theblaze--2020-11-02--Maxine Waters on conservative black voters: 'I will never, ever forgive them' for Trump vote

Maxine Waters on conservative black voters : ' I will never , ever forgive them ' for Trump vote

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blasted conservative black voters during a recent interview with SiriusXM host Joe Madison, saying that she'd "never, ever forgive them" for voting for President Donald Trump.
What are the details?
Waters, who appeared on "The Joe Madison Show" to discuss the forthcoming presidential election, said that she would never forgive young black Trump voters if they cast a ballot for the incumbent.
In her clearly biased remarks, Waters, 82, said that she could not fathom how black Americans could vote for the president and shredded "black young men who think somehow they can align themselves with Trump."
"It just hurts me so bad to see blacks talking about supporting Trump," she admitted. "I don't know why they would be doing it. I don't know what's on their minds."
Waters asserted that if Trump is indeed elected to a second term, the country will crumble into a state of permanent disrepair.
"The divisiveness that this deplorable human being has caused, the confrontation, the dog-whistling to the right wing, the white supremacists, the KKK, and they are coming alive," she continued. "They are emboldened because they've got a leader."
The Democratic congresswoman said that the president is nothing more than a racist who has no "appreciation for black people" and "black women in particular."
"He has no respect for us," she added. "He is not doing anything for us. For those black young men who think somehow they can align themselves with Trump, not only are they terribly mistaken, any of them showing their face, I will never, ever forgive them for undermining the possibility to help their own people and their own communities."
Calling a black vote for the president "unconscionable," Waters said that Trump will never, ever listen to black voices.
"Black men who don't understand if they're not listening to you, if they're not listening to our voices, they have a price to pay," she insisted. "The years to come, if they help put Trump over, and help him get elected, they will go down in history as having done the most despicable thing to their families, and to their communities, and to their mothers and their grandmothers. ... They will shamefully be accused of having attributed to the lack of equality for life for the people they claim to love so much."
(H/T: The Daily Caller)


theblaze--2020-11-03--Horowitz: Early morning, Election Day: The polls actually show a map nearly identical to 2016

Horowitz : Early morning , Election Day : The polls actually show a map nearly identical to 2016

If you listen to the horse race commentators and the national polls they tout, Trump is underperforming his 2016 performance in nearly every demographic and will lose in a landslide. However, if you look at the Real Clear Politics (RCP) polling average of the most critical states, they are roughly in line with where they were in 2016 … when Trump won. Given what we already know about early voting dynamics in some of the critical states, this analysis actually shows that, even according to the same polling baseline of 2016, Trump is very much in the game.
Here is a table of key states from 2016 comparing the final RCP polling averages to the final election results.
Now let's take the differential in the 2016 RCP average for each state and add the difference to the current RCP state averages for this election. These averages were posted as of 5:00 a.m. ET, November 3, 2020.
Even if we assume the exact same bias and that the polls are not more compromised than they were last time, Trump would very much be in the game. In fact, technically, Trump would be on pace to win Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota, while easily maintaining Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina. That would give him 260 electoral votes, though with a very quixotic mix of states.
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Among the remaining states, Trump would be just 0.3 points behind in Michigan, 1 point behind in Arizona, and a nail-biting 0.1 behind in Florida.
With that said, very few people believe Trump will not win Florida, given the increased strength of Republican voter registration, the strong early vote turnout, and the flip of the Cubans in Miami-Dade County to Trump. Even Larry Sabato, who has Trump losing every other battleground state, believes he will win Florida. Assuming the polls are wrong about the other states, there's no reason to believe Florida polls this cycle would somehow have a more pro-Trump bias.
Thus, such a result would actually net a map of 289 for Trump.
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However, if Trump really were to win the Rust Belt and Midwest states again, it's hard to see him losing Arizona. Moreover, with the polling even more out of whack this year, the polling in Michigan could easily be off an additional 1-2 points, as we've seen the polls tend to be wildly off in the Midwest. Also, in 2016, Arizona was not polled nearly as much, because it was only viewed as marginally in reach for Democrats, so Trump actually underperformed his polling. It's reasonable to believe that if the other key swing states are off by that much, Arizona's polling would fall more in line with the polls we are seeing from states like North Carolina and Ohio.
Finally, almost all of the polls show Trump closing strong in some of the critical states, such as Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia. In the critical state of Pennsylvania, for example, the trend line for Trump is straight up, and unlike other battleground states, the Keystone State doesn't have early voting. Thus, Trump will capitalize on a larger pool of voters at his peak performance.
To be clear, all these states, under this analysis, would be very close. It doesn't mean Trump is necessarily going to win. But it does mean that he fundamentally has the same map he did in 2016, give or take, and is not starring down the barrel of a Barry Goldwater-style blowout, as many of the national polls are predicting. He will likely bleed some voters he won last time but win others within the same contours of those Rust Belt states. How much he gives and how much he takes will determine the entire ballgame.


theblaze--2020-11-03--Kirk Cameron says evangelical Trump supporters are waking up to see 'socialism and communism' knocki

Kirk Cameron says evangelical Trump supporters are waking up to see 'socialism and communism' knocking on their doors — and they're rallying to stop it

Kirk Cameron says evangelical Trump supporters are waking up to see 'socialism and communism ' knocking on their doors — @ @ @ @ @ stop it

Conservative Christian actor Kirk Cameron says that evangelicals are rallying to vote for President Donald Trump because they can clearly see "socialism and communism" at the door.
What are the details?
In an interview with Fox News' "America's Newsroom," Cameron said that people of faith are worried that the country will descend into socialism or communism if a Democrat is elected president.
"I see people of faith waking up to the scary idea that socialism and communism are knocking on our doors this Halloween season, and they're disguised in the costumes of public health and social justice," Cameron said.
Cameron, an entertainer outspoken about his faith, added that the enthusiasm for President Donald Trump is staggering.
"I can tell you that as I travel the country and teach in churches, I'm seeing a couple of things that are just astounding. ... The enthusiasm level for people going out and rallying for a presidential election is unbelievable: 96-mile car trains, 30,000 vehicles, 58,000 people in Pennsylvania. Regardless of the side of the aisle you're on, this enthusiasm level is unprecedented."
'Non-essential'
Fox News reports that Cameron and other evangelical Trump supporters held an event titled "Non-Essential" in order to rally the more than 40 million inactive Christian voters to cast a ballot for the president on Tuesday.
During the interview, the California resident also pointed to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) as an example of what "non-essential" also means.
"Our governor just deemed going to church non-essential and Thanksgiving, with all my grown children in my living room, non-essential," he added.
Anything else?
In October, Cameron told the Christian Post, "I think if someone had said to us six months ago, 'There's a virus that's going to shut down every business, you're not going to be able to go to church for Easter, and your kids are not going to graduate from high school and they can't even start back in school in the fall,' I think we would have said, 'That's nuts. You're crazy. What kind of conspiracy theory person are you?' And here we are today with just everything upside down."


theblaze--2020-11-03--Judge rules Gavin Newsom order on mail-in balloting unconstitutional and limits his executive order

Judge rules Gavin Newsom order on mail-in balloting unconstitutional and limits his executive order powers

Republican state lawmakers in California celebrated a ruling by a judge calling one of Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive orders over the pandemic unconstitutional and limiting his executive powers.
Sutter County Superior Court Judge Sarah Heckman ordered Newsom to stop issuing unconstitutional executive orders after finding one of his orders was "an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power."
Newsom was accused by many of his critics of acting beyond his executive powers when he issued executive orders as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.
"The Governor does not have the power or authority to assume the Legislature's role of creating legislative policy and enactments," Heckman said in her ruling.
Assemblymember Kevin Kiley, a Republican who filed the lawsuit against Newsom, tweeted Monday about his court victory.
"The Judge has ruled in our case against Gavin Newsom. We won. The Judge found good cause to issue a permanent injunction restraining the Governor from issuing further unconstitutional orders," Kiley said.
Kiley had accused Newsom of seizing power illegally in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
"We have been arguing that the California Emergency Services Act does not provide for one-man rule. Today, the Court agreed with us," he said.
The order in question required that California registered voters receive a mail-in ballot for the November election and expanded the availability of polling places. However, since lawmakers later approved the mandate, the judge's order will not affect Election Day.
Here's a news report about the ruling:


theblaze--2020-11-03--Nancy Pelosi says House is 'ready' to decide who will be president if election ends up in Congress

Nancy Pelosi says House is 'ready ' to decide who will be president if election ends up in Congress 'But @ @ @ @ @ that right now '

