thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-17--2,600 Ballots Found In Floyd County, Georgia During Recount – Benefitting Trump

A new report shows that over 2,600 votes have reportedly been discovered in Georgia during that state ’ s recount process that weren ’ t previously counted in the overall presidential race ballot tally .
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the ballots were uncovered in Floyd County .
The batch of ballots benefit President Trump – there were 1,643 new votes for the President , and 865 for Biden .
Biden ’ s lead in Georgia had only been 14,000 votes before the recount began .
RELATED : If The Legal Challenges Fall Short , President Trump Should Immediately Announce His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s voting system manager and told the newspaper the mistake was chalked up to human error , not the voting equipment .
Sterling claimed the votes had been mistakenly overlooked and had not been uploaded to the scanning machine ’ s memory card .
Sterling did call it “ an amazing blunder ” and added , “ It ’ s not an equipment issue .
It ’ s a person not executing their job properly.
” “ This is the kind of situation that requires a change at the top of their management @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue is severe enough that Sterling called on Floyd County ’ s elections director to resign .
Director of the elections division for the office of Georgia ’ s Secretary of State , Chris Harvey , confirmed that the newly discovered votes will be added to the state ’ s overall tally .
Floyd County Republican Party Chairman Luke Floyd told the AJC that the mistake was “ very concerning , ” but it “ doesn ’ t appear to be a widespread issue.
” The AJC reported that this would add about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Georgia ’ s overall presidential election vote count .
Which begs the question – could there be other discrepancies ?
In Georgia , or the states where Team Trump has issued legal challenges ?
According to the unofficial results , Joe Biden was projected to win Georgia last week by a lead of more than 14,000 votes .
RELATED : Fox News ’ Chris Wallace Says Trump ‘ Doesn ’ t Seem ’ To Have Any ‘ Hard Evidence ’ Of Fraud The AJC reports that the Floyd County discrepancy was the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far in the recount .
Mistakes are bound to be made in any election .
But with the stakes so high in 2020 , how many mistakes occurred , and need to be discovered ?
This is a good example of why a recount was necessary in the first place .
How that math adds up is anyone ’ s guess , but we already know the final number will be different from the original tally .

A new report shows that over 2,600 votes have reportedly been discovered in Georgia during that state’s recount process that weren’t previously counted in the overall presidential race ballot tally.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the ballots were uncovered in Floyd County.
The batch of ballots benefit President Trump – there were 1,643 new votes for the President, and 865 for Biden.
Biden’s lead in Georgia had only been 14,000 votes before the recount began.
BREAKING: Hand recount revealed that an election official in Floyd County, Georgia did not upload nearly 2600 votes from a memory card into the scanning machine. A large majority of these votes were for President Trump. GA must have a full audit. pic.twitter.com/0mKrTjv55p — Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) November 16, 2020
RELATED: If The Legal Challenges Fall Short, President Trump Should Immediately Announce His 2024 Bid
Georgia Voting System Manager: ‘An Amazing Blunder’
Gabriel Sterling is Georgia’s voting system manager and told the newspaper the mistake was chalked up to human error, not the voting equipment.
Sterling claimed the votes had been mistakenly overlooked and had not been uploaded to the scanning machine’s memory card.
Sterling did call it “an amazing blunder” and added, “It’s not an equipment issue. It’s a person not executing their job properly.”
“This is the kind of situation that requires a change at the top of their management side,” he said.
The issue is severe enough that Sterling called on Floyd County’s elections director to resign.
Director of the elections division for the office of Georgia’s Secretary of State, Chris Harvey, confirmed that the newly discovered votes will be added to the state’s overall tally.
#BREAKING: Nearly 2,600 ballots were missed in Floyd County, Georgia on Election Day, the Secretary of State's office has confirmed. Those votes were discovered during the hand recount. https://t.co/YdIPgVo3Qu — Josh Breslow (@JoshBreslowWKRN) November 16, 2020
Is This Issue Widespread?
Floyd County Republican Party Chairman Luke Floyd told the AJC that the mistake was “very concerning,” but it “doesn’t appear to be a widespread issue.”
The AJC reported that this would add about 800 net votes for President Trump to Georgia’s overall presidential election vote count.
Which begs the question – could there be other discrepancies? In Georgia, or the states where Team Trump has issued legal challenges?
According to the unofficial results, Joe Biden was projected to win Georgia last week by a lead of more than 14,000 votes.
About 2,600 ballots were not tallied on election night in Floyd County, Georgia and were caught during the retally. Here’s how those ballots breakdown, in favor of Trump. #11Alive https://t.co/iMdquoW827 pic.twitter.com/Pvl90LTX71 — Chenue Her (@ChenueHer) November 17, 2020
RELATED: Fox News’ Chris Wallace Says Trump ‘Doesn’t Seem’ To Have Any ‘Hard Evidence’ Of Fraud
Proves Recounts Are Absolutely Necessary
The AJC reports that the Floyd County discrepancy was the “most significant issue” to arise this far in the recount.
Mistakes are bound to be made in any election. But with the stakes so high in 2020, how many mistakes occurred, and need to be discovered?
This is a good example of why a recount was necessary in the first place.
How that math adds up is anyone’s guess, but we already know the final number will be different from the original tally.


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-17--AT&T Reportedly Wants To Get Rid Of CNN As Fears Grow Network May Have Hit Ratings Peak ‘Hating’ Tru

AT&T Reportedly Wants To Get Rid Of CNN As Fears Grow Network May Have Hit Ratings Peak ‘Hating’ Trump

AT & T , the parent company of CNN , is reportedly trying to dump the mainstream media network as it ’ s being predicted that ratings will plummet in the wake of Donald Trump ’ s presidency .
AT & T has had CNN since 2018 when it acquired it upon purchasing Time Warner , later rebranding the media holding company as WarnerMedia .
Fox Business senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Friday that AT & T is actively trying to sell CNN because doing so would allow the telecommunications giant to start paying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at over $ 150 billion .
“ The balance sheet over there is a real problem and that ’ s what ’ s fueling this .
I mean look at it this way : CNN does not have Donald Trump to kick around anymore — their ratings will take a hit , ” Gasparino said .
“ They are owned by a company that is financially unstable — $ 150 billion in debt , AT & T has .
They need to cut costs.
” “ On the content part of AT & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wireless part and the distribution through satellite , that content part is not analogous to the other content that they have there — it sticks out like a sore thumb , ” he added .
Gasparino went on to say that even the journalists who work at CNN believe it will be sold imminently .
“ I am not a CNN hater — there are some really good journalists there — they believe they are for sale , ” he explained .
RELATED : CNN : Conservatives Leaving Facebook And Twitter For Parler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gasparino had reported last month that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , who is the wealthiest man in the globe , may purchase CNN so that he can add it to his media portfolio that already includes the Washington Post .
Gasparino said this week that it would make sense that Bezos would be the one to buy CNN because other media organizations would likely be blocked by antitrust laws .
He added that Bezos is one of the only people who has the kind of wealth necessary for this transaction .
It remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else will actually buy CNN , however , given how ratings are likely to tank for the network once Trump is out of office .
“ This rumor is real , ” Gasparino added .
“ CNN , like a lot of media companies , it may have hit its peak hating Trump.
” READ NEXT : Meghan McCain Confronts CNN Host Brian Stelter On His Network ’ s Many Failings This piece was written by James Samson on November 17 , 2020 .
It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OPINION : It ’ s Over .
President Says Biden “ Won.
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AT&T, the parent company of CNN, is reportedly trying to dump the mainstream media network as it’s being predicted that ratings will plummet in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency.
AT&T Wants To Sell CNN
AT&T has had CNN since 2018 when it acquired it upon purchasing Time Warner, later rebranding the media holding company as WarnerMedia.
Fox Business senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Friday that AT&T is actively trying to sell CNN because doing so would allow the telecommunications giant to start paying down its debt, which currently stands at over $150 billion.
“The balance sheet over there is a real problem and that’s what’s fueling this. I mean look at it this way: CNN does not have Donald Trump to kick around anymore — their ratings will take a hit,” Gasparino said. “They are owned by a company that is financially unstable — $150 billion in debt, AT&T has. They need to cut costs.”
“On the content part of AT&T, the other part is the wireless part and the distribution through satellite, that content part is not analogous to the other content that they have there — it sticks out like a sore thumb,” he added.
Gasparino went on to say that even the journalists who work at CNN believe it will be sold imminently.
“I am not a CNN hater — there are some really good journalists there — they believe they are for sale,” he explained.
RELATED: CNN: Conservatives Leaving Facebook And Twitter For Parler Is A ‘Threat To Democracy’
Jeff Bezos May Buy CNN
Gasparino had reported last month that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who is the wealthiest man in the globe, may purchase CNN so that he can add it to his media portfolio that already includes the Washington Post.
Gasparino said this week that it would make sense that Bezos would be the one to buy CNN because other media organizations would likely be blocked by antitrust laws. He added that Bezos is one of the only people who has the kind of wealth necessary for this transaction.
It remains to be seen whether Bezos or someone else will actually buy CNN, however, given how ratings are likely to tank for the network once Trump is out of office.
“This rumor is real,” Gasparino added. “CNN, like a lot of media companies, it may have hit its peak hating Trump.”
READ NEXT: Meghan McCain Confronts CNN Host Brian Stelter On His Network’s Many Failings
This piece was written by James Samson on November 17, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-16--Ukrainian-Born GOP Congresswoman Warns America: We’re ‘Building Socialism’ Like She Saw In The Sovie

Ukrainian-Born GOP Congresswoman Warns America: We’re ‘Building Socialism’ Like She Saw In The Soviet Union

