westernjournal--2020-11-09--Here’s What Trump Reportedly Told Advisers About Running in 2024

A new report claims that if President Donald Trump does not prevail in his legal challenges regarding the 2020 election results , he will launch another bid for the White House in 2024 .
Axios reported on Monday that Trump is “ privately discussing ” a 2024 run , should the legal dominoes not fall his way .
Reporter Jonathan Swan claimed he had heard from “ two sources ” close to the campaign about that potential outcome .
TRENDING : Trump Dramatically Closes Gap in AZ , Half-Percent Away from Biden with Count Ongoing “ President Trump has already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ running for president again in 2024 , two sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios , ” the outlet reported .
The media ’ s four years of slanted coverage against Trump should give voters great cause to take Swan ’ s reporting with a grain of salt .
As voters saw in the run-up to the 2020 election , many stories published with alleged sources close to Trump have not been credible .
In the same article purporting to have access to Trump ’ s thoughts on not only this election , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unsubstantiated claim that Trump knows he has lost the election .
Swan reported , “ This is the clearest indication yet that Trump understands he has lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden — even as the president continues to falsely insist that he is the true winner , that there has been election fraud and that his team will fight to the end in the courts.
” As of Monday , the campaign has given no signal that Trump intends to do anything other than use the court system to challenge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , widespread ballot irregularities in a number of key states .
The Axios report is one of many out this week with alleged direct knowledge of the mood inside of Trump ’ s campaign .
A report published Monday by Fox News , which also cited unnamed sources , claimed Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien briefed campaign aides that Trump is “ not backing down , ” and will not concede the contested election .
Fox reported that at a Monday meeting at the campaign ’ s headquarters , Stepien said , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight.
” RELATED : Michigan Election Worker Makes Serious Fraud Allegations in New Affidavit Citing people in the room as sources , Fox reported Stepien added , “ There is a process , ” and further urged everyone to “ have patience.
” For now , the only credible information about the campaign ’ s approach to the contested election seems to be on fighting the results in court in Georgia , Pennsylvania , Michigan and other states .
The Trump campaign was hard at work on Monday in these states challenging the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ widespread discrepancies and irregularities with not only some ballots , but also with when some of these ballots arrived .
One noteworthy piece of information from the Axios report , though , does signal the establishment media is well aware of Trump ’ s influence among core GOP voters .
The report , though , ignores inroads Trump has made with women and minority voters .
Axios reported that should Trump come up short after exhausting his legal remedies , he would be a force to be reckoned with , should he indeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ primary .
Swan reported , “ Aides advising Republicans who are likely to run in 2024 are dreading the prospect of a Trump run given the extraordinary sway he holds over millions of GOP voters.
” “ Even four years after leaving office , he could remain formidable in a Republican primary , ” added the Axios reporter .
“ That fact alone could freeze the ambitions , fundraising and staffing of individual candidates — and of the Republican National Committee as it seeks to regroup and move beyond Trump.
” It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump would not the undisputed leader of the Republican party , whether as a 2020 second term president or as a private citizen .
But the media ’ s apparent desire to continue to prematurely call the current race should be disregarded for now .
The process will end up in the courts before the election is officially called , despite the mainstream media ’ s collective decision Saturday to announce Biden as the country ’ s president-elect .
While that could end up being the case , Trump has given no indication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than fight to challenge the results of the disputed election in a number of battleground states where Biden ’ s purported margins of victory are slim .
The coming court battles should play out before any premature speculation about Trump ’ s reported thoughts on the 2024 primary , as he ’ s still technically alive in the current race .
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A new report claims that if President Donald Trump does not prevail in his legal challenges regarding the 2020 election results, he will launch another bid for the White House in 2024.
Axios reported on Monday that Trump is “privately discussing” a 2024 run, should the legal dominoes not fall his way.
Reporter Jonathan Swan claimed he had heard from “two sources” close to the campaign about that potential outcome.
Scoop: President Trump had already told advisers he’s thinking about running for president again in 2024. https://t.co/XmdzNfN8N5 — Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) November 9, 2020
“President Trump has already told advisers he’s thinking about running for president again in 2024, two sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios,” the outlet reported.
The media’s four years of slanted coverage against Trump should give voters great cause to take Swan’s reporting with a grain of salt.
As voters saw in the run-up to the 2020 election, many stories published with alleged sources close to Trump have not been credible.
In the same article purporting to have access to Trump’s thoughts on not only this election, but the next one, Swan made an unsubstantiated claim that Trump knows he has lost the election.
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Swan reported, “This is the clearest indication yet that Trump understands he has lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden — even as the president continues to falsely insist that he is the true winner, that there has been election fraud and that his team will fight to the end in the courts.”
As of Monday, the campaign has given no signal that Trump intends to do anything other than use the court system to challenge alleged, and in some cases well-documented, widespread ballot irregularities in a number of key states.
The Axios report is one of many out this week with alleged direct knowledge of the mood inside of Trump’s campaign.
A report published Monday by Fox News, which also cited unnamed sources, claimed Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien briefed campaign aides that Trump is “not backing down,” and will not concede the contested election.
Fox reported that at a Monday meeting at the campaign’s headquarters, Stepien said, “[Trump] still is in this fight.”
Citing people in the room as sources, Fox reported Stepien added, “There is a process,” and further urged everyone to “have patience.”
For now, the only credible information about the campaign’s approach to the contested election seems to be on fighting the results in court in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other states.
The Trump campaign was hard at work on Monday in these states challenging the results and presenting evidence to prove alleged widespread discrepancies and irregularities with not only some ballots, but also with when some of these ballots arrived.
One noteworthy piece of information from the Axios report, though, does signal the establishment media is well aware of Trump’s influence among core GOP voters.
The report, though, ignores inroads Trump has made with women and minority voters.
Axios reported that should Trump come up short after exhausting his legal remedies, he would be a force to be reckoned with, should he indeed throw his hat into the 2024 GOP primary.
Swan reported, “Aides advising Republicans who are likely to run in 2024 are dreading the prospect of a Trump run given the extraordinary sway he holds over millions of GOP voters.”
“Even four years after leaving office, he could remain formidable in a Republican primary,” added the Axios reporter.
“That fact alone could freeze the ambitions, fundraising and staffing of individual candidates — and of the Republican National Committee as it seeks to regroup and move beyond Trump.”
It is indeed difficult to imagine any scenario where Trump would not the undisputed leader of the Republican party, whether as a 2020 second term president or as a private citizen.
But the media’s apparent desire to continue to prematurely call the current race should be disregarded for now.
The process will end up in the courts before the election is officially called, despite the mainstream media’s collective decision Saturday to announce Biden as the country’s president-elect.
While that could end up being the case, Trump has given no indication that he intends to do anything other than fight to challenge the results of the disputed election in a number of battleground states where Biden’s purported margins of victory are slim.
The coming court battles should play out before any premature speculation about Trump’s reported thoughts on the 2024 primary, as he’s still technically alive in the current race.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--Trump Dramatically Closes Gap in AZ, Half-Percent Away from Biden with Count Ongoing

While most establishment media outlets have declared Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential race , a sleeper story is emerging in Arizona as President Donald Trump pulled to half a percent away from his Democrat rival .
The Associated Press on Saturday declared Biden the winner of the election with an Electoral College tally of 290 compared with 214 for Trump .
Included in that tally is Arizona ’ s 11 Electoral College votes , along with results from other contested races in Michigan , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania and Nevada .
The Trump campaign has insisted that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president when all the votes are counted .
Last week , Biden held a nearly 93,000-vote lead over Trump , but as of Monday morning , the former vice president ’ s advantage shrank to just 16,985 votes , or 49.5 percent to Trump ’ s 49 percent .
TRENDING : Rudy Giuliani : Trump Campaign Has the Evidence To Change PA Election Results Garrett Archer of the Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV-TV tweeted on Sunday that the president received 64 percent of a ballot drop from Pinal and Apache counties that day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the overall count , while Biden has a strong lead in Apache County .
According to a Monday morning tweet by Archer , there are approximately 77,000 outstanding ballots in Arizona .
If the president were to take 64 percent of those outstanding ballots or something close to it , he would pull ahead of Biden by about 4,500 votes .
Of course , that is a big “ if , ” but it ’ s still conceivable .
Last week , MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki explained there are three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made up Arizona ’ s ballot count .
First came the early votes , in which Biden jumped to a 10-point lead over Trump .
Then came the votes cast on Election Day , which the president carried by 26 percentage points , Kornacki said .
The counties have been in the midst of counting a third batch made up primarily of ballots dropped off at polling places on Election Day or early ballots that arrived in the days immediately before it , which have been trending overall statewide for Trump .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that would not give him the Electoral College tally he needs or deny Biden the win if all things stay the same — but it could be the beginning of a change in the race .