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the lower chamber is "ready" if the election between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ends up disputed and in the hands of Congress.
What are the details?
NPR's Ari Shapiro asked Pelosi on Monday, "Let's talk about what might happen in the election tomorrow because there are a lot of dire scenarios if the vote does not produce a decisive result. Some of those scenarios involve you as the speaker of the House. Are you confident in the resilience of American democratic systems to handle a contested election if it comes to that?"
"Our country is a great country," the speaker replied. "We're even great enough to survive one term of Donald Trump. Two terms would be such a serious setback that I worry for our country."
"But what if the outcome is disputed?" Shapiro pressed. "What if this is being fought in the courts or there is a constitutional crisis? I mean, there are all kinds of scenarios, and in some of them, the speaker of the House plays a prominent role."
"And the speaker of the House is ready for that prominent role," Pelosi responded. "But let's not worry about that right now.
"We're ready. We're prepared," she continued. "We've been ready for a while because we see this irresponsibility of the president, his disrespect for the Constitution, for our democracy, and for the integrity of our elections. So we're ready for him."
Pelosi added, "What we want to be ready for is a big vote tomorrow to dispel any thought other than that, on January 20, Joe Biden will be inaugurated president of the United States, that we will have a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate."
Anything else?
The Hill reported that "should the presidential election not present a clear winner by electoral vote, then it is up to the House to choose the next president."
An article by 270towin.com explains that if neither Trump nor Biden is able to secure 270 electoral votes, "the election for President is decided in the House of Representatives, with each state delegation having one vote. A majority of states (26) is needed to win. Senators would elect the Vice-President, with each Senator having a vote. A majority of Senators (51) is needed to win."


theblaze--2020-11-03--President Trump warns of 'violence in the streets' after losing court rulings on mail-in votes in Te

President Trump warns of 'violence in the streets' after losing court rulings on mail-in votes in Texas and Nevada

President Trump warns of 'violence in the streets ' after losing court rulings on mail-in votes in Texas and Nevada @ @ @ @ @ unchecked cheating '

President Donald Trump warned on Monday that a court ruling against his administration would result in "violence in the streets" over mail-in balloting.
"The Supreme Court decision on voting in Pennsylvania is a VERY dangerous one," tweeted the president.
"It will allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done!" he added.
Trump was referring to a ruling in October by the court allowing mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, even if they are delivered as late as Friday.
The president blasted the mail-in balloting rules in a speech Monday to his supporters in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
"When the Supreme Court gave you an extension they made a very dangerous situation, and I mean dangerous, physically dangerous, and they made it a very, very bad," Trump said.
"They did a very bad thing for this state," he added. "They did a very bad thing for this nation. You have to have a date. You can't extend dates."
Rulings in Texas and Nevada
The president also might have on his mind two other similar rulings in Nevada and Texas on Monday.
A federal judge ruled against the petition from Hamilton County Republicans to toss out more than 127,000 ballots in Harris County, where the heavily Democratic city of Houston is located. Party officials argued that ballots had been collected through an illegal expansion of curbside voting. A judge disagreed and ruled the votes should be counted.
A judge in Nevada made a similar ruling against the Trump administration and the Nevada Republican Party who argued that counting of mail-in ballots should be halted to avoid fraud.
"There is no evidence of any debasement or dilution of any citizen's vote," said Nevada Circuit Court Judge James Wilson.
Hours after the ruling in Texas, Republicans filed an appeal at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Here's more about the Texas ruling:


theblaze--2020-11-05--Still-undecided presidential race heads into third day of counting with six states still outstanding

Still-undecided presidential race heads into third day of counting with six states still outstanding All eyes are primarily focused on @ @ @ @ @ NV

As the counting of votes continues toward its end Thursday, five critical states remain up for grabs that will ultimately decide who occupies the White House next year.
Bizarrely, the state of Alaska remains uncalled by most media outlets, although President Donald Trump is overwhelmingly favored to win that state. The last five meaningfully contested races are North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada. President Trump needs to win at least four out of five of these states in order to secure re-election.
As the race currently stands, most observers believe that Trump's narrow lead in North Carolina is likely secure. Additionally, although a small number of votes remain to be counted in Georgia, it looks highly likely that President Trump's lead, which currently sits at about 19,000 votes, will hold up.
The contest therefore looks like it comes down to Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada. President Trump must win both Pennsylvania AND either Nevada or Arizona in order to win re-election.
Right now, Trump maintains a lead of about 160,000 votes in Pennsylvania, but that lead is dwindling as Pennsylvania continues the ponderous task of counting through early and mail-in ballots, which the state did not begin counting until after the polls were closed. The latest estimates indicate that there are only about 460,000 votes remaining to be counted, which means that former Vice President Joe Biden would have to win the remaining votes by better than a 2-to-1 margin to carry the state. Most observers expect Pennsylvania to finish counting at some point today.
Trump currently trails in both Arizona and Nevada by small margins. Biden's lead in Arizona has dwindled to about 70,000 votes. Arizona is not expected to release the next large batch of votes from Maricopa County until 9 p.m. ET today, which means that we might not know the result of this election until much later on Thursday night, if not later.
Trump also currently trails by a narrow margin in Nevada, which is expected to report additional results today. Biden's current lead in Nevada is less than 8,000 votes; however, it is widely assumed that the bulk of the outstanding vote in Nevada is from Clark County, which expected to break toward Biden.
After the counting is finished, it seems likely that legal challenges will continue for some days to come, but American voters can have a reasonable hope that today, after a long 48 hours, America will know the winner of the presidential election according to the first count of ballots.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Furious activist in 'BBQ Beer Freedom' T-shirt goes viral after crashing Nevada presser: 'Biden crim

Furious activist in 'BBQ Beer Freedom' T-shirt goes viral after crashing Nevada presser: 'Biden crime family is stealing the election'

Furious activist in 'BBQ Beer Freedom ' T-shirt goes viral after crashing Nevada presser : 'Biden crime family is stealing @ @ @ @ @ viewed millions of times

Video of a man wearing a T-shirt reading "BBQ Beer Freedom" has gone viral after he gate-crashed a Nevada press conference on the presidential election.
What are the details?
According to Newsweek, a clearly irate blonde man can be seen appearing behind Nevada's Clark County registrar of voters, Joe Gloria, who was providing an update on the state's election.
The man, who remains unnamed at the time of this reporting, begins shouting that "the Biden crime family is stealing the election" and "the media is covering it up."
Wearing his mask around his chin, the man punctuates his words by punching the air and pointing and shouts "We want our freedom for the world, give us our freedom, Joe Biden! You know Biden is covering up this election — he's stealing it!"
Gloria, who is clearly shocked by the man's presence, says nothing, and the unnamed man simply walks away after making his points.
During the briefing, Gloria said that all in-person early voting and Election Day ballots have been counted. The state continues to count mail ballots that were postmarked by Nov. 3. He also pointed out that the state's final vote canvas would begin on Nov. 16.
The state's six electoral votes remain up in the air as officials continue to tally ballots from across the state.
At the time of this reporting, the video has been viewed more than 11 million times via just one Twitter account.
User Timothy Burke shared one of the videos, captioning it, "This is 60 million of your neighbors."
At the time of this reporting, the New York Times reports that 86 percent of the state's vote has been counted. The outlet notes that former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has received 588,252 votes and President Donald Trump has received 580,605 votes.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Trump cuts further into Biden's lead in Arizona

Trump cuts further into Biden 's lead in Arizona

Arizona's Maricopa County dropped another batch of ballot tallies in the early morning hours on Thursday, and the results spelled more good news for President Donald Trump as he continues to eat into Joe Biden's current lead in the state.
What are the details?
Maricopa, the largest county in the state, issued the counts for another 62,002 votes, with Trump winning 57.9% of the batch to Biden's 40.5%, according to KNXV-TV. That means Trump narrowed Biden's lead by more than 10,000 votes, CNN reported.
The new data put the total numbers for Maricopa County at 912,585 for Biden (51%), and 838,071 for Trump (47%), which is a difference of 74,514.
Another batch out of Maricopa is expected on Thursday, and multiple media outlets — including CNN and the New York Times — determined the race was still too close to call for either candidate at least until those counts are in.
Fox News drew the ire of the president and his campaign when the outlet was the first to call Arizona for Biden on Tuesday night. The Associated Press also called the state for the former vice president in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
As Maricopa County workers continued to tally votes Wednesday night, an estimated crowd of more than 200 Trump supporters marched in downtown Phoenix outside both the Maricopa County Recorder's Office and the Arizona Capitol Building according to AZFamily.
The local outlet reported that the demonstrator chanted, "four more years," and "count the votes." They were also heard yelling, "stop the steal," and "shame on Fox."
Crowd starts to get rowdy outside of Maricopa County elections center in Phoenix www.youtube.com
Anything else?
Earlier in the day, several Arizonans who voted for Trump became alarmed over allegations spreading on social media that the use of Sharpie pens — which many used to mark their votes — had caused ballots in Republican strongholds to be invalidated.
Local election officials refuted the claims.


theblaze--2020-11-05--Hundreds of Trump supporters chant 'four more years' at protest in Arizona Capitol as election count

Hundreds of Trump supporters chant 'four more years' at protest in Arizona Capitol as election count continues