Republican Congresswoman-elect Victoria Spartz , of Indiana , warned that the American left is now “ building socialism ” like she saw in the Soviet Union .
Spartz wanted to sound the alarm about what will happen if far-left , socialist policies were pursued in America .
Future Congresswoman Spartz appeared on Fox and Friends and shared her experiences growing up in communist Ukraine , which at the time was part of the Soviet Union .
“ I grew up in a socialistic country , the Socialist Republic of Ukraine .
I saw what happens when it runs out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she said .
“ And now , I came to America 20 years ago with a suitcase after meeting my husband on a train in Europe .
He ’ s a raised and born Hoosier .
And now we ’ re building socialism .
I ’ m kind of going full circles .
I can tell you what is going to be next .
It ’ s very sad for me to see that , ” she added .
Spartz , who spent 42 years of her life under the crushing reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system , warned moderates who claimed that Biden and the Democrats would never implement socialism to be “ good students of history.
” “ Our country for the last century we fought against socialism , and a lot of young kids died .
I took my kids to the beaches of Normandy and you can see how many young kids did fighting for freedom , ” Spartz explained .
She added that every country who ’ s explored socialism has failed , because it is not sustainable , and creates much “ destruction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever exist , Spartz argued : You have freedom and free enterprise , and you have a system where government decides , with political elites on top , how we are going to live and what we are going to do .
If you think about it , we ’ re not equal , we all want different things .
We all want to have equal rights to pursue happiness , but what we want all different things .
If the government forces us to be equal , you have to suppress .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ so we have to value our freedoms because we are the greatest republic that ever existed .
RELATED : Ilhan Omar Claims Violent Riots Are Simply An ‘ Uprising ’ Against American Oppression The Future Of The Democrats Is Full Communism Spartz is exactly right about socialism as a system .
We are also seeing a rise in the number of openly , proud far-leftists in the government .
You only have to look at Spartz ’ fellow representatives , like ‘ the Squad , ’ including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Rashida Tlaib , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admitted “ democratic socialist ” – a nice little buzzword that maintains that socialism can be implemented , but through nice , fluffy methods , like voting , rather than violent revolutions on the streets .
The end result , however , remains the same .
In an interview with the far-left outlet Jacobin , Ilhan Omar talked about the progress her ideology is making .
“ Our movement , the candidates that we ’ re supporting , and what we are trying to build isn ’ t just for today .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see the impact that many of the new progressive voices have made in Congress in shaping the conversation nationwide , ” Ilhan Omar said .
RELATED : Biden Spokesperson Says Ocasio-Cortez And Far-Left Won ’ t Be Disappointed By His Agenda Tellingly , Jacobin previewed the interview with this : “ You might be feeling down about how the primaries are going .
But the socialist left is stronger than ever .
We spoke with Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar for some words of inspiration.
” The timing of that is rather ironic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these people are continuing the long march through the institutions that began back in the 1960s .
These people are radicals , and it won ’ t be long before they have total control of the Democratic Party .
The Squad and like-minded leftists want exactly what Spartz is warning about .

Republican Congresswoman-elect Victoria Spartz, of Indiana, warned that the American left is now “building socialism” like she saw in the Soviet Union.
Spartz wanted to sound the alarm about what will happen if far-left, socialist policies were pursued in America.
Spartz: American Left “Now Building Socialism”
Future Congresswoman Spartz appeared on Fox and Friends and shared her experiences growing up in communist Ukraine, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union.
“I grew up in a socialistic country, the Socialist Republic of Ukraine. I saw what happens when it runs out of money and it is not pretty,” she said.
“And now, I came to America 20 years ago with a suitcase after meeting my husband on a train in Europe. He’s a raised and born Hoosier. And now we’re building socialism. I’m kind of going full circles. I can tell you what is going to be next. It’s very sad for me to see that,” she added.
There are two new GOP members who grew up under socialism. Cuban-born @CarlosGimenezFL and Ukrainian-born @Victoria_Spartz . And two children of Cuban immigrants — @NMalliotakis and @MaElviraSalazar. Us descendants of folks who fled socialism have much to rejoice. Love it. — Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) November 5, 2020
Spartz, who spent 42 years of her life under the crushing reality of the Soviet Union and the socialist system, warned moderates who claimed that Biden and the Democrats would never implement socialism to be “good students of history.”
“Our country for the last century we fought against socialism, and a lot of young kids died. I took my kids to the beaches of Normandy and you can see how many young kids did fighting for freedom,” Spartz explained.
She added that every country who’s explored socialism has failed, because it is not sustainable, and creates much “destruction and misery.” Only two systems will ever exist, Spartz argued:
You have freedom and free enterprise, and you have a system where government decides, with political elites on top, how we are going to live and what we are going to do. If you think about it, we’re not equal, we all want different things. We all want to have equal rights to pursue happiness, but what we want all different things. If the government forces us to be equal, you have to suppress. Every socialistic system is about suppression, so we have to value our freedoms because we are the greatest republic that ever existed.
RELATED: Ilhan Omar Claims Violent Riots Are Simply An ‘Uprising’ Against American Oppression
The Future Of The Democrats Is Full Communism
Spartz is exactly right about socialism as a system.
Command economies necessarily require cramming people into conformist systems.
We are also seeing a rise in the number of openly, proud far-leftists in the government.
You only have to look at Spartz’ fellow representatives, like ‘the Squad,’ including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar.
Ocasio-Cortez is an admitted “democratic socialist” – a nice little buzzword that maintains that socialism can be implemented, but through nice, fluffy methods, like voting, rather than violent revolutions on the streets.
Student loan forgiveness is good, actually — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 16, 2020
The end result, however, remains the same.
In an interview with the far-left outlet Jacobin, Ilhan Omar talked about the progress her ideology is making.
“Our movement, the candidates that we’re supporting, and what we are trying to build isn’t just for today. It is long term, and we can see the impact that many of the new progressive voices have made in Congress in shaping the conversation nationwide,” Ilhan Omar said.
RELATED: Biden Spokesperson Says Ocasio-Cortez And Far-Left Won’t Be Disappointed By His Agenda
Tellingly, Jacobin previewed the interview with this: “You might be feeling down about how the primaries are going. But the socialist left is stronger than ever. We spoke with Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar for some words of inspiration.”
The timing of that is rather ironic, as it’s simply proof that these people are continuing the long march through the institutions that began back in the 1960s.
These people are radicals, and it won’t be long before they have total control of the Democratic Party.
The Squad and like-minded leftists want exactly what Spartz is warning about.


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--ANOTHER Memory Card With 2,755 Uncounted Votes Found In Georgia Election Audit

A memory card with 2,755 votes has been unearthed in Fayetteville County during the Georgia election audit the Secretary of State ’ s Office announced .
“ There was an issue where we noticed there were more people on the absentee ballot filed for voting in-person in Fayette County than was in the actual reporting , ” Secretary of State election official Gabriel Sterling said .
“ It was discovered today for certain .
Because of the audit , we found this , ” he continued .
Sterling chalked the oversight up to human error .
“ There were several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this , ” he accused .
“ There were several human beings that didn ’ t follow procedure.
” Surprising absolutely nobody , the count following the discovery of the memory card decreased presumed president-elect Joe Biden ’ s lead , though he still remains comfortably ahead in the state .
RELATED : Officials Warn ‘ Vast Number ’ Of Democrats Planning To Move To Georgia To Vote In Senate Runoff Races – Don ’ t Do It Just Another Lost Memory Card Found in the Georgia Election Audit An issue with another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday .
This one involved a memory card that “ election officials didn ’ t upload ” into a ballot-scanning machine in Floyd County .
In that case , 2,600 votes weren ’ t originally tallied and the new count reduced Biden ’ s lead by roughly 800 votes .
Sterling also said human error was to blame , calling it “ an amazing blunder ” and adding , “ It ’ s not an equipment issue .
It ’ s a person not executing their job properly.
” Floyd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the AJC that the mistake was “ very concerning , ” but it “ doesn ’ t appear to be a widespread issue.
” But the Fayetteville County discovery makes this at least two instances that we know of .
Is this a coincidence in Georgia ?
RELATED : Barack Obama Equates Trump To Dictators Who Will Do Anything To Stay In Power – Here ’ s Why He ’ s A Hypocrite There May Be a Trend Developing in Georgia Actually , maybe we ’ re seeing a trend with the Georgia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to WDEF in Atlanta , a third county is being investigated .
Though the error hasn ’ t been confirmed by the Secretary of State ’ s office , it reportedly involves just 224 votes in Walton County .
Critics are quick to point out these numbers are not enough to change the outcome .
Proponents of safe and accurate elections are quick to point out that these are only the instances we about and that have been reported by left-leaning media .
Meanwhile , in the ever-important Georgia Senate runoffs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ vast number ” of Democrats not to attempt to move to the Peach State and vote illegally .
“ The vast number of people who said they were willing to move to Georgia just so they can vote in the runoff election has prompted state officials to push back on the idea , ” Fox News reported .
Republicans are mocked and fact-checked over their concerns of election integrity .
Yet those concerns are validated with each new report of errors and illegality .