Biden ’ s tally would drop from 290 back to 279 , while Trump ’ s would go to 232 , assuming Alaska and North Carolina , where he leads , ultimately are called for him .
If any of the contested states of Wisconsin , Michigan and Pennsylvania were to drop out of Biden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court challenge , the former vice president no longer would have the 270 Electoral College votes required to win .
In an Op-Ed for The Western Journal , former Bill Clinton campaign guru Dick Morris laid out Trump ’ s path to victory from there , which caught talk radio host Mark Levin ’ s attention .
Georgia is among the states likely heading for a recount , which Morris believes will play out in Trump ’ s favor given the invalid absentee and other votes that will be discovered .
He also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will also uncover invalid votes and possibly flip the state .
Then it all comes down to Pennsylvania , where Trump appears to have his strongest legal challenges .
On Friday , Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ordered all Pennsylvania ’ s counties to secure any ballots that arrived after 8 p.m. on election night .
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court contravened the Keystone State ’ s election law by allowing ballots received up to Friday to be counted , but the Trump campaign and Pennsylvania Republican Party have appealed to the U.S. Supreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SCOTUS denied a request to fast-track the case in a 4-4 ruling prior to the election , with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the liberal wing of the court ; however , the justices did not rule on the merits of the case .
With Amy Coney Barrett now on the court , such a ruling could go in the Republicans ’ favor , throwing out the late-arriving absentee ballots .
Absentees have trended heavily for Biden .
The Trump campaign is also pursuing other legal challenges , including the denial of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Then there ’ s the potentially unfolding drama in Michigan , where a county flipped from Biden to Trump after a computer glitch was uncovered .
The same software by Dominion Voting Systems is used in a majority of Michigan ’ s counties as well as in other swing states .
Georgia also experienced a “ glitch ” on Election Day with its Dominion Voting Systems in Spalding and Morgan counties , both of which Trump carried .
Politico reported the glitch was caused by a vendor uploading an update to its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election cyber experts told The Western Journal that voting software systems can be hacked and reprogrammed to skew vote tallies .
One thing all the electronic voting systems have in common is a removable drive or memory device , which engages in two-way communication with the database when results from each voting machine are uploaded .
According to these experts , the best way to verify the vote is accurate is to conduct random risk-limiting audits of election results , regardless of how large the margin of victory .
Such audits are conducted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots in various precincts around the state until a preset statistical measure of certainty is achieved when the reviewers can conclude the computer-tabulated election results reflect the actual votes cast .
So much is yet to be done before we can verify who the winner of the 2020 presidential race was .
It would certainly be a powerful turn of events if Trump ’ s re-emergence from the ashes of defeat were to begin in Phoenix .
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While most establishment media outlets have declared Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential race, a sleeper story is emerging in Arizona as President Donald Trump pulled to half a percent away from his Democrat rival.
The Associated Press on Saturday declared Biden the winner of the election with an Electoral College tally of 290 compared with 214 for Trump.
Included in that tally is Arizona’s 11 Electoral College votes, along with results from other contested races in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Nevada.
The Trump campaign has insisted that the Grand Canyon State would ultimately go for the president when all the votes are counted.
Last week, Biden held a nearly 93,000-vote lead over Trump, but as of Monday morning, the former vice president’s advantage shrank to just 16,985 votes, or 49.5 percent to Trump’s 49 percent.
Garrett Archer of the Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV-TV tweeted on Sunday that the president received 64 percent of a ballot drop from Pinal and Apache counties that day.
combo drop just came in.
Pinal: 13,571
Apache: 3,301
breakdown of 13,417 added to contest
Biden: 4,491 (33%)
Trump: 8,567 (64%) Biden leads Trump by 16,952 votes in Arizona. — The AZ – abc15 – Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 8, 2020
Trump is carrying Pinal County handily in the overall count, while Biden has a strong lead in Apache County.
According to a Monday morning tweet by Archer, there are approximately 77,000 outstanding ballots in Arizona.
If the president were to take 64 percent of those outstanding ballots or something close to it, he would pull ahead of Biden by about 4,500 votes.
Good morning!
Outstanding ballots in Arizona: 77k
Rural “Trump” counties: 14.5k
Rural “Biden counties: 5.3k
Pima: 18.7k
Maricopa: 38.4k Provisionals: 40.6k
Others: 30.2k
Awaiting curing: 6.2k Signature curing deadline is Tuesday at 5pm. — The AZ – abc15 – Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2020
Of course, that is a big “if,” but it’s still conceivable.
Last week, MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki explained there are three what he called “buckets” that made up Arizona’s ballot count.
First came the early votes, in which Biden jumped to a 10-point lead over Trump.
Then came the votes cast on Election Day, which the president carried by 26 percentage points, Kornacki said.
The counties have been in the midst of counting a third batch made up primarily of ballots dropped off at polling places on Election Day or early ballots that arrived in the days immediately before it, which have been trending overall statewide for Trump.
If Arizona were to go for the president, that would not give him the Electoral College tally he needs or deny Biden the win if all things stay the same — but it could be the beginning of a change in the race.
Biden’s tally would drop from 290 back to 279, while Trump’s would go to 232, assuming Alaska and North Carolina, where he leads, ultimately are called for him.
If any of the contested states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania were to drop out of Biden’s win column after a recount or court challenge, the former vice president no longer would have the 270 Electoral College votes required to win.
In an Op-Ed for The Western Journal, former Bill Clinton campaign guru Dick Morris laid out Trump’s path to victory from there, which caught talk radio host Mark Levin’s attention.
Interesting Dick Morris analysishttps://t.co/03bYW3chgF — Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 8, 2020
Georgia is among the states likely heading for a recount, which Morris believes will play out in Trump’s favor given the invalid absentee and other votes that will be discovered.
He also sees a recanvassing happening in Wisconsin that will also uncover invalid votes and possibly flip the state.
Then it all comes down to Pennsylvania, where Trump appears to have his strongest legal challenges.
On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ordered all Pennsylvania’s counties to secure any ballots that arrived after 8 p.m. on election night.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court contravened the Keystone State’s election law by allowing ballots received up to Friday to be counted, but the Trump campaign and Pennsylvania Republican Party have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to have that ruling overturned.
SCOTUS denied a request to fast-track the case in a 4-4 ruling prior to the election, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the liberal wing of the court; however, the justices did not rule on the merits of the case.
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With Amy Coney Barrett now on the court, such a ruling could go in the Republicans’ favor, throwing out the late-arriving absentee ballots. Absentees have trended heavily for Biden.
The Trump campaign is also pursuing other legal challenges, including the denial of Republican observers in the Philadelphia vote-counting center.
Then there’s the potentially unfolding drama in Michigan, where a county flipped from Biden to Trump after a computer glitch was uncovered.
The same software by Dominion Voting Systems is used in a majority of Michigan’s counties as well as in other swing states.
Georgia also experienced a “glitch” on Election Day with its Dominion Voting Systems in Spalding and Morgan counties, both of which Trump carried.
Politico reported the glitch was caused by a vendor uploading an update to its election machines the night before.
Top election cyber experts told The Western Journal that voting software systems can be hacked and reprogrammed to skew vote tallies.
One thing all the electronic voting systems have in common is a removable drive or memory device, which engages in two-way communication with the database when results from each voting machine are uploaded.
According to these experts, the best way to verify the vote is accurate is to conduct random risk-limiting audits of election results, regardless of how large the margin of victory.
Such audits are conducted by doing a hand recount of paper ballots in various precincts around the state until a preset statistical measure of certainty is achieved when the reviewers can conclude the computer-tabulated election results reflect the actual votes cast.
So much is yet to be done before we can verify who the winner of the 2020 presidential race was.
It would certainly be a powerful turn of events if Trump’s re-emergence from the ashes of defeat were to begin in Phoenix.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--Poll: Without Big Tech Censorship, Trump Could Be Winning with 289 Electoral Votes

A newly released post-election poll from the Media Research Center finds that 4.6 percent of those who voted for Democrat Joe Biden wouldn ’ t have done so had they known about his family ’ s questionable business dealings with China .
According to an analysis by the MRC , that 4.6 percent shift in votes would have made the difference in key swing states , giving President Donald Trump 289 Electoral College votes and a second term .
On Oct. 15 , the New York Post published a story about a business deal believed to involve Biden and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co. Twitter banned the story from being shared on the platform , and Facebook limited the audience it reached .
An email included in the Post ’ s article — reportedly recovered from Hunter Biden ’ s laptop — mentioned “ H ” and the “ big guy ” as receiving 20 and 10 percent , respectively , of the startup company Sinohawk .
TRENDING : Rudy Giuliani : Trump Campaign Has the Evidence To Change PA Election Results Tony Bobulinski , to whom the email was sent , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was Hunter and the “ big guy ” was Joe Biden .
Neither Joe nor Hunter Biden disputed the claims .