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Dozens of pro-Trump protesters marched outside the Arizona state Capitol in Phoenix after tension arose over the results from the presidential election.
Reporter Justin Lum of KSAZ-TV posted video of the peaceful demonstration on Wednesday.
Supporters for President Donald Trump waved American flags and Trump campaign signs while chanting "four more years," in support of the re-election campaign.
Other video showed them chanting "shame on Fox!" which could have been in reference to controversy over the Fox News Channel declaring Arizona a victory for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Protesters then marched to the Maricopa County Recorder's building where officials were still counting the ballots from the election.
Outside the building, speakers encouraged Trump supporters and mocked the media.
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Police officers guarded the front of the building to keep protesters out.
CNN senior national correspondent Kyung Lah said that some of the protesters were speaking about the "sharpiegate" controversy where Trump supporters were accusing poll workers of cancelling their votes. Local election officials refuted the claims.
Reporter Briana Whitney of KPHO-TV described the protesters as an "extremist group," without noting that at one point the entire group gathered in quiet prayer in order to seek after God's plan whether or not Trump won the presidency.
At about the same time of the protests, Arizona officials released updated numbers of the vote count showing that Trump had gained on the advantage reported for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The updated numbers showed Biden's lead was cut from 92,817 votes down to 79,173.
Steve Cortes, a senior Trump campaign official, argued that of the outstanding 605,000 votes in Arizona, the president should only have to garner 58% of those votes to win over Biden.
Another update from Arizona's election was expected on Wednesday evening.
Here's a livestream media about the protest:


theblaze--2020-11-05--GOP pollster Frank Luntz says his industry is 'done' after poor 2020 forecasts

GOP pollster Frank Luntz says his industry is 'done ' after poor 2020 forecasts

Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz says his industry is "done" after major forecasts were way off in projecting outcomes in the 2020 general election.
What are the details?
As numbers rolled in during the tight race between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday night, Luntz told Axios, "The political polling profession is done."
He added, "It is devastating for my industry."
National polls leading up to Election Day showed Biden held a commanding advantage over Trump, but the two candidates were neck and neck out of the gate and remained in a heated battle so close Wednesday that lawsuits were already filed.
The Hill pointed out that "beyond the presidential election...many pollsters were projecting that Democrats would gain House seats and the Senate majority," adding that, "Instead, it appears that Republicans will gain House seats and that the party has a strong chance of keeping control of the Senate."
On Twitter, Luntz pointed to the fact that GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) was behind challenger Sara Gideon (D) in 14 major polls as Nov. 3 approached, but ended up winning by several points. He called the widespread inaccuracy "a systemic failure."
Nearly two weeks ago, Luntz told Fox News that if President Trump wins and defies the polls as he did in 2016, his "profession is done."
"I hate to acknowledge it, because that's my industry — at least partially — but the public will have no faith, no confidence." Luntz told Fox News anchor Bret Baier. "Right now, the biggest issue is the trust deficit."
He added, "Pollsters did not do a good job in 2016. So, if Donald Trump surprises people, if Joe Biden had a 5- or 6-point lead, my profession is done."
Luntz issued an apology to fellow pollster John McLaughlin on Wednesday, saying McLaughlin beat "mainstream pollsters" with his predictions that Trump would have a strong showing in "key Rust Best states."
Luntz had earlier said of McLaughlin's projections: "I don't believe it. But if he's right, he's a genius. If he's wrong, I wonder if he'll ever work again."
During an interview with CNBC on Wednesday, Luntz was asked if he was surprised by the outcomes of the election thus far.
"My single biggest surprise is not something that you guys have been talking about, which is that it looks like the Republicans will keep control of the Senate," he replied.
"My second biggest surprise," he continued, "is that the pollsters at CNN and a few other places have not apologized for the numbers that are completely wrong."


theblaze--2020-11-05--Steven Crowder's election night coverage got millions of viewers — enough to compete with the mainst

Steven Crowder's election night coverage got millions of viewers — enough to compete with the mainstream networks

Steven Crowder 's election night coverage got millions of viewers — enough to compete with the mainstream networks The BlazeTV @ @ @ @ @ entertaining analysis

Conservative comedian Steven Crowder aired a live election night show on Tuesday, and his coverage garnered millions of views, competing with all the major news networks.
The show was broadcast on YouTube and obtained more than 8.2 million views less than 24 hours after Election Day. A second "Louder with Crowder" show broadcasted on Wednesday had already garnered more than 4.1 million views just hours after he finished livestreaming it.
Crowder's impressive viewership competed with that of Fox News, the ratings behemoth, which garnered 14 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday night. CNN averaged only 9 million viewers in the same time frame, closer to Crowder's viewership.
Some connected the stunning ratings accomplishment with a frustration from Trump supporters in seeking news outlets that were fair to the president and his policies. In one episode that turned many people against Fox News, the news outlet called the state of Arizona for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden despite other outlets calling the race too close.
The astounding viewership numbers come a year and a half after Crowder successfully staved off efforts to have his channel removed from the platform after a dispute with Vox activist Carlos Maza.
Although YouTube demonetized his channel briefly, the campaign eventually failed and Crowder was able to continue broadcasting over the popular video platform owned by Google.
Crowder also broadcasts his content on BlazeTV in order to escape censorship from the Big Tech companies.
Here's the election night "Louder with Crowder" show:


theblaze--2020-11-05--New numbers from Arizona show positive movement toward Trump

Maricopa County in Arizona released the vote tallies for 75,000 ballots Wednesday evening, and the numbers show positive gains for President Donald Trump in the state that some outlets have already declared for Joe Biden as the presidential race comes down to the wire.
What are the details?
Bloomberg's Greg Giroux reported that President Trump netted 13,644 votes out of the data released at around 9 p.m. EST, meaning Biden's lead was cut from 92,817 votes down to 79,173.
According to Forensic News' Scott Stedman, there are an estimated 420,000 votes left to count in Maricopa, where the president is expected to do well. That is good news for Trump, whose campaign has argued its numbers show the president could still win the state.
"Tonight's vote dump in Maricopa was Trump+18, which confirms that the state's going to get a lot tighter," the New York Times' Nate Cohn tweeted. "It's not very easy to say whether that's enough for Trump or not, but I'd think it's more than enough to preclude an Arizona call tonight."
Fox News was first to call Arizona a win for Biden on Tuesday night, drawing fury from the White House and the Trump campaign who claimed the president still had a strong opportunity for victory in the state. Fox stood by its decision and refused to back down.
Early Wednesday morning, the Associated Press followed suit in determining that Arizona had gone to Biden.
Prior to the additional votes dropping, several outlets had not yet declared the state for either candidate and determined it was up for grabs, including the New York Times who noted that "according to turnout estimates, around 310,000 votes remain in counties won by Trump in 2016. Clinton 2016 counties have around 70,000 votes left to report."
The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro reported, "In AZ, Biden currently leads by approximately 93,500 votes. There were 605K votes cast on Election Day. Trump would need to pull 57.73% of those votes to win. Team Trump says they're pulling 62% in Maricopa County, and 72-80% in other counties. They're projecting a 30k-40k win."
Arizona, with its 11 electoral votes, has turned out to be a critically important state in the race. It is one of six states that remain in play, along with Alaska (3), Nevada (6), Georgia (16), North Carolina (15), and Pennsylvania (20).
At this point, Biden holds 253 electoral votes by the Times' forecasting, to Trump's 214. By those projections, Biden would hit the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House if he only secures Arizona and Nevada.
Without a win in Arizona, President Trump would need to sweep Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada in order to win re-election.
Fox News' Bill Hemmer reported Wednesday that the president "has gotta run the table at this point," according to the network's projections.
Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has filed suit to halt the vote count in Michigan, which was called for Biden by several outlets, arguing that the campaign has been denied "meaningful access" to observe the tallying process.
Trump/Pence 2020 has also sued to stop the count in Pennsylvania, pushing back against a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the state to count mail-in ballots received after Tuesday until Friday that have been postmarked by Nov. 3.
In a speech to Americans in the early hours of Wednesday morning, President Trump called the ongoing vote counts "a major fraud on this nation."
"We want the law to be used in a proper manner," the president continued. "So, we'll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop. We don't want them to find any ballots at four o'clock in the morning and add them to the list."


theblaze--2020-11-05--WATCH: Election 2020 CHAOS: Is There Still Hope for Trump?

WATCH : Election 2020 CHAOS : Is There Still Hope for Trump ?

We hate to say "we told you so," but Glenn told you so back in August: "Americans need to be prepared that we probably won't know the presidential election result on Election Night because of the unprecedented influx of mail-in ballots. ... It's a recipe for absolute, utter chaos."
In a special live election reaction show, Glenn Beck is joined by BlazeTV host and polling expert Steve Deace and WallBuilders founder David Barton. They'll discuss the latest updates in the House and Senate races and if there is a hopeful path forward for President Trump in the Electoral College.
Megyn Kelly, host of "The Megyn Kelly Show" podcast, grades the mainstream media's election coverage and how this will legally play out in the courts. And, BlazeTV host Elijah Schaffer joins from the scene of last night's protests in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., and gives details on the efforts of rioters to assassinate him for trying to report the truth of protest violence and Election Day unrest.
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theblaze--2020-11-05--Trump voters accuse Arizona poll workers of giving them a sharpie pen to thwart their vote, and elec

Trump voters accuse Arizona poll workers of giving them a sharpie pen to thwart their vote, and election officials have responded