A memory card with 2,755 votes has been unearthed in Fayetteville County during the Georgia election audit the Secretary of State’s Office announced.
“There was an issue where we noticed there were more people on the absentee ballot filed for voting in-person in Fayette County than was in the actual reporting,” Secretary of State election official Gabriel Sterling said.
“It was discovered today for certain. Because of the audit, we found this,” he continued.
Sterling chalked the oversight up to human error.
“There were several places where the county should have seen this,” he accused. “There were several human beings that didn’t follow procedure.”
Surprising absolutely nobody, the count following the discovery of the memory card decreased presumed president-elect Joe Biden’s lead, though he still remains comfortably ahead in the state.
New: a memory card was found during the audit in Fayette county with 2,755 votes. Decreased Biden statewide lead by 449. New margin total statewide in GA is a 12,929 lead for Biden — Justin Gray (@JustinGrayWSB) November 17, 2020
RELATED: Officials Warn ‘Vast Number’ Of Democrats Planning To Move To Georgia To Vote In Senate Runoff Races – Don’t Do It
Just Another Lost Memory Card Found in the Georgia Election Audit
An issue with another missing memory card was announced by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday.
This one involved a memory card that “election officials didn’t upload” into a ballot-scanning machine in Floyd County.
In that case, 2,600 votes weren’t originally tallied and the new count reduced Biden’s lead by roughly 800 votes.
Sterling also said human error was to blame, calling it “an amazing blunder” and adding, “It’s not an equipment issue. It’s a person not executing their job properly.”
Floyd County Republican Party Chairman Luke Floyd told the AJC that the mistake was “very concerning,” but it “doesn’t appear to be a widespread issue.”
But the Fayetteville County discovery makes this at least two instances that we know of. Is this a coincidence in Georgia?
A SECOND memory card found in Georgia. Strange how that keeps happening! https://t.co/B8NHUGA5no — Steven Crowder (@scrowder) November 17, 2020
RELATED: Barack Obama Equates Trump To Dictators Who Will Do Anything To Stay In Power – Here’s Why He’s A Hypocrite
There May Be a Trend Developing in Georgia
Actually, maybe we’re seeing a trend with the Georgia audit rather than a coincidence. Because, according to WDEF in Atlanta, a third county is being investigated.
Though the error hasn’t been confirmed by the Secretary of State’s office, it reportedly involves just 224 votes in Walton County.
.@PressSec just said there is breaking news is that a THIRD Georgia County has now found a memory card containing uncounted votes, and that most of the votes are for President Trump. @seanhannity — Jewhadi™ (@JewhadiTM) November 18, 2020
Critics are quick to point out these numbers are not enough to change the outcome.
Proponents of safe and accurate elections are quick to point out that these are only the instances we know about and that have been reported by left-leaning media.
Meanwhile, in the ever-important Georgia Senate runoffs, officials have had to warn a “vast number” of Democrats not to attempt to move to the Peach State and vote illegally.
Wow! Governor Kemp will hopefully see the light before it is too late. Must finally take charge! Two GREAT Senators, who do so much for Georgia and truly love the USA, are in a must win battle with two incompetents who don’t have a clue! https://t.co/j10ZRZpYjK — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
“The vast number of people who said they were willing to move to Georgia just so they can vote in the runoff election has prompted state officials to push back on the idea,” Fox News reported.
Republicans are mocked and fact-checked over their concerns of election integrity. Yet those concerns are validated with each new report of errors and illegality.


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--Trump Campaign Files For Recount In Two Democrat-Leaning Wisconsin Counties

The Trump campaign has filed for a recount in two Wisconsin counties – Milwaukee and Dane – alleging they were subject to voting “ irregularities.
” Trump Campaign : Milwaukee And Dane Saw The “ Worst Irregularities ” The recount , which will cost $ 3 million , will not be statewide as some may have suspected , but rather focused on the counties of Milwaukee and Dane , two of the most liberal counties in the entire state .
These two counties are where the “ worst irregularities ” in the election took place , according to the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deserve to know whether their election processes worked in a legal and transparent way , ” said Jim Troupis , a Wisconsin attorney who is working with the President ’ s campaign team on the recount filing .
“ Regrettably , the integrity of the election results can not be trusted without a recount in these two counties and uniform enforcement of Wisconsin absentee ballot requirements .
We will not know the true results of the election until only the legal ballots cast are counted , ” he added .
RELATED : Poll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Election Was ‘ Rigged ’ And Trump ‘ Rightfully Won ’ The lawsuit alleges that “ municipal clerks throughout the state of Wisconsin illegally altered absentee ballots by independently altering witness addresses to absentee ballot envelopes , ” which would Wisconsin law .
Milwaukee County is the biggest in the state , and home to the city that is its namesake , while Dane County hosts Madison , the liberal capital city , where students from the University of Wisconsin reside .
Both are deep blue Democrat cities , particularly Madison .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Clinton , while Milwaukee supported her 288,986 to 126,091 .
In this election , Biden won Dane by 260,185 to 78,800 , and Milwaukee by 317,27 to 134,357 .
Democrat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett , said the recount was tantamount to “ an attack on cities , on minorities , on places that have historically voted Democratic .
Don ’ t let anyone fool you that this is about irregularities.
” The recount attempt follows developments in the neighboring state of Michigan , where the Wayne County Board of Canvassers initially refused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ party lines , then flipped back again within hours .
The reversal was allegedly egged on by threats from various Democrats , according to commentators on the right .
RELATED : Two Charged In L.A. With Voter Fraud After Submitting Thousands Of Applications On Behalf Of Homeless People

The Trump campaign has filed for a recount in two Wisconsin counties – Milwaukee and Dane – alleging they were subject to voting “irregularities.”
Trump Campaign: Milwaukee And Dane Saw The “Worst Irregularities”
The recount, which will cost $3 million, will not be statewide as some may have suspected, but rather focused on the counties of Milwaukee and Dane, two of the most liberal counties in the entire state.
These two counties are where the “worst irregularities” in the election took place, according to the Trump campaign.
“The people of Wisconsin deserve to know whether their election processes worked in a legal and transparent way,” said Jim Troupis, a Wisconsin attorney who is working with the President’s campaign team on the recount filing.
“Regrettably, the integrity of the election results cannot be trusted without a recount in these two counties and uniform enforcement of Wisconsin absentee ballot requirements. We will not know the true results of the election until only the legal ballots cast are counted,” he added.
RELATED: Poll Shows Over Half of Republicans Believe The Election Was ‘Rigged’ And Trump ‘Rightfully Won’
The lawsuit alleges that “municipal clerks throughout the state of Wisconsin illegally altered absentee ballots by independently altering witness addresses to absentee ballot envelopes,” which would Wisconsin law.
Here is our filing for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane Counties in Wisconsin. https://t.co/NFegmxVdQI — Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) November 18, 2020
Milwaukee Mayor Alleges Wisconsin Recount Request Is Racist
Milwaukee County is the biggest in the state, and home to the city that is its namesake, while Dane County hosts Madison, the liberal capital city, where students from the University of Wisconsin reside.
Both are deep blue Democrat cities, particularly Madison.
In 2016, Dane voted 217,506 to 71,270 for Clinton, while Milwaukee supported her 288,986 to 126,091.
In this election, Biden won Dane by 260,185 to 78,800, and Milwaukee by 317,27 to 134,357.
Democrat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, said the recount was tantamount to “an attack on cities, on minorities, on places that have historically voted Democratic. Don’t let anyone fool you that this is about irregularities.”
Neighboring Michigan Faces Further Issues
The recount attempt follows developments in the neighboring state of Michigan, where the Wayne County Board of Canvassers initially refused to certify the votes, breaking along party lines, then flipped back again within hours.
Wayne County features Michigan’s biggest city, Detroit.
The reversal was allegedly egged on by threats from various Democrats, according to commentators on the right.
Another one of your heroes @jaketapper. You are complicit. Democrat Abraham Aiyash threatens Wayne County, MI GOP Election Official Monica Palmer's children on zoom. pic.twitter.com/TTkXzDBxHv — Kraken-Elect.357🦑 (@ASimplePatriot) November 18, 2020
WAYNE COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS – 2 Republican members voted not to certify the ballots- public comment is now open and it is intense. People calling board members racist. This is commenter Ned Staebler: pic.twitter.com/cEsDlxzVXT — Jennifer Ann Wilson WXYZ (@JennaWils) November 17, 2020
RELATED: Two Charged In L.A. With Voter Fraud After Submitting Thousands Of Applications On Behalf Of Homeless People


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--Two Charged In L.A. With Voter Fraud After Submitting Thousands Of Applications On Behalf Of Homeles

Two Charged In L.A. With Voter Fraud After Submitting Thousands Of Applications On Behalf Of Homeless People

Two Los Angeles men have been charged with voter fraud , after submitting around 8,000 voter applications for homeless people .
The plot was apparently designed to get one of the crooks elected mayor of Hawthorne , California .
Carlos Antonio DeBourbon Montenegro and Marcus Raul Arvelo were charged with 41 counts , including eight counts of voter fraud , four counts of “ procuring and offering a false forged instrument , ” and four misdemeanors for “ interfering with a prompt transfer of a completed affidavit.
” Montenegro also faces 10 additional charges of voter fraud , along with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and two counts of perjury .
Arvelo , 34 , and Montenegro , 53 , registered around 8,000 “ fictitious , nonexistent or deceased ” voters in an attempt to get Montenegro elected as Mayor of the city of Hawthorne in Los Angeles County .
The mail-in ballots were then received at Montenegro ’ s home address , as well as three PO boxes .
Hawthorne has a population of 86,000 , with 44,000 of those in the city registered to vote .
This means the charged men would have increased the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % .
Dean Logan , Los Angeles County ’ s top election official , said how this helped tip off the city to the scheme .
“ I think that this is an example of how the system is supposed to work , that if you see something and something is suspect , you report it and we investigate it , ” Logan said .
“ In this case , it was stopped before any harm to the election could happen.
” If convicted , Montenegro could end up with a maximum of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while Arevalo could face 7 years .
RELATED : Over 1600 New Jersey Primary Ballots Found In Bin Months Later Multiple Charges Of Voter Fraud Across The Country The two Los Angeles men are not the only ones to have been engaging in alleged voter fraud in recent months .
The country is dealing with claims of fraud , uncounted votes weeks after the election , “ found ballots ” in Georgia , and other questions about our elections system .
In August , a New Jersey judge ruled that new elections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Patterson after the previous ones were “ irreversibly tainted ” by voter fraud .
Alex Mendez , who was running for city council , supposedly won the election , but an investigation caused 20 % of ballots to be rejected , with Mendez and three other men , including a councilman , charged with the unauthorized possession of ballots and submitted voter applications for ineligible voters .
While in October , a Pennsylvania judge was charged with two misdemeanors relating to the tampering of ballots from a Democrat primary election in July .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply “ darkened ” the bubbles that some voters had chosen in their ballots .
An anonymous Democrat official also told the New York Post in August that he had been engaged in massive mail-in voting fraud for decades , and that voter fraud is “ the rule rather than the exception ” for mail-in ballots .
More recently in Nevada , a Clark County Commissioner race can ’ t be certified .

