buzzfeed--2020-11-04--The President And His Supporters Are Spreading False Claims About How The Votes Are Being Counted

President Donald Trump and his supporters are spreading false and misleading claims that attempt to call into question the legitimacy of the vote , especially in key swing states like Michigan .
There is no evidence of widespread irregularities , and the vote count in swing states is continuing as expected .
Prior to Election Day , officials in multiple states said it would take days for votes to be counted in contested states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan , due to the high number of absentee ballots , the impact of the coronavirus pandemic , and record-breaking voter turnout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US bringing you trustworthy stories on the 2020 elections .
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Despite the counting continuing as normal , the president and his supporters are pushing several false claims about it on Twitter and Facebook .
One falsehood attempted to cast it as suspicious that some county officials in swing states took a break from counting ballots overnight .
Officials in some counties in Pennsylvania , Nevada , and Georgia paused late in the night on Tuesday and resumed counting Wednesday morning .
Because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national election authority , those decisions to let poll workers sleep differed by place , with some locations continuing to work around the clock .
For example , in Pennsylvania , the count continued overnight in Philadelphia and adjacent Montgomery County .
“ We are doing the canvass , we are not stopping for nobody , ” Omar Sabir , a member of the Philadelphia City Commission , the body that oversees elections , told the Philadelphia Inquirer .
“ We ’ re here , we ’ re counting .
The count has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election officials worked through the night to # CountEveryVote , ” tweeted Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson .
Benson said the latest Michigan totals included “ absentee ballots voted by citizens in Livonia and Dearborn , ” and that the counting continued in Detroit , Flint , and Grand Rapids .
Absentee ballots from Detroit , the state ’ s most populous city , are expected to overwhelmingly favor Biden .
Wisconsin also continued counting absentee ballots overnight , as required by state law .
But the decision to pause some vote counts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conflated the temporary break with voter fraud , claiming that Democrats were halting the count to generate fraudulent votes for former vice president Joe Biden .

President Donald Trump and his supporters are spreading false and misleading claims that attempt to call into question the legitimacy of the vote, especially in key swing states like Michigan.
There is no evidence of widespread irregularities, and the vote count in swing states is continuing as expected. Prior to Election Day, officials in multiple states said it would take days for votes to be counted in contested states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, due to the high number of absentee ballots, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and record-breaking voter turnout.
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Despite the counting continuing as normal, the president and his supporters are pushing several false claims about it on Twitter and Facebook.
One falsehood attempted to cast it as suspicious that some county officials in swing states took a break from counting ballots overnight. Officials in some counties in Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Georgia paused late in the night on Tuesday and resumed counting Wednesday morning. Because the United States does not have a national election authority, those decisions to let poll workers sleep differed by place, with some locations continuing to work around the clock. For example, in Pennsylvania, the count continued overnight in Philadelphia and adjacent Montgomery County.
“We are doing the canvass, we are not stopping for nobody,” Omar Sabir, a member of the Philadelphia City Commission, the body that oversees elections, told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “We’re here, we’re counting. The count has not stopped.”
In Michigan, “election officials worked through the night to #CountEveryVote,” tweeted Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Benson said the latest Michigan totals included “absentee ballots voted by citizens in Livonia and Dearborn,” and that the counting continued in Detroit, Flint, and Grand Rapids. Absentee ballots from Detroit, the state’s most populous city, are expected to overwhelmingly favor Biden.
Wisconsin also continued counting absentee ballots overnight, as required by state law.
But the decision to pause some vote counts elicited multiple viral Twitter posts that falsely conflated the temporary break with voter fraud, claiming that Democrats were halting the count to generate fraudulent votes for former vice president Joe Biden.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Sen. Susan Collins Has Won Reelection, Defeating Democrat Sara Gideon In Maine

Collins told supporters she received a `` very gracious call from Sara Gideon conceding the race . ''
Collins ’ victory is a tough loss for liberal groups that united against her and raised millions to oust her from the seat since she voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh two years ago .
Ahead of Election Day , Collins trailed slightly in the polls and significantly in fundraising ; Gideon raised more than $ 63.6 million since she launched her campaign last summer , while Collins raised just $ 25.2 million over the last two years .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to send her back to Washington for a fifth term , even as former vice president Joe Biden won the state .
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Collins is one of the rare Republican senators to break with her party on some major issues ; she is pro–abortion rights , and she was one of just three Republicans who blocked their party ’ s own attempt to kill Obamacare .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for continuing to vote with President Donald Trump and more conservative members of her party on other issues .
She voted with Trump 67.5 % of the time , according to FiveThirtyEight , and has voted to confirm all but 10 of the president ’ s judicial nominees .
She also voted to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial .
But her vote for Kavanaugh after he was accused of sexual assault during his confirmation process was perhaps the most galvanizing moment for liberals who set out to unseat her this cycle .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ believed Christine Blasey Ford , who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school , was a “ survivor of a sexual assault ” and that the allegations against him were “ serious , ” but she didn ’ t think they had been proven sufficiently to block his nomination .
Collins tried to woo centrist voters in the lead-up to Election Day .
“ We who are in the center need to be as energized as those on the extremes , ” she told members of the USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added that she believes the Republican Party will be successful in the future if it returns “ to its center-right roots .
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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Susan Collins has won reelection in Maine, defeating Democratic nominee Sara Gideon, Decision Desk HQ determined Wednesday afternoon.
Collins told supporters she received a "very gracious call from Sara Gideon conceding the race."
Collins’ victory is a tough loss for liberal groups that united against her and raised millions to oust her from the seat since she voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh two years ago. Ahead of Election Day, Collins trailed slightly in the polls and significantly in fundraising; Gideon raised more than $63.6 million since she launched her campaign last summer, while Collins raised just $25.2 million over the last two years.
But Collins held on, securing enough votes to send her back to Washington for a fifth term, even as former vice president Joe Biden won the state.
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Collins is one of the rare Republican senators to break with her party on some major issues; she is pro–abortion rights, and she was one of just three Republicans who blocked their party’s own attempt to kill Obamacare. But she has drawn particular ire from Democrats for continuing to vote with President Donald Trump and more conservative members of her party on other issues. She voted with Trump 67.5% of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight, and has voted to confirm all but 10 of the president’s judicial nominees. She also voted to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial.
But her vote for Kavanaugh after he was accused of sexual assault during his confirmation process was perhaps the most galvanizing moment for liberals who set out to unseat her this cycle. Collins said at the time that she believed Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school, was a “survivor of a sexual assault” and that the allegations against him were “serious,” but she didn’t think they had been proven sufficiently to block his nomination.
Collins tried to woo centrist voters in the lead-up to Election Day. “We who are in the center need to be as energized as those on the extremes,” she told members of the USA Today editorial board last month. She added that she believes the Republican Party will be successful in the future if it returns “to its center-right roots.”


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--One Day After The Election, The US Has Officially Pulled Out Of the Paris Climate Agreement

The United States formally pulled out of the Paris climate accord on Wednesday , walking away from the global agreement to try to stave off catastrophic warming in a year plagued by record-breaking climate disasters .
The long-awaited change comes the morning after a still-undecided election between President Donald Trump , a brazen climate denier , and former vice president Joe Biden , who ran on an unprecedented platform for climate action .
Of the nearly 200 countries that signed the historic agreement to keep global temperature rise this century below 2 degrees Celsius , the US , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is the only one to leave .
The country ’ s exit from the climate agreement has been a lengthy process , coming three years after Trump first declared his intention to do so in a controversial speech at the White House Rose Garden in June 2017 , and one year after the administration submitted the paperwork to make the move official .
The slow retreat , a result of the agreement ’ s protocols , highlights how “ it ’ s difficult to get out of the agreement , ” said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Initiative director at the Brookings Institution think tank .
Meanwhile , she added , “ It ’ s quite easy to get back in.
” Whether the US stays out depends on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election , for which the winner is not yet known due to the slow counting of a record number of mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic .
Trump has repeatedly boasted about ditching the agreement , and a second term would likely ensure the US stays out .
At the final presidential debate on Oct. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Paris Accord , I took us out , because we would have to spend trillions of dollars and we were treated very unfairly.
” Trump ’ s claims about the agreement are largely exaggerated or false .
Under the Obama administration , officials took on a lead role in the international negotiations and helped secure an agreement .
Every country that signed it set their own voluntary target to cut climate pollution levels , and the US pledged to cut its emissions by at least 26 % by 2025 compared to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Trump administration has tried to roll back or water down most of the Obama-era climate initiatives and regulations while loosening oversight of the fossil fuel industry , all but assuring that the Obama administration ’ s emissions reductions pledge would not be met .
Moreover , Trump has also repeatedly questioned , played down , and even flatly denied the overwhelming science showing humans are the driving force behind the rapidly warming planet .
When asked about how climate change is helping fuel California ’ s devastating fires on a trip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said , “ It will start getting cooler , you just wait.
” He then added , “ I don ’ t think the science knows , actually.
” Under his watch , the US has experienced some of its most damaging hurricanes and wildfires .
“ If Trump is reelected , it ’ s just unclear how we ’ re going to dig ourselves out of the hole on climate change that he ’ s creating , ” said J. Timmons Roberts , an environmental studies professor at Brown University .