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Supporters of President Donald Trump spread a rumor that their votes were being thwarted in Arizona by poll workers giving them a sharpie brand pen that would cancel their ballot, but election officials refuted the claims.
Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union chairman, was among those spreading the theory on social media Wednesday.
Twitter restricted the visibility of the tweet over the disputed claims.
Schlapp tweeted, "apparently the use of sharpie pens in gop precincts is causing ballots to be invalidated. Could be huge numbers of mostly Trump supporters."
Local officials respond
Local officials in Arizona attempted to debunk the theory.
"The felt-tip pen ballot controversy burning through social media is false. Don't get caught up in it," read a tweet from the Pima County government.
"Arizona ballot tabulating machines can read ballots marked with a felt tip pen. Felt pens are discouraged because the ink can bleed through," they added.
They went on to explain the process of deciphering the ballot and counting it even if the ink bleeds through on the ballot.
"All ballots in which voter intent can be discerned will be counted. That's also in the manual. No ballots will be discarded because of the method used to color in the ovals," they added.
The public information officer for the Arizona Secretary of State said in an email to the Associated Press that people were misunderstanding the cancellation of ballots.
"If a voter's ballot is listed as canceled, it usually means the voter made an additional ballot request if they needed to have their original ballot replaced," said Sophia Solis. "Depending on when they returned their replacement ballot, that ballot is most likely still being processed by the county."
Despite the statement of election officials, some continued to spread the theory on social media.
"This is one example of fraud and maybe that happened in multiple places and states. Especially those Pro-Trump. The center gave the voter a sharpie to mark the options and this type of ink is not readable by the machine to register the votes," read one tweet.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sent a letter demanding answers about the controversy from Maricopa County election officials after receiving hundreds of complaints.
On Wednesday, Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes admitted in a video that Joe Biden was leading Trump in the ballot count in Arizona by 93,000 votes, but noted that the president only needed 58% of 605,000 votes that were still being counted in order to beat Biden.
Here's more about the sharpie election conspiracy:


theblaze--2020-11-05--Google reveals what Americans sought near them on Election Day: french fries and liquor were top cho

Google reveals what Americans sought near them on Election Day: french fries and liquor were top choices

Google reveals what Americans sought near them on Election Day : french fries and liquor were top choices Americans know @ @ @ @

While Americans eagerly awaited the results of the election to roll out on Tuesday, Google says that they sought out french fries and liquor to cope with the stress.
The search results were reported by Google Trends via their official social media account on Tuesday.
Google Trends reported that "fries near me" and "liquor stores near me" were at all time highs on Election Day.
The social media giant went on to document the foods that were most in demand while Americans waited to find out who would lead the most powerful country in the world.
Pizza, Chinese food, Sushi, and Mexican food were highly sought, and liquor showed up again in the searches.
People also searched on Google for explanations of common election terms, including "projected winner," "too early to call," "incumbent," and "electoral vote."
Among those foreign countries where people showed the most interest in the U.S. election, Cuba topped the list, Germany coming in second, and Ethiopia, Iran, and Ghana, in the top five.
Election night dragged on into late Tuesday as confusing and conflicting reports of vote tallies came in from different states. Early Wednesday morning the president announced that he had won big but that Democrats were trying to steal the election, while Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said that he expected to win after the official count was completed.
"I'm here to tell you tonight, I believe we're on track to win this election," Biden said in Delaware.
"We knew, because of the unprecedented early vote and the mail-in vote that it was going to take awhile," he added. "We're going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished — and it ain't over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted."
Here's more about Americans eating their feelings on Election Day:


theblaze--2020-11-04--Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler wins re-election, beating pro-Antifa challenger

The progressive stronghold has been plagued with violence

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has won a second term leading the city that has been ravaged for months by far-left rioters, fending off a challenge from pro-Antifa rival Sarah Iannarone.
What are the details?
KGW-TV reported that Wheeler secured 46% of the vote against Iannarone's 41%, while 13% of Portlanders wrote in a candidate.
""I want to thank the voters of Portland for the opportunity to continue serving as your mayor," Wheeler told the local station following his victory Tuesday night. "This has not been an easy year for many of us. I know many of you are frustrated with the direction of our city as we address the challenges of a pandemic, an economic recession and protests that have inspired both overdue change and unacceptable violence."
According to the New York Post, leading up to the election, Wheeler "had appeared politically vulnerable because of the anti-police protests that have plagued his city."
Less than a month ago, polling indicated that Wheeler was trailing Iannarone by 11 points among likely voters.
Iannarone has boasted publicly of holding allegiance to Antifa. Last year, she tweeted, "To those who say Antifa are violent thugs: I am not a violent thug and I am Antifa. I am Antifa because the Red Hats are coming after brown & black people, after Jews, after queer & trans people, and more. They are coming after our democracy."
Although Wheeler has blamed "white supremist [sic] organizations" for the violence that has plagued his city rather than far-left activists, the mayor's campaign dug up evidence to show voters that Iannarone was far too radical even to lead the progressive bastion of Portland.
Last week, after the race had narrowed to neck-and-neck, the Wheeler camp called out Iannarone for tweeting a picture of a ballot in 2016 that she caption as "quite possibly by favorite 'I voted this way' photo to date." The ballot contained write-in votes for Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and other murderous communist dictators.
Iannarone campaign manager Gregory McKelvey told KOIN-TV that the ballot was not Iannarone's, but that she "posted the ballots of many of her supporters who sent them in after voting for her."
Wheeler campaign manager Danny O'Halloran said it does not matter whether the ballot was Iannorane's or not.
"No one who saw that tweet would have any way of thinking that (it wasn't her ballot)," O'Halloran told KOIN. "But more importantly it doesn't really matter. On that ballot is a vote for Sarah Iannarone and everyone else written in was a Communist dictator. And her choosing to post that is just as inflammatory and mocks our democratic institutions in just the same way."


theblaze--2020-11-04--'It's a dumpster fire': House Democrats reportedly pointing fingers after stunning election losses

Pelosi 's leadership may be in trouble

There was a significant amount of infighting and finger-pointing going on among Democrats in the House of Representatives Wednesday as the majority suffered a stunning defeat all across the country on Election Day, Politico reported.
Only days before, the outlet noted, top Democrats including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mused about the party's chances to expand their majority in the chamber by up to a dozen seats. Polls in races around the nation showed Democrats up overall and making plays in Republican strongholds like Texas.
But as votes began to pour in Tuesday, Democratic hopes and dreams were quickly dashed. TheBlaze's Chris Pandolfo noted that "Republicans won upset victories over several Democratic incumbents" and are poised to "gain as much as 10 seats in a year the media raised the possibility they'd lose as many as 15 or more."
Consequently, the mood among Democrats around Capitol Hill was much less chipper and several members began pointing fingers. Here's more from Politico:
Even with tens of thousands of ballots still to be counted, shell-shocked Democratic lawmakers, strategists and aides privately began trying to pin the blame: The unreliable polls. The GOP's law-and-order message amid a summer of unrest. The "hidden Trump voters." The impeachment hangover. The lack of a coronavirus stimulus deal.
Some corners of the party were also beginning to question the message and tactics at the top, with several Democrats predicting — and some even demanding — a significant overhaul within the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, including possibly even ousting chairwoman Cheri Bustos, whose Illinois race has yet to be called.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) told reporters, "There's still a lot of uncertainty. I would say the high expectations that a number of pollsters and pundits created obviously have not been met. We'll have a Democratic majority in the House, and it remains to be seen how big that will be."
But some lawmakers were far less subtle: "It's a dumpster fire," said one Democrat, who remained anonymous.
Rep. Henry Cuellar, a senior Blue Dog Democrat in South Texas pointed to his party's failures in rural areas outside big cities.
"If we don't change the strategy, it's going to be the same in 2022," he predicted.
There is reportedly speculation that Pelosi's leadership is in question ahead of Congress' return after the election. A poor performance during the 2020 general election might finally spark a change at the top for Democrats.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Multiple outlets call Michigan for Joe Biden

The former vice president claims victory in another 2016 Trump state

Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win the state of Michigan and its 16 Electoral College votes, according to multiple reports.
CNN and NBC News called the race around 4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, with Biden holding about a 70,000-vote lead over President Donald Trump with 99% of all precincts reporting.
Fewer than 100,000 votes remain to be counted, mostly absentee ballots, and those that do remain are from areas of the state with large populations of Democratic voters. As of 4:45 p.m., Biden won 2,684,200 votes and Trump earned 2,617,062, according to estimates from the Associated Press.
The lead for Biden is large enough for the news organizations calling the race to determine that Trump will not be able to catch Biden as the rest of the votes are counted.
Michigan is a crucial battleground state for both campaigns as they race to 270 Electoral College votes with no declared winner in the 2020 presidential election.
Biden's victory is a reversal of 2016 when Trump won the state with a narrow margin, defeating Hillary Clinton by just under 11,000 votes.
On election night, Trump held an early lead in Michigan before mail and absentee ballots were counted. Michigan state law prevents mail-in and absentee ballots from being counted before the morning of the election. A record 5.26 million Michiganders cast their ballots this year, with estimates suggesting more than 3.26 million of those voters cast absentee ballots. The large volume of absentee ballots, caused in part due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, caused a delay before all the votes could be counted. Michigan election officials expected this delay and promised voters that the winner of the election would be officially declared sometime Wednesday.
With Michigan in hand and Wisconsin also called earlier today, Joe Biden leads President Trump in the Electoral College 253-214, according to the New York Times. The path for Trump to win re-election has narrowed considerably. Of the states yet to be called, Trump must win Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania to win re-election.
The Trump campaign has challenged the results from Michigan, filing a lawsuit Wednesday to halt ballot counting until the campaign is given "meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process."
The campaign has also called for a recount in Wisconsin, where Biden was declared the victor with only a 1-point lead.
Results from Arizona and Nevada will not be fully counted until as late as Friday.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Believe it or not, deep-blue California rejects affirmative action, upholds ban on considering race

Believe it or not, deep-blue California rejects affirmative action, upholds ban on considering race in hiring, college admissions

Believe it or not , deep-blue California rejects affirmative action , upholds ban on considering race in hiring , college @ @ @ @ @ we did n't have a chance to explain it to more voters , ' a @ @ @ @ @ .