Two Los Angeles men have been charged with voter fraud, after submitting around 8,000 voter applications for homeless people.
The plot was apparently designed to get one of the crooks elected mayor of Hawthorne, California.
8,000 “Fictitious, Non-Existent, Or Deceased” Voters
Carlos Antonio DeBourbon Montenegro and Marcus Raul Arvelo were charged with 41 counts, including eight counts of voter fraud, four counts of “procuring and offering a false forged instrument,” and four misdemeanors for “interfering with a prompt transfer of a completed affidavit.”
Hawthorne men accused in voter fraud plot to attain 8,000 mail ballots for “nonexistent or deceased” persons https://t.co/H7zFO6spUo — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 18, 2020
Montenegro also faces 10 additional charges of voter fraud, along with more counts of the previously mentioned crimes, and two counts of perjury.
Arvelo, 34, and Montenegro, 53, registered around 8,000 “fictitious, nonexistent or deceased” voters in an attempt to get Montenegro elected as Mayor of the city of Hawthorne in Los Angeles County. The mail-in ballots were then received at Montenegro’s home address, as well as three PO boxes.
Hawthorne has a population of 86,000, with 44,000 of those in the city registered to vote. This means the charged men would have increased the electorate of the city by around 20%.
Dean Logan, Los Angeles County’s top election official, said how this helped tip off the city to the scheme.
“I think that this is an example of how the system is supposed to work, that if you see something and something is suspect, you report it and we investigate it,” Logan said.
“In this case, it was stopped before any harm to the election could happen.”
If convicted, Montenegro could end up with a maximum of 15 years and 8 months in prison, while Arevalo could face 7 years.
But we were told by the very smart journos who are always honest that there is no such thing as major voter fraud ⬇ https://t.co/LxTPas8rks — Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) November 18, 2020
RELATED: Over 1600 New Jersey Primary Ballots Found In Bin Months Later
Multiple Charges Of Voter Fraud Across The Country
The two Los Angeles men are not the only ones to have been engaging in alleged voter fraud in recent months.
The country is dealing with claims of fraud, uncounted votes weeks after the election, “found ballots” in Georgia, and other questions about our elections system.
In August, a New Jersey judge ruled that new elections must be held in the city of Patterson after the previous ones were “irreversibly tainted” by voter fraud.
Alex Mendez, who was running for city council, supposedly won the election, but an investigation caused 20% of ballots to be rejected, with Mendez and three other men, including a councilman, charged with the unauthorized possession of ballots and submitted voter applications for ineligible voters.
While in October, a Pennsylvania judge was charged with two misdemeanors relating to the tampering of ballots from a Democrat primary election in July.
Judge Everett Bickford claimed she she had simply “darkened” the bubbles that some voters had chosen in their ballots.
An anonymous Democrat official also told the New York Post in August that he had been engaged in massive mail-in voting fraud for decades, and that voter fraud is “the rule rather than the exception” for mail-in ballots.
More recently in Nevada, a Clark County Commissioner race can’t be certified.
The Clark County Commission just threw out an election that represents almost 1/6 of the total votes cast in Clark County because there were too many “discrepancies” to be sure that that the results in that election can be certain. 153K votes in this election. https://t.co/kqO1cBwnYH — Adam Paul Laxalt (@AdamLaxalt) November 16, 2020


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--The FBI Spying Denial That Never Grows Cold

Four years after the FBI sent “ Confidential Human Sources ” secretly to gather information on Donald Trump ’ s team , the president ’ s opponents in politics and the media continue to deny that the bureau spied on his 2016 campaign .
They are now using that denial to dismiss questions of voting irregularities in the 2020 election by arguing that Trump and his allies traffic in outrageous falsehoods for partisan purposes .
During the vice-presidential debate , Mike Pence said , “ When Joe Biden was vice president of the United States , the FBI actually spied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The response from NBC “ fact checkers ” was to declare that “ Pence repeated a false claim that Trump made during the first presidential debate – accusing the Obama administration of spying on their 2016 campaign.
” RELATED : Carter Page Finally Reveals How FBI Used Him To Build ‘ RussiaGate ’ Conspiracy Against Trump At Politico , Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio caricatured the accusation of spying as alleging “ Biden was a mastermind of an effort to spy on Trump ’ s 2016 campaign , ” saying it was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and assumptions.
” By pressing accusations of spying , the president has politicized “ institutions in a way that will leave lasting damage , ” Politico quoted Democrats saying .
The outlet warned , “ Trump may exacerbate that strain in the coming weeks.
” Last week , USA Today reporters Kevin Johnson and Kristine Phillips described as “ debunked allegations ” claims that Trump ’ s team had been spied on , while reporting that Attorney General William Barr , a prominent leveler of the charge last year , was now opening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partisan interference ” with a new directive to investigate credible claims of voting irregularities .
Lesley Stahl , in her “ 60 Minutes ” interview with President Trump ahead of the election , refused to even discuss the spying charge , rejecting it as unverified and untrue .
“ The biggest scandal was when they spied on my campaign , ” Trump told Stahl .
“ They spied on my campaign , Lesley.
” “ Of course there is .
It ’ s all over the place.
” “ – spied on my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Can I — can I say something ?
” Stahl said .
“ You know , this is ’ 60 Minutes.
’ And we can ’ t put on things we can ’ t verify – ” “ No , ” Trump said , “ you won ’ t put it on because it ’ s bad for Biden .
Look , let me tell you – ” RELATED : Investigation : The Senate ’ s ‘ Russian Collusion ’ Report Had No Smoking Gun Sen. Charles Grassley says Stahl and other media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have not only been verified but proven : “ The FBI ran confidential informants against multiple Trump campaign aides in the lead-up to the 2016 election , ” the Iowa Republican told RealClearInvestigations .
“ They aggressively sought and received secret warrants to eavesdrop on Carter Page ’ s communications – warrants that were repeatedly renewed despite many critical flaws and omissions of exculpatory evidence .
These facts are indisputable , ” Grassley said .
“ Call it whatever you want to call it , but if this isn ’ t spying , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” This might appear at first glance to be a debate about semantics , a question of whether to call surveillance “ spying ” or something with less negative overtones , such as “ intelligence-gathering.
” Either way , it has been verified that the FBI took the extraordinary step of investigating an ongoing campaign for the presidency .
It has also been verified that the bureau drew on its complete arsenal , including wiretaps and secret agents – both in-house “ Undercover Employees ” and contract operatives called “ Confidential Human Sources.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ use the word “ spy ” to describe its own activities , the bureau ’ s actions fit definitions of spying , old and new .
In his 1755 dictionary , Samuel Johnson defined spying as “ To search or discover by artifice.
” Thomas Sheridan ’ s 18th century dictionary described a spy as “ One sent to watch the conduct or motions of others.
” Modern dictionaries differ very little from their precursors .
A spy , according to the “ American Heritage Dictionary , ” is “ an agent employed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” That describes FBI Confidential Human Source [ CHS ] Stefan Halper rather well .
Using his cover as a Cambridge professor , Halper cozied up to both Trump campaign advisers Carter Page and George Papadopoulos and pumped them for information .
Halper ’ s spycraft included introducing an attractive FBI asset to Papadopoulos , claiming she was his research assistant .
“ Azra Turk , ” as she was called , was an Undercover Employee – or UCE as the bureau bloodlessly refers to its secret staff – and she tried to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some definitions of spying imply a certain negativity to the enterprise .
American Heritage offers this : “ To observe secretly with hostile intent.
” Webster ’ s includes : “ to watch secretly usually for hostile purposes.
” The imputation of hostility suggests that spying is not a very nice thing to do .
The implication is that those being observed are unlikely to be getting a fair shake .
That accurately describes the experience of Page , who was repeatedly put under electronic surveillance .
The FBI obtained warrants from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ false allegations penned by a private spy paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee .
It ’ s no mere debating point , this question of whether to call the FBI ’ s snooping “ spying.
” It is a question that has serious consequences .
The Center for Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and an activist group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) would like to see prosecuted some of those who have described the FBI ’ s methods as “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Was a Suspected Russian Spy , and the FBI Knew It In particular , the attorney general : “ Did Mr. Barr agree to investigate unfounded allegations for the purpose of supporting the talking points of a political campaign ?
” asks the ethics center report .
“ If so , such actions would violate the Hatch Act , ” which limits federal employee participation in partisan political activities .
The University of Pennsylvania paper claims that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz “ refuted ” the claims that the FBI spied on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s lead author , Claire Finkelstein , to point to any passages in Horowitz ’ s reports that do this .
The UPenn professor responded with a three-sentence quote from the inspector general .
The first sentence reads : “ We found no evidence that the FBI used CHSs [ Confidential Human Sources ] or UCEs [ Undercover Employees ] to interact with members of the Trump campaign prior to the opening of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
” That does not mean the FBI didn ’ t send secret agents to gather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the spying did not begin until after Crossfire Hurricane was officially launched at the end of July 2016 .
The second sentence of the quote Finkelstein referenced states : “ After the opening of the investigation , we found no evidence that the FBI placed any CHSs or UCEs within the Trump campaign or tasked any CHSs or UCEs to report on the Trump campaign.
” In other words , the spies cozied up to individuals affiliated with the campaign and pumped them for information .
The fact that the informants did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t mean they weren ’ t spying .
RELATED : Are There Reasons for Bill Barr Indicting Russians Now … or Ulterior Motives ?
The last sentence states , “ Finally , we also found no documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivations influenced the FBI ’ s decision to use CHSs or UCEs to interact with Trump campaign officials in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
” Again , this is an admission that the FBI used paid informants to gather intelligence on the Trump campaign .
The inspector @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was no spying , just that the hiring of the spies was not motivated by “ bias.
” Those claiming that the accusation of spying has been “ debunked ” rely heavily on Inspector General Horowitz ’ s repeated statements that he had not been able to prove the FBI was motivated by political bias .
Does that really mean there wasn ’ t well-documented bias ?
August 8 , 2016 , a week after Crossfire Hurricane was launched , FBI lawyer Lisa Page texted FBI Section Chief Peter Strzok : Trump is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , right ?
Right ?
” And Strzok replied , “ No .
No he ’ s not .
We ’ ll stop it.
” These messages , and others like them , Horowitz stated , “ potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations.
” The text messages were “ not only indicative of a biased state of mind , ” the inspector general found , “ but , even more seriously , impl [ y ] a willingness to take official action to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prospects.
” According to Horowitz , “ The messages raised serious questions about the propriety of any investigative decisions in which Strzok and Lisa Page played a role.
” Strzok didn ’ t just play a role , he “ was directly involved in the decisions to open Crossfire Hurricane , ” Horowitz wrote .
Once the investigation had begun , Strzok was the agent running Crossfire .
But the inspector general wrote that he “ found that [ Strzok ] was not the sole , or even the highest level decision maker.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in charge of investigating Trump ’ s campaign , Strzok , was willing “ to take official action to impact [ Trump ’ s ] electoral prospects.
” But because he didn ’ t act alone , the inspector general declined to conclude the investigation was tainted , just that there were “ serious questions about the propriety ” of Crossfire Hurricane .
RELATED : Investigative Issues : A Deceptive Washington Post Story Giving the Bidens Benefits of Its Doubts In response to the Horowitz report , FBI Director Christopher Wray did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but he did acknowledge the bureau “ did not comply with existing policies , neglected to exercise appropriate diligence , or otherwise failed to meet the standard of conduct that the FBI expects of its employees – and that our country expects of the FBI.
” U.S. Attorney John Durham has been investigating those failures for over a year .
He may yet bring charges or close his enterprise without any further prosecutions .
Trump has called on Durham to take action .
The Trump team will either find compelling evidence of election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The president ’ s accusations of vote tampering and other irregularities should turn on whether they can be proved .
But that will require a willingness to judge the evidence fairly , not a habit of declaring demonstrable facts to have been “ debunked.
” The opinions expressed by contributors and/or content partners are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Political Insider .