The United States formally pulled out of the Paris climate accord on Wednesday, walking away from the global agreement to try to stave off catastrophic warming in a year plagued by record-breaking climate disasters.
The long-awaited change comes the morning after a still-undecided election between President Donald Trump, a brazen climate denier, and former vice president Joe Biden, who ran on an unprecedented platform for climate action.
Of the nearly 200 countries that signed the historic agreement to keep global temperature rise this century below 2 degrees Celsius, the US, which is the largest historical emitter of climate pollution, is the only one to leave. The country’s exit from the climate agreement has been a lengthy process, coming three years after Trump first declared his intention to do so in a controversial speech at the White House Rose Garden in June 2017, and one year after the administration submitted the paperwork to make the move official.
The slow retreat, a result of the agreement’s protocols, highlights how “it’s difficult to get out of the agreement,” said Samantha Gross, Energy Security and Climate Initiative director at the Brookings Institution think tank. Meanwhile, she added, “It’s quite easy to get back in.”
Whether the US stays out depends on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, for which the winner is not yet known due to the slow counting of a record number of mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump has repeatedly boasted about ditching the agreement, and a second term would likely ensure the US stays out. At the final presidential debate on Oct. 22 in Nashville, Trump said, “The Paris Accord, I took us out, because we would have to spend trillions of dollars and we were treated very unfairly.”
Trump’s claims about the agreement are largely exaggerated or false. Under the Obama administration, officials took on a lead role in the international negotiations and helped secure an agreement. Every country that signed it set their own voluntary target to cut climate pollution levels, and the US pledged to cut its emissions by at least 26% by 2025 compared to 2005 levels.
Beyond the Paris agreement, the Trump administration has tried to roll back or water down most of the Obama-era climate initiatives and regulations while loosening oversight of the fossil fuel industry, all but assuring that the Obama administration’s emissions reductions pledge would not be met.
Moreover, Trump has also repeatedly questioned, played down, and even flatly denied the overwhelming science showing humans are the driving force behind the rapidly warming planet. When asked about how climate change is helping fuel California’s devastating fires on a trip to the state in September, Trump said, “It will start getting cooler, you just wait.” He then added, “I don’t think the science knows, actually.” Under his watch, the US has experienced some of its most damaging hurricanes and wildfires.
“If Trump is reelected, it’s just unclear how we’re going to dig ourselves out of the hole on climate change that he’s creating,” said J. Timmons Roberts, an environmental studies professor at Brown University.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Donald Trump Is Lying About The Early Election Results

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump , in a 2:30 a.m. address during an extremely tight presidential race , falsely spun incomplete election results to make it sound like there was some sort of fraud preventing him from winning reelection .
There was absolutely no evidence to back up any of his claims .
Trump , surrounded in the White House by his cheering family and closest allies , rattled off a series of key swing states whose results have largely not even been projected by elections experts or officials .
North Carolina , Georgia , Pennsylvania , Michigan , Wisconsin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to count votes than in previous presidential elections because of the impact of COVID-19 , which led to unprecedented early voting and specific rules around when those votes are counted .
The winner of various combinations of these states will win the election , and those combinations are not yet known .
Trump made the decision to lie about the early results even as he legitimately won key states like Florida and Ohio , maintaining a path to a legitimate election victory .
But his statement , and his pledge to somehow take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could shadow whatever final results come in from states in the coming hours and days .
This is Trump ’ s boldest attempt to undermine the American election system : essentially declaring victory , or claiming victory was stolen from him , instead of waiting for the actual votes to be counted .
It is part of a yearslong attempt by him and his allies to call American elections `` rigged '' — he called the election he won in 2016 `` rigged '' — and more recently to specifically undermine the process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ access to the polls and which Trump himself has used in the past .
“ This is an existential threat to our democracy , ” tweeted Josh Douglas , an election law and voting rights professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law .
“ There ’ s no ballots to be ‘ found , ’ ” Douglas wrote .
“ Ballots are validly coming in and being tabulated .
Just count the votes !
” Douglas ’ s tweet was in response to Trump saying , “ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do n't want them to find any ballots at 4 in the morning and add them to the list , OK .
It is a very sad moment .
To me , it is a very sad moment.
” There are no ballots being “ found ” — the ballots are in .
Officials are counting them .
Trump also added , “ we will be going to the US Supreme Court.
” It is unclear what he was talking about at this moment , and the president can ’ t take an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to intervene .
A case needs to be filed in relation to how a state or local jurisdiction has handled its election , and go through the legal system , before it reaches the Supreme Court .
“ This is a fraud on the American public , ” Trump said about the normal process of counting ballots .
“ This is an embarrassment , ” he added about the very election system that placed him in office .
“ We were getting ready to win this election .
Frankly , we did win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an election that he could possibly win , but has not yet won .
“ As far as I ’ m concerned , we already have won it , ” he said , even though he has not .
Just before 4 a.m. , Joe Biden 's campaign manager issued a statement condemning Trump 's remarks .
`` Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will stand for the right of all Americans to have their votes counted — no matter who they voted for , '' she said .
`` And we remain confident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States . ''
David Becker , executive director at the Center for Election Innovation and Research , also underscored the urgency of every ballot being counted .
`` There are FIVE MILLION ballots left to count in the 5 remaining toss up states , '' he tweeted shortly before 3 a.m .
ET .
`` All those ballots were cast legally and must be counted . ''
Ben Ginsberg , a lawyer who has represented Republican presidential and congressional candidates , said on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toss legally cast votes `` would just I think be viewed by any court , including the Supreme Court , as just a massive disenfranchisement that would be frowned upon . ''
Rick Santorum , a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2012 , also told CNN that Trump was wrong to speak of unspecified incidents of fraud .
“ I was very distressed by what I heard the president say , ” he said .
Chris Christie , the former Republican New Jersey governor and federal prosecutor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's baseless legal claims .
“ There ’ s just no basis to make that argument tonight .
There just isn ’ t , ” Christie told ABC News .
“ All these votes have to be counted that are in now.
” Christie said he understood that there could be an argument to challenge Pennsylvania ’ s Nov. 6 deadline to accept absentee ballots , “ but that argument ’ s for later.
” “ I disagree with what he did tonight , '' he said , adding that it was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” decision to make claims of fraud so early on in the counting process .
After standing next to Trump as he falsely declared victory , Vice President Mike Pence then used more cautious language , saying only he believed they were `` on the road to victory . ''
`` While the votes continue to be counted , '' Pence said , `` we 're going to remain vigilant . ''
Later Wednesday afternoon , the campaign insisted on a call with reporters that Trump had already won Pennsylvania , despite many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days ahead of Election Day suggested votes should not be counted after Nov. 3 .
This past weekend , he railed against a Supreme Court decision that allowed Pennsylvania extra time to receive mail-in ballots , alleging a delay would cause “ bedlam ” throughout the country .
His comments are in line with previous attempts to discredit the election after voting rights changes were implemented because of the coronavirus .
After polls closed , Trump attempted to sow doubt again with a tweet that Twitter quickly labeled as misleading .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to STEAL the Election .
We will never let them do it .
Votes can not be cast after Polls are closed , ” he posted , after deleting a previous message that misspelled the word `` polls . ''
There is no evidence of the voter fraud the president so often suggests .
Biden gave short remarks before Trump spoke , from Wilmington , Delaware , where he also expressed confidence in his own path to the White House .
“ I ’ m here to tell you tonight : We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ win this election , ” he said .

