his Republican opponent by more than 15 percentage points , with 95 percent of the votes tallied , according to the Associated Press .
Something similar happened to Rep. Anthony Brindisi in Upstate New York .
“ Cop hater , ” Republican attack ads said of him after he likewise joined a protest for equality in criminal justice .
Brindisi , who tried to fight back against the charge , is down by more than 10 points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ though his race hasn ’ t been called .

From the Washington Post news pages:
Centrist House Democrats lash out at liberal colleagues, blame far-left views for costing the party seats
Spanberger criticizes Democrats’ strategy in caucus call
By Rachael Bade and Erica Werner
November 5, 2020 at 6:11 p.m. PST
An angry dispute erupted among House Democrats on Thursday, with centrist members blasting their liberal colleagues during a private conference call for pushing far-left views that cost the party seats in Tuesday’s election that they had worked hard to win two years ago.
The bitter exchange, which lasted more than three hours as members sniped back and forth over tactics and ideology, reflected the extent to which the 2020 campaign exposed simmering tensions in the party even as its presidential nominee, Joe Biden, stands on the brink of achieving their biggest goal of the year — ousting President Trump.
Party leaders had expressed certainty that Trump’s divisiveness and mishandling of the pandemic would help them expand their majority with wins in GOP-held districts — and yet they lost at least a half-dozen seats and failed to retake the Senate. The explanation laid out by centrists, according to multiple people who were on the call and spoke on the condition of anonymity, is that Republicans were easily able to paint them all as socialists and radical leftists who endorse far-left positions such as defunding the police.
… Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a self-described democratic socialist, grew angry, accusing her colleagues of only being interested in appealing to White people in suburbia.
“To be real, it sounds like you are saying stop pushing for what Black folks want,” she said.
Democrats are poised to hold the smallest majority in 18 years, undercutting the leverage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The rancor on Thursday’s call is certain to be more pronounced next year as the party faces the tougher task of uniting to pass legislation.
During the call, Pelosi sought to reassure her members that the election wasn’t as bad as it seemed. Democrats, she argued, have held on to about 70 percent of the 30 Trump-carried districts they won in 2018 — and she predicted they would capture the White House.
“We held the House. Joe Biden is on a clear path to be the next president of the United States,” she said. “We did not win every battle, but we did win the war.”
Pelosi even held out hope of taking control of the Senate, pointing to two likely runoffs in Georgia where Democrats will be severe underdogs. Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), however, cautioned that if Democrats run on socialized medicine and defunding cops, “we’re not going to win” those races.
In the aftermath of their unexpected losses, Democrats argued that the party needs to come to terms with a bigger problem: Republicans have successfully cast the most vulnerable Democrats as “socialists” and tied them to liberal ideas, including Medicare-for-all, the Green New Deal and cutting police budgets.
It didn’t matter that Biden, House Democratic leadership and most members have rejected calls to “defund the police,” a position that got lost in attack ads.
The attacks, moderates warned, have proved salient and powerful — and Democrats need to figure out a way to address them now.
“Democrats’ messaging is terrible; it doesn’t resonate,” Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, said in an interview. “When [voters] see the far left that gets all the news media attention, they get scared. They’re very afraid that this will become a supernanny state, and their ability to do things on their own is going to be taken away.”
The blame game extended beyond the liberal members. Several moderate Democrats said in interviews that Pelosi should have made a deal with the Trump administration on a coronavirus relief package. Many moderates had been pushing her to compromise, fearful that constituents would blame them as Democratic leadership was unwilling to give Trump a legislative victory before the election. …
Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.), a centrist who barely won his seat on Election Day, agreed with Spanberger, however.
“Spanberger was talking about something many of us are feeling today: We pay the price for these unprofessional and unrealistic comments about a number of issues, whether it is about the police or shale gas,” Lamb said. “These issues are too serious for the people we represent to tolerate them being talked about so casually.” …
In swing districts, Republicans spent millions of dollars on ads seeking to tie Democrats to the “defund the police” movement that virtually none supported. In New York, Republicans ran commercials showing a clip of Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) joining a Black Lives Matter march protesting police brutality.
Rose opposes the movement to defund the police, but Republicans accused him of essentially leading the charge to take money from police departments. Rose is trailing his Republican opponent by more than 15 percentage points, with 95 percent of the votes tallied, according to the Associated Press.
