TrumpWorld is still being ravaged by the virus, with Ben Carson and David Bossie going down today.
You'll remember Ben from the 2016 Primaries, a charismatic force of nature whose dynamism wasn't quite enough to carry him through. He then decided to stain a glittering legacy as a pioneering neurosurgeon by accepting a job in Trump's Cabinet as HUD Secretary. To be fair, he seems to have just got on with it and has hardly appeared in the headlines since. Getting Covid is the most interesting thing he's done since he took the job. He was at the election party at the White House last Tuesday, without a mask, along with Mark Meadows and many others.
Ben wasn't entirely on top of his brief last year when questioned at the Senate.
And I know it's not related, but I can't resist an opportunity to repost this one.
David Bossie is Chairman of Citizens United and pops up every now and then around the Trump campaigns. He was Deputy Campaign Manager for the last couple of months of the 2016 campaign. He was dropped from the team last year, so I was surprised when Lewandowski tweeted a photo just before last week's election of a meeting on Air Force One, which showed Tiffany with Reince Priebus, Bossie and Corey himself, all of them dodgy operators who were kicked out of Trumpdom for different reasons, but seem to have found their way back in.
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Bossie has just been given responsibility for overseeing the campaign's legal challenges on the election, so this is a tad inconvenient. Carson brings the number who were at the election party and have since been diagnosed with Covid to six, that we know of. I don't know if Bossie was there, but those in that meeting must be vulnerable, and Corey has been with Rudy a few times since (not that that matters, cos everyone in their milieu mixes freely with all the others anyway). In short - expect them to have more cases.
Supersonogirl@supersonogirl Replying to @whatever174 and @realDonaldTrump I’m just interested to learn that 1/3 of our countries population now lives in Philadelphia. Who knew? 100 million people!?? No wonder there’s always so much traffic on the bridges.
The fact this was in the car park of landscaping business called “Four seasons landscaping”, which is next to an adult shop and opposite crematorium in a run down area of Philly. I presume they mixed it up the four seasons hotel which is right near where the vote count is taking place,
It is beyond parody, I can’t stop giggling every time I think about it.
The Failing New York Times says it wasn't a mix-up. They actually chose that spot deliberately so they wouldn't be drowned out, as had happened more than once during the week at other Philly locations. That seems to make it worse.
Donald's former Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski, who also spoke at the event, defended the location. I assumed he was messing with us, but I'm not sure now I've seen the FNYT piece.
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As for the adult shop, the publicity seems to have helped business, as Trump continues to stimulate the economy.
Another new record day for Covid infections, 125,000, including Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. It was amazing that he didn't get it a month ago when the rest of them did. He was with the President several times in public around that time without either of them having masks, and you can't imagine they were more careful in private, but he kept testing negative. Now he's got it, and he's been with everyone this week, including at the White House party on election night, when hardly anyone had a mask, including him. More White House or campaign team infections won't be a surprise.
I saw a comment from some Republican politician piling in on how unseemly Trump is being - he said something along the lines of that every US election has irregularities because they're big and complicated affairs. But that they make barely any difference to the overall result.
I'm guessing Trump is hoping that if he casts a wide enough net he'll manage to get something that actually makes a difference somewhere that is really close but realistically I think he just wants a narrative to say that he never lost, it was stolen and even the courts were in on it.
Surely if there was ever going to be a massive election fraud, this would be the one.
Having a large % of ballots posted via Mail is just asking for trouble.
If anything does come from these lawsuits, I hope both sides are investigated. It's pretty apparent them the Democrats most likely of the two parties to have cheated, but that's not to say the other side isn't doing the same to some extent.
Didn't see that but it sounds painful. They've really snookered themselves by having an independent decision desk.
A Pennsylvania court has just ordered that ballots cured by having the voter come in to fix a signature etc are to be set aside and not counted (until a Court decides whether they can be included or not). It seems that it'll only be implemented for the ballots not yet counted, as it's not possible to go back on those already processed. Sounds like the basis for a further complaint.
Georgia is gonna take ages longer. It's heading for a recount once they're done as it's so close (1,561 difference out of 4.9m votes). Quote from the official who said there'll be a recount - "Some of us went to high schools that had more people than the difference between these two candidates".
Military votes yet to come in. Regardless of who wins, recount on the cards. Isn't Georgia a state that recounts anything within a 0.5% diff range anyway?
Candidates can ask for a recount if the difference is less than 0.5% (which would be about 25,000), but it's not automatic if they don't ask for it. Or the State can decide itself to do one for a variety of reasons, which seems to be what is happening.
Rod Blagojevich is moralising. About fraud! Brilliant. For those who don't know, this is the Illinois Democrat Governor who went to prison for a long list of frauds and corruption, including trying to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat, to which he had the power to appoint a replacement. Trump set him free earlier this year, with six years still to serve, so he owes him a lot.
Didn't see that but it sounds painful. They've really snookered themselves by having an independent decision desk.
A Pennsylvania court has just ordered that ballots cured by having the voter come in to fix a signature etc are to be set aside and not counted (until a Court decides whether they can be included or not). It seems that it'll only be implemented for the ballots not yet counted, as it's not possible to go back on those already processed. Sounds like the basis for a further complaint.
Georgia is gonna take ages longer. It's heading for a recount once they're done as it's so close (1,561 difference out of 4.9m votes). Quote from the official who said there'll be a recount - "Some of us went to high schools that had more people than the difference between these two candidates".
The Fox News situation is hilarious - and it could get worse. Calling Arizona for Biden before any other network led to Rupert Murdoch receiving a furious call from Trump, and the campaign seems to be justified in its frustration as the race has narrowed since. Real disagreements have become apparent between the decision desk (where the call was made) and some of the presenters and commentators.
So they have Biden on 264, while most others have him on 253. If Biden wins Nevada's 6 votes, that will take him to 270 according to Fox, but not according to the rest. What will they do? Will Trump TV announce that Biden is President? When no-one else has? I really hope Nevada is next to be called.
It seems to me if there's direct specific evidence of any voter fraud it should be investigated.
Anyway, main point is can anyone conceive of why the legal efforts and potential refusal to concede ?
There cannot be any serious expectation that a legit result, with votes counted in line with the individual State's procedures, would be reversed by the courts - so what is the point ? Is there a point ?
There are some aspects that could legitimately be discussed. For example, it seems that people in Pennsylvania and North Carolina who hadn't signed their mail-ins properly were phoned to come in and correct them. That seems like a legitimate argument to be had, whichever way it goes, unless the rule on it was clear beforehand. Even more so, as it seems that only some were phoned, as they couldn't get around to everyone.
The GOP in Nevada has identified over 3,000 votes from people who have moved from the State and potentially another 6,000 similar. Most of them may be kosher, but there is a legitimate discussion to be had.
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