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a 2:30 a.m. address during an extremely tight presidential race, falsely spun incomplete election results to make it sound like there was some sort of fraud preventing him from winning reelection. There was absolutely no evidence to back up any of his claims.
Trump, surrounded in the White House by his cheering family and closest allies, rattled off a series of key swing states whose results have largely not even been projected by elections experts or officials. North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin: All of these states are slower to count votes than in previous presidential elections because of the impact of COVID-19, which led to unprecedented early voting and specific rules around when those votes are counted. The winner of various combinations of these states will win the election, and those combinations are not yet known.
Trump made the decision to lie about the early results even as he legitimately won key states like Florida and Ohio, maintaining a path to a legitimate election victory. But his statement, and his pledge to somehow take his lies to the Supreme Court, could shadow whatever final results come in from states in the coming hours and days.
This is Trump’s boldest attempt to undermine the American election system: essentially declaring victory, or claiming victory was stolen from him, instead of waiting for the actual votes to be counted. It is part of a yearslong attempt by him and his allies to call American elections "rigged" — he called the election he won in 2016 "rigged" — and more recently to specifically undermine the process of mail-in balloting, which increases voter access to the polls and which Trump himself has used in the past.
“This is an existential threat to our democracy,” tweeted Josh Douglas, an election law and voting rights professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law.
“There’s no ballots to be ‘found,’” Douglas wrote. “Ballots are validly coming in and being tabulated. Just count the votes!”
Douglas’s tweet was in response to Trump saying, “We want all voting to stop. We don't want them to find any ballots at 4 in the morning and add them to the list, OK. It is a very sad moment. To me, it is a very sad moment.”
There are no ballots being “found” — the ballots are in. Officials are counting them.
Trump also added, “we will be going to the US Supreme Court.” It is unclear what he was talking about at this moment, and the president can’t take an entire national election to the Supreme Court to intervene. A case needs to be filed in relation to how a state or local jurisdiction has handled its election, and go through the legal system, before it reaches the Supreme Court.
“This is a fraud on the American public,” Trump said about the normal process of counting ballots. “This is an embarrassment,” he added about the very election system that placed him in office. “We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election,” he said about an election that he could possibly win, but has not yet won.
“As far as I’m concerned, we already have won it,” he said, even though he has not.
Just before 4 a.m., Joe Biden's campaign manager issued a statement condemning Trump's remarks. "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will stand for the right of all Americans to have their votes counted — no matter who they voted for," she said. "And we remain confident that when that process is completed, Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States."
David Becker, executive director at the Center for Election Innovation and Research, also underscored the urgency of every ballot being counted. "There are FIVE MILLION ballots left to count in the 5 remaining toss up states," he tweeted shortly before 3 a.m. ET. "All those ballots were cast legally and must be counted."
Ben Ginsberg, a lawyer who has represented Republican presidential and congressional candidates, said on CNN that any process of trying to toss legally cast votes "would just I think be viewed by any court, including the Supreme Court, as just a massive disenfranchisement that would be frowned upon."
Rick Santorum, a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2012, also told CNN that Trump was wrong to speak of unspecified incidents of fraud.
“I was very distressed by what I heard the president say,” he said.
Chris Christie, the former Republican New Jersey governor and federal prosecutor, also said he disagreed with Trump's baseless legal claims.
“There’s just no basis to make that argument tonight. There just isn’t,” Christie told ABC News. “All these votes have to be counted that are in now.”
Christie said he understood that there could be an argument to challenge Pennsylvania’s Nov. 6 deadline to accept absentee ballots, “but that argument’s for later.”
“I disagree with what he did tonight," he said, adding that it was a bad “strategic” and “political” decision to make claims of fraud so early on in the counting process.
After standing next to Trump as he falsely declared victory, Vice President Mike Pence then used more cautious language, saying only he believed they were "on the road to victory."
"While the votes continue to be counted," Pence said, "we're going to remain vigilant."
Later Wednesday afternoon, the campaign insisted on a call with reporters that Trump had already won Pennsylvania, despite many votes still being counted.
Trump for days ahead of Election Day suggested votes should not be counted after Nov. 3. This past weekend, he railed against a Supreme Court decision that allowed Pennsylvania extra time to receive mail-in ballots, alleging a delay would cause “bedlam” throughout the country. His comments are in line with previous attempts to discredit the election after voting rights changes were implemented because of the coronavirus.
After polls closed, Trump attempted to sow doubt again with a tweet that Twitter quickly labeled as misleading.
“We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after Polls are closed,” he posted, after deleting a previous message that misspelled the word "polls."
There is no evidence of the voter fraud the president so often suggests.
Biden gave short remarks before Trump spoke, from Wilmington, Delaware, where he also expressed confidence in his own path to the White House. “I’m here to tell you tonight: We believe we’re on track to win this election,” he said.


buzzfeed--2020-11-05--It Looks Like A Man Who Died Of COVID-19 Was Elected To North Dakota's State Legislature

A man who died from the coronavirus appears to have won a seat in North Dakota 's state legislature , according to unofficial election results .
David Andahl , 55 , was a Republican nominee for one of two District 8 House seats in the November general election .
He and his running mate Dave Nehring , of Bismarck , were leading their Democrat counterparts with around 35 % and 41 % of votes , respectively , early Wednesday , results showed .
Andahl died Oct. 5 after being sick with COVID-19 for about four days , his mother told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things he was very passionate about , and was hoping that he could get into the Legislature and be of some help , '' his mother , Pat Andahl , told the Tribune last month .
`` He was looking forward to it .
He was looking forward to being part of that . ''
State Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued an opinion earlier stating that votes for Andahl should still be counted and that a vacancy would be created if he is elected .
`` To disregard the votes cast for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state , '' Stenehjem wrote .
Under a state law cited in the attorney general 's opinion , a vacancy could be appointed by a legislative member 's party , or voters could petition for a special election to be called by the governor .
Following Andahl 's death , District 8 Republican Chair Loren DeWitz said an appointment would `` be open to anybody , '' including the incumbent , Rep. Jeff Delzer , who Andahl and Nehring defeated in the June primary , the Tribune reported .

A man who died from the coronavirus appears to have won a seat in North Dakota's state legislature, according to unofficial election results.
David Andahl, 55, was a Republican nominee for one of two District 8 House seats in the November general election. He and his running mate Dave Nehring, of Bismarck, were leading their Democrat counterparts with around 35% and 41% of votes, respectively, early Wednesday, results showed.
Andahl died Oct. 5 after being sick with COVID-19 for about four days, his mother told the Bismarck Tribune.
"So many things he was very passionate about, and was hoping that he could get into the Legislature and be of some help," his mother, Pat Andahl, told the Tribune last month. "He was looking forward to it. He was looking forward to being part of that."
State Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued an opinion earlier stating that votes for Andahl should still be counted and that a vacancy would be created if he is elected.
"To disregard the votes cast for a candidate would disenfranchise the voters of the state," Stenehjem wrote.
Under a state law cited in the attorney general's opinion, a vacancy could be appointed by a legislative member's party, or voters could petition for a special election to be called by the governor.
Following Andahl's death, District 8 Republican Chair Loren DeWitz said an appointment would "be open to anybody," including the incumbent, Rep. Jeff Delzer, who Andahl and Nehring defeated in the June primary, the Tribune reported.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Think You’re Tense? Try Being A DACA Recipient Watching Election Night.

People across the US were on edge Tuesday night watching election results trickle in amid continued uncertainty , but for Luz Chavez , the agony was on a whole other level .
As a young immigrant whose place in this country has been repeatedly threatened by the Trump administration , her future hangs in the balance .
“ A lot of people look at this election as picking between two evils again , but in fact , for me , it 's knowing my future and my certainty in this country , ” she said .
“ Every single policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elect into office directly impact my family , my community , and directly impact me .
There 's so much at stake here.
” Chavez , 23 , is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program , or DACA , one of the landmark initiatives of the Obama administration .
She was brought to the US illegally from La Paz , Bolivia , in 2002 , when she was 4 years old .
She didn ’ t know she was undocumented until 2013 .
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Since Trump was elected in 2016 , he has repeatedly made efforts to repeal the program and deny benefits like federally backed housing loans to the roughly 700,000 DACA recipients .
When those attempts were , at least temporarily , knocked back by the Supreme Court in June , the administration took another route to undermining the program , reducing its duration and not accepting any new applications .
DACA has been a lifeline to Chavez and is fundamental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to study , work , and think about her future .
So on Tuesday evening , as crowds gathered outside the White House half an hour away , Chavez was with her family at her aunt ’ s house in Gaithersburg , Maryland .
Her mom and her aunt were cooking milanesa , while her younger cousins played games in the living room and her dad and uncle sang Latino ballads .
“ Being with my family tonight , it 's my healing .
It 's my coping mechanism , being able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of hardship , ” she said .
“ Whatever outcome happens , we 're still going to be here together , and we 're gon na keep on fighting .
My family wo n't stop until we 're all protected.
” As the night wore on , they were eating , talking , and flipping between MSNBC , CNN , and CBS , bracing for news that could either be a huge relief or devastating .
Chavez ’ s 20-year-old sister is a DACA recipient , too .
Both of her parents are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US citizen .
If Biden wins , it ’ s not a guaranteed easy road for the family .
But if Trump wins , it ’ s almost certain he ’ ll once again make moves to attack DACA as he seeks to continue overhauling the immigration system .
“ I will say that I ’ ve seen members of my community deported through every single administration , ” Chavez said .
What ’ s different now , she said , is that “ we have a president that has been so brutally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrants , that has been on the track to dismantle DACA.
” Chavez , a youth organizer for immigrant youth advocacy group United We Dream Action , was first granted DACA in 2013 , when she was 16 .
That was also the year she found out she was undocumented .
A difficult few years followed .
Despite having DACA and the freedoms that went along with it , she was terrified of what all of these immigration uncertainties meant for her and her family .
Then in 2016 , when Trump was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to become more difficult .
“ I had finally accepted the fact that I was a DACA recipient , and I finally was able to achieve so many things with my DACA , ” she said .
“ But my certainty of my future here was taken away that same night four years ago.
” She remembers crying .
“ My whole life just came crumbling down , ” she said .
On Tuesday night , as Trump won Texas and the 2020 margins narrowed , she was again in tears .
Apart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Chavez is in her final year of college at Trinity Washington University , where she ’ s double majoring in political science and sociology .
She ’ s considering going into education policy , particularly to focus on closing gaps in quality and accessibility of education for Black and brown kids .