Contrary to Joe Biden ’ s repeated statements about not being aware of his son ’ s overseas business dealings , Bobulinski said the former vice president was very much aware and in fact was involved .
He backed up his allegations with multiple emails and text messages .
The MRC poll , conducted by McLaughlin & Associates , found that 36 percent of Biden voters were not aware of the evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s shady business ventures .
Of these , 13 percent — or 4.6 percent of Biden ’ s total — said they would not have voted for him had they known .
The states that Trump would have won with a 4.6 percent boost include Arizona , Georgia , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin .
RELATED : GSA Says No Way to Biden Power Transfer The nationwide survey of 1,000 general election voters ( including early voters ) was conducted Nov. 2-3 .
For the 501 Biden voters who responded , the margin of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It is an indisputable fact that the media stole the election , ” MRC President Brent Bozell said in response to the poll ’ s findings .
“ The American electorate was intentionally kept in the dark .
During the height of the scandal surrounding Hunter Biden ’ s foreign dealings , the media and the big tech companies did everything in their power to cover it up , ” he said .
“ This story would have potentially changed the outcome of this election , ” Bozell said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aware of this , so they actively tried to prevent it from reaching the American public.
” MRC found that Twitter and Facebook censored Trump and his campaign 65 times during the race , while Biden and his team were never censored .
It is truly a scandal that social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook acted so brazenly to suppress and censor reporting about a presidential candidate in the weeks leading up to the election .
It appears Congress might have to step in and pass legislation that prevents this from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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A newly released post-election poll from the Media Research Center finds that 4.6 percent of those who voted for Democrat Joe Biden wouldn’t have done so had they known about his family’s questionable business dealings with China.
According to an analysis by the MRC, that 4.6 percent shift in votes would have made the difference in key swing states, giving President Donald Trump 289 Electoral College votes and a second term.
On Oct. 15, the New York Post published a story about a business deal believed to involve Biden and his son, Hunter, with the Shanghai-based conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co.
Twitter banned the story from being shared on the platform, and Facebook limited the audience it reached.
An email included in the Post’s article — reportedly recovered from Hunter Biden’s laptop — mentioned “H” and the “big guy” as receiving 20 and 10 percent, respectively, of the startup company Sinohawk.
Tony Bobulinski, to whom the email was sent, said on record that “H” was Hunter and the “big guy” was Joe Biden.
Neither Joe nor Hunter Biden disputed the claims.
BREAKING: Proof the media stole the election. An MRC study finds that 4.6% of Joe Biden voters would NOT have voted for him had they known about the Biden family’s corrupt business dealings. https://t.co/X8NCCHVKui — MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) November 9, 2020
Contrary to Joe Biden’s repeated statements about not being aware of his son’s overseas business dealings, Bobulinski said the former vice president was very much aware and in fact was involved.
He backed up his allegations with multiple emails and text messages.
The MRC poll, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, found that 36 percent of Biden voters were not aware of the evidence linking the Democratic nominee to his son’s shady business ventures.
Of these, 13 percent — or 4.6 percent of Biden’s total — said they would not have voted for him had they known.
The states that Trump would have won with a 4.6 percent boost include Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The nationwide survey of 1,000 general election voters (including early voters) was conducted Nov. 2-3. For the 501 Biden voters who responded, the margin of error is plus or minus 4.4 percent.
“It is an indisputable fact that the media stole the election,” MRC President Brent Bozell said in response to the poll’s findings.
“The American electorate was intentionally kept in the dark. During the height of the scandal surrounding Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings, the media and the big tech companies did everything in their power to cover it up,” he said.
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“This story would have potentially changed the outcome of this election,” Bozell said. “The media and Silicon Valley were fully aware of this, so they actively tried to prevent it from reaching the American public.”
MRC found that Twitter and Facebook censored Trump and his campaign 65 times during the race, while Biden and his team were never censored.
It is truly a scandal that social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook acted so brazenly to suppress and censor reporting about a presidential candidate in the weeks leading up to the election.
It appears Congress might have to step in and pass legislation that prevents this from ever happening again.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--‘WJ Live’: Trump Could Still Win, Despite What the Left Wants You To Believe

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westernjournal--2020-11-09--Where’s Hunter? Joe Biden Brings His Son Who Is Under Federal Investigation on Stage with Him

I know , we were all breathlessly wondering where he was .
He ’ d disappeared from view for a while after That Laptop got splashed all over the pages of the New York Post .
Well , at least his emails did .
The more prurient files ended up elsewhere .
Now , granted , we never got confirmation it belonged to the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden .
We never got any denials , either .
What we got was a whole lot of evasion and running out the clock in the race against President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appeared when his father decided to give a victory speech Saturday night , the strategy seems to have worked .
In a piece describing how the laptop story “ fizzled , ” Politico writers Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio said Joe Biden “ was joined on a Delaware stage by his son Hunter — the villain of one of Trump ’ s last-ditch attacks — where the two clasped hands and waved after Biden ’ s victory speech.
” TRENDING : Trump Dramatically Closes Gap in AZ , Half-Percent Away from Biden with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a “ factually challenged [ narrative ] about Biden in the waning weeks of the campaign ” in which the Democratic candidate “ was the secret beneficiary of multi-million-dollar business deals with shady foreign interests carried out by Hunter Biden.
” That story was “ riddled with falsehoods , exaggerations and assumptions , often pushed by unreliable narrators who revealed no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden , ” Cheney and Desiderio wrote .
“ Though Biden ’ s son may face legitimate legal problems over his foreign activities — and recent reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigation — no evidence connects the elder Biden to those allegations , and even Trump acknowledged that top advisers were urging him to back off the Hunter claims so close to Election Day.
” Yes , so about that all .
How much it moved the needle for Trump or Biden is anyone ’ s guess , and whether there was better messaging for Trump will certainly be part of any post-mortem , assuming the president ’ s legal challenges don ’ t pan out .
However , internet searches seem to indicate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden corruption in the final weeks of the campaign : This is a Google Trends chart showing the relative popularity of the search term “ Joe Biden corruption ” in the final weeks of the campaign after the Hunter Biden laptop was retrieved .
Considering Biden had made it an entire year without this being a popular search , yes , I ’ d say this was an issue .
As for Hunter Biden himself and what he means for a potential Joe Biden presidency , should he be certified the winner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court challenges , Messrs. Cheney and Desiderio underestimate the complications his younger son might pose .
RELATED : Poll : Without Big Tech Censorship , Trump Could Be Winning with 289 Electoral Votes Yes , assume that Tony Bobulinski has no evidence for his claims he met with Joe Biden and that he wasn ’ t “ the secret beneficiary of multi-million-dollar business deals with shady foreign interests.
” Hunter Biden is still a part of a federal investigation , something that wasn ’ t necessarily emphasized by any of the commentators on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t mention that while Hunter Biden ’ s emails didn ’ t necessarily provide smoking-gun evidence his father was involved in wrongdoing , they certainly didn ’ t provide exoneration .
At the very least , the picture that emerges from the hard drive of Hunter ’ s laptop — not even going into the portrait of the lows of addiction that it provided — is that it made it increasingly clear there was a high likelihood Joe Biden knew more about his son ’ s business dealings than we thought .
First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings .
There ’ s nothing illegal about this , although it ’ s a strange fit .
Hunter has no experience working in Ukraine or in the energy sector , but there ’ s no law against Washington children influence-peddling with foreign companies .
In fact , this is one of the primary ways dissolute District ne ’ er-do-wells earn a living .
Next , Joe Biden brings to bear the power of the United States government on Ukraine so that top prosecutor Viktor Shokin is fired .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations .
Shokin , at one time , was investigating Burisma Holdings .
Now , it must be said that Shokin was doing so poorly and almost all of his investigations into Ukrainian corruption were inefficient , probably deliberately so .
There are few who are familiar with Shokin ’ s career who believe he shouldn ’ t have been canned as well .
However , if Biden knew about his son ’ s position with Burisma Holdings , it would be a clear conflict of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The former vice president ’ s operative statement in the matter still seems to be a September 2019 remark that he had “ never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings , ” according to the New York Post .
Hunter Biden , for his part , says he ’ s spoken to his father about his dealings “ just once.
” So fast forward to the laptop , where Hunter Biden reportedly said he ’ d introduced his father to a top Burisma executive , Vadym Pozharskyi , at some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vice president .
There was also an email that may have detailed the elder Biden ’ s potential role in a deal with a Chinese company — although even if he was to receive remuneration , that deal was never consummated .
And yes , there ’ s also an active federal investigation around that laptop regarding possible money-laundering charges .
Fox News initially confirmed that documents showed the laptop had been subpoenaed by the FBI .
“ Multiple federal law enforcement officials , as well as two separate government officials , confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were signed by FBI Special Agent Joshua Wilson , ” Fox News reported Oct. 21 .