Something similar happened to Rep. Anthony Brindisi in Upstate New York. “Cop hater,” Republican attack ads said of him after he likewise joined a protest for equality in criminal justice. Brindisi, who tried to fight back against the charge, is down by more than 10 points, according to the Associated Press, though his race hasn’t been called.


vdare--2020-11-05--What the GOP’s Surprisingly Good Congressional Results Mean For Immigration Patriotism

Previously : The 2020 Election And Immigration Patriots : Some Bright Spots—And The Bad News Might Be Good !
President Trump is putting up a heroic fight against blatant voter fraud and the presidential race remains too close to be called .
But one thing is certain : there was no Blue Wave .
Right now , it appears Republicans will maintain control over the Senate and gain a significant number of House seats .
Even if Joe Biden wins , he will have no mandate and will inherit a position where he can not pass anything i.e .
Amnesty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the GOP Establishment , but it has been conspicuously slow to support Trump ’ s fight .
While the results will likely ensure no radical Leftist legislation gets through , they could also portend to the GOP returning to its cucked , pre-Trump form .
Trump , whether he wins or loses , may be key to ensuring that National Conservatism in general and immigration patriotism in particular remains on the Republican agenda .
• Republicans gained at least 6 seats in the House and kept many suburbs from turning blue .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and could provide the impetus to remove their House leaders .
Republicans will not regain the House but there will be enough of them , and probably moderate Democrats , to stifle Leftist legislation [ Democrats are projected to lose House seats but keep their majority , by Jacob Pramuk , CNBC , November 5 , 2020 ] .
• Republicans look poised to keep the Senate .
So far , only two Republicans ( Martha McSally and Cory Gardner , both squishes ) lost their seats and the GOP gained one seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good in the three remaining contests ( two in Georgia , one in North Carolina ) [ Republicans have edge to keep Senate , and block Biden if he wins , by Jennifer Haberkorn , Los Angeles Times , November 4 , 2020 ] .
A Republican Senate will prevent court packing , the elimination of the filibuster , and possibly stifle radical cabinet and judicial appointments .
This is good for immigration patriots , even if the Senators themselves aren ’ t ideal .
• John James likely lost in Michigan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t be a leader in the GOP [ James refuses to concede to Peters in Michigan Senate race , by Celine Catronuovo , The Hill , November 5 , 2020 ] .
As I ’ ve argued , James is another Tim Scott who would have pushed for the GOP to warm up to Black Lives Matter and embrace racial sensitivity .
He would ’ ve been terrible in the Senate .
From an immigration perspective , there are a number of pros and cons to this congressional makeup .
If Trump wins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to act on immigration .
They still won ’ t have a majority in the House and will not have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate .
They won ’ t be able to pass anything easily , and past form shows they won ’ t want to fight .
But that is an advantage if Biden wins and tries to push Amnesty .
Obama tried to make Amnesty his signature legislative achievement after winning decisively in 2012 .
Biden , by contrast , would come in with a disputed election , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear mandate .
He based his whole campaign around not being Trump .
That doesn ’ t give him enough political capital to force through his desired legislation .
Among Republicans , there isn ’ t much appetite for another Gang of Eight-style Amnesty .
They know ( or at least they should know ) they don ’ t need it to attract Hispanics : Trump broke records with this demographic while running on a solid immigration patriot platform [ Trump ’ s gains with Hispanic voters should prompt some progressive rethinking , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5 , 2020 ] .
No 2020 GOP “ autopsy report ” will demand mass Amnesty to reach out to “ diverse ” voters and Trump has proved that the party ’ s base is staunchly opposed to most illegal immigration .
However , there will likely be an effort to Amnesty “ Dreamers ” ( illegal aliens allegedly brought to the U.S. as minors ) .
Under Trump , this would probably revive proposals from 2018 that offered this Amnesty for positive immigration reforms and full Wall funding .
Under Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that would likely try to legalize the relatives of Dreamers as well .
It ’ s unclear whether a deal would pass .
Democrats may continue to insist on working with Trump if he proposes it , and Republicans may be pressured by their base to oppose it if a President Biden offers it .
But a “ Dreamer ” Amnesty is the only immigration bill with a chance of passing .
A second-term Trump could and should of course force votes on defunding sanctuary cities , providing more wall funding , cutting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Republican House , these won ’ t pass .