People across the US were on edge Tuesday night watching election results trickle in amid continued uncertainty, but for Luz Chavez, the agony was on a whole other level.
As a young immigrant whose place in this country has been repeatedly threatened by the Trump administration, her future hangs in the balance.
“A lot of people look at this election as picking between two evils again, but in fact, for me, it's knowing my future and my certainty in this country,” she said. “Every single policy put in place by folks that people elect into office directly impact my family, my community, and directly impact me. There's so much at stake here.”
Chavez, 23, is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, one of the landmark initiatives of the Obama administration. She was brought to the US illegally from La Paz, Bolivia, in 2002, when she was 4 years old. She didn’t know she was undocumented until 2013.
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Since Trump was elected in 2016, he has repeatedly made efforts to repeal the program and deny benefits like federally backed housing loans to the roughly 700,000 DACA recipients.
When those attempts were, at least temporarily, knocked back by the Supreme Court in June, the administration took another route to undermining the program, reducing its duration and not accepting any new applications.
DACA has been a lifeline to Chavez and is fundamental to the way she’s been able to study, work, and think about her future.
So on Tuesday evening, as crowds gathered outside the White House half an hour away, Chavez was with her family at her aunt’s house in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Her mom and her aunt were cooking milanesa, while her younger cousins played games in the living room and her dad and uncle sang Latino ballads.
“Being with my family tonight, it's my healing. It's my coping mechanism, being able to be with loved ones during times of hardship,” she said. “Whatever outcome happens, we're still going to be here together, and we're gonna keep on fighting. My family won't stop until we're all protected.”
As the night wore on, they were eating, talking, and flipping between MSNBC, CNN, and CBS, bracing for news that could either be a huge relief or devastating.
Chavez’s 20-year-old sister is a DACA recipient, too. Both of her parents are undocumented. Her 18-year-old brother is a US citizen. If Biden wins, it’s not a guaranteed easy road for the family. But if Trump wins, it’s almost certain he’ll once again make moves to attack DACA as he seeks to continue overhauling the immigration system.
“I will say that I’ve seen members of my community deported through every single administration,” Chavez said. What’s different now, she said, is that “we have a president that has been so brutally racist, has been very demeaning toward immigrants, that has been on the track to dismantle DACA.”
Chavez, a youth organizer for immigrant youth advocacy group United We Dream Action, was first granted DACA in 2013, when she was 16. That was also the year she found out she was undocumented.
A difficult few years followed. Despite having DACA and the freedoms that went along with it, she was terrified of what all of these immigration uncertainties meant for her and her family. Then in 2016, when Trump was elected, she knew things were about to become more difficult.
“I had finally accepted the fact that I was a DACA recipient, and I finally was able to achieve so many things with my DACA,” she said. “But my certainty of my future here was taken away that same night four years ago.”
She remembers crying. “My whole life just came crumbling down,” she said.
On Tuesday night, as Trump won Texas and the 2020 margins narrowed, she was again in tears.
Apart from her job with United We Dream, Chavez is in her final year of college at Trinity Washington University, where she’s double majoring in political science and sociology. She’s considering going into education policy, particularly to focus on closing gaps in quality and accessibility of education for Black and brown kids.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Joe Biden Said He Thinks He’s "On Track To Win" As States Continue To Count Votes In A Tight Race

WILMINGTON , Delaware — Joe Biden told supporters just after midnight on Wednesday that he was confident he would ultimately win a presidential race that remained unsettled in several large battleground states .
“ We feel good about where we are , ” the former vice president said at the Chase Center in his hometown of Wilmington , Delaware .
“ We really do .
I ’ m here to tell you tonight we believe we ’ re on track to win this election .
We knew because of the unprecedented early vote and the mail-in vote it was going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished .
And it ain ’ t over till every vote is counted , every ballot is counted — but we ’ re feeling good .
We ’ re feeling good about where we are.
” Biden thanked supporters for their patience at the start of his remarks and suggested the winner of the race may not be clear for at least another day , but he projected optimism about some states that do not yet have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re confident about Arizona , ” he said , calling the state a turnaround .
“ We ’ re still in the game in Georgia , although that ’ s not one we expected , ” he added .
“ And we ’ re feeling real good about Wisconsin and Michigan .
And by the way , it ’ s going to take time to count the votes , but we ’ re going to win Pennsylvania.
” Crucial states such as Pennsylvania , Wisconsin , Michigan , and Georgia are still counting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots .
Trump has secured vital wins — including in Florida and Ohio — that make the race for an Electoral College majority tight and block some of Biden ’ s paths to victory .
Trump also projected confidence on Twitter and said he planned to make a speech early Wednesday morning as well .
Slow tallying was expected as a likely outcome of the election : The coronavirus pandemic brought a flood of mail-in and early in-person voting , especially from Democrats , and some states like Pennsylvania did not begin to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Keep the faith , guys .
We ’ re going to win this , ” Biden said at the end of his short speech .
“ Thank you , thank you , thank you.
” The scene surrounding Biden ’ s election night gathering — held in a parking lot outside the riverfront convention hall where he accepted the Democratic nomination over the summer — hardly resembled a festive event .
The campaign limited the number of people who could attend because of the coronavirus pandemic .
Biden ’ s supporters stayed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a drive-in movie , and watched from a distance .
They honked their horns as they waited for Biden and heard MSNBC ’ s Rachel Maddow announce Minnesota was trending in the former vice president ’ s direction .
There were plenty of empty spaces in the lot , though .
The lobby of the hotel on site was mostly empty except for reporters and , occasionally , Sen. Chris Coons , a Delaware ally of Biden ’ s who is often called upon to speak for his friend .
“ I 've @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coons told reporters after one lap through the parking lot about an hour before Biden arrived .
“ Remember , there 's an entire parking lot full of Delaware Democrats .
And so every time I go out , I do 10 minutes of ‘ Hey , how are you ?
!
’ ” Coons , during one of his lobby walks , was asked about the slow counting and Trump ’ s resilience in states that Biden 's allies thought might be winnable .
“ That may be the hardest question for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replied .
“ Because I think the ways in which President Trump has divided us , has taken advantage of our divisions and cracked wider open , has misled us during a pandemic .
And has failed in his responsibility to keep America safe .
I mean , to me , this is n't a close call.
” Biden kept his speech to just a few minutes , with his motorcade idling outside the Chase Center , waiting to ferry him back home .
“ Kamala and I will talk to you tomorrow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris of California , before ducking offstage .

WILMINGTON, Delaware — Joe Biden told supporters just after midnight on Wednesday that he was confident he would ultimately win a presidential race that remained unsettled in several large battleground states.
“We feel good about where we are,” the former vice president said at the Chase Center in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. “We really do. I’m here to tell you tonight we believe we’re on track to win this election. We knew because of the unprecedented early vote and the mail-in vote it was going to take a while. And we’re going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished. And it ain’t over till every vote is counted, every ballot is counted — but we’re feeling good. We’re feeling good about where we are.”
Biden thanked supporters for their patience at the start of his remarks and suggested the winner of the race may not be clear for at least another day, but he projected optimism about some states that do not yet have a clear winner.
“We’re confident about Arizona,” he said, calling the state a turnaround. “We’re still in the game in Georgia, although that’s not one we expected,” he added. “And we’re feeling real good about Wisconsin and Michigan. And by the way, it’s going to take time to count the votes, but we’re going to win Pennsylvania.”
Crucial states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia are still counting votes, including a surge of mail-in ballots. Trump has secured vital wins — including in Florida and Ohio — that make the race for an Electoral College majority tight and block some of Biden’s paths to victory.
Trump also projected confidence on Twitter and said he planned to make a speech early Wednesday morning as well.
Slow tallying was expected as a likely outcome of the election: The coronavirus pandemic brought a flood of mail-in and early in-person voting, especially from Democrats, and some states like Pennsylvania did not begin to count those votes until Election Day.
“Keep the faith, guys. We’re going to win this,” Biden said at the end of his short speech. “Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
The scene surrounding Biden’s election night gathering — held in a parking lot outside the riverfront convention hall where he accepted the Democratic nomination over the summer — hardly resembled a festive event. The campaign limited the number of people who could attend because of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden’s supporters stayed with their cars, as if at a drive-in movie, and watched from a distance. They honked their horns as they waited for Biden and heard MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow announce Minnesota was trending in the former vice president’s direction. There were plenty of empty spaces in the lot, though.
The lobby of the hotel on site was mostly empty except for reporters and, occasionally, Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware ally of Biden’s who is often called upon to speak for his friend.
“I've literally been out there freezing,” Coons told reporters after one lap through the parking lot about an hour before Biden arrived. “Remember, there's an entire parking lot full of Delaware Democrats. And so every time I go out, I do 10 minutes of ‘Hey, how are you?!’”
Coons, during one of his lobby walks, was asked about the slow counting and Trump’s resilience in states that Biden's allies thought might be winnable.
“That may be the hardest question for me to answer tonight,” Coons replied. “Because I think the ways in which President Trump has divided us, has taken advantage of our divisions and cracked wider open, has misled us during a pandemic. And has failed in his responsibility to keep America safe. I mean, to me, this isn't a close call.”
Biden kept his speech to just a few minutes, with his motorcade idling outside the Chase Center, waiting to ferry him back home.
“Kamala and I will talk to you tomorrow,” he said, mentioning his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, before ducking offstage.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Donald Trump Has Won Florida