It might be hard to fathom in California — where close to half (46.3%) of all registered voters are Democrats as opposed to just 24% of voters registered as Republicans — but voters on Election Day rejected affirmative action, the Fresno Bee reported.
What are the details?
Proposition 16 — which aimed to repeal Proposition 209, a 1996 ban on considering race and gender in public hiring, college admissions, and contracting — was soundly defeated: It was failing 56% to 44% as votes were still being counted, the paper said.
Proposition 209 barred the state from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any person or group based on race, sex, ethnicity, or nationality, the Bee noted.
And it isn't as though the "Yes on 16" campaign was short on cash. The paper — citing campaign finance records — said the campaign raised more than $16 million between January and October while the "Californians for Equal Rights, No on Proposition 16" campaign raised a comparatively paltry $1.5 million.
Arnold Steinberg, a strategist with the "No" campaign, declared victory Tuesday night, the Bee said.
"We faced a daunting uphill battle against an initiative put on the ballot at the last minute by the state Legislature," Steinberg, who worked as a Proposition 209 strategist, told the paper. "In a state hardly seen as conservative, voters rejected a repeal of the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment by race."
Why did Proposition 16 fail?
Lawmakers and advocates told the Bee public opinion groundwork was insufficient to win over hearts and minds for Proposition 16, particularly on a ballot dominated by the presidential election.
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez and state Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, both Democrats, argued Proposition 16 would create equal footing among Latinos and blacks and increase racial and gender representation in higher education and in the public workforce, the paper said.
"It's unfortunate that we didn't have a chance to explain it to more voters, but we're hopeful that justice works out," Gonzalez said on Tuesday night, the Bee reported.
More from the paper:
Former University of California Regent Ward Connerly, the lead advocate for Proposition 209, helped lead the campaign against the effort to overturn it.
He and other opponents called Proposition 16 divisive and discriminatory and argued that diverse communities in California have already made strides in representation since its ban.
In July, for instance, the University of California system announced a record number of incoming Latino freshmen admitted to the fall 2020 semester, surpassing Asian American students for the first time.


theblaze--2020-11-04--'I am right by the president's side': 25-year-old Madison Cawthorn wins in NC, spurs GOP support for

'I am right by the president's side': 25-year-old Madison Cawthorn wins in NC, spurs GOP support for Trump

' I am right by the president 's side ' : 25-year-old Madison Cawthorn wins in NC , spurs GOP @ @ @ @ @ is reinforced with titanium , so I know it wo n't bend or break '

Republican candidate Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina has become Congress' youngest Representative-elect in decades, and the first to be born in the 1990s.
On the radio program Wednesday, Glenn Beck congratulated 25-year-old Cawthorn on his victory, but also issued a warning: Washington, D.C., has a real affinity for collecting souls. Stay strong, stay humble, know who you serve, and remember what you're fighting for.
"I'm not afraid of losing my soul just because I know who I am, and I've got a great base to rely on," Cawthorn told Glenn. "But, I do realize that there's a danger in Washington, D.C., so I'll be very cognizant of it. I have a great team around me, and I know that we'll be able to hopefully take the soul from Washington, D.C., because we need to re-put some morals, some values, and some freedom-loving fighters."
Cawthorn, who is paralyzed from the waist down from a near-fatal car accident in 2014, said he felt confident that he would be able to fight against corruption and stay true to his personal faith and values.
"My spine is reinforced with titanium, so I know it won't bend or break from the powers that be," he said. "The person that I am right now is completely indebted to the people I get to represent. And I think that's what we're missing in Washington, D.C. All these career politicians who believe in self-overservice, we have to fight against that."
"Are you concerned at all about the Republican Party?" Glenn asked. "I mean, the Republicans seemed a little quiet today. … I don't see anybody saying, 'We're here by your side, Mr. President.' [Trump] seems to be fighting alone."
"Well, I'll tell you, that's not true. I am right by the president's side. I think he's the best hope for our future," Cawthorn answered. "But I will tell you, I was not voting for President Trump when I voted on the Republican side of the ticket. I was voting for an ideology. I think that was what was on the ballot yesterday, was ideologies. One, it's going to say, 'you have to kneel to the state. You have to kneel to the mob.' They will tell you, when and where you can go to church, they'll tell you what your children can learn in school, they'll tell you if you can open your business or not. Or, on the side I like to vote on with President Trump, the person who I'm fighting in the trenches with right now, I genuinely believe that in that ideology we kneel only for our God, and stand for our flag."
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theblaze--2020-11-04--President Trump's campaign declares victory in Pennsylvania, sues to stop further vote counting

President Trump 's campaign declares victory in Pennsylvania , sues to stop further vote counting 'This is not based on @ @ @ @ @ is based on math . '

"We are declaring a victory in Pennsylvania," President Donald Trump's campaign manager said late Wednesday afternoon, according to Time White House Correspondent Tessa Berenson. "This is not based on gut or feel. This is based on math."
Bill Stepien's declaration came during a media call, Berenson also reported; but she noted in a follow-up post that not all the votes have been counted, and no major networks nor the Associated Press have projected a winner in the Pennsylvania ballot count that would grant the winner 20 valuable electoral votes.
In addition, the AP reported late Wednesday that Trump's campaign is suing to stop the Pennsylvania vote count over lack of "transparency" and is seeking to intervene in the Supreme Court case. Fox News said the lawsuit is meant to overturn a SCOTUS decision that allows Pennsylvania to continue counting mail-in ballots received after Tuesday until Friday, as long as they were postmarked by Nov. 3.
More from Fox News:
The Supreme Court last month ruled 4-4 to keep a lower court decision in place that allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted for another three days despite a Republican request for a stay on that decision. And last week the high court denied a Republican request to fast-track their appeal to block the extended deadline.
Trump campaign manager Justin Clark accused Democrats of "scheming" to "disenfranchise and dilute" Republican votes.
"Pennsylvania's unhinged, radical left Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar has tried her hardest to bake in a backdoor to victory for Joe Biden with late, illegal ballots in collusion with the partisan state supreme court," Clark said in a statement, according to Fox News.
"The United States Constitution is clear on this issue: the legislature sets the time, place, and manner of elections in America, not state courts or executive officials," Clark added, according to the cable network.
What else?
More than 2.5 million Pennsylvania mail-in ballots are being counted at present, and while Trump had been holding a big lead, Democratic voters are favoring mail-in ballots more than Republicans — and on a vast level — which has given Biden's camp hope the mail-in tally can put him in front.
Indeed, the New York Times reported early Wednesday that Biden so far has won absentee ballots by an overwhelming margin, according to data from the secretary of state — and that if the trend holds, he'll take Pennsylvania.
And while Boockvar — who heads Pennsylvania's vote count — said Tuesday's in-person election went well, the Morning Call said top Republicans in the state Senate late Tuesday called for Boockvar's immediate resignation because she "fundamentally altered" election conduct by giving "constantly changing guidance" to counties.
But Boockvar denied the claims and declined to resign, the paper said, adding that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf backed her up by saying GOP officials were engaging in "a partisan attack on Pennsylvania's elections and our votes."
Wolf urged patience and said votes would be counted "accurately" and "fully," CBS News reported.
"The delay that we're seeing is a sign that the system is working," the governor added, according to the network.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts Democrats, Biden campaign for dropping the ball with Latino voters

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts Democrats , Biden campaign for dropping the ball with Latino voters

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized Democrats for failing to sway Latino voters in the 2020 presidential election.
The congresswoman's remarks came just hours after Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden lost Florida after underperforming with the Latino community in the state.
President Donald Trump won the state with 51.21% of the vote.
What are the details?
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks Tuesday night, pointing out Democrats' apparent problem with Latino voters and how the party didn't work hard enough to convince Latino voters to vote for Biden.
She tweeted, "The necessary effort simply hasn't been put in."
Ocasio-Cortez also shared a news clip featuring remarks from journalist Hunter Walker, who said, "Progressive allies of Biden were raising alarms about this over the summer. The Biden campaign did do a little more Latino outreach, but he has really struggled to on that front."
The congresswoman wrote, "I won't comment much on tonight's results as they are evolving and ongoing, but I will say we've been sounding the alarm about Dem vulnerabilities w/Latinos for a long, long time. There is a strategy and a path, but the necessary effort simply hasn't been put in."
What else?
Business Insider pointed out on Wednesday that Jennifer Molina, the Biden campaign's Latino media director, vehemently defended the campaign's outreach, and said it had "aggressively" increased voter contact and visibility for the Latino community.
"This includes tabeling in Latino supermarkets, like Cardenas, canvassing, phone banks, text banks, chiva buses, mobile billboards, taco trucks, and banda performances near election day sites," she said in a statement. "We're confident our historic investments of tens of millions of dollars will mobilize the community."
It seems fair to point out that Biden's support in the Latino community fell short in Florida after Trump was successfully able to paint the Democratic candidate as a socialist. Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described Democratic Socialist, perhaps did not realize — or outright ignored — that the notion deeply resonated with the state's Cuban voters and turned them away from Biden throughout the election.
Anything else to know?
Biden wasn't the only Democrat to lose Florida on Tuesday night: Two female freshman Democratic congresswomen lost their respective re-election races.
Democratic Reps. Donna Shalala and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell lost in Miami-Dade.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez defeated Mucarsel-Powell, and former TV news host Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Shalala.
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Hollywood elitists lose their minds after Trump's election morning speech: 'Staging a coup'