“ Wilson did not immediately respond to Fox News ’ request for comment.
” Meanwhile , Sinclair Broadcasting reported Oct. 30 that a Justice Department official confirmed “ that the FBI opened up a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden and his associates back in 2019 , focused on allegations of money-laundering and that the probe remains active.
” So , yes , there ’ s a reason you ’ re only seeing Hunter Biden now .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” you be the judge .
Joe Biden talked a lot about “ unity ” on Saturday night .
By stopping any conversation about Hunter Biden over the past few months , Joe Biden ensured we ’ re talking about him for a long time to come .
And unlike his father , there was no good reason for him to come out of the basement .
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Good news, America: We’ve found Hunter Biden.
I know, we were all breathlessly wondering where he was. He’d disappeared from view for a while after That Laptop got splashed all over the pages of the New York Post. Well, at least his emails did. The more prurient files ended up elsewhere.
Now, granted, we never got confirmation it belonged to the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. We never got any denials, either. What we got was a whole lot of evasion and running out the clock in the race against President Donald Trump.
Given that Hunter Biden finally appeared when his father decided to give a victory speech Saturday night, the strategy seems to have worked.
In a piece describing how the laptop story “fizzled,” Politico writers Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio said Joe Biden “was joined on a Delaware stage by his son Hunter — the villain of one of Trump’s last-ditch attacks — where the two clasped hands and waved after Biden’s victory speech.”
That’s pretty brazen. — Katie (@Catherine_Wild7) November 8, 2020
The piece dismissed the story as a “factually challenged [narrative] about Biden in the waning weeks of the campaign” in which the Democratic candidate “was the secret beneficiary of multi-million-dollar business deals with shady foreign interests carried out by Hunter Biden.”
That story was “riddled with falsehoods, exaggerations and assumptions, often pushed by unreliable narrators who revealed no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden,” Cheney and Desiderio wrote. “Though Biden’s son may face legitimate legal problems over his foreign activities — and recent reports suggest he is facing an ongoing FBI investigation — no evidence connects the elder Biden to those allegations, and even Trump acknowledged that top advisers were urging him to back off the Hunter claims so close to Election Day.”
Yes, so about that all.
How much it moved the needle for Trump or Biden is anyone’s guess, and whether there was better messaging for Trump will certainly be part of any post-mortem, assuming the president’s legal challenges don’t pan out.
However, internet searches seem to indicate people were at least interested in potential Joe Biden corruption in the final weeks of the campaign:
This is a Google Trends chart showing the relative popularity of the search term “Joe Biden corruption” in the final weeks of the campaign after the Hunter Biden laptop was retrieved. Considering Biden had made it an entire year without this being a popular search, yes, I’d say this was an issue.
As for Hunter Biden himself and what he means for a potential Joe Biden presidency, should he be certified the winner after recounts and the president’s court challenges, Messrs. Cheney and Desiderio underestimate the complications his younger son might pose.
Yes, assume that Tony Bobulinski has no evidence for his claims he met with Joe Biden and that he wasn’t “the secret beneficiary of multi-million-dollar business deals with shady foreign interests.” Hunter Biden is still a part of a federal investigation, something that wasn’t necessarily emphasized by any of the commentators on Saturday night.
They also didn’t mention that while Hunter Biden’s emails didn’t necessarily provide smoking-gun evidence his father was involved in wrongdoing, they certainly didn’t provide exoneration.
At the very least, the picture that emerges from the hard drive of Hunter’s laptop — not even going into the portrait of the lows of addiction that it provided — is that it made it increasingly clear there was a high likelihood Joe Biden knew more about his son’s business dealings than we thought.
Let’s remember the concatenation of events.
First, Hunter Biden joins the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. There’s nothing illegal about this, although it’s a strange fit. Hunter has no experience working in Ukraine or in the energy sector, but there’s no law against Washington children influence-peddling with foreign companies. In fact, this is one of the primary ways dissolute District ne’er-do-wells earn a living.
Next, Joe Biden brings to bear the power of the United States government on Ukraine so that top prosecutor Viktor Shokin is fired. Biden later brags about this in an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.
Joe Biden at the Council on Foreign Relations: “So I said to Poroshenko (Ukrainian President) & Yatsenuk (Ukr PM): If you don’t fire the prosecutor investigating my son, we’re going to withhold the $1 billion in aid.” Would be a shame if this went viral! pic.twitter.com/Wd1x7tsFFn — Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) September 26, 2019
Shokin, at one time, was investigating Burisma Holdings.
Now, it must be said that Shokin was doing so poorly and almost all of his investigations into Ukrainian corruption were inefficient, probably deliberately so. There are few who are familiar with Shokin’s career who believe he shouldn’t have been canned as well.
However, if Biden knew about his son’s position with Burisma Holdings, it would be a clear conflict of interest for him to be involved.
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The former vice president’s operative statement in the matter still seems to be a September 2019 remark that he had “never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings,” according to the New York Post. Hunter Biden, for his part, says he’s spoken to his father about his dealings “just once.”
So fast forward to the laptop, where Hunter Biden reportedly said he’d introduced his father to a top Burisma executive, Vadym Pozharskyi, at some point during Biden’s time as vice president. There was also an email that may have detailed the elder Biden’s potential role in a deal with a Chinese company — although even if he was to receive remuneration, that deal was never consummated.
And yes, there’s also an active federal investigation around that laptop regarding possible money-laundering charges. Fox News initially confirmed that documents showed the laptop had been subpoenaed by the FBI.
“Multiple federal law enforcement officials, as well as two separate government officials, confirmed the authenticity of these documents, which were signed by FBI Special Agent Joshua Wilson,” Fox News reported Oct. 21. “Wilson did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.”
Meanwhile, Sinclair Broadcasting reported Oct. 30 that a Justice Department official confirmed “that the FBI opened up a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden and his associates back in 2019, focused on allegations of money-laundering and that the probe remains active.”
So, yes, there’s a reason you’re only seeing Hunter Biden now.
As for whether the laptop story “fizzled,” you be the judge.
Joe Biden talked a lot about “unity” on Saturday night. By stopping any conversation about Hunter Biden over the past few months, Joe Biden ensured we’re talking about him for a long time to come. And unlike his father, there was no good reason for him to come out of the basement.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--SD Gov. Noem Turns the Tables When Smug Stephanopoulos Tries To Lecture Her

George Stephanopoulos made his name running communications for the Clinton White House in the 1990s .
A quarter-century later , he ’ s running Democratic communications at ABC News , desperately trying to convince Americans that the 2020 election is over and done with .
The South Dakota governor , a Republican who endeared herself to President Donald Trump ’ s supporters nationwide with her refusal to cater to the cowards of the coronavirus outbreak , took to ABC ’ s “ This Week ” on Sunday to spar with Stephanopoulos about the state of the 2020 race .
TRENDING @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Evidence To Change PA Election Results For starters , Noem cited the disputed election of 2000 , when Democrat Al Gore conceded the race , then withdrew his concession , then put the country through more than a month of uncertainty while his team of election lawyers tried to undo the results of the Florida vote .
Why , she asked , is Trump not afforded the same courtesy – along with the more than 70 million Americans who voted to keep him in the White House instead of entrusting the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has trouble remembering what office he was running for ?
“ What I think is going on here , George , is that this is all premature .
This is a premature conversation because we have not finished counting votes , ” Noem said .
“ There are states that have not been called , and back in 2000 , Al Gore was given his day in court .
We should give President Trump his day in court.
” Check out the whole interview here .
Noem ’ s opening salvo against New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worth the watch .
On the topic of the 2020 election , Noem said that it ’ s simply time to let the process work through – an idea Democrats and the mainstream media are clearly uninterested in , given their eagerness to present the results as a fait accompli in former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s favor .
“ Election Day needs to be fair , honest and transparent , and we need to be sure that we had an honest election before we decide who ’ s going to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , ” she said .
Stephanopoulos – sounding for all the world like the Democratic National Committee shill he is at heart – objected that there was no evidence of “ widespread fraud.
” RELATED : GSA Says No Way to Biden Power Transfer Speaking calmly , and at times straight through Stephanopoulos ’ objections , Noem made points unknown to most Americans who rely on Stephanopoulos and his fellow travelers in the mainstream media for their information – like crooked computers in Michigan that unaccountably changed votes from one party to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes in Pennsylvania .
“ People have signed legal documents , affidavits , stating that they saw illegal activity .
That is why we need to have this conversation in court , ” she said .
“ We have had computer glitches that changed Republican votes to Democrat votes , ” she said .
“ You look in Pennsylvania .
Dead people voted in Pennsylvania .
“ George , I don ’ t know how widespread it is .
I don ’ t know if it ’ ll change the outcome of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scared just to have a fair election and find out ?
“ We gave Al Gore 37 days to run the process before we decided who was going to be president .