Donald Trump Has Won Florida

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has won Florida , a crucial victory for his campaign , while still leaving some open paths to the presidency for former vice president Joe Biden .
Decision Desk HQ made the call just after 8 p.m .
ET Tuesday .
The state has 29 electoral votes .
Florida has been one of the most closely watched states in recent presidential elections , and it ’ s a major win for the Trump campaign .
Had Biden won the state , it would have closed off the president ’ s best paths to reelection .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for both candidates , however , run through states that will likely take several more days to determine a winner , like Pennsylvania and states in the Upper Midwest .
Biden held a slight polling lead in Florida ahead of Election Day , but it was small enough in most polls to fall within a normal margin of error .
Both campaigns focused on the state in the last days of the race , with the two candidates making dueling appearances in Tampa last week .
Many voters in the state voted early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the United States Election Project , more than 7.3 million voters had already cast their ballots in Florida , making up about three-quarters of the share of votes cast in the state in 2016 .
Trump ’ s Tampa appearance was typical of his late rallies , focused on personal attacks and downplaying the coronavirus pandemic .
He also attacked Biden ’ s plan to handle the pandemic , telling the crowd in Florida — which saw one of the worst outbreaks in the country as Republican Gov .
Ron DeSantis refused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other public venues — that the former vice president wanted to deliver “ punishing lockdowns ” as president .
At a drive-in rally later the same day , Biden told his own crowd , “ This election is the most important one you ’ ve ever voted in .
… The heart and soul of this country ’ s at stake right here in Florida.
” He told attendees that he would not , as Trump said , lock down the country .
“ I ’ m not going to shut down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to shut down the country , ” Biden said , adding , “ but I am going to shut down the virus.
” It ’ s important to be patient and cautious as vote-counting continues across the country .
Because of the president ’ s baseless attacks on mail-in voting in recent months , it ’ s likely that in-person votes , which will be counted more quickly , will break for Trump , resulting in what one political data firm has called a “ red mirage.
” ( Polling has consistently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person on Election Day by a giant margin relative to Democrats . )
But Biden could still overcome the president ’ s lead as mail-in votes begin to be more comprehensively reported .

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has won Florida, a crucial victory for his campaign, while still leaving some open paths to the presidency for former vice president Joe Biden.
Decision Desk HQ made the call just after 8 p.m. ET Tuesday. The state has 29 electoral votes.
Florida has been one of the most closely watched states in recent presidential elections, and it’s a major win for the Trump campaign. Had Biden won the state, it would have closed off the president’s best paths to reelection.
Many of the remaining paths to victory for both candidates, however, run through states that will likely take several more days to determine a winner, like Pennsylvania and states in the Upper Midwest.
Biden held a slight polling lead in Florida ahead of Election Day, but it was small enough in most polls to fall within a normal margin of error. Both campaigns focused on the state in the last days of the race, with the two candidates making dueling appearances in Tampa last week.
Many voters in the state voted early: As of last Thursday, according to the United States Election Project, more than 7.3 million voters had already cast their ballots in Florida, making up about three-quarters of the share of votes cast in the state in 2016.
Trump’s Tampa appearance was typical of his late rallies, focused on personal attacks and downplaying the coronavirus pandemic. He also attacked Biden’s plan to handle the pandemic, telling the crowd in Florida — which saw one of the worst outbreaks in the country as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to close down bars, restaurants, and other public venues — that the former vice president wanted to deliver “punishing lockdowns” as president.
At a drive-in rally later the same day, Biden told his own crowd, “This election is the most important one you’ve ever voted in. … The heart and soul of this country’s at stake right here in Florida.”
He told attendees that he would not, as Trump said, lock down the country. “I’m not going to shut down the economy. I’m not going to shut down the country,” Biden said, adding, “but I am going to shut down the virus.”
It’s important to be patient and cautious as vote-counting continues across the country. Because of the president’s baseless attacks on mail-in voting in recent months, it’s likely that in-person votes, which will be counted more quickly, will break for Trump, resulting in what one political data firm has called a “red mirage.” (Polling has consistently shown Republican voters prefer to vote in person on Election Day by a giant margin relative to Democrats.) But Biden could still overcome the president’s lead as mail-in votes begin to be more comprehensively reported.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--New Jersey, Arizona, Montana, And South Dakota Voted To Legalize Recreational Cannabis

The amendment to the state constitution was expected to pass , with polls showing nearly 60 % of New Jersey voters in support , according to NJ.com .
Now it ’ s up to the state legislature and Cannabis Regulatory Commission to implement tax rules for cannabis sales and other details .
“ We did it , New Jersey !
” New Jersey Gov .
Phil Murphy tweeted .
“ Public Question # 1 to legalize adult-use marijuana passed overwhelmingly tonight , a huge step forward for racial and social justice and our economy . ''
Residents of New Jersey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dakota voted to legalize recreational use of cannabis on Tuesday .
We did it , New Jersey !
Public Question # 1 to legalize adult-use marijuana passed overwhelmingly tonight , a huge step forward for racial and social justice and our economy .
Thank you to @ NJCAN2020 and all the advocates for standing on the right side of history .
In Arizona , the new measure also allows people with past cannabis convictions to petition the courts for expungements through restorative justice provisions .
“ Until now , Arizona had imposed some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country ; in some instances , the possession of even small amounts of marijuana was classified as a felony , ” Erik Altieri , executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws , told Marijuana Moment .
“ By rejecting this failed policy , no Arizonan going forward will be saddled with a criminal conviction for engaging in the personal possession or cultivation of cannabis , or face the lifelong stigma that comes with it.
” South Dakota and Montana also passed both recreational and medical cannabis initiatives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ states had already legalized recreational cannabis .
With New Jersey joining their ranks , there ’ s pressure on nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York to follow suit .
In DC , people also voted in favor of decriminalizing the use of psychedelic substances , including psilocybin mushrooms , joining the ranks of other cities , including Ann Arbor , Michigan ; Denver ; Oakland ; and Santa Cruz .
“ We have changed the game here .
We have shifted this dialogue , ” Melissa Lavasani , a DC government employee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help her postpartum depression , told the Washington Post .
“ We are trying to normalize mental health.
” In Oregon , voters also went to the polls to decide whether to decriminalize all drugs , including cocaine and heroin .

In Arizona, the new measure also allows people with past cannabis convictions to petition the courts for expungements through restorative justice provisions.
“Until now, Arizona had imposed some of the strictest prohibition laws in the country; in some instances, the possession of even small amounts of marijuana was classified as a felony,” Erik Altieri, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, told Marijuana Moment. “By rejecting this failed policy, no Arizonan going forward will be saddled with a criminal conviction for engaging in the personal possession or cultivation of cannabis, or face the lifelong stigma that comes with it.”
South Dakota and Montana also passed both recreational and medical cannabis initiatives.
The District of Columbia and 11 other states had already legalized recreational cannabis. With New Jersey joining their ranks, there’s pressure on nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York to follow suit.
In DC, people also voted in favor of decriminalizing the use of psychedelic substances, including psilocybin mushrooms, joining the ranks of other cities, including Ann Arbor, Michigan; Denver; Oakland; and Santa Cruz.
“We have changed the game here. We have shifted this dialogue,” Melissa Lavasani, a DC government employee who uses microdoses of psilocybin mushrooms to help her postpartum depression, told the Washington Post. “We are trying to normalize mental health.”
In Oregon, voters also went to the polls to decide whether to decriminalize all drugs, including cocaine and heroin.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--We Won't Know Who Won This Georgia Senate Race Until January

WASHINGTON — A Senate race in Georgia will go to a runoff on Jan. 5 , potentially delaying the results of which party has won control of the US Senate until next year .
Democrat Raphael Warnock will face incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in the runoff election , as no candidate will pass the necessary 50 % threshold needed to win , Decision Desk HQ determined Tuesday night .
Georgia has a unique system where all candidates , regardless of party , run in what ’ s known as a jungle primary .
If no candidate receives a majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a runoff , even if both are members of the same party .
For months , Loeffler has been locked in a tight race with Warnock as well as fellow Republican Rep. Doug Collins .
The battle between the two conservatives was one of the most contentious intraparty fights of this cycle , as the pair fought to prove their loyalties to President Donald Trump throughout the campaign .
Both were ardent defenders of the president during his impeachment hearings and trial .
According to FiveThirtyEight , Collins has voted in line @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the last four years , while Loeffler has voted with him 100 % of the time during her 11 months in the Senate .
Loeffler was appointed to the seat late last year by Georgia Gov .
Brian Kemp after former senator Johnny Isakson retired due to health problems .
Collins conceded to Loeffler on Tuesday night , writing on Twitter , “ She has my support and endorsement .
I look forward to all Republicans coming together .
Raphael Warnock would be a disaster for Georgia and America . ''
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate race unfolding in Georgia , as Democrat Jon Ossoff is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue .
That race still has not been called as of Tuesday night .
The two elections could determine control of the Senate , as Democrats need to pick up four seats in order to flip the chamber ( three if former vice president Joe Biden wins the White House ) , and the runoff could delay an official call in the chamber for two more months .
Democrats have not netted any new Senate seats as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wealthiest member of Congress .
Her husband , Jeffrey Sprecher , is the chair and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange , which owns the New York Stock Exchange .
Earlier this year , the couple came under scrutiny for selling off about $ 3 million in equities right before a market drop-off due to the coronavirus pandemic .
Warnock is a well-known pastor in Georgia .
He has tapped into support for the Black Lives Matter movement as he faced off against Matt Lieberman , son of former senator Joe Lieberman , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faced calls to drop out in order for Democrats to consolidate support for Warnock .
Warnock supports abortion rights and LGBTQ rights , and he has argued that the state is ready to take a Democratic turn .
“ This is a ‘ new South , ’ ” he told Yahoo News on Tuesday .
“ It ’ s more diverse .
It ’ s forward-looking .
It ’ s inclusive .
And it ’ s ready to flip blue.
” If you have a news tip , we ’ d like to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us via one of our tip line channels .
Loeffler was recently endorsed by Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene , a fellow Georgia Republican who has openly embraced the QAnon mass delusion and who won her House election in the state earlier on Tuesday .
`` What impressed me with Kelly is I found out that she believes a lot of the same things that I believe , '' Greene said during a livestream last month , according to Politico .
`` And I found out that she 's actually the most conservative Republican @ @ @ @ @