Hysterical celebrities flocked to Twitter in the wee hours of Wednesday morning after President Donald Trump told supporters and members of the press that he believed he had won the 2020 presidential election .
In his remarks , Trump also promised to go to the Supreme Court in order to stop counting ballots .
What are the details ?
Comedienne Kathy Griffin wordlessly shared the now-infamous photo of her holding the likeness of a decapitated Trump head .
`` Thankfully he is doing it like a Rodeo clown , '' Gad added .
Actor Jeffrey Wright wrote , `` Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remind America — from the WH — that he 's the biggest criminal a**hole you know . ''
Hysterical-sounding actress Sophia Bush wrote , `` We have sent troops to other nations to stop dictators from doing what Trump just did .
This is NOT how our elections work .
We WILL # CountEveryVote . ''
Bush 's remarks came in response to the New York Times ' Maggie Haberman , who wrote , `` Trump has now done what @ jonathanvswan reported and what Trump denied he would do — came out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' and called the current vote counting ' a fraud on our nation . '
Says he will go to Supreme Court to stop counting . ''
`` Star Trek '' actor-turned-activist George Takei wrote , `` You do n't get to declare yourself the winner , Donald .
The American people choose the winner through the Electoral College .
We do this through our votes .
You ca n't change that . ''
`` Star Wars '' actor Mark Hamill chimed in , `` # DespotDonald declares victory as votes are still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American public , so we 'll be going to the Supreme Court & we will win this [ . ]
' It 's so weird to have an authoritarian who undermines democracy in the WH . ''
Actress Chelsea Peretti added , `` He has n't won .
'As far as I 'm concerned we already have won ' It 's about counting votes , end of story — we knew he would lie and manipulate as always .
And pence as always is the epitome of a vacant tool and f***boi @ @

Hysterical celebrities flocked to Twitter in the wee hours of Wednesday morning after President Donald Trump told supporters and members of the press that he believed he had won the 2020 presidential election.
In his remarks, Trump also promised to go to the Supreme Court in order to stop counting ballots.
What are the details?
Comedienne Kathy Griffin wordlessly shared the now-infamous photo of her holding the likeness of a decapitated Trump head.
Actor Josh Gad accused the president of "staging a coup."
"Thankfully he is doing it like a Rodeo clown," Gad added.
Actor Jeffrey Wright wrote, "Donald Trump came out at 2:30 AM to remind America — from the WH — that he's the biggest criminal a**hole you know."
Hysterical-sounding actress Sophia Bush wrote, "We have sent troops to other nations to stop dictators from doing what Trump just did. This is NOT how our elections work. We WILL #CountEveryVote."
Bush's remarks came in response to the New York Times' Maggie Haberman, who wrote, "Trump has now done what @jonathanvswan reported and what Trump denied he would do — came out and said 'we did win this election' and called the current vote counting 'a fraud on our nation.' Says he will go to Supreme Court to stop counting."
"Star Trek" actor-turned-activist George Takei wrote, "You don't get to declare yourself the winner, Donald. The American people choose the winner through the Electoral College. We do this through our votes. You can't change that."
"Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill chimed in, "#DespotDonald declares victory as votes are still being counted-Calls election 'a fraud on the American public, so we'll be going to the Supreme Court & we will win this[.]' It's so weird to have an authoritarian who undermines democracy in the WH."
Actress Chelsea Peretti added, "He hasn't won. 'As far as I'm concerned we already have won' It's about counting votes, end of story — we knew he would lie and manipulate as always. And pence as always is the epitome of a vacant tool and f***boi."


theblaze--2020-11-04--Trump campaign files lawsuit to stop vote counting in Michigan

President Donald Trump's campaign says it has filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Claims seeking a court order to halt the counting of ballots until it is given "meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process."
In a statement published Wednesday, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien claimed the campaign "has not been provided with meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening of ballots and the counting process, as guaranteed by Michigan law."
"We have filed suit today in the Michigan Court of Claims to halt counting until meaningful access has been granted," Stepien said. "We also demand to review those ballots which were opened and counted while we did not have meaningful access."
The Associated Press reported that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden currently leads Trump in Michigan by 45,000 votes. Outstanding absentee and mail-in ballots are still being counted in the state.
If ballot counting continues, Michigan election officials expect to announce a winner later Wednesday, after the remainder of roughly 100,000 outstanding ballots are counted. Michigan state law prevents election officials from counting mail-in ballots until the morning of the election. A massive surge in absentee voting likely caused by concerns over the coronavirus pandemic created delays in ballot counting, which state officials expected.
The presidential contest between Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden still has no declared winner. Several states remain too close to call, depriving either candidate of the 270 votes needed to claim the presidency. Michigan's 16 Electoral College votes remain up for grabs, though Biden is expected to maintain his lead given that outstanding ballots are coming in from parts of the state with many Democratic voters.
President Trump won Michigan in 2016, becoming the first Republican candidate to do so since George H.W. Bush in 1988.
In neighboring Wisconsin, Biden was declared the victor Wednesday, claiming the state's 10 Electoral College votes and delivering a blow to Trump, who won there in 2016. Biden's narrow lead, less than one point, gives the Trump campaign the legal right to request a recount, an opportunity that the campaign said Wednesday they will take.
"Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a razor thin race as we always knew that it would be," Stepien said in a statement. "There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results. The President is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately do so."


theblaze--2020-11-04--Defiant Trump campaign insists they can still take Arizona and Nevada to win re-election

After election odds swung heavily in Democratic nominee Joe Biden's favor overnight as Wisconsin and Michigan shifted blue, the Trump campaign insisted Wednesday morning they are still on pace to win re-election by notching surprise wins in Arizona and Nevada.
What are the details?
President Trump is in a "very, very, very good position" to win re-election, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien told reporters early Wednesday on a campaign call, according to the New York Post.
"We are confident in our pathway. We are confident in our math. We said all along we are viewing some of these races as math equations," he added. "If we count all legal ballots, the president wins."
Politico White House reporter Gabby Orr relayed some of the campaign's touted statistics that show Trump narrowly pulling ahead in Arizona and Nevada and maintaining Pennsylvania.
What else?
The campaign's insistence was somewhat of a surprise since Arizona was called for Biden by Fox News on Tuesday night and then later Wednesday morning by the Associated Press. As for Nevada, Trump currently trails Biden narrowly, and it is presumed that the remaining absentee votes left to be counted will favor the former vice president.
Nevertheless, the campaign said their math is forecasting late-breaking wins in both states. Such a feat would be a major boost to Trump's re-election odds.
"[In Arizona], we know that a final batch of mail-in ballots is being counted. We know that these ballots are counted sequentially, meaning that late-arriving votes or ballots cast closest to Election Day are the ones being counted now. We know and expect that about a half-million votes are left to be counted," Stepien said. "And based on the math that we have been seeing as these late-arriving ballots are counted, anywhere from two-thirds to 70 percent of these votes are coming to the president, that math adds up to a margin of around 30,000 in the president's favor."
The Arizona Republic agreed with the Trump campaign's claims Wednesday, estimating that about 600,000 ballots were left to be counted in the state. Just as well, FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver noted in Arizona, "mail ballots that arrived late in the process are considerably more [Republican] by party registration than the ones that arrived earlier."
According to Bloomberg, the Trump campaign plans to dispatch a team to Arizona to monitor the state's vote count after unverified reports have surfaced claiming ballots filled in with Sharpie pens in pro-Trump counties may have not been counted.
Anything else?
Stepien predicted that in Nevada, like Arizona, "late-breaking mail helps us" and "we believe that once all legal ballots are counted in Nevada, the president wins Nevada, we believe by a margin of 5,500 votes."
Mail ballots received on Election Day or after are the bulk of what remains to be counted in Nevada. It remain to be seen if that vote will break for Trump or Biden.
Either way, we won't know until Thursday.
If Trump were to somehow win Arizona and Nevada and hang on in Pennsylvania and Georgia, he would be in line to win the election. If Georgia goes for Biden in that scenario, there would be — you guessed it — an electoral tie.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Record set: More Americans than ever voted in 2020, highest turnout rate in more than a century

Record set : More Americans than ever voted in 2020 , highest turnout rate in more than a century And @ @ @ @ @