Why would we not afford the 70.6 million Americans that voted for President Trump the same consideration ?
” For Stephanopoulos and other mainstream media liberals , of course , the reason for that is simple : Al Gore is a Democrat and Trump is a Republican .
Therefore , the opinions of Trump ’ s 70 million voters can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have been called “ mansplaining ” if he had been a conservative interviewing a liberal , Stephanopoulos rattled off a list of states and the voter discrepancies between the candidates before challenging Noem again to explain why the election should not be considered over .
“ All I ’ m asking for , George , is that we don ’ t break this country , ” Noem said .
“ When you break the process on which we elect our leaders , you will break America forever.
” A fair-minded observer might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the goal of the left for decades .
It ’ s out in the open now in the form of “ mostly peaceful riots ” in the streets that leave a trail of shattered glass and burned-out buildings .
It ’ s out in the open in the nation ’ s capital , where the Democratic Party made no secret of its plans to try to cement its hold on power by expanding the Supreme Court with pliant “ justices ” and ending the Senate filibuster that puts a brake on radical legislation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see it .
“ This isn ’ t just about this election , ” Noem said .
“ This is about every election in the future , and the fact that the American people , the everyday people who get up and work hard , that are suffering through this pandemic , that have tragically lost family members , that they need to know at least that America still functions and we care about doing things right.
” Looking like an even worse sap than usual , Stephanopoulos ended the interview with little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t have an answer for Noem .
The only answer liberals know when it comes to real challenges is “ shut up.
” The social media giants Facebook and Twitter imposed silence on corruption allegations against Biden prior to the election .
The network TV news giants did it even more .
For crooked “ journalists ” like Stephanopoulos , sometimes , censorship like that is the only kind of communication they know .
It doesn ’ t work so well when there ’ s time to think – which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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George Stephanopoulos made his name running communications for the Clinton White House in the 1990s.
A quarter-century later, he’s running Democratic communications at ABC News, desperately trying to convince Americans that the 2020 election is over and done with.
Kristi Noem had a different idea.
The South Dakota governor, a Republican who endeared herself to President Donald Trump’s supporters nationwide with her refusal to cater to the cowards of the coronavirus outbreak, took to ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday to spar with Stephanopoulos about the state of the 2020 race.
So many serious election integrity concerns: -Signed affidavits attesting to illegal activity in Pennsylvania and Nevada;
-Computer glitches flipping Republican votes to Democrats in Michigan;
-Dead people voting in Pennsylvania;
-And more. Let the legal process play out. pic.twitter.com/a8BAma7HYu — Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) November 8, 2020
For starters, Noem cited the disputed election of 2000, when Democrat Al Gore conceded the race, then withdrew his concession, then put the country through more than a month of uncertainty while his team of election lawyers tried to undo the results of the Florida vote.
Why, she asked, is Trump not afforded the same courtesy – along with the more than 70 million Americans who voted to keep him in the White House instead of entrusting the country to a confused, corrupt septuagenarian who has trouble remembering what office he was running for?
“What I think is going on here, George, is that this is all premature. This is a premature conversation because we have not finished counting votes,” Noem said. “There are states that have not been called, and back in 2000, Al Gore was given his day in court. We should give President Trump his day in court.”
Check out the whole interview here. Noem’s opening salvo against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo alone is worth the watch.
On the topic of the 2020 election, Noem said that it’s simply time to let the process work through – an idea Democrats and the mainstream media are clearly uninterested in, given their eagerness to present the results as a fait accompli in former Vice President Joe Biden’s favor.
“Election Day needs to be fair, honest and transparent, and we need to be sure that we had an honest election before we decide who’s going to be in the White House the next four years,” she said.
Stephanopoulos – sounding for all the world like the Democratic National Committee shill he is at heart – objected that there was no evidence of “widespread fraud.”
(Beware of Democrats bearing adjectives. Mere “fraud” isn’t good enough. It has to be “widespread.” And it will be a cold day down under before Stephanopoulos or any other Democrat will admit to any fraud “widespread” enough to defeat a Democrat running for office.)
Speaking calmly, and at times straight through Stephanopoulos’ objections, Noem made points unknown to most Americans who rely on Stephanopoulos and his fellow travelers in the mainstream media for their information – like crooked computers in Michigan that unaccountably changed votes from one party to another, or determined dead Democrats casting votes in Pennsylvania.
“People have signed legal documents, affidavits, stating that they saw illegal activity. That is why we need to have this conversation in court,” she said.
“We have had computer glitches that changed Republican votes to Democrat votes,” she said. “You look in Pennsylvania. Dead people voted in Pennsylvania.
“George, I don’t know how widespread it is. I don’t know if it’ll change the outcome of the election. But why is everyone so scared just to have a fair election and find out?
“We gave Al Gore 37 days to run the process before we decided who was going to be president. Why would we not afford the 70.6 million Americans that voted for President Trump the same consideration?”
For Stephanopoulos and other mainstream media liberals, of course, the reason for that is simple: Al Gore is a Democrat and Trump is a Republican. Therefore, the opinions of Trump’s 70 million voters can be safely discarded.
With a condescension that would have been called “mansplaining” if he had been a conservative interviewing a liberal, Stephanopoulos rattled off a list of states and the voter discrepancies between the candidates before challenging Noem again to explain why the election should not be considered over.
“All I’m asking for, George, is that we don’t break this country,” Noem said. “When you break the process on which we elect our leaders, you will break America forever.”
A fair-minded observer might think that breaking America forever has been the goal of the left for decades.
It’s out in the open now in the form of “mostly peaceful riots” in the streets that leave a trail of shattered glass and burned-out buildings.
It’s out in the open in the nation’s capital, where the Democratic Party made no secret of its plans to try to cement its hold on power by expanding the Supreme Court with pliant “justices” and ending the Senate filibuster that puts a brake on radical legislation.
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Noem and every other American can see it.
“This isn’t just about this election,” Noem said. “This is about every election in the future, and the fact that the American people, the everyday people who get up and work hard, that are suffering through this pandemic, that have tragically lost family members, that they need to know at least that America still functions and we care about doing things right.”
Looking like an even worse sap than usual, Stephanopoulos ended the interview with little grace and less class, but he didn’t have an answer for Noem.
The only answer liberals know when it comes to real challenges is “shut up.”
The social media giants Facebook and Twitter imposed silence on corruption allegations against Biden prior to the election. The network TV news giants did it even more.
For crooked “journalists” like Stephanopoulos, sometimes, censorship like that is the only kind of communication they know.
It doesn’t work so well when there’s time to think – which is what Democrats are afraid of.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--Michigan Election Worker Makes Serious Fraud Allegations in New Affidavit

An election worker in Detroit has signed an affidavit alleging she witnessed widespread election fraud in the city leading up to and during Tuesday ’ s presidential election .
In the affidavit , a woman named Jessy Jacob said she directly witnessed her fellow election workers attempting to coach voters to cast ballots for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden , Newsweek reported .
Biden has been declared the winner of Tuesday ’ s election by the establishment media .
Those are simply projections at this point , but the Trump campaign has vowed to fight tooth and nail to prove @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign is only just beginning to provide evidence it has promised will show widespread election fraud .
TRENDING : Trump Dramatically Closes Gap in AZ , Half-Percent Away from Biden with Count Ongoing The evidence from Jacob in Detroit , if proven , could potentially show a widespread effort to flip the battleground state of Michigan for Biden .
“ Detroit elections worker : ‘ I was instructed by my supervisor to adjust the mailing date of these absentee ballot packages to be dated earlier than they were actually sent .
The supervisor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engage in this practice.
’ ” In another tweet , Harrington displayed the affidavit as direct evidence of “ fraud.
” Jacob , in the affidavit , offered a firsthand account of an alleged massive scheme to flip the state for Biden .
RELATED : Here 's What Trump Reportedly Told Advisers About Running in 2024 “ I directly observed , on a daily basis , City of Detroit election workers and employees coaching and trying to coach voters to vote for Joe Biden and the Democrat party , ” Jacob wrote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers and employees encouraging voters to do a straight Democrat ballot.
” In the affidavit , Jacob also said she was instructed by a supervisor to “ adjust the mailing date ” of absentee ballots to be “ dated earlier than they were actually sent.
” “ The supervisor was making announcements for all workers to engage in this practice , ” the woman claimed .
Jacob said she worked at the Detroit election headquarters for most of the month of September before she was moved to satellite office in October .
Jacob @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to ask for a driver ’ s license or any photo I.D .
when a person was trying to vote.
” At the satellite location , she said she observed a “ large number of people ” showing up to vote in-person who “ had already applied for an absentee ballot.
” “ These people were allowed to vote in-person and were not required to return the mailed absentee ballot or sign an affidavit that the voter lost the mailed absentee ballot.