WASHINGTON — Two Senate races in Georgia will go to runoff elections on Jan. 5, delaying the results of which party has won control of the US Senate until next year.
Democrat Raphael Warnock will face incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in the runoff election, as no candidate will pass the necessary 50% threshold needed to win, Decision Desk HQ determined on election night. Two days later, DDHQ also projected that Georgia's other Senate race, between Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff, will also head to a January runoff.
Georgia has a unique system where all candidates, regardless of party, run in what’s known as a jungle primary. If no candidate receives a majority, the top two candidates go on to a runoff, even if both are members of the same party.
For months, Loeffler has been locked in a tight race with Warnock as well as fellow Republican Rep. Doug Collins. The battle between the two conservatives was one of the most contentious intraparty fights of this cycle, as the pair fought to prove their loyalties to President Donald Trump throughout the campaign. Both were ardent defenders of the president during his impeachment hearings and trial. According to FiveThirtyEight, Collins has voted in line with Trump 97.7% of the time over the last four years, while Loeffler has voted with him 100% of the time during her 11 months in the Senate.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Delaware Has Elected The First-Ever Openly Trans State Senator In The US

Sarah McBride , a 30-year-old LGBTQ activist , will become the most powerful openly trans lawmaker in the nation after winning her state senator race in Delaware during Tuesday 's elections .
Just moments after her win , she told BuzzFeed News that she hopes her achievement as the first-ever openly trans state senator will encourage other young LGBTQ people to follow their dreams .
`` I am hopeful that tonight 's result can send a potentially lifesaving message to a young trans kid , '' said McBride .
`` They can go to sleep knowing that their dreams and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' McBride , a former White House intern in the Obama administration and later the press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign , came out as trans when she was serving as the student body president of American University in Washington , DC , in 2012 .
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She was in the car driving to her election party on Tuesday when the first round of votes came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after getting to the party at a local small business in Wilmington , the Associated Press and the New York Times called the race for her .
`` I spent my entire life feeling like tonight was so incomprehensible that it was seemingly impossible , '' she said .
`` To have those results come in and see in black and white online the AP call it ... helped to reinforce that nothing is truly impossible . ''
McBride named fellow Democrat Danica Roem , who was elected as the first openly trans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Delegates in 2017 , as one of the people who paved the way for her to run .
On Tuesday night , Roem tweeted her congrats to McBride , declaring that she was `` so , so so , so proud . ''

Sarah McBride, a 30-year-old LGBTQ activist, will become the most powerful openly trans lawmaker in the nation after winning her state senator race in Delaware during Tuesday's elections.
Just moments after her win, she told BuzzFeed News that she hopes her achievement as the first-ever openly trans state senator will encourage other young LGBTQ people to follow their dreams.
"I am hopeful that tonight's result can send a potentially lifesaving message to a young trans kid," said McBride. "They can go to sleep knowing that their dreams and their truths are not mutually exclusive."
McBride, a former White House intern in the Obama administration and later the press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, came out as trans when she was serving as the student body president of American University in Washington, DC, in 2012.
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She was in the car driving to her election party on Tuesday when the first round of votes came in showing she might win. Shortly after getting to the party at a local small business in Wilmington, the Associated Press and the New York Times called the race for her.
"I spent my entire life feeling like tonight was so incomprehensible that it was seemingly impossible," she said. "To have those results come in and see in black and white online the AP call it ... helped to reinforce that nothing is truly impossible."
McBride named fellow Democrat Danica Roem, who was elected as the first openly trans state lawmaker to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, as one of the people who paved the way for her to run.
On Tuesday night, Roem tweeted her congrats to McBride, declaring that she was "so, so so, so proud."


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Here Are The Most Powerful Photos From Election Day

Erin Doherty hugs her mother , who is voting for the first time in her life , as they wait @ @ @ @ @ place on Election Day in New Orleans , Nov. 3 , 2020 .

Here Are The Most Powerful Photos From Election Day
Check out how photographers documented one of the most consequential and unique US elections ever.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Trump’s Cheerleader Lindsey Graham Will Hold On To His South Carolina Senate Seat

Decision Desk HQ called the race for Graham just after 10 p.m .
ET , as he led Harrison by 11 points .
Graham ’ s political gambit paid off .
Though he once said the Republican Party would be “ destroyed ” under Donald Trump , he changed direction and supported him before the 2016 election .
Since then , he has become one of the president ’ s staunchest allies and oversaw the confirmation of two of Trump ’ s three Supreme Court nominees .
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham won his reelection race Tuesday , after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump diehard and fending off a high-profile challenge from Democrat Jaime Harrison .
It was Graham ’ s closest race since he first won his Senate seat in 2002 .
Harrison , the former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party , pulled in staggering amounts of donations as his campaign to defeat Graham drew national attention .
Harrison raised $ 57 million between July and September , more than any Senate candidate , running anywhere , in history .
Polls showed a consistently tight race .
But South Carolina proved it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat has won a statewide federal race there in the 21st century .
While Republican Trump critics were gradually driven out of Congress through retirements or primary challenges , Graham has thrived .
He had been seen as vulnerable to a primary challenger to his right .
But after tying himself so closely to Trump , who is widely popular in South Carolina , no serious primary challenge ever materialized .
Graham was once one of the more moderate Republicans in the Senate — working on a bipartisan immigration reform bill to extend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( which went nowhere ) and collaborating with Democrats — before fully embracing Trumpism .
With Trump ’ s future in question , it ’ s not clear which Graham the voters of South Carolina have just reelected .
Graham was helped in his 2020 campaign by a Supreme Court seat opening up mid-election due to the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
In his high-profile role as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee , Graham oversaw the successful confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett — and used that platform to beg for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was ultimately successful .
Sen. Dianne Feinstein , the ranking Democrat on the committee , even praised Graham for his leadership .
Feinstein caught flack from many Democrats , who saw the confirmation as stealing a Supreme Court seat .
This allowed Graham to campaign on the allegation that radical leftists were attacking Feinstein for daring to be civil .
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Graham ’ s race was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who benefited from a lavish campaign funded , against his will , by Democrats .
Constitution Party candidate Bill Bledsoe stopped campaigning and denounced the ads running across the state supporting him .
Those ads were paid for by Democratic PACs and anti-Trump groups like the Lincoln Project in an attempt to siphon conservative votes away from Graham .
This South Carolina Democratic Party webpage supposedly attacking the candidate for being “ 100 % pro-Trump , pro-gun , anti-abortion ” could easily be mistaken for Bledsoe ’ s own campaign website .
Bledsoe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of the vote by the time Graham ’ s race victory was called , not enough to cost him victory .