Although the presidential election remains too close to call, one thing was made clear on Election Day: More Americans turned out to vote than ever before.
In fact, this election saw the highest percentage of voter turnout since 1900. That's a remarkable feat considering a much higher percentage of the American populace can now vote, due in part to the 19th Amendment, 24th Amendment, and 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
By raw voter turnout, nearly 138 million votes for president had been cast by 2 p.m. on the afternoon after Election Day. That number will continue to inch upward as precincts across the country tally their final vote totals.
What are the percentages?
According to the U.S. Elections Project, nearly 160 million votes will have been cast when the final votes are certified weeks from now. The Elections Project estimates there are 239 million eligible voters in the U.S. — meaning, when all is said and done, about 66.8% of the voting-eligible population will have voted.
That's the highest rate since 1900 when 73.7% of the voting-eligible population turned out to vote for then-President William McKinley (R) and Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryant.
By comparison, only about 13.5 million people voted for president in 1900.
If the final tally of voters is, in fact, near 160 million, this year will have marked the highest raw voter turnout in U.S. history.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Biden has already surpassed 70 million votes, meaning he has won more votes in a single presidential election than any other candidate in U.S. history. Barack Obama held the previous record of 69,498,516, which he won in the 2008 presidential election.
As CNBC noted, this year's massive voter turnout was bolstered by record early voting and mail-in voting.
From CNBC:
The record voter turnout in 2020 was buoyed by more than 100 million ballots cast during the early voting period, according to data from the NBC News Decision Desk and TargetSmart, an analytics firm. The number of ballots cast in 2020 by mail or in person before Election Day more than doubled that of 2016.
Overall, Democrats had an early vote advantage heading into Election Day with 43% of early or absentee votes compared with Republicans' 37%. While more Democrats than Republicans voted early by mail, more GOP voters cast ballots early in person than Democrats.
The highest ever U.S. voter turnout rate for a presidential election came in 1876, when 82.6% of the voting-eligible population participated in the election, selecting Republican Rutherford Hayes over Democrat Samuel Tilden. But that high percentage only amounted to about 8.3 million votes.
What states had the highest turnout rates?
Minnesota and New Hampshire, two states that could have been in play, will have seen voter turnout in excess of 80% when the final votes are tallied, according to the Election's Project. Biden won both states.
Meanwhile, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Tennessee, and West Virginia will have experienced less than 60% turnout. None of those states were in play; President Donald Trump won four of them, while Biden won just one.


theblaze--2020-11-04--VIDEO: Biden supporters assume they'll escape the wrath of Black Lives Matter. Think again, kids.

VIDEO : Biden supporters assume they 'll escape the wrath of Black Lives Matter .
Think again , kids .
@ @ @ @ @ are telling black people how to protest ?
You f***ing white-ass privilege old man !
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Everybody knows radical leftist groups such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter enjoy physically damaging and intimidating those who don "Make America Great Again" hats and emit even the slightest scent of support for President Donald Trump.
But garden variety Democrats beware: You may think you're on the same team as BLM & Co. and escape their rampaging wrath — but you're not, and you won't.
What happened?
Video posted by conservative journalist Andy Ngo revealed some cognitively dissonant moments on election night when hundreds of protesters shut down the streets of southeast Portland and confronted residents — even if they supported Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Case in point was a man who stood on his porch and hollered at the protesters, "There's my Biden sign! Don't destroy anything! Be peaceful!"
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @MrAndyNgo
Oh, but the guy's supposed sociopolitical teammates weren't having any of it.
"No one cares about your white-ass opinion!" one woman began yelling. "Who do you think you are telling black people how to protest? You f***ing white-ass privilege old man!"
Ouch.
Another woman hollered, "Asking for people to be peaceful is white supremacy!"
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @MrAndyNgo
It didn't get any better when the man left the relative safety of his porch and spoke to the protesters up close and personal.
But one leftist told him, "You just came out to instigate violence!"
Then a woman got in the man's face and told him, "At this point you're distracting the movement, so go the f*** home!"
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @MrAndyNgo
In a separate scene, another man made the mistake of yelling at protesters, "Dude, I'm on your f***ing side!" Because with that a woman screamed back at him, "No, you're not! No, you're f***ing not!"
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @MrAndyNgo
Here's the clip. (Content warning: Language):
How did observers react?
As you might guess, folks who've apparently seen these things play out before weren't the least bit surprised at the left once again eating their own:
"They aren't on your side," one commenter wrote. "They want to see the whole system burn, and you will be a casualty in their revolution, and they don't care."
"Idiots! I have no sympathy. They ask for it by voting Biden," another person noted. "It's soul crushing to see so many brainwashed stupid WEAK Oregonians. If we had WW3, these people would surrender at the first angry glare of invaders."
"Thanks for once again proving to everyone that Antifa does not align with the Dems," another user said.
"Lmao 'I'm with you!' F***ing loser," another commenter declared. "Do you get it now? They don't care about you! These BLM rioters don't care about police brutality; it's all about getting pay back. Instead of trying to come together they want to destroy our country in an effort to take control."
So, buckle up, Dems. Don't think your support for Biden and even for radical leftist groups will buy you an ounce of security when they're pounding on your door, chanting outside your bedroom window in the middle of the night, and blocking your vehicle when you need to pick up your kids from school.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Michigan: Roughly 100,000 outstanding ballots still need to be counted; Biden’s lead likely to incre

Michigan: Roughly 100,000 outstanding ballots still need to be counted; Biden’s lead likely to increase

Michigan : Roughly 100,000 outstanding ballots still need to be counted ; Biden ’ s lead likely to increase State @ @ @ @ @ the winner later today

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are in a hotly contested race in the battleground state of Michigan, where Biden has taken the lead with a large number of outstanding absentee ballots yet to be counted.
Roughly 96% of the vote has been counted as of Wednesday morning, with Biden leading Trump by around 30,000 votes. Yet the Detroit Free Press reports that roughly 100,000 ballots still need to be counted before Michigan can announce the winner.
The remaining ballots are absentee ballots and are expected to tilt in favor of Biden, expanding his lead. The estimate of outstanding ballots is based on total voter participation numbers released by the state government.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said delays in the vote count were expected and that state election officials are working to ensure that every vote is counted.
"Election officials worked through the night to #CountEveryVote. That work continues," Benson tweeted Wednesday morning. "Hundreds of thousands of ballots in our largest jurisdictions are still being counted, including Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, Warren & Sterling Heights. Every vote will count."
The areas with sizable outstanding votes include Wayne and Kent counties. Wayne County, which includes Detroit and has 67% of precincts reporting, is a Democratic stronghold in Michigan. In Kent County, which leans Republican, about 85% of precincts have fully reported.
With more votes to come in from Wayne County than any other area of Michigan, Biden is expected to make strong gains.
According to Benson, a record 5.26 million Michiganders voted in the 2020 election. More than 3.26 million votes were cast via absentee ballots, but Michigan state law prohibits clerks from counting ballots until the morning of the election, which is the reason for the delay.
State election officials believe the final results of the Michigan election will be known later today.
The vote count in Michigan is not without some discrepancies.
Results showing Biden winning staunchly Republican Antrim County were reportedly incorrect.
According to Zach Gorchow, the executive editor and publisher of Gongwer Michigan, vote totals from the county were transposed and, once corrected, should give both Trump and Republican Senate candidate John James about a 6,000 vote gain.
In 2016, Trump carried Michigan by 10,704 votes, several thousand votes fewer than Biden's apparent lead in 2020.
Down ballot, Republican Senate candidate John James appears to be outperforming President Trump, leading incumbent Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) by just 12,576 votes according to WJBK-TV. Still, the outstanding votes from Wayne County are expected to favor Democrats, which could push Peters over the finish line.
Given reported vote totals nationwide, the presidential election is likely to come down to whichever candidate can win 2 of 3 states — Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Late Wednesday morning, the Wisconsin Elections Commission declared "all of the votes have been counted" with Biden reportedly leading Wisconsin by 20,697 votes.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Wisconsin elections director says all ballots have been counted with Biden up by 20K votes in the st

Wisconsin elections director says all ballots have been counted with Biden up by 20K votes in the state. Trump has requested a recount.

Wisconsin elections director says all ballots have been counted with Biden up by 20K votes in the state .
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appears poised to win Wisconsin, a key battleground state that President Donald Trump narrowly won in 2016.
Late Wednesday morning, the state's elections commission director, Meagan Wolfe informed NBC News that "all of the ballots have indeed been counted" and that the commission is "not seeing that there's any counties that haven't posted their results on their websites."
As Wolfe made the statement, Biden was leading Trump in the state by a tiny margin of just over 20,000 votes — 1,630,396 to 1,609,879, according to the Associated Press.
TheBlaze reached out to Wolfe for confirmation on the results, but has not yet received a reply.
There were reports early Wednesday that some 13,000 ballots in Outagamie and Calumet counties had been misprinted and still needed to be counted. Trump won both of those counties in 2016. However, even if for some reason they are not reflected in the current reported count, the numbers for Trump would not be enough to close the gap.
Should the results stand, Biden would claim an important victory in the Rust Belt and disrupt another pathway for the incumbent to secure 270 Electoral College votes and earn re-election. Trump, who won Wisconsin in 2016 by a similarly narrow margin — roughly 27,000 votes — was hoping to sweep the Midwest en route to victory.
Trump held a lead in the state Tuesday night before a large swath of absentee ballots were counted in the Milwaukee and Green Bay areas and the outcome changed. A similar trend is taking place in the battleground states of Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Given the narrow margin of victory and allegations of fraudulent activity, the Trump campaign has defiantly protested the outcomes in the Midwestern states, Wisconsin included.
It should be noted, then, that because the final tally is within 1% — at least as it stands now — under Wisconsin law, a recount can be requested.
Shortly after this story published, the Trump campaign announced they would formally request a recount.
"Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a razor thin race as we always knew that it would be. There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results. The President is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately do so," campaign manager Bill Stepien said in a statement.