Both Trump and Biden will have to resort to executive power to enact their immigration agendas .
This is not an ideal situation , but it could have been far worse ( See “ Blue Wave , ” above ) .
A Democratic-controlled Congress would have pushed through Amnesty and defanged immigration enforcement .
All they would need to do is eliminate the filibuster to achieve their dreams .
But there are many concerns with this new arrangement , especially if Biden wins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too eager to tout its diversity in the wake of the election .
“ The Republican coalition is bigger , more diverse , and more energetic than ever before—thanks to President .
@ realDonaldTrump .
His efforts to reach every demographic has positively expanded the future of the GOP , ” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted in the election aftermath .
Remember .
McCarthy ’ s GOP House “ Commitment To America ” campaign pitch didn ’ t mention immigration at all .
Hispanics who voted for Trump , of course , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Business First priorities .
But that lesson may be lost on Republicans .
There are also remarkably few stalwart immigration patriots among Congressional Republicans .
Steve King , Jeff Sessions and Kris Kobach were backstabbed in their respective primaries .
Newcomer Lauren Witzke lost her brave Senate challenge to an entrenched Democrat incumbent in Delaware .
There ’ s Tom Cotton in the Senate and Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz , in the House .
And there are two new Republicans -- Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Bob Good of Virginia—who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patriotism .
But you would think there would be dozens of nationalists in Congress by now .
Instead , most new Republicans are more like Tommy Tuberville and Roger Marshall , the Senators-elect who beat , respectively , Sessions and Kobach in their primaries : Establishmentarians who pretend to support Trump and hardline immigration policies , but who will follow whatever their donors and party leaders tell them to do .
If Trump wins , these types will continue to pay lip service to nationalism and follow the president ’ s line .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they will turn into easy pawns for the Cheap Labor Lobby .
And that cuts to the heart of the matter .
Without Trump in the White House , the GOP is vulnerable to returning to its old , Business-First self .
GOP leaders are happy that Trump abolished regulations , cut taxes , appointed “ conservative ” judges etc .
etc .
But that ’ s it .
They want to forget the America-First message he actually won the presidency on .
They would continue to elevate terrible people like Tim Scott @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the future of the party .
They would ignore immigration and retreat on law and order .
They would fully embrace a multiracial America—so long as it has low taxes and stands with Israel .
This would essentially be a return of the 2014 GOP , minus the Tea Party and Jeff Sessions .
My view : The one ray of hope is that Trump would still be around .
The man has captured the public eye for 40 years -- he ’ s not going into a quiet retirement if he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ create a movement that promotes genuine Trumpists and punishes the traitors who abandoned him at his time of need .
He will still retain the loyalty of the GOP base and his endorsements will be desired by most Republican candidates .
He can still determine the future of the party and force the party to represent the Historic American Nation .
Party leaders may wish to put Trumpism in the past .
But , win or lose , nationalism is here to stay .
The Establishment may just have to learn this lesson @ @

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Previously: The 2020 Election And Immigration Patriots: Some Bright Spots—And The Bad News Might Be Good!
President Trump is putting up a heroic fight against blatant voter fraud and the presidential race remains too close to be called. But one thing is certain: there was no Blue Wave. Right now, it appears Republicans will maintain control over the Senate and gain a significant number of House seats. Even if Joe Biden wins, he will have no mandate and will inherit a position where he cannot pass anything i.e. Amnesty through Congress.
The congressional results thrilled the GOP Establishment, but it has been conspicuously slow to support Trump’s fight. While the results will likely ensure no radical Leftist legislation gets through, they could also portend to the GOP returning to its cucked, pre-Trump form. Trump, whether he wins or loses, may be key to ensuring that National Conservatism in general and immigration patriotism in particular remains on the Republican agenda.
Key points:
From an immigration perspective, there are a number of pros and cons to this congressional makeup.
If Trump wins, don’t expect this Congress to act on immigration. They still won’t have a majority in the House and will not have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. They won’t be able to pass anything easily, and past form shows they won’t want to fight.
But that is an advantage if Biden wins and tries to push Amnesty. Obama tried to make Amnesty his signature legislative achievement after winning decisively in 2012. Biden, by contrast, would come in with a disputed election, a crippled Democratic congressional caucus, and no clear mandate. He based his whole campaign around not being Trump. That doesn’t give him enough political capital to force through his desired legislation.