By Eric Felten for RealClearInvestigations
Four years after the FBI sent “Confidential Human Sources” secretly to gather information on Donald Trump’s team, the president’s opponents in politics and the media continue to deny that the bureau spied on his 2016 campaign.
They are now using that denial to dismiss questions of voting irregularities in the 2020 election by arguing that Trump and his allies traffic in outrageous falsehoods for partisan purposes.
During the vice-presidential debate, Mike Pence said, “When Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, the FBI actually spied on President Trump and my campaign.”
The response from NBC “fact checkers” was to declare that “Pence repeated a false claim that Trump made during the first presidential debate – accusing the Obama administration of spying on their 2016 campaign.”
RELATED: Carter Page Finally Reveals How FBI Used Him To Build ‘RussiaGate’ Conspiracy Against Trump
At Politico, Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio caricatured the accusation of spying as alleging “Biden was a mastermind of an effort to spy on Trump’s 2016 campaign,” saying it was a story “riddled with falsehoods, exaggerations and assumptions.”
By pressing accusations of spying, the president has politicized “institutions in a way that will leave lasting damage,” Politico quoted Democrats saying.
The outlet warned, “Trump may exacerbate that strain in the coming weeks.”
Last week, USA Today reporters Kevin Johnson and Kristine Phillips described as “debunked allegations” claims that Trump’s team had been spied on, while reporting that Attorney General William Barr, a prominent leveler of the charge last year, was now opening the Justice Department to “claims of partisan interference” with a new directive to investigate credible claims of voting irregularities.
Lesley Stahl, in her “60 Minutes” interview with President Trump ahead of the election, refused to even discuss the spying charge, rejecting it as unverified and untrue.
“The biggest scandal was when they spied on my campaign,” Trump told Stahl. “They spied on my campaign, Lesley.”
“Well, there’s no real evidence of that,” Stahl objected.
“Of course there is. It’s all over the place.”
“No.”
“Lesley, they –”
“Sir –”
“– spied on my campaign and they got caught.”
“Can I — can I say something?” Stahl said. “You know, this is ’60 Minutes.’ And we can’t put on things we can’t verify –”
“No,” Trump said, “you won’t put it on because it’s bad for Biden. Look, let me tell you –”
“We can’t put on things we can’t verify.”
RELATED: Investigation: The Senate’s ‘Russian Collusion’ Report Had No Smoking Gun
Sen. Charles Grassley says Stahl and other media are denying the facts – facts that have not only been verified but proven: “The FBI ran confidential informants against multiple Trump campaign aides in the lead-up to the 2016 election,” the Iowa Republican told RealClearInvestigations.
“They aggressively sought and received secret warrants to eavesdrop on Carter Page’s communications – warrants that were repeatedly renewed despite many critical flaws and omissions of exculpatory evidence. These facts are indisputable,” Grassley said.
“Call it whatever you want to call it, but if this isn’t spying, I don’t know what is.”
This might appear at first glance to be a debate about semantics, a question of whether to call surveillance “spying” or something with less negative overtones, such as “intelligence-gathering.”
Either way, it has been verified that the FBI took the extraordinary step of investigating an ongoing campaign for the presidency.
It has also been verified that the bureau drew on its complete arsenal, including wiretaps and secret agents – both in-house “Undercover Employees” and contract operatives called “Confidential Human Sources.”
Though the FBI doesn’t use the word “spy” to describe its own activities, the bureau’s actions fit definitions of spying, old and new.
In his 1755 dictionary, Samuel Johnson defined spying as “To search or discover by artifice.” Thomas Sheridan’s 18th century dictionary described a spy as “One sent to watch the conduct or motions of others.”
Modern dictionaries differ very little from their precursors. A spy, according to the “American Heritage Dictionary,” is “an agent employed by a state to obtain secret information.”
RELATED: Secret Report: CIA’s Brennan Overruled Dissenters Who Concluded Russia Favored Hillary
That describes FBI Confidential Human Source [CHS] Stefan Halper rather well. Using his cover as a Cambridge professor, Halper cozied up to both Trump campaign advisers Carter Page and George Papadopoulos and pumped them for information.
Halper’s spycraft included introducing an attractive FBI asset to Papadopoulos, claiming she was his research assistant.
“Azra Turk,” as she was called, was an Undercover Employee – or UCE as the bureau bloodlessly refers to its secret staff – and she tried to get Papadopoulos in a chatty mood.
Some definitions of spying imply a certain negativity to the enterprise. American Heritage offers this: “To observe secretly with hostile intent.” Webster’s includes: “to watch secretly usually for hostile purposes.”
The imputation of hostility suggests that spying is not a very nice thing to do. The implication is that those being observed are unlikely to be getting a fair shake.
That accurately describes the experience of Page, who was repeatedly put under electronic surveillance.
The FBI obtained warrants from a secretive federal court by presenting as true false allegations penned by a private spy paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
It’s no mere debating point, this question of whether to call the FBI’s snooping “spying.” It is a question that has serious consequences.
The Center for Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and an activist group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) would like to see prosecuted some of those who have described the FBI’s methods as “spying.”
RELATED: Trump Dossier Source Was a Suspected Russian Spy, and the FBI Knew It
In particular, the attorney general: “Did Mr. Barr agree to investigate unfounded allegations for the purpose of supporting the talking points of a political campaign?” asks the ethics center report.
“If so, such actions would violate the Hatch Act,” which limits federal employee participation in partisan political activities.
The University of Pennsylvania paper claims that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz “refuted” the claims that the FBI spied on the Trump campaign.
RealClearInvestigations asked the report’s lead author, Claire Finkelstein, to point to any passages in Horowitz’s reports that do this. The UPenn professor responded with a three-sentence quote from the inspector general.
The first sentence reads: “We found no evidence that the FBI used CHSs [Confidential Human Sources] or UCEs [Undercover Employees] to interact with members of the Trump campaign prior to the opening of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.”
That does not mean the FBI didn’t send secret agents to gather information on the Trump campaign, just that the spying did not begin until after Crossfire Hurricane was officially launched at the end of July 2016.
The second sentence of the quote Finkelstein referenced states: “After the opening of the investigation, we found no evidence that the FBI placed any CHSs or UCEs within the Trump campaign or tasked any CHSs or UCEs to report on the Trump campaign.”
In other words, the spies cozied up to individuals affiliated with the campaign and pumped them for information.
The fact that the informants did not themselves join the campaign as moles doesn’t mean they weren’t spying.
RELATED: Are There Reasons for Bill Barr Indicting Russians Now … or Ulterior Motives?
The last sentence states, “Finally, we also found no documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivations influenced the FBI’s decision to use CHSs or UCEs to interact with Trump campaign officials in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.”
Again, this is an admission that the FBI used paid informants to gather intelligence on the Trump campaign.
The inspector general doesn’t write that there was no spying, just that the hiring of the spies was not motivated by “bias.”
Those claiming that the accusation of spying has been “debunked” rely heavily on Inspector General Horowitz’s repeated statements that he had not been able to prove the FBI was motivated by political bias.
Does that really mean there wasn’t well-documented bias?
August 8, 2016, a week after Crossfire Hurricane was launched, FBI lawyer Lisa Page texted FBI Section Chief Peter Strzok: Trump is “not ever going to become president, right? Right?” And Strzok replied, “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.”
These messages, and others like them, Horowitz stated, “potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations.”
The text messages were “not only indicative of a biased state of mind,” the inspector general found, “but, even more seriously, impl[y] a willingness to take official action to impact [Trump’s] electoral prospects.”
According to Horowitz, “The messages raised serious questions about the propriety of any investigative decisions in which Strzok and Lisa Page played a role.”
Strzok didn’t just play a role, he “was directly involved in the decisions to open Crossfire Hurricane,” Horowitz wrote.
Once the investigation had begun, Strzok was the agent running Crossfire. But the inspector general wrote that he “found that [Strzok] was not the sole, or even the highest level decision maker.”
Horowitz believed that the FBI agent in charge of investigating Trump’s campaign, Strzok, was willing “to take official action to impact [Trump’s] electoral prospects.”
But because he didn’t act alone, the inspector general declined to conclude the investigation was tainted, just that there were “serious questions about the propriety” of Crossfire Hurricane.
RELATED: Investigative Issues: A Deceptive Washington Post Story Giving the Bidens Benefits of Its Doubts
In response to the Horowitz report, FBI Director Christopher Wray did not admit the FBI “spied,” but he did acknowledge the bureau “did not comply with existing policies, neglected to exercise appropriate diligence, or otherwise failed to meet the standard of conduct that the FBI expects of its employees – and that our country expects of the FBI.”
U.S. Attorney John Durham has been investigating those failures for over a year. He may yet bring charges or close his enterprise without any further prosecutions.
Trump has called on Durham to take action.
The Trump team will either find compelling evidence of election fraud or they won’t. The president’s accusations of vote tampering and other irregularities should turn on whether they can be proved.
But that will require a willingness to judge the evidence fairly, not a habit of declaring demonstrable facts to have been “debunked.”
Syndicated with permission from RealClearWire.
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thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--Poll Shows Over Half of Republicans Believe The Election Was ‘Rigged’ And Trump ‘Rightfully Won’