It was Graham’s closest race since he first won his Senate seat in 2002. Harrison, the former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, pulled in staggering amounts of donations as his campaign to defeat Graham drew national attention. Harrison raised $57 million between July and September, more than any Senate candidate, running anywhere, in history. Polls showed a consistently tight race.
But South Carolina proved it is still fundamentally a red state. No Democrat has won a statewide federal race there in the 21st century.
While Republican Trump critics were gradually driven out of Congress through retirements or primary challenges, Graham has thrived. He had been seen as vulnerable to a primary challenger to his right. But after tying himself so closely to Trump, who is widely popular in South Carolina, no serious primary challenge ever materialized.
Graham was once one of the more moderate Republicans in the Senate — working on a bipartisan immigration reform bill to extend a citizenship path to 11 million people (which went nowhere) and collaborating with Democrats — before fully embracing Trumpism. With Trump’s future in question, it’s not clear which Graham the voters of South Carolina have just reelected.
Graham was helped in his 2020 campaign by a Supreme Court seat opening up mid-election due to the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In his high-profile role as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Graham oversaw the successful confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett — and used that platform to beg for money for his campaign. The confirmation was ultimately successful. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the committee, even praised Graham for his leadership.
Feinstein caught flack from many Democrats, who saw the confirmation as stealing a Supreme Court seat. This allowed Graham to campaign on the allegation that radical leftists were attacking Feinstein for daring to be civil.
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Graham’s race was bizarre because of a far-right third-party candidate who benefited from a lavish campaign funded, against his will, by Democrats. Constitution Party candidate Bill Bledsoe stopped campaigning and denounced the ads running across the state supporting him. Those ads were paid for by Democratic PACs and anti-Trump groups like the Lincoln Project in an attempt to siphon conservative votes away from Graham.
This South Carolina Democratic Party webpage supposedly attacking the candidate for being “100% pro-Trump, pro-gun, anti-abortion” could easily be mistaken for Bledsoe’s own campaign website. Bledsoe had pulled in a little over 1% of the vote by the time Graham’s race victory was called, not enough to cost him victory.


buzzfeed--2020-11-05--Ritchie Torres And Mondaire Jones Make History As The First Openly Gay Black Members Of Congress

Both New Yorkers will enter the House in January .
In June , Jones won the primary to replace retiring Rep. Nita Lowey in New York ’ s 17th District , and Torres won the primary to replace retiring Rep. José Serrano in the 15th District .
Decision Desk HQ declared that both men will win those races Tuesday night .
After beating Díaz , Torres told CBS , `` Look , the triumph of an openly LGBTQ congressional candidate over a leading homophobic in state politics — that to me represents long-overdue poetic justice .
What better way to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics of homophobia ? ''
Torres became the first openly gay elected official from the Bronx when he was elected to the New York City Council seven years ago at age 25 .
In June ’ s congressional primary , he defeated Rubén Diaz Sr. , a fellow member of the New York City Council who had a long history of anti-LGBTQ remarks .
Within months of Diaz ’ s arrival to the city council in 2019 , there were calls for his resignation after he said his colleagues treated him like an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the homosexual community .
” ( The speaker of the city council , Corey Johnson , is gay . )
In 2011 , Díaz held a rally opposing marriage equality in the Bronx , while his granddaughter protested him across the street .
Jones also spoke to CBS about the possibility of being one of the first two openly gay Black men elected to Congress after winning his primary .
`` It is a lot of responsibility , '' he said .
`` I 'm happy to be providing that kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ older people all throughout my district and all throughout this country who have reached out to me and said , ' I 'm so inspired by what you 're doing .
You give me hope and I can be my authentic self in a world filled with so much injustice , ' and it 's really an honor to be able to do that . ''
Torres is also the rare politician who has spoken openly about his mental health issues , an experience he compared to coming out in a recent interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my own acknowledgment of struggling with depression flows naturally from the experience of coming out , ” he said .
“ The process of coming out , the integrity that it demands from you … has taught me how to be more open and honest about my struggle with depression .
It teaches you an ethic of radical authenticity.
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There are currently nine openly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mark Takano , who became the first openly gay person of color in Congress when he was elected in 2012 , and Rep. Sharice Davids , elected in 2018 , who is the first openly gay woman of color in Congress .

Jones also spoke to CBS about the possibility of being one of the first two openly gay Black men elected to Congress after winning his primary.
"It is a lot of responsibility," he said. "I'm happy to be providing that kind of representation for so many young people and older people all throughout my district and all throughout this country who have reached out to me and said, 'I'm so inspired by what you're doing. You give me hope and I can be my authentic self in a world filled with so much injustice,' and it's really an honor to be able to do that."
Torres is also the rare politician who has spoken openly about his mental health issues, an experience he compared to coming out in a recent interview with BuzzFeed News.
“I think my own acknowledgment of struggling with depression flows naturally from the experience of coming out,” he said. “The process of coming out, the integrity that it demands from you … has taught me how to be more open and honest about my struggle with depression. It teaches you an ethic of radical authenticity.”
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There are currently nine openly LGBTQ members of Congress, including Rep. Mark Takano, who became the first openly gay person of color in Congress when he was elected in 2012, and Rep. Sharice Davids, elected in 2018, who is the first openly gay woman of color in Congress.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--A 25-Year-Old Republican Won In North Carolina. He’ll Soon Be The Youngest Member Of Congress.

The race was called by Decision Desk HQ and the Associated Press around 9:30 p.m .
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Cawthorn defeated Democrat Moe Davis , a 62-year-old retired Air Force colonel and former prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay , in the state ’ s 11th Congressional District , which occupies most of Western North Carolina .
Madison Cawthorn , a 25-year-old Republican who rose to national prominence after his surprise primary win earlier this year , will soon be the youngest member of Congress after he won his race in North Carolina on Tuesday .
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When Cawthorn is sworn into his seat in January at 25 he will be doing so at the minimum age set forth in the Constitution to serve in the House .
Currently , the youngest member of Congress is 31-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , a Democrat representing New York in the House of Representatives .
The youngest senator is 40-year-old Missouri Republican Josh Hawley .
Overall , however , the current Congress is among the oldest ever .
“ We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Washington so many times , ” Cawthorn told BuzzFeed News in June .
“ Congress is designed to be a cross-section of the American people and it ’ s definitely not.
” Cawthorn identifies as a member of Gen Z , although by the standards used by the Pew Research Center he is off by a year or so and is considered a millennial .
He ’ ll now serve in the seat previously held by Mark Meadows , who is now President Donald Trump ’ s chief of staff .
Cawthorn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bested his establishment-backed primary opponent , who had been endorsed by Trump and Meadows .
A rising star in the GOP , he was quickly rewarded with a primetime speaking slot during August ’ s Republican National Convention .
At the end of his speech , which focused on the adversities he had overcome in recovering from a car crash that left him partially paralyzed , Cawthorn stood up from his wheelchair with the assistance of two aides .
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But Cawthorn ’ s ties to the far right came under scrutiny in recent months , prompting him to have to repeatedly deny he is racist .
In August , Cawthorn briefly hid — then reinstated — a picture of himself at Adolf Hitler ’ s Eagle ’ s Nest villa in Germany after Jezebel reported that Cawthorn wrote in the caption that the trip was on his “ bucket list.
” The same Jezebel story noted Cawthorn had registered an LLC with a Latin acronym @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that he often appears before an old version of the US flag also popular with some extremists .
Last month , his campaign removed a section from its website accusing Davis of working with a reporter who left a previous job “ to work for non-white males , like Cory Booker , who aims to ruin white males running for office.
” The New Jersey Democratic senator has also been a frequent target of less explicitly racist attacks from Trump .
The website wording , which Cawthorn blamed on a “ syntax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was saddened that “ somebody who is so clearly racist is a nominee of a major party .
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When Cawthorn is sworn into his seat in January at 25 he will be doing so at the minimum age set forth in the Constitution to serve in the House. Currently, the youngest member of Congress is 31-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat representing New York in the House of Representatives. The youngest senator is 40-year-old Missouri Republican Josh Hawley. Overall, however, the current Congress is among the oldest ever.
“We’ve been sending the exact same thing to Washington so many times,” Cawthorn told BuzzFeed News in June. “Congress is designed to be a cross-section of the American people and it’s definitely not.”
Cawthorn identifies as a member of Gen Z, although by the standards used by the Pew Research Center he is off by a year or so and is considered a millennial.
He’ll now serve in the seat previously held by Mark Meadows, who is now President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.
Cawthorn attracted national headlines in June when he bested his establishment-backed primary opponent, who had been endorsed by Trump and Meadows.
A rising star in the GOP, he was quickly rewarded with a primetime speaking slot during August’s Republican National Convention. At the end of his speech, which focused on the adversities he had overcome in recovering from a car crash that left him partially paralyzed, Cawthorn stood up from his wheelchair with the assistance of two aides.
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But Cawthorn’s ties to the far right came under scrutiny in recent months, prompting him to have to repeatedly deny he is racist.
In August, Cawthorn briefly hid — then reinstated — a picture of himself at Adolf Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest villa in Germany after Jezebel reported that Cawthorn wrote in the caption that the trip was on his “bucket list.” The same Jezebel story noted Cawthorn had registered an LLC with a Latin acronym name that is popular with white nationalists and that he often appears before an old version of the US flag also popular with some extremists.
Last month, his campaign removed a section from its website accusing Davis of working with a reporter who left a previous job “to work for non-white males, like Cory Booker, who aims to ruin white males running for office.” The New Jersey Democratic senator has also been a frequent target of less explicitly racist attacks from Trump.
The website wording, which Cawthorn blamed on a “syntax error,” prompted Booker to say he was saddened that “somebody who is so clearly racist is a nominee of a major party.”


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Cardi B Gave One Last Plea For Everyone To Vote Out Donald Trump

`` You could make a change , I could make a change .
You don ’ t got to be @ @ @ @ @ t got to be rich .
You don ’ t got to be famous .
@ @ @ @ @ to be beautiful .
You just got to be you with your one vote , @ @ @ @ @ So let 's all go vote , bitch .
”

"You could make a change, I could make a change. You don’t got to be special, you don’t got to be rich. You don’t got to be famous. You don’t got to be beautiful. You just got to be you with your one vote," she continued. "So let's all go vote, bitch.”