” The bombshell claim from Jacob comes as the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of proving its claims that the election was marred with widespread election fraud relating to ballot irregularities in swing states .
Politico reported Biden won in Michigan by more than 146,000 votes .
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An election worker in Detroit has signed an affidavit alleging she witnessed widespread election fraud in the city leading up to and during Tuesday’s presidential election.
In the affidavit, a woman named Jessy Jacob said she directly witnessed her fellow election workers attempting to coach voters to cast ballots for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Newsweek reported.
Biden has been declared the winner of Tuesday’s election by the establishment media.
Those are simply projections at this point, but the Trump campaign has vowed to fight tooth and nail to prove the election was “stolen.”
The campaign is only just beginning to provide evidence it has promised will show widespread election fraud.
The evidence from Jacob in Detroit, if proven, could potentially show a widespread effort to flip the battleground state of Michigan for Biden.
Republican Party national spokeswoman Elizabeth Harrington shared the affidavit on Twitter.
“Detroit elections worker: ‘I was instructed by my supervisor to adjust the mailing date of these absentee ballot packages to be dated earlier than they were actually sent. The supervisor was making announcements for all workers to engage in this practice.’”
“EVIDENCE!” she added.
?? Detroit elections worker: “I was instructed by my supervisor to adjust the mailing date of these absentee ballot packages to be dated earlier than they were actually sent. The supervisor was making announcements for all workers to engage in this practice.” ?? EVIDENCE! pic.twitter.com/pZdyzb71Y2 — Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) November 9, 2020
In another tweet, Harrington displayed the affidavit as direct evidence of “fraud.”
FRAUD: “I directly observed, on a daily basis, City of Detroit election workers and employees coaching and trying to coach voters to vote for Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. I witnessed these workers and employees encouraging voters to do a straight Democrat ballot.” pic.twitter.com/tvjglm0s3H — Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) November 9, 2020
Jacob, in the affidavit, offered a firsthand account of an alleged massive scheme to flip the state for Biden.
“I directly observed, on a daily basis, City of Detroit election workers and employees coaching and trying to coach voters to vote for Joe Biden and the Democrat party,” Jacob wrote.
She added, “I witnessed these workers and employees encouraging voters to do a straight Democrat ballot.”
In the affidavit, Jacob also said she was instructed by a supervisor to “adjust the mailing date” of absentee ballots to be “dated earlier than they were actually sent.”
“The supervisor was making announcements for all workers to engage in this practice,” the woman claimed.
Jacob said she worked at the Detroit election headquarters for most of the month of September before she was moved to satellite office in October.
Jacob added that a supervisor ordered her “not to ask for a driver’s license or any photo I.D. when a person was trying to vote.”
At the satellite location, she said she observed a “large number of people” showing up to vote in-person who “had already applied for an absentee ballot.”
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“These people were allowed to vote in-person and were not required to return the mailed absentee ballot or sign an affidavit that the voter lost the mailed absentee ballot.”
The bombshell claim from Jacob comes as the president’s team begins the long process of proving its claims that the election was marred with widespread election fraud relating to ballot irregularities in swing states.
Politico reported Biden won in Michigan by more than 146,000 votes.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--Actor Bert Belasco Dead at Age 38

Actor Bert Belasco Dead at Age 38

Bert Belasco , who just recently turned 38 , was found dead Sunday in a hotel room in Richmond , Virginia .
The young actor was in the hotel room as part of the requirements of a new acting role he was taking on , as he needed to quarantine before going on set .
Concern for his condition allegedly began when his girlfriend could not get a hold of him .
When hotel staff went to go check on him , he was found dead with blood on the bedsheets , according to what his father , Bert Sr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s hypothesis is that his son died of an aneurysm , but the family is waiting on autopsy results to determine the official cause of death .
TRENDING : Trump Dramatically Closes Gap in AZ , Half-Percent Away from Biden with Count Ongoing Belasco graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a degree in theater in 2005 .
While there , he was in a number of plays at the university .
He began appearing on television , and according to his IMDb , his first part was as Pfc .
Garcia on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is known for his involvement in “ Pitch , ” “ Let ’ s Stay Together , ” “ Justified ” and “ I ’ m Dying Up Here.
” Belasco also appeared in “ American Princess , ” “ Superstore , ” “ The Mick , ” “ No Names , ” “ The Soul Man , ” “ The Big Show Show , ” “ NCIS ” and “ Key and Peele.
” A Super Bowl commercial he was featured in alongside Betty White in 2010 won the number one spot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to IMDb .
In the wake of his death , fellow celebrity friends have shared their grief with their followers through social media , many of them including some form of the warning that we never know when we will lose our loved ones .
“ I am gutted by this news , ” Yvette Nicole Brown tweeted .
“ Bert was my friend !
We had JUST talked last week .
He was happy and excited about his new project and all the good that was to come.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ # BertBelasco who just passed away at 38 , ” she wrote in a follow-up tweet on Monday .
“ No day is promised .
Please let the ones you love KNOW that you love them today , right now.
” “ Any moment could be your last .
# RIP you dear , kind , gentle man.
” “ Heartbroken at the passing of Bert Belasco — a talented , kind young man who I had the pleasuring of working with numerous times on # LetsStayTogether , ” Jackée Harry tweeted .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tomorrow is never promised.
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Bert Belasco, who just recently turned 38, was found dead Sunday in a hotel room in Richmond, Virginia.
The young actor was in the hotel room as part of the requirements of a new acting role he was taking on, as he needed to quarantine before going on set.
Concern for his condition allegedly began when his girlfriend could not get a hold of him. When hotel staff went to go check on him, he was found dead with blood on the bedsheets, according to what his father, Bert Sr., told TMZ.
Bert Sr.’s hypothesis is that his son died of an aneurysm, but the family is waiting on autopsy results to determine the official cause of death.
Belasco graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a degree in theater in 2005. While there, he was in a number of plays at the university.
He began appearing on television, and according to his IMDb, his first part was as Pfc. Garcia on an episode of “House.” He is known for his involvement in “Pitch,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “Justified” and “I’m Dying Up Here.”
Belasco also appeared in “American Princess,” “Superstore,” “The Mick,” “No Names,” “The Soul Man,” “The Big Show Show,” “NCIS” and “Key and Peele.”
A Super Bowl commercial he was featured in alongside Betty White in 2010 won the number one spot on the USA Today Ad Meter Poll, according to IMDb.
In the wake of his death, fellow celebrity friends have shared their grief with their followers through social media, many of them including some form of the warning that we never know when we will lose our loved ones.
“I am gutted by this news,” Yvette Nicole Brown tweeted. “Bert was my friend! We had JUST talked last week. He was happy and excited about his new project and all the good that was to come.”
“No day is promised. NO DAY.”
“This is me and my dear friend #BertBelasco who just passed away at 38,” she wrote in a follow-up tweet on Monday. “No day is promised. Please let the ones you love KNOW that you love them today, right now.”
“Any moment could be your last. #RIP you dear, kind, gentle man.”
This is me and my dear friend #BertBelasco who just passed away at 38. No day is promised. Please let the ones you love KNOW that you love them today, right now. Any moment could be your last. #RIP you dear, kind, gentle man. pic.twitter.com/SrfC87ZIrj — yvette nicole brown (@YNB) November 9, 2020
“Heartbroken at the passing of Bert Belasco — a talented, kind young man who I had the pleasuring of working with numerous times on #LetsStayTogether,” Jackée Harry tweeted.
“Squeeze your loved ones tight! Tomorrow is never promised.”
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--House Democrats’ Campaign Committee Chair Out After Election Debacle

The chairwoman of House Democrats ’ campaign committee said Monday she won ’ t seek the post again for the next Congress .
Democratic Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos ’ decision comes after her party unexpectedly lost seats in last week ’ s elections .
That has left Democrats upset and divided over why that happened in a campaign in which the party ’ s candidates widely outraised Republicans in many races .
Even before her announcement , several Democrats said privately that Bustos would have little support to retain her post , which is an elective position chosen by House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bustos said her committee had achieved its “ primary objective ” of keeping House control .
TRENDING : Trump Dramatically Closes Gap in AZ , Half-Percent Away from Biden with Count Ongoing She said that with Joe Biden in the White House , she would focus on “ exciting legislative possibilities in the years to come.
” Both parties and nonpartisan political analysts expected Democrats to pad the size of this year ’ s majority by perhaps 15 seats .
While they are on track to retain House control , they are all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them a narrower hold on the chamber .
Bustos , a four-term lawmaker , narrowly won her own re-election in a district she won by 24 percentage points two years ago .
Her win came after an eleventh-hour $ 1 million in expenditures for her by the House Majority PAC , which was resented by some Democrats .
That committee is aligned with House Democratic leaders .
By Monday afternoon , Democrats had lost seven House incumbents without defeating a single GOP representative .
While Democrats were still expected to retain a majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than this years .