Among Republicans, there isn’t much appetite for another Gang of Eight-style Amnesty. They know (or at least they should know) they don’t need it to attract Hispanics: Trump broke records with this demographic while running on a solid immigration patriot platform [Trump’s gains with Hispanic voters should prompt some progressive rethinking, by Matthew Yglesias, Vox, November 5, 2020]. No 2020 GOP “autopsy report” will demand mass Amnesty to reach out to “diverse” voters and Trump has proved that the party’s base is staunchly opposed to most illegal immigration.
However, there will likely be an effort to Amnesty “Dreamers” (illegal aliens allegedly brought to the U.S. as minors). Under Trump, this would probably revive proposals from 2018 that offered this Amnesty for positive immigration reforms and full Wall funding. Under Biden, the deal would be a straight Amnesty that would likely try to legalize the relatives of Dreamers as well. It’s unclear whether a deal would pass. Democrats may continue to insist on working with Trump if he proposes it, and Republicans may be pressured by their base to oppose it if a President Biden offers it.
But a “Dreamer” Amnesty is the only immigration bill with a chance of passing. A second-term Trump could and should of course force votes on defunding sanctuary cities, providing more wall funding, cutting chain migration, etc. But without a Republican House, these won’t pass. Both Trump and Biden will have to resort to executive power to enact their immigration agendas.
This is not an ideal situation, but it could have been far worse (See “Blue Wave,” above). A Democratic-controlled Congress would have pushed through Amnesty and defanged immigration enforcement. All they would need to do is eliminate the filibuster to achieve their dreams.
But there are many concerns with this new arrangement, especially if Biden wins.
The GOP Establishment is a little too eager to tout its diversity in the wake of the election.
“The Republican coalition is bigger, more diverse, and more energetic than ever before—thanks to President. @realDonaldTrump. His efforts to reach every demographic has positively expanded the future of the GOP,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted in the election aftermath.
Remember. McCarthy’s GOP House “Commitment To America” campaign pitch didn’t mention immigration at all.
Hispanics who voted for Trump, of course, voted for national populism--not McCarthy’s Business First priorities. But that lesson may be lost on Republicans.
There are also remarkably few stalwart immigration patriots among Congressional Republicans. Steve King, Jeff Sessions and Kris Kobach were backstabbed in their respective primaries. Newcomer Lauren Witzke lost her brave Senate challenge to an entrenched Democrat incumbent in Delaware. There’s Tom Cotton in the Senate and Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz, in the House. And there are two new Republicans--Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Bob Good of Virginia—who won their primaries on appeals to immigration patriotism. But you would think there would be dozens of nationalists in Congress by now.
Instead, most new Republicans are more like Tommy Tuberville and Roger Marshall, the Senators-elect who beat, respectively, Sessions and Kobach in their primaries: Establishmentarians who pretend to support Trump and hardline immigration policies, but who will follow whatever their donors and party leaders tell them to do.
If Trump wins, these types will continue to pay lip service to nationalism and follow the president’s line. If he doesn’t win, they will turn into easy pawns for the Cheap Labor Lobby.
And that cuts to the heart of the matter.
Without Trump in the White House, the GOP is vulnerable to returning to its old, Business-First self. GOP leaders are happy that Trump abolished regulations, cut taxes, appointed “conservative” judges etc. etc. But that’s it. They want to forget the America-First message he actually won the presidency on. They would continue to elevate terrible people like Tim Scott, Liz Cheney, and Ben Sasse as the future of the party. They would ignore immigration and retreat on law and order. They would fully embrace a multiracial America—so long as it has low taxes and stands with Israel.
This would essentially be a return of the 2014 GOP, minus the Tea Party and Jeff Sessions.
My view: The one ray of hope is that Trump would still be around. The man has captured the public eye for 40 years--he’s not going into a quiet retirement if he loses. He has the potential to create a movement that promotes genuine Trumpists and punishes the traitors who abandoned him at his time of need. He will still retain the loyalty of the GOP base and his endorsements will be desired by most Republican candidates. He can still determine the future of the party and force the party to represent the Historic American Nation.
Party leaders may wish to put Trumpism in the past. But, win or lose, nationalism is here to stay. The Establishment may just have to learn this lesson again.