A new poll indicates that half of Republicans believe President Trump “ rightfully won ” the election while an even greater percentage have concerns that the election was “ rigged.
” The poll , conducted by Reuters/Ipsos this past week , indicates that the President ’ s refusal to concede is starting to transfer onto the fears of Republican voters .
“ Fifty-two percent of Republicans said that Trump ‘ rightfully won , ’ while only 29 % said that Biden had rightfully won , ” Reuters reports .
Additionally , 68 percent of Republicans said they feel the election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not-all-that-insignificant percentage ( one-third ) of independents felt the same .
Just 16 percent of Democrats think the election was rigged .
RELATED : Kayleigh McEnany Says Plan Is In Place To Fight Pandemic In ‘ Second Trump Administration ’ A Good Chunk of Republican Voters Think the Election Was ‘ Rigged ’ It isn ’ t simply the President ’ s insistence that the 2020 election has been rigged in Biden ’ s favor that is affecting Republican concerns .
It ’ s the numerous stories of voting irregularities that have surfaced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media has downplayed the problems as insignificant and therefore unimportant , but they are there nonetheless .
Earlier today , The Political Insider reported that a memory card with 2,755 votes had been unearthed in Fayetteville County during the Georgia election audit the Secretary of State ’ s Office announced .
It was the second such memory card issue that changed hundreds of votes in Trump ’ s favor , with a third under investigation .
RELATED : Another Memory Card With 2,755 Uncounted Votes Found In Georgia Election Audit The media and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the poll as an indication that Republicans are simply listening to and believing in President Trump ’ s allegations .
But shouldn ’ t it be a concern that one-third of voters believe the election was “ rigged ” ?
Not only that , but 55 percent of adults overall think the 2020 election was “ legitimate and accurate , ” which marks a 7-point decrease from 2016 .
That ’ s right – the election Democrats and the media had everyone believing was stolen by the Russians seems more legitimate than this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell you that questioning the legitimacy of the election is un-American , it ’ s an important reminder that a poll from 2018 – just two years ago – shows a whopping 66 percent of Democrats believed Russia actually changed votes in favor of President Trump during the previous election cycle .
“ Two out of three Democrats also claim Russia tampered with vote tallies on Election Day to help the President , ” YouGov reported , “ something for which there has been no credible evidence.
” There is vastly more evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was of Vladimir Putin stuffing ballot boxes in 2016 .

A new poll indicates that half of Republicans believe President Trump “rightfully won” the election while an even greater percentage have concerns that the election was “rigged.”
The poll, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos this past week, indicates that the President’s refusal to concede is starting to transfer onto the fears of Republican voters.
“Fifty-two percent of Republicans said that Trump ‘rightfully won,’ while only 29% said that Biden had rightfully won,” Reuters reports.
Additionally, 68 percent of Republicans said they feel the election was “rigged,” and a not-all-that-insignificant percentage (one-third) of independents felt the same.
Just 16 percent of Democrats think the election was rigged.
About half of all Republicans believe President Donald Trump ‘rightfully won’ the U.S. election but that it was stolen from him by widespread voter fraud that favored Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. https://t.co/Ya7kX95sDN pic.twitter.com/tiLEkQPUOO — Reuters (@Reuters) November 18, 2020
RELATED: Kayleigh McEnany Says Plan Is In Place To Fight Pandemic In ‘Second Trump Administration’
A Good Chunk of Republican Voters Think the Election Was ‘Rigged’
It isn’t simply the President’s insistence that the 2020 election has been rigged in Biden’s favor that is affecting Republican concerns. It’s the numerous stories of voting irregularities that have surfaced in the last few weeks.
The media has downplayed the problems as insignificant and therefore unimportant, but they are there nonetheless.
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
Earlier today, The Political Insider reported that a memory card with 2,755 votes had been unearthed in Fayetteville County during the Georgia election audit the Secretary of State’s Office announced.
It was the second such memory card issue that changed hundreds of votes in Trump’s favor, with a third under investigation.
Third Georgia County Finds Memory Card With Uncounted Votes https://t.co/3EpwjxfoBf — Lara Logan (@laralogan) November 18, 2020
RELATED: Another Memory Card With 2,755 Uncounted Votes Found In Georgia Election Audit
Are the Concerns Legitimate?
The media and Biden voters will be quick to dismiss the poll as an indication that Republicans are simply listening to and believing in President Trump’s allegations.
But shouldn’t it be a concern that one-third of Independent voters believe the election was “rigged”?
Not only that, but 55 percent of adults overall think the 2020 election was “legitimate and accurate,” which marks a 7-point decrease from 2016.
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That’s right – the election Democrats and the media had everyone believing was stolen by the Russians seems more legitimate than this one.
Majority Of Republicans Say Trump ‘Rightfully Won’, Election Was Rigged: Poll https://t.co/wID8lQ0H2e — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) November 18, 2020
And while the media will tell you that questioning the legitimacy of the election is un-American, it’s an important reminder that a poll from 2018 – just two years ago – shows a whopping 66 percent of Democrats believed Russia actually changed votes in favor of President Trump during the previous election cycle.
“Two out of three Democrats also claim Russia tampered with vote tallies on Election Day to help the President,” YouGov reported, “something for which there has been no credible evidence.”
There is vastly more evidence of election irregularities this year than there was of Vladimir Putin stuffing ballot boxes in 2016.


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--Megyn Kelly Taking Her Kids Out Of NYC School After It Accuses White Children Of Being OK With ‘Blac

Megyn Kelly Taking Her Kids Out Of NYC School After It Accuses White Children Of Being OK With ‘Black Death’

Journalist Megyn Kelly has had enough with the Big Apple – she says that she is getting her kids away from New York City and its education system after their school promoted a call to “ reform white children.
” The independent reporter and former Fox News personality said the curriculum accused white people of “ reveling in their state-sanctioned depravity ” and slaughtering black people .
Kelly On Son ’ s NYC School : ‘ They Have Gone Off The Deep-End ’ On her podcast “ The Megyn Kelly Show , ” she shared a letter that her boys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faculty .
Kelly said that she and her husband made the decision to withdraw their children from the school because the politically charged racial agenda in the classroom was “ out of control.
” “ It ’ s out of control on so many levels , and after years of resisting it , we ’ re going to leave the city , ” Kelly said .
“ We pulled our boys from their school and our daughter is going to be leaving hers soon , too.
” She explained how her decision was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the extreme and radical ideas being foisted on students .
RELATED : Megyn Kelly Slams Girl Scouts For Caving to Liberals By Deleting Tweet Celebrating Amy Coney Barrett “ The schools have always been far-left , which doesn ’ t align with my own ideology , but I didn ’ t really care , ” Kelly said .
“ Most of my friends are liberals , it ’ s fine .
I come from Democrats as a family.
” “ I ’ m not offended at all by the ideology and I lean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve gone around the bend , ” she said .
“ I mean they have gone off the deep-end.
” Kelly explained how she first saw the letter .
‘ There Is A Killer Cop Sitting In Every School Where White Children Learn ’ The letter ’ s author was Nahliah Webber , according to Kelly , who is the executive director of Orleans Public Education Network .
Kelly read excerpts from the letter on her program .
“ There is a killer cop sitting in every school where white children learn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gleefully soak in their whitewashed history that downplays the holocaust of indigenous native peoples and Africans in the Americas , ” she continued .
Shen went on , with each excerpt as disturbing or unnerving as the next .
“ They happily believe their all-white spaces exist as a matter of personal effort and willingly use violence against black bodies to keep those spaces white.
” “ As black bodies drop like flies around us by violence at white hands , how can we in any of our minds conclude that whites are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left unchecked and unbothered in their schools , homes , and communities to join , advance , and protect systems that take away black life.
” “ I am tired of white people reveling in their state-sanctioned depravity , snuffing out black life with no consequences.
” “ Where ’ s the urgency for school reform for white kids being indoctrinated in black death and protected from the consequences ?
” RELATED : Media Mocked For Attacking Republican Madison Cawthorn – A Christian – For Trying To Convert Others To Christianity “ Where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white mothers are raising culturally deprived children who think black death is okay ?
” “ This time if you really want to make a difference in black lives — and not have to protest this sh** again — go reform white kids .
Because that ’ s where the problem is — with white children being raised from infancy to violate black bodies with no remorse or accountability.
” Wow .
Can anyone blame Megyn Kelly and her family from getting as far away from this is possible ?
Who thinks any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foisted on school kids ?