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Bella Hadid Shared An Adorable Photo After Her Mother Yolanda Voted For The First Time

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As Election Day continues on, many celebrities are getting out the vote — and for some of them , it's the first time at the polls. Bella Hadid shared a photo on Instagram following her mother Yolanda hitting the voting booth for her first time ever.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--Kristen Stewart's Partner Shared A Rare Photo Of Them Together To Get People To Vote

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buzzfeed--2020-11-04--A QAnon Supporter Has Been Elected To Congress For The First Time

It is hard to overstate this moment .
Marjorie Taylor Greene ’ s election in Georgia could help legitimize a dangerous mass delusion that has festered in the Trump era , where baseless conspiracy theories embraced by the White House were laundered into the American consciousness by willing social media platforms .
There have been real-world consequences .
QAnon believers have engaged in an armed standoff with federal officials at the Hoover Dam .
They ’ ve tried to hijack legitimate efforts to fight child sex trafficking .
They have sent death threats to a Democratic member of Congress .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pizzagate , opened fire in a popular DC pizza parlor , saying he was looking to free children who have been sexually abused .
It has infected the minds of boomers and young students alike .
WASHINGTON — A supporter of QAnon , the collective delusion that ridiculously claims President Donald Trump is fighting a satanic cabal of elites who abuse children , has been elected to Congress for the first time .
Greene had the support of Trump — who said he believes in a core tenet of QAnon — calling her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tweet the day after she won a Republican primary runoff in August .
She is also far from the only QAnon-supporting candidate to run for office this year ; according to Media Matters , 27 candidates for Congress who have endorsed or given credence to QAnon conspiracies made it onto the November ballot across the US .
There ’ s hardly a racist , xenophobic , or anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that Greene hasn ’ t attached herself to in the last few years .
In addition to sharing QAnon posts and theories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Reps. Rashida Tlaib , Ilhan Omar , and other Democrats in 2018 as “ an Islamic invasion of our government ” and called Jewish philanthropist George Soros a “ Nazi ” in videos reported by Politico earlier this year .
She ’ s suggested in blog posts that Hillary Clinton is a serial killer .
She has also spread conspiracy theories about 9/11 and the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , and falsely said that former president Barack Obama is Muslim .
Greene ’ s election emphasizes the extent to which the GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at winning while trying to distance themselves from the mass delusion itself .
Top Republican leaders initially danced around her candidacy but now seem poised to welcome her into their ranks .
They condemned her more racist videos before she won the primary — and then refused to discuss her support of QAnon while voting for a bipartisan resolution to condemn the delusion as a dangerous conspiracy theory .
The National Republican Congressional Committee initially declined to say if it would help Greene , even after congratulating her on her primary win .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ gave $ 5,000 to her campaign , the Daily Beast reported .
The NRCC also added Greene to its “ Young Guns ” program , which recruits and helps promising candidates who “ embody the principles of the House Republican Conference.
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Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler , who 's locked in a tight three-person reelection race , campaigned with Greene last month .
House Minority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ no place for QAnon in the Republican Party ” — while also saying that he would “ welcome ” Greene into the House .
He said that she had “ denounced ” QAnon .
But that ’ s not really true .
Greene tried to distance herself from QAnon after national media began covering her race .
She told Fox News in August that she hadn ’ t made Q — the self-proclaimed US government insider who posts baseless conspiracy theories and utterly nonsensical messages to their followers — a part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ echo QAnon theories , tweeting as recently as September about child sex abuse and using the QAnon hashtag # SaveTheChildren .

Greene had the support of Trump — who said he believes in a core tenet of QAnon — calling her a “future Republican Star” in a tweet the day after she won a Republican primary runoff in August. She is also far from the only QAnon-supporting candidate to run for office this year; according to Media Matters, 27 candidates for Congress who have endorsed or given credence to QAnon conspiracies made it onto the November ballot across the US.
There’s hardly a racist, xenophobic, or anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that Greene hasn’t attached herself to in the last few years. In addition to sharing QAnon posts and theories, she has referred to the elections of Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and other Democrats in 2018 as “an Islamic invasion of our government” and called Jewish philanthropist George Soros a “Nazi” in videos reported by Politico earlier this year. She’s suggested in blog posts that Hillary Clinton is a serial killer. She has also spread conspiracy theories about 9/11 and the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, and falsely said that former president Barack Obama is Muslim.
Greene’s election emphasizes the extent to which the GOP will embrace QAnon candidates with a chance at winning while trying to distance themselves from the mass delusion itself. Top Republican leaders initially danced around her candidacy but now seem poised to welcome her into their ranks. They condemned her more racist videos before she won the primary — and then refused to discuss her support of QAnon while voting for a bipartisan resolution to condemn the delusion as a dangerous conspiracy theory. The National Republican Congressional Committee initially declined to say if it would help Greene, even after congratulating her on her primary win. But on Sept. 25, the NRCC gave $5,000 to her campaign, the Daily Beast reported. The NRCC also added Greene to its “Young Guns” program, which recruits and helps promising candidates who “embody the principles of the House Republican Conference.”
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Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who's locked in a tight three-person reelection race, campaigned with Greene last month.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said there’s “no place for QAnon in the Republican Party” — while also saying that he would “welcome” Greene into the House. He said that she had “denounced” QAnon.
But that’s not really true. Greene tried to distance herself from QAnon after national media began covering her race. She told Fox News in August that she hadn’t made Q — the self-proclaimed US government insider who posts baseless conspiracy theories and utterly nonsensical messages to their followers — a part of her campaign. But she continued to echo QAnon theories, tweeting as recently as September about child sex abuse and using the QAnon hashtag #SaveTheChildren.


buzzfeed--2020-11-04--A Former Republican Candidate Was Arrested After Showing Up To The Polls With A Gun

A former Republican candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives was arrested on Election Day for returning to a polling station in Charlotte while armed and wearing a pro-Trump hat after he had been banned from the site earlier in the day .
Justin Dunn , 36 , voted at the polling site , but `` continued to loiter '' outside the area after casting his vote , the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department tweeted .
Around 10:30 a.m. , officers received a call `` regarding Dunn possibly intimidating other voters . ''
Photos from journalists at the scene show the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no mask .
He was legally carrying an unconcealed gun , police said .
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Election officials asked Dunn to leave , and the precinct official banned him from returning , police said .
But about two hours later , Dunn allegedly returned to the location as a group of women politicians were speaking .
Police then arrested him for second-degree trespassing .
Police later tweeted they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our community members to engage in safe , secure and unimpeded access to voting sites . ''
Dunn was not charged with voter intimidation , a federal crime .
Police told BuzzFeed News that “ based on the information provided to officers on the scene from witnesses , there was not sufficient evidence to charge him with Voter Intimidation.
” Dunn unsuccessfully ran for the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2016 as a Republican candidate , he confirmed in a phone interview on Tuesday night with BuzzFeed News .
He denied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the polls on Tuesday , saying he was the one who experienced voter intimidation and had been “ yelled at by BLM people.
” “ To combat what I thought was intimidation , I said a prayer , ” Dunn said .
“ I thought it was good to go back there to let everyone know I was there legally.
” Dunn also defended his carrying of a gun , saying it is legal and that he always has a gun on him because he is concerned about the murder rate in Charlotte @

A former Republican candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives was arrested on Election Day for returning to a polling station in Charlotte while armed and wearing a pro-Trump hat after he had been banned from the site earlier in the day.
Justin Dunn, 36, voted at the polling site, but "continued to loiter" outside the area after casting his vote, the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department tweeted.
Around 10:30 a.m., officers received a call "regarding Dunn possibly intimidating other voters." Photos from journalists at the scene show the man wearing a camouflage Trump hat and no mask. He was legally carrying an unconcealed gun, police said.
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Election officials asked Dunn to leave, and the precinct official banned him from returning, police said. But about two hours later, Dunn allegedly returned to the location as a group of women politicians were speaking. Police then arrested him for second-degree trespassing.
Police later tweeted they are "committed to protecting the right of our community members to engage in safe, secure and unimpeded access to voting sites."
Dunn was not charged with voter intimidation, a federal crime. Police told BuzzFeed News that “based on the information provided to officers on the scene from witnesses, there was not sufficient evidence to charge him with Voter Intimidation.”
Dunn unsuccessfully ran for the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2016 as a Republican candidate, he confirmed in a phone interview on Tuesday night with BuzzFeed News.
He denied he was trying to intimidate voters at the polls on Tuesday, saying he was the one who experienced voter intimidation and had been “yelled at by BLM people.”
“To combat what I thought was intimidation, I said a prayer,” Dunn said. “I thought it was good to go back there to let everyone know I was there legally.”
Dunn also defended his carrying of a gun, saying it is legal and that he always has a gun on him because he is concerned about the murder rate in Charlotte.


buzzfeed--2020-11-05--Live Results: Presidential, Senate, And House Of Representatives Elections

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Decision Desk HQ's results are displayed below. On Nov. 6, DDHQ said Joe Biden has won the presidential race after taking the lead in Pennsylvania. BuzzFeed News has called the race for Joe Biden.