Their only gains were three GOP-held , open districts from which Republican lawmakers are retiring .
RELATED : Here 's What Trump Reportedly Told Advisers About Running in 2024 House Democrats currently have a 232-197 advantage , plus one independent and five vacancies .
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The chairwoman of House Democrats’ campaign committee said Monday she won’t seek the post again for the next Congress.
Democratic Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos’ decision comes after her party unexpectedly lost seats in last week’s elections.
That has left Democrats upset and divided over why that happened in a campaign in which the party’s candidates widely outraised Republicans in many races.
Even before her announcement, several Democrats said privately that Bustos would have little support to retain her post, which is an elective position chosen by House Democrats.
In a written statement, Bustos said her committee had achieved its “primary objective” of keeping House control.
She said that with Joe Biden in the White House, she would focus on “exciting legislative possibilities in the years to come.”
Both parties and nonpartisan political analysts expected Democrats to pad the size of this year’s majority by perhaps 15 seats.
While they are on track to retain House control, they are all but certain to lose seats, leaving them a narrower hold on the chamber.
Bustos, a four-term lawmaker, narrowly won her own re-election in a district she won by 24 percentage points two years ago.
Her win came after an eleventh-hour $1 million in expenditures for her by the House Majority PAC, which was resented by some Democrats.
That committee is aligned with House Democratic leaders.
By Monday afternoon, Democrats had lost seven House incumbents without defeating a single GOP representative.
While Democrats were still expected to retain a majority, it seemed certain to be smaller than this years.
Their only gains were three GOP-held, open districts from which Republican lawmakers are retiring.
House Democrats currently have a 232-197 advantage, plus one independent and five vacancies.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--Op-Ed: 2 Questions To Ask Joe Biden When He Overrules State Abortion Laws

Joe Biden will soon be positioned to fulfill his infamous promise to codify in federal law Roe v. Wade ’ s spurious right to abortion .
Posing as a faithful Catholic , the presumptive president-elect has long advocated the very un-Catholic dogma that what Roe called “ the unwanted child ” targeted for abortion has no rights .
In a Biden administration , there will be no reprieve of the death sentence “ chosen ” by their mothers for these smallest human beings whom the Founders identified and legally protected as “ infants stirring in their mothers ’ womb.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refusal to honor one of the most basic Christian values that his Catholic parents and grandparents handed down to him .
He was taught , as all Catholic children were taught , the first principles of natural law : that life is good , and to be supported and favored , and all that threatens it is to be avoided .
TRENDING : Rudy Giuliani : Trump Campaign Has the Evidence To Change PA Election Results Even very young children understand that we may not do harm to any fellow human being , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
And indeed all Christian children are taught that we must not harm or kill any innocent human being , no matter how small or disabled or troublesome or unwanted .
Additionally , Joe , as a young American boy , was taught the first principles of law set out in the Declaration of Independence , that we are all created equal and that the right to life is bestowed on each of us by the Creator .
The Founders understood that it is precisely because we are created equal , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life — both the pregnant mother and “ the infant stirring ” in her womb .
The Founders ’ Inclusive Right to Life Principle The Founders recognized that the right to life of these infants as lively members of “ our Posterity ” was to be protected — that our liberty is not an abusive license to abort our posterity while in utero .
“ We the People of the United States , in Order to … secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity , do ordain and establish this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Clearly the Constitution is not a selfish document .
Our posterity are persons like ourselves ; they are not our property .
Surely , the blessings of liberty for our posterity include guaranteeing that our children in the womb are not treated as property .
We are mothers and fathers to our children — not their owners .
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Ultimately , liberal abortion laws , reclassifying children as their mothers ’ “ personal ” property , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ private ” matter , reserve the duty to establish justice and to secure the blessings of liberty only to ourselves , and not to ourselves and our posterity as required by the Constitution .
Nevertheless , the Founders ’ inclusive right to life remains irrevocably a foundational legal concept in the Constitution .
But where did that legal concept of a right to life originate ?
Human Rights Are Founded on “ Reason and Natural Law ” Way back in the 16th century , a few good men of religion , three Spanish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the island of Hispaniola , declared a new basis for justice — human rights .
These humble missionaries had been offered accommodation in the guest apartments of one of the grand colonial homes .
Instead , they made their home among the slaves in one of their small grim huts .
There they saw firsthand the heinous mistreatment by the Spanish conquistadores and the outright killings of so many of those whom they had conquered and now “ owned.
” Together the three Dominican fathers wrote a famous sermon .
And it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sunday before Christmas in 1511 delivered it before the Spanish grandees .
He challenged the taking of so many vulnerable Indian lives , “ deprivation of life before their times.
” “ By what right ?
” he demanded .
“ Are they not human beings ?
” He proclaimed the rights of the Indians and declared these rights to be the same rights as for every other human being on earth .
His rights talk enraged Spaniard slave owners .
He was summoned to Spain before the Spanish king and the Council @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defended the right to life of every Indian , of every human being .
First Use of the Term “ Human Rights ” In the meantime , Bartolomé de las Casas — a wealthy young Spaniard with a law degree from the University of Salamanca — rallied to the Dominicans ’ side .
He gave away his wealth , freed his own Indian slaves and declared the relationship between governments and people to be “ a human relationship that respects the human rights of all.
” Las Casas first used the term “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all that they are founded on “ reason and natural law.
” Meanwhile , among other Thomist scholars at Salamanca University , Francis of Vittoria , sometimes called “ the father of international law , ” began studying this “ new doctrine ” of human rights and duties .
Out of their intense debates came the confirmation of the principle that all human beings have equal rights just by being human .
They recognized that these human rights entail grave obligations for those in authority toward every human being in their power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Vittoria declared , “ has established a bond of relationship between all human beings.
” Migration of Human Rights from South America to North America And when in 1776 , a motley band of 56 North American colonists produced and signed the Declaration of Independence , this principle of the equal rights of every human being was recognized and cemented right from the beginning into the foundation of the United States of America .
“ We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life , Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
” This great principle was recognized at the outset by a moral people honoring the Creator and seeking to uphold the rights and the duties bestowed on them by the Creator .
These brave Founders took enormous risks to establish “ unalienable rights.
” “ And for the support of this Declaration , with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence , we mutually pledge to each other our Lives , our Fortunes and our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to sacrifice everything to make this Declaration a reality .
The Declaration ’ s Rights Were Founded on Natural Law The Declaration ’ s right to life is founded on natural law , which is “ law written in the human heart.
” ( Romans 1:19-21 ; 2:14-15 ) “ Every basic human right , ” Pope John XXIII observed , “ draws its authoritative force from the natural law , which … attaches to it its respective duty.
” Hence , he said , “ to claim one ’ s rights and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only half fulfill them , is like building a house with one hand and tearing it down with the other.
” In an age of unprecedented moral confusion , an extreme feminist ideology has elevated a woman ’ s self-determination to the false status of an absolute “ women ’ s right.
” We have been persuaded to build with one hand a house called “ women ’ s rights ” while the other hand we are tearing it down by abrogating duties , such as the duty to protect and nurture our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our own bodies , including respect for our natural fertility .
Our autonomy is limited by our duty to protect others , not just ourselves .
This should not be a duty imposed from the outside but a duty that springs from the deepest and truest desires of our heart .
It is the heart that recognizes duty .
It is love that enables duty .
It is loving God , loving each other , loving our neighbors as ourselves , that prepares and equips us to do our duty , even sometimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when Joe Biden tells us he will codify in law a “ right ” to abortion – a mother ’ s “ right ” to commission the killing of “ the infant in her womb , ” he needs to be challenged with that beautiful old question : “ By what right ?
Are they not human beings ?
” As the presumptive president-elect of these great and good United States of America , let us hope he will reflect on the enduring , unchanging principles and values with which he was raised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website .
If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal , you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here .
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Joe Biden will soon be positioned to fulfill his infamous promise to codify in federal law Roe v. Wade’s spurious right to abortion.
Posing as a faithful Catholic, the presumptive president-elect has long advocated the very un-Catholic dogma that what Roe called “the unwanted child” targeted for abortion has no rights.
In a Biden administration, there will be no reprieve of the death sentence “chosen” by their mothers for these smallest human beings whom the Founders identified and legally protected as “infants stirring in their mothers’ womb.”
Biden comes to this presidency with a refusal to honor one of the most basic Christian values that his Catholic parents and grandparents handed down to him.
He was taught, as all Catholic children were taught, the first principles of natural law: that life is good, and to be supported and favored, and all that threatens it is to be avoided.
Even very young children understand that we may not do harm to any fellow human being, not even that good may come from it.
And indeed all Christian children are taught that we must not harm or kill any innocent human being, no matter how small or disabled or troublesome or unwanted.