Journalist Megyn Kelly has had enough with the Big Apple – she says that she is getting her kids away from New York City and its education system after their school promoted a call to “reform white children.”
The independent reporter and former Fox News personality said the curriculum accused white people of “reveling in their state-sanctioned depravity” and slaughtering black people.
'After years of resisting it, we're going to leave."@MegynKelly describes why she pulled her kids out of their NYC schools – and she, @GlennLoury and @Coldxman Hughes discuss how "woke" leftism has taken over schools. Listen below, download here: https://t.co/F96HgI7HIW pic.twitter.com/Wljrlq7azf — The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) November 16, 2020
Kelly On Son’s NYC School: ‘They Have Gone Off The Deep-End’
On her podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show,” she shared a letter that her boys’ school administrators circulated among parents and faculty.
Kelly said that she and her husband made the decision to withdraw their children from the school because the politically charged racial agenda in the classroom was “out of control.”
“It’s out of control on so many levels, and after years of resisting it, we’re going to leave the city,” Kelly said. “We pulled our boys from their school and our daughter is going to be leaving hers soon, too.”
She explained how her decision was not about disagreeing with others, but the extreme and radical ideas being foisted on students.
RELATED: Megyn Kelly Slams Girl Scouts For Caving to Liberals By Deleting Tweet Celebrating Amy Coney Barrett
“The schools have always been far-left, which doesn’t align with my own ideology, but I didn’t really care,” Kelly said. “Most of my friends are liberals, it’s fine. I come from Democrats as a family.”
“I’m not offended at all by the ideology and I lean center-left on some things, but they’ve gone around the bend,” she said. “I mean they have gone off the deep-end.”
Kelly explained how she first saw the letter.
“This summer in the wake of George Floyd, they circulated amongst the diversity group – which includes white parents like us, there are people who want to be allies and stay attuned to what we can do – an article, and afterward they recirculated it and wanted every member of the faculty to read it.”
If You Really Want to Make a Difference in Black Lives, Change How You Teach White Kids https://t.co/D6zYr0LIzw via @edu_post @OPEN_NOLA #NahliahWebber — The Danielson Group (@danielson_group) July 14, 2020
‘There Is A Killer Cop Sitting In Every School Where White Children Learn’
The letter’s author was Nahliah Webber, according to Kelly, who is the executive director of Orleans Public Education Network.
Kelly read excerpts from the letter on her program.
“There is a killer cop sitting in every school where white children learn,” Kelly read.
“They gleefully soak in their whitewashed history that downplays the holocaust of indigenous native peoples and Africans in the Americas,” she continued.
Shen went on, with each excerpt as disturbing or unnerving as the next.
“They happily believe their all-white spaces exist as a matter of personal effort and willingly use violence against black bodies to keep those spaces white.”
“As black bodies drop like flies around us by violence at white hands, how can we in any of our minds conclude that whites are alright?”
“White children are left unchecked and unbothered in their schools, homes, and communities to join, advance, and protect systems that take away black life.”
Nahliah Webber https://t.co/fpfQAjKWAg via @edu_post "White children are left unchecked and unbothered in their schools, homes and communities to join, advance and protect systems that take away Black life." #teachers #EducationReform #KansasCity — DragonSlayer (@SlayerFists) July 8, 2020
Can Anyone Blame Megyn Kelly?
“I am tired of white people reveling in their state-sanctioned depravity, snuffing out black life with no consequences.”
“Where’s the urgency for school reform for white kids being indoctrinated in black death and protected from the consequences?”
RELATED: Media Mocked For Attacking Republican Madison Cawthorn – A Christian – For Trying To Convert Others To Christianity
“Where are the government-sponsored reports looking into how white mothers are raising culturally deprived children who think black death is okay?”
“This time if you really want to make a difference in black lives — and not have to protest this sh** again — go reform white kids. Because that’s where the problem is — with white children being raised from infancy to violate black bodies with no remorse or accountability.”
Wow. Can anyone blame Megyn Kelly and her family from getting as far away from this is possible?
Who thinks any of this is something that should be foisted on school kids?


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--Biden Issues Chilling Warning About Following His COVID Demands For Thanksgiving

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke out on Tuesday to offer a chilling warning if Americans don ’ t follow the COVID-19 demands he ’ s laid out for the Thanksgiving holiday next week .
He went so far as to say that if Americans don ’ t follow his rules for holidays in 2020 , they could end up having to follow his restrictions for holidays in 2021 .
“ Let me tell you what the health experts have said to me , ” Biden said .
“ They strongly urge that if , in fact , we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we limit it to a maximum … 10 people , socially distanced , wearing masks.
” “ And people who have quarantined .
Jill and I spent this morning like many of you trying to figure out what are we going to do for Thanksgiving… ” he added .
“ We ’ ve narrowed down which family members , and that they were just tested — recently tested within 24 hours.
” Biden went on to say that there should be no more than ten people in a room , and ideally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Thanksgiving .
He also said that everyone should also be wearing masks .
RELATED : Biden Suggests Americans Limit Thanksgiving Gatherings In Their Own Homes , Wear Masks “ I would strongly urge for the sake … of your children , your mother , your father , your sisters , your brothers , whoever you get together at Thanksgiving , ” Biden continued .
“ Think about this : There should be no group more than 10 people in one room … inside the home … and to be masked .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make sure we ’ re able to be together next Thanksgiving , next Christmas .
It is an international crisis .
An international health crisis , ” he said .
“ We ’ re at war with the virus .
… There ’ s nothing macho about not wearing a mask.
” Newsbusters ’ Curtis Houck took to Twitter to share video of Biden saying this , captioning it , “ Biden says the ONLY way you should be allowed to have Thanksgiving is if everyone wears masks , stays socially distanced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and keeps it to no more than five or ten .
He says the 2021 holidays will be this way if we DON ’ T listen to him.
” This piece was written by James Samson on November 18 , 2020 .
It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission .
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Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke out on Tuesday to offer a chilling warning if Americans don’t follow the COVID-19 demands he’s laid out for the Thanksgiving holiday next week. He went so far as to say that if Americans don’t follow his rules for holidays in 2020, they could end up having to follow his restrictions for holidays in 2021.
Biden Issues Chilling Warning
“Let me tell you what the health experts have said to me,” Biden said. “They strongly urge that if, in fact, we’re gonna have Thanksgiving with anyone that we limit it to a maximum … 10 people, socially distanced, wearing masks.”
“And people who have quarantined. Jill and I spent this morning like many of you trying to figure out what are we going to do for Thanksgiving…” he added. “We’ve narrowed down which family members, and that they were just tested — recently tested within 24 hours.”
Biden went on to say that there should be no more than ten people in a room, and ideally no more than five, during celebrations for Thanksgiving. He also said that everyone should also be wearing masks.
RELATED: Biden Suggests Americans Limit Thanksgiving Gatherings In Their Own Homes, Wear Masks
Biden Doubles Down
“I would strongly urge for the sake … of your children, your mother, your father, your sisters, your brothers, whoever you get together at Thanksgiving,” Biden continued. “Think about this: There should be no group more than 10 people in one room … inside the home … and to be masked. It saves lives.
“I just want to make sure we’re able to be together next Thanksgiving, next Christmas. It is an international crisis. An international health crisis,” he said. “We’re at war with the virus. … There’s nothing macho about not wearing a mask.”
Newsbusters’ Curtis Houck took to Twitter to share video of Biden saying this, captioning it, “Biden says the ONLY way you should be allowed to have Thanksgiving is if everyone wears masks, stays socially distanced, tests negative on the day before, and keeps it to no more than five or ten. He says the 2021 holidays will be this way if we DON’T listen to him.”
RELATED: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ‘Cancels’ Thanksgiving With Stay-At-Home Order
Biden says the ONLY way you should be allowed to have Thanksgiving is if everyone wears masks, stays socially distanced, tests negative on the day before, and keeps it to no more than five or ten. He says the 2021 holidays will be this way if we DON'T listen to him. pic.twitter.com/LR9roCneqQ — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 16, 2020
This piece was written by James Samson on November 18, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--Kayleigh McEnany Says Plan Is In Place To Fight Pandemic In ‘Second Trump Administration’

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany slammed Democrat lockdowns meant to slow the spread of COVID as “ Orwellian ” and said it isn ’ t the American way to threaten people with jail time if they don ’ t comply .
She also said that plans are in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic in a “ second Trump administration.
” The White House press secretary made her remarks during an interview on Wednesday .
“ A lot of the guidelines you ’ re seeing are Orwellian , ” she said .
“ The American people know how to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 30 days of jail time , ” McEnany added .
“ That ’ s not the American way.
” McEnany also said that there is an “ infrastructure ” in place to fight COVID-19 during a “ second Trump Administration , ” despite the fact that various media outlets have called the race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kayleigh McEnany is Referring to as ‘ Orwellian ’ Kayleigh McEnany , in discussing the ‘ Orwellian ’ lockdowns , specifically called out Democrat governor of Oregon , Kate Brown , who has delivered perhaps the most absurd edict of them all when it comes to Thanksgiving .
Brown has declared that any social gatherings of more than six people from two separate households are prohibited , and violators could face fines of up to $ 1,250 or jail time .
Brown isn ’ t the only Democrat to impose draconian lockdown measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long shot .
And many of these lawmakers have been actively flaunting their own rules .
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot told city residents to ‘ cancel ’ Thanksgiving but celebrated maskless in the streets after the election .
California Governor Gavin Newsom has landed in some hot water after he was caught partying at an upscale restaurant without a mask in tight quarters .
This , even as he imposed holiday restrictions on the number of people one can have in their home , the length of time they can be there , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not .
87-year-old senator Diane Feinstein was recently caught wandering the halls of the Capitol without a mask .
Governor Andrew Cuomo restricted the number of people that can attend a Thanksgiving gathering in a private residence and imposed a curfew on bars and restaurants .
This , despite the fact that he and his own brother , Chris Cuomo , have been caught maskless and flaunting lockdown protocols .
RELATED : Biden Suggests Americans Limit Thanksgiving Gatherings In Their Own Homes , Wear Masks Vows to Conquer COVID During a Second Administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kayleigh McEnany described as ‘ Orwellian ’ this Thanksgiving holiday , advising how many people you can have in your own home and suggesting masks will still be in order .
“ They [ experts ] strongly urge that , if , in fact , we ’ re going to have Thanksgiving with anyone , that we limit it to … five people , maximum 10 people , socially distanced , wearing masks , and people who have quarantined , ” Biden insisted .
And while Biden intends to conquer the pandemic by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did , McEnany predicted something a little different that is sure to send the media into an apoplectic frenzy .
“ We believe that we will [ handle Covid ] going forward in a second Trump administration , ” she said .