theblaze--2020-11-04--Horowitz: Trump’s amazing performance with Hispanics in Texas’ border counties

The outcome of the election is still unclear , but there are certain enduring voting trends that are crystal clear .
One of the most telling results of this election is that the man who , according to the ruling class , hates Hispanics got votes from Hispanics in greater numbers than any recent Republican nominee , despite those voters directly experiencing his `` anti-Hispanic '' policies and rhetoric for four years .
Nowhere is this more evident than in the Texas border counties of the Rio Grande Valley .
In what is perhaps the most shocking result of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some heavily Hispanic border counties in Texas by 25-50 points .
The Rio Grande Valley 's three counties – Starr , Hidalgo , and Cameron – are among the most Democrat counties in Texas .
Hillary Clinton won them in 2016 by 60- , 41- , and 32-point margins , respectively .
These were margins that endured for years .
Indeed , Starr County has been one of the most Democrat jurisdictions in the entire country .
Who lives in these counties ?
Starr is 96 % Hispanic , Hidalgo 92 % , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have deep ties to Mexico , nearly all of them have family there and travel back and forth regularly , and many are dual citizens .
If there is any place where you would find vociferous opposition to the idea of making any sort of sovereign separation between the two countries at the Rio Grande River , it would be residents of these counties .
If there is any person who has done everything to turn them off – at least according to the playbook of the political elites in Washington – it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years into his tenure of doing everything that we were told for years is tantamount to telling Hispanics they are `` ugly '' and then `` asking them out to the prom '' … well , they agreed to go to the prom !
According to preliminary results , Trump lost Starr County , a county with a 96 % Hispanic population , but by just 5 points !
That is a 55-point swing !
He lost Hidalgo by 17 points and Cameron by 13 points .
In Starr County , he did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who was a popular governor of Texas with deep ties to the community .
The results are even more remarkable when you consider that Trump 's signature issue was the border wall , which was constructed for the first time in parts of these counties .
For years , we were told that the landowners would rebel against placing a border wall behind their properties and physically and proverbially separating their families and heritage .
`` They do n't want a fence down here , '' warned Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar in 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is going to start legal fights and the courtrooms are already overloaded . ''
Well , so much for that .
Evidently , Hispanics are `` racist '' against Hispanics .
The difference between the two candidates on this issue could n't have been starker , yet Trump having implemented this policies for four years , they swung 25-55 points in his direction .
Moving north along the border , Trump is leading in Zapata County , where 94 % of the population is Hispanic , by 5 points after having lost it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also flipped Val Verde County .
He even improved his margin by 6 points in El Paso , the home of Beto O'Rourke .
Trump appears to have won over 40 % of the Hispanic vote statewide .
That strong performance is likely the reason why Republicans might not lose a single congressional seat in Texas after prognosticators had them losing several suburban districts .
There is a broader lesson here that undergirds the general election results and reverberates beyond the Hispanic vote and the politics of immigration .
The way to winning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pander to them based on superficial identity politics , but to appeal to them culturally .
We do n't know yet how this election will turn out , but what is clear is that Trump won on the key issues with voters .
To the extent he lost suburban voters , it 's mainly a function of their disdain for his personality and style , not policy positions .
There was n't a groundswell for open borders , banning oil , pro-criminal policies , and cultural Marxism .

The outcome of the election is still unclear, but there are certain enduring voting trends that are crystal clear. One of the most telling results of this election is that the man who, according to the ruling class, hates Hispanics got votes from Hispanics in greater numbers than any recent Republican nominee, despite those voters directly experiencing his "anti-Hispanic" policies and rhetoric for four years. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Texas border counties of the Rio Grande Valley.
In what is perhaps the most shocking result of a night full of surprises, Trump swung some heavily Hispanic border counties in Texas by 25-50 points. The Rio Grande Valley's three counties – Starr, Hidalgo, and Cameron – are among the most Democrat counties in Texas. Hillary Clinton won them in 2016 by 60-, 41-, and 32-point margins, respectively. These were margins that endured for years. Indeed, Starr County has been one of the most Democrat jurisdictions in the entire country.
Who lives in these counties? Starr is 96% Hispanic, Hidalgo 92%, and Cameron 90%. These people have deep ties to Mexico, nearly all of them have family there and travel back and forth regularly, and many are dual citizens. If there is any place where you would find vociferous opposition to the idea of making any sort of sovereign separation between the two countries at the Rio Grande River, it would be residents of these counties. If there is any person who has done everything to turn them off – at least according to the playbook of the political elites in Washington – it is Donald Trump.
Yet, four years into his tenure of doing everything that we were told for years is tantamount to telling Hispanics they are "ugly" and then "asking them out to the prom" … well, they agreed to go to the prom!
According to preliminary results, Trump lost Starr County, a county with a 96% Hispanic population, but by just 5 points! That is a 55-point swing! He lost Hidalgo by 17 points and Cameron by 13 points. In Starr County, he did even better than George W. Bush, who was a popular governor of Texas with deep ties to the community.
The results are even more remarkable when you consider that Trump's signature issue was the border wall, which was constructed for the first time in parts of these counties. For years, we were told that the landowners would rebel against placing a border wall behind their properties and physically and proverbially separating their families and heritage. "They don't want a fence down here," warned Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar in 2017. "I can tell you this is going to start legal fights and the courtrooms are already overloaded."
Well, so much for that. Evidently, Hispanics are "racist" against Hispanics. The difference between the two candidates on this issue couldn't have been starker, yet after Trump having implemented this policies for four years, they swung 25-55 points in his direction.
Moving north along the border, Trump is leading in Zapata County, where 94% of the population is Hispanic, by 5 points after having lost it by 33 points last time. He also flipped Val Verde County. He even improved his margin by 6 points in El Paso, the home of Beto O'Rourke. Trump appears to have won over 40% of the Hispanic vote statewide. That strong performance is likely the reason why Republicans might not lose a single congressional seat in Texas after prognosticators had them losing several suburban districts.
There is a broader lesson here that undergirds the general election results and reverberates beyond the Hispanic vote and the politics of immigration. The way to winning people's hearts is not to shamelessly pander to them based on superficial identity politics, but to appeal to them culturally. We don't know yet how this election will turn out, but what is clear is that Trump won on the key issues with voters. To the extent he lost suburban voters, it's mainly a function of their disdain for his personality and style, not policy positions. There wasn't a groundswell for open borders, banning oil, pro-criminal policies, and cultural Marxism.
Regardless of what happens going forward, last night's preliminary election results show that independent-minded conservatives who can sound smart and reasoned have a bright future to remake the electoral map and unite disparate groups against cultural Marxism. The us vs. them is not about one race against another, but about a country class vs. a ruling elite.


theblaze--2020-11-04--UPDATES: Post Election Day 2020 Coverage

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theblaze--2020-11-04--POLL: Do you still have faith in America's election process?

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theblaze--2020-11-04--Trump makes major gains with Hispanic voters, all demographic groups except white men

Trump makes major gains with Hispanic voters , all demographic groups except white men

For a man who is alleged to be a white supremacist and a xenophobe, President Donald Trump sure made inroads with every demographic group in the United States this election — with just one exception: white men.
What are the details?
By 9 p.m. on Election Day, it was already clear which candidate would win Florida, one of the most important states needed for winning a presidential election: Trump.
The reason? Trump made significant improvements in Miami-Dade County. In 2016, Trump received only 333,999 votes in the county — now, he has eclipsed 617,000 votes there.
Critics of Trump suggested Cuban-Americans were behind the boost, claiming Trump's campaign against socialism greatly impacted the race; the point was that Trump improved his standing in Hispanic communities thanks only to Cuban-Americans. But according to NBC News, Trump generally made gains with all Hispanics.
Indeed, Trump made massive gains in Hispanic communities across Florida, compared to his 2016 results.
In Texas, the story was the same.
In fact, the most Hispanic counties in the U.S. lie in the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico border. In all of those areas, Trump saw massive double-digit gains over his 2016 numbers.
These results in Texas are significant because they prove Trump is even making inroads with Mexican-Americans who traditionally vote Democrat.
These results, of course, shocked Democrats, who often assume they have the Hispanic vote locked down.
As Esmeralda Bermudez, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, said, "It's laughable that in 2020, this country still needs to be reminded, Sesame Street style, that Latinos are not a monolith & the Latino vote is a mirage. This misconception comes from how little u bother knowing us, how superficially u cover us & how absent we are in newsrooms."
What about other demographics?
Exit polling showed that Trump improved his standing among not only Hispanics by wide margins, but with every other gender and race demographic with the exception of white men, who were already his strongest demographic.
According to exit poll data from Edison Research, Trump improved by:
White Women: +2
+2 Black Men: +4
+4 Black Women: +4
+4 Latino Men: +3
+3 Latina Women: +3
+3 Others: +5
Meanwhile, Trump was down five points among white men.