Additionally, Joe, as a young American boy, was taught the first principles of law set out in the Declaration of Independence, that we are all created equal and that the right to life is bestowed on each of us by the Creator.
The Founders understood that it is precisely because we are created equal, that we each have an inalienable right to life — both the pregnant mother and “the infant stirring” in her womb.
The Founders’ Inclusive Right to Life Principle
The Founders recognized that the right to life of these infants as lively members of “our Posterity” was to be protected — that our liberty is not an abusive license to abort our posterity while in utero.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to … secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Clearly the Constitution is not a selfish document. Our posterity are persons like ourselves; they are not our property.
Surely, the blessings of liberty for our posterity include guaranteeing that our children in the womb are not treated as property. We are mothers and fathers to our children — not their owners.
Ultimately, liberal abortion laws, reclassifying children as their mothers’ “personal” property, and their lethal mistreatment as a “private” matter, reserve the duty to establish justice and to secure the blessings of liberty only to ourselves, and not to ourselves and our posterity as required by the Constitution.
Nevertheless, the Founders’ inclusive right to life remains irrevocably a foundational legal concept in the Constitution.
But where did that legal concept of a right to life originate?
Human Rights Are Founded on “Reason and Natural Law”
Way back in the 16th century, a few good men of religion, three Spanish Dominicans sent to the New World to the island of Hispaniola, declared a new basis for justice — human rights.
These humble missionaries had been offered accommodation in the guest apartments of one of the grand colonial homes. Instead, they made their home among the slaves in one of their small grim huts.
There they saw firsthand the heinous mistreatment by the Spanish conquistadores and the outright killings of so many of those whom they had conquered and now “owned.” Together the three Dominican fathers wrote a famous sermon.
And it was Father Antonio de Montesinos who on the Sunday before Christmas in 1511 delivered it before the Spanish grandees. He challenged the taking of so many vulnerable Indian lives, “deprivation of life before their times.”
“By what right?” he demanded. “Are they not human beings?”
He proclaimed the rights of the Indians and declared these rights to be the same rights as for every other human being on earth.
His rights talk enraged Spaniard slave owners. He was summoned to Spain before the Spanish king and the Council of the Indies, where he valiantly defended the right to life of every Indian, of every human being.
First Use of the Term “Human Rights”
In the meantime, Bartolomé de las Casas — a wealthy young Spaniard with a law degree from the University of Salamanca — rallied to the Dominicans’ side. He gave away his wealth, freed his own Indian slaves and declared the relationship between governments and people to be “a human relationship that respects the human rights of all.”
Las Casas first used the term “human rights” and recognized once and for all that they are founded on “reason and natural law.”
Meanwhile, among other Thomist scholars at Salamanca University, Francis of Vittoria, sometimes called “the father of international law,” began studying this “new doctrine” of human rights and duties.
Out of their intense debates came the confirmation of the principle that all human beings have equal rights just by being human. They recognized that these human rights entail grave obligations for those in authority toward every human being in their power and under their care.
“Nature,” Vittoria declared, “has established a bond of relationship between all human beings.”
Migration of Human Rights from South America to North America
And when in 1776, a motley band of 56 North American colonists produced and signed the Declaration of Independence, this principle of the equal rights of every human being was recognized and cemented right from the beginning into the foundation of the United States of America.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
This great principle was recognized at the outset by a moral people honoring the Creator and seeking to uphold the rights and the duties bestowed on them by the Creator.
These brave Founders took enormous risks to establish “unalienable rights.”
“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
The Founders were ready to sacrifice everything to make this Declaration a reality.
The Declaration’s Rights Were Founded on Natural Law
The Declaration’s right to life is founded on natural law, which is “law written in the human heart.” (Romans 1:19-21; 2:14-15)
“Every basic human right,” Pope John XXIII observed, “draws its authoritative force from the natural law, which … attaches to it its respective duty.” Hence, he said, “to claim one’s rights and ignore one’s duties, or only half fulfill them, is like building a house with one hand and tearing it down with the other.”
In an age of unprecedented moral confusion, an extreme feminist ideology has elevated a woman’s self-determination to the false status of an absolute “women’s right.”
We have been persuaded to build with one hand a house called “women’s rights” while the other hand we are tearing it down by abrogating duties, such as the duty to protect and nurture our unborn children and the duty to respect our own bodies, including respect for our natural fertility.
Our autonomy is limited by our duty to protect others, not just ourselves. This should not be a duty imposed from the outside but a duty that springs from the deepest and truest desires of our heart.
It is the heart that recognizes duty. It is love that enables duty. It is loving God, loving each other, loving our neighbors as ourselves, that prepares and equips us to do our duty, even sometimes at the sacrifice of self-interest.
So when Joe Biden tells us he will codify in law a “right” to abortion – a mother’s “right” to commission the killing of “the infant in her womb,” he needs to be challenged with that beautiful old question:
“By what right? Are they not human beings?”
As the presumptive president-elect of these great and good United States of America, let us hope he will reflect on the enduring, unchanging principles and values with which he was raised, and answer that question truthfully.
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website. If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal, you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here.
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westernjournal--2020-11-09--Trump Campaign Manager Reveals President Is ‘Not Backing Down’

President Donald Trump ’ s campaign manager reportedly told staffers Monday that the president is “ not backing down ” and urged patience ahead of legal battles regarding last week ’ s contested election .
The establishment media quickly acted Saturday to declare Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden the winner of the election .
Media outlets ignored ongoing ballot counting , coming vote recounts and legal battles in states such as Arizona , Georgia , Michigan , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and projected Biden the victor .
But Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien held a meeting with those in Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president is digging in for a fight .
According to Fox News , which was among the outlets that declared the election over , Stepien was clear the president is “ not backing down ” to pressure to concede the race on Monday .
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” Citing people in the room as sources , Stepien added , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and further urged everyone to “ have patience.
” The Trump campaign manager further briefed those in the room about the status of legal battles ahead , Fox News reported .
Trump has contended that the election is far from over , and his legal team has been deployed to states showing Biden with slim leads .
The complaint from team Trump is mostly with regard to mail-in ballots , which they alleged were counted late , and in many cases , wrought with irregularities .
Trump has been defiant in the face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contested election , as have his surrogates , citing the need to preserve the integrity of the country ’ s election .
Vice President Mike Pence , for example , tweeted Monday , “ Told @ VP Team Today , ‘ it ain ’ t over til it ’ s over … and this AIN ’ T over !
’ President @ realDonaldTrump has never stopped fighting for us and we ’ re gon na Keep Fighting until every LEGAL vote is counted !
” RELATED : Here 's What Trump Reportedly Told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was also back to work on Monday .
He announced he had fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper .
“ I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller , the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center ( unanimously confirmed by the Senate ) , will be Acting Secretary of Defense , effective immediately , ” Trump tweeted .
He added , “ Chris will do a GREAT job !
Mark Esper has been terminated .
I would like to thank him for his service.
” In the meantime , Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ key states are expected to be sorted out in the courts in the coming weeks .
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President Donald Trump’s campaign manager reportedly told staffers Monday that the president is “not backing down” and urged patience ahead of legal battles regarding last week’s contested election.
The establishment media quickly acted Saturday to declare Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden the winner of the election.
Media outlets ignored ongoing ballot counting, coming vote recounts and legal battles in states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and projected Biden the victor.
But Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien held a meeting with those in Trump’s inner circle, and signaled that the president is digging in for a fight.
According to Fox News, which was among the outlets that declared the election over, Stepien was clear the president is “not backing down” to pressure to concede the race on Monday.
At a meeting at the campaign’s headquarters, Stepien said, “He still is in this fight.”
Citing people in the room as sources, Stepien added, “There is a process,” and further urged everyone to “have patience.”
The Trump campaign manager further briefed those in the room about the status of legal battles ahead, Fox News reported.
Trump has contended that the election is far from over, and his legal team has been deployed to states showing Biden with slim leads.
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The complaint from team Trump is mostly with regard to mail-in ballots, which they alleged were counted late, and in many cases, wrought with irregularities.
Trump has been defiant in the face of calls for him to concede the contested election, as have his surrogates, citing the need to preserve the integrity of the country’s election.
Vice President Mike Pence, for example, tweeted Monday, “Told @VP Team Today, ‘it ain’t over til it’s over … and this AIN’T over!’ President @realDonaldTrump has never stopped fighting for us and we’re gonna Keep Fighting until every LEGAL vote is counted!”
Told @VP Team Today, “it ain’t over til it’s over.. and this AIN’T over!” President @realDonaldTrump has never stopped fighting for us and we’re gonna Keep Fighting until every LEGAL vote is counted! ?? — Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) November 9, 2020
President Trump was also back to work on Monday.
He announced he had fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
“I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately,” Trump tweeted.
…Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020
He added, “Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.”
In the meantime, Trump’s challenges of the election results in key states are expected to be sorted out in the courts in the coming weeks.
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