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany slammed Democrat lockdowns meant to slow the spread of COVID as “Orwellian” and said it isn’t the American way to threaten people with jail time if they don’t comply. She also said that plans are in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic in a “second Trump administration.”
The White House press secretary made her remarks during an interview on Fox & Friends Wednesday.
“A lot of the guidelines you’re seeing are Orwellian,” she said. “The American people know how to protect their health. 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 30 days of jail time,” McEnany added. “That’s not the American way.”
George Orwell’s novel 1984 portrayed a dystopian world where Big Brother reigns supreme.
McEnany also said that there is an “infrastructure” in place to fight COVID-19 during a “second Trump Administration,” despite the fact that various media outlets have called the race for Joe Biden.
RELATED: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ‘Cancels’ Thanksgiving With Stay-At-Home Order
The Democrat Lockdowns Kayleigh McEnany is Referring to as ‘Orwellian’
Kayleigh McEnany, in discussing the ‘Orwellian’ lockdowns, specifically called out Democrat governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, who has delivered perhaps the most absurd edict of them all when it comes to Thanksgiving.
Brown has declared that any social gatherings of more than six people from two separate households are prohibited, and violators could face fines of up to $1,250 or jail time.
Radical leftist Governor of Oregon is ordering no more than 6 people can gather for Thanksgiving. Joe Biden says only 5! Radical Governor is even threatening JAIL TIME for getting your family together at Thanksgiving. This is ABSURD leftist control. Not the American way! — Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) November 16, 2020
Brown isn’t the only Democrat to impose draconian lockdown measures on their citizens, not by a long shot. And many of these lawmakers have been actively flaunting their own rules.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot told city residents to ‘cancel’ Thanksgiving but celebrated maskless in the streets after the election.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has landed in some hot water after he was caught partying at an upscale restaurant without a mask in tight quarters.
This, even as he imposed holiday restrictions on the number of people one can have in their home, the length of time they can be there, and even if they should sing or not.
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve obtained photos of Governor Gavin Newsom at the Napa dinner party he’s in hot water over. The photos call into question just how outdoors the dinner was. A witness who took photos tells us his group was so loud, the sliding doors had to be closed. 10pm on @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/gtOVEwa864 — Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) November 18, 2020
87-year-old senator Diane Feinstein was recently caught wandering the halls of the Capitol without a mask.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), without a mask, walks through the corridor before today’s Facebook/Twitter CEO hearing. pic.twitter.com/lYTVMEa3Dw — The Recount (@therecount) November 17, 2020
Governor Andrew Cuomo restricted the number of people that can attend a Thanksgiving gathering in a private residence and imposed a curfew on bars and restaurants.
This, despite the fact that he and his own brother, Chris Cuomo, have been caught maskless and flaunting lockdown protocols.
Found this picture of someone without a mask on the internet today. https://t.co/NlmjKCY9kC pic.twitter.com/mWubulugQB — Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) August 31, 2020
RELATED: Biden Suggests Americans Limit Thanksgiving Gatherings In Their Own Homes, Wear Masks
Vows to Conquer COVID During a Second Administration
Even Joe Biden has proposed measures that Kayleigh McEnany described as ‘Orwellian’ this Thanksgiving holiday, advising how many people you can have in your own home and suggesting masks will still be in order.
“They [experts] strongly urge that, if, in fact, we’re going to have Thanksgiving with anyone, that we limit it to … five people, maximum 10 people, socially distanced, wearing masks, and people who have quarantined,” Biden insisted.
President-elect Joe Biden’s message to Americans who want to travel this Thanksgiving: “There should be no group more than ten people inside the home.” pic.twitter.com/NjNwqm0Ya7 — The Hill (@thehill) November 16, 2020
And while Biden intends to conquer the pandemic by locking people in their basement as he did, McEnany predicted something a little different that is sure to send the media into an apoplectic frenzy.
“We believe that we will [handle Covid] going forward in a second Trump administration,” she said.


thepoliticalinsider--2020-11-18--What On God’s Green Earth Just Happened With The Votes In Wayne County, Michigan?

Complete chaos has erupted in Wayne County , Michigan – home of Detroit – where the county had initially refused to certify the 2020 election results , only to completely reverse itself and certify the results in a span of hours .
After refusing to certify the results of the Nov. 3 election in a deadlocked 2-2 vote , the Wayne Count Board of Canvassers then re-voted 4-0 to unanimously certify the results .
Initially , Monica Palmer , a Republican on the Board , had said that poll books in Detroit were out of balance .
Team Trump legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ BREAKING : This evening , the county board of canvassers in Wayne County , MI refused to certify the election results .
If the state board follows suit , the Republican state legislator will select the electors .
Huge win for @ realDonaldTrump .
RELATED : Reporters Ask Joe Biden A Dozen Questions And Not A Single One Brings Up Left-Wing Violence Board chairwoman Monica Palmer , who is a Republican , told the Detroit News , “ Based on what I saw and went through in poll books in this canvass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have complete and accurate information in those poll books.
” Board Vice Chairman Jonathan Kinloch , who is a Democrat , called not certifying the results , “ reckless and irresponsible.
” Then the reversal came .
That the election was certified so quickly after originally being blocked may look suspicious to many , given that election irregularities have been claimed in Michigan this cycle , particularly in Detroit .
The Detroit News noted , “ In August , 72 % of Detroit ’ s poll books were found to be out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from being used if a recount were requested.
” Many have claimed the quick reversal happened due to nefarious influence .
The Detroit news notes that there was an hours-long public comment period after the deadlock vote , and that “ the vote was described as a targeted attack on majority-Black Detroit , the largest city in the county and state.
” Commentators on the right singled out a man named Ken Staebler , who they believe used threatening language to intimidate the Board .
Other members of the public made impassioned pleas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : If there really were irregularities , as Palmer had claimed , and they certified them anyway , what does that say about our system ?
Regardless of the outcome , the results of this election are going to be questioned by many for a long time to come .

Complete chaos has erupted in Wayne County, Michigan – home of Detroit – where the county had initially refused to certify the 2020 election results, only to completely reverse itself and certify the results in a span of hours.
After refusing to certify the results of the Nov. 3 election in a deadlocked 2-2 vote, the Wayne Count Board of Canvassers then re-voted 4-0 to unanimously certify the results.
Initially, Monica Palmer, a Republican on the Board, had said that poll books in Detroit were out of balance.
Michigan’s Wayne County unanimously certifies election results showing President-elect Biden defeating President Trump, hours after Republicans first blocked formal approval of voters’ intentions. https://t.co/UNK6JQXoyU — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2020
Late Tuesday, Team Trump Originally Called Deadlocked Vote ‘Huge Win’
Team Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis tweeted late Tuesday, “BREAKING: This evening, the county board of canvassers in Wayne County, MI refused to certify the election results. If the state board follows suit, the Republican state legislator will select the electors. Huge win for @realDonaldTrump.
🚨🚨BREAKING: This evening, the county board of canvassers in Wayne County, MI refused to certify the election results. If the state board follows suit, the Republican state legislator will select the electors. Huge win for @realDonaldTrump — Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 17, 2020
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany shared a similar message:
After presenting 234 pages of sworn affidavits raising allegations of fraud in Wayne County, Michigan voting, the Wayne County Board of Canvassers has DECLINED to certify their portion of the Michigan vote. Joining @seanhannity with more at 9:00 pm ET! — Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) November 18, 2020
RELATED: Reporters Ask Joe Biden A Dozen Questions And Not A Single One Brings Up Left-Wing Violence
President Trump also cheered the initial deadlocked vote:
Wow! Michigan just refused to certify the election results! Having courage is a beautiful thing. The USA stands proud! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
RELATED: 2,600 Ballots Found In Floyd County, Georgia During Recount – Benefitting Trump
Board chairwoman Monica Palmer, who is a Republican, told the Detroit News, “Based on what I saw and went through in poll books in this canvass, I believe that we do not have complete and accurate information in those poll books.”
Board Vice Chairman Jonathan Kinloch, who is a Democrat, called not certifying the results, “reckless and irresponsible.”
Then the reversal came.
Why?
That the election was certified so quickly after originally being blocked may look suspicious to many, given that election irregularities have been claimed in Michigan this cycle, particularly in Detroit.
The Detroit News noted, “In August, 72% of Detroit’s poll books were found to be out of balance, a condition that precluded them from being used if a recount were requested.”
Many have claimed the quick reversal happened due to nefarious influence.
The Detroit news notes that there was an hours-long public comment period after the deadlock vote, and that “the vote was described as a targeted attack on majority-Black Detroit, the largest city in the county and state.”
We now know that the two Wayne County, MI GOP canvassing board members only certified the vote after being threatened by violent leftist radicals. DOJ/AG Barr must immediately guarantee federal LE protection to any and every election official being threatened.@realDonaldTrump — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) November 18, 2020
Commentators on the right singled out a man named Ken Staebler, who they believe used threatening language to intimidate the Board.
Watch for yourself:
WAYNE COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS – 2 Republican members voted not to certify the ballots- public comment is now open and it is intense. People calling board members racist. This is commenter Ned Staebler: pic.twitter.com/cEsDlxzVXT — Jennifer Ann Wilson WXYZ (@JennaWils) November 17, 2020
Other members of the public made impassioned pleas for the board to certify the results:
“You are a disgrace.” Rev Wendell Anthony says today’s decision dishonors veterans and all those who have been left out and miscounted for generations. @wxyzdetroit pic.twitter.com/MOmtW6NFjx — Jennifer Ann Wilson WXYZ (@JennaWils) November 18, 2020
If there really were irregularities, as Palmer had claimed, and they certified them anyway, what does that say about our system?
Regardless of the outcome, the results of this election are going to be questioned by many for a long time to come.