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SHHHHH: GOP could take the House (vanity)
Vanity (with cnn results) ^ | 12/01/2020 | OrangeHoof

Posted on 12/01/2020 11:32:56 AM PST by OrangeHoof

OK. The Democrats stole the presidency. They're doing everything possible to steal the Senate. But they were apparently confident that they would win the House without tomfoolery as it appears from this graphic:

https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/results/house

that the GOP will fall just five House votes short of a majority. Although CNN shows a 222-209 margin, the four "undecided seats are all either won or will be won by Republicans so it's really 222-213. 218 is needed to have a majority.

What might it take to get five Democrats to switch parties? Remember Jeff Van Drew (NJ) switched sides and still won re-election. Had she run again and won, I could see Tulsi Gabbard (HI) as a potential party switch after the way she was mistreated.

How much might it take to get five to switch? Promise them committee seats in the new House? Promise them a place among committee chairmanships? Promise them passage of a favorite piece of legislation?

Surely some of them won in districts where Trump won handily. Maybe we could offer them a Trump rally when they run for re-election.

As a Republican, the media sees you as a hero when you disagree with party leadership. As a Democrat, you are gagged and shunned.

As a last resort, perhaps some campaign cash can be transacted.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: gop; pelosi; surprise; ushouse; vanity
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To: OrangeHoof

If Republicans took the House...what would they do with it???


21 posted on 12/01/2020 11:53:21 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: OrangeHoof

Shocking to hear that you think that stealing an election is just “tomfoolery.” Maybe you should go move to Bolivia, Venezuela, or some other country where “tomfoolery” is routine and typical.


22 posted on 12/01/2020 11:54:04 AM PST by dinodino ( )
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To: Starboard

“If they’re not corrupt when they get elected they soon will be. The Swamp is a very corrosive environment and its political machinery quickly turns good people into ‘pliable’ ones.”

geez, sounds like prison:

If they’re not a crimal when they get inside the penitentiary they soon will be. Prison is a very corrosive environment and its political machinery quickly turns good people into ‘pliable’ ones.


23 posted on 12/01/2020 11:56:48 AM PST by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, if the Democrats don’t cheat)
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To: OrangeHoof

I’m wondering how long before Manchin (WV) in the Senate flips to GOP. Trump won WV with 68% of the vote. The other Republican WV Senator (Capito) won with over 70%. All 3 Republican House Representatives won their races with over 60%.


24 posted on 12/01/2020 11:57:13 AM PST by trublu
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To: OrangeHoof

The lefties have this covered. Brindisi (NY-22) now has a 13 vote lead after a judge handed him votes, despite trailing Claudia Tenney (R) by 28,000 after the election.

Expect a few more last minute legal decisions to flip tight districts in blue states. That happened big time in 2018.


25 posted on 12/01/2020 11:58:11 AM PST by Zack Attack
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To: rfp1234
Tulsi Gabbard seems more Libertarian than Rat. At minimum she should become Independent.

She occasionally makes sense, but she's has typical leftist kook positions on gun prohibition, climate, socialized medicine, high taxes, open borders / amnesty, LGBTQWXYZ+, free college, etc.

IOW, a typical democrat with a mask of sanity.

26 posted on 12/01/2020 11:59:55 AM PST by Spirochete
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To: Zack Attack

As I understand it, she reversed Brindisi’s “lead” bc Herkimer County found a miscalculation in Tenney’s favor giving her back a 12 vote lead which they will now have to steal.


27 posted on 12/01/2020 12:01:24 PM PST by laconic
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To: OrangeHoof

So we’re supposed to believe that buying one with 80 million votes but the Republicans win the house. It’s not believable.


28 posted on 12/01/2020 12:01:49 PM PST by matt04 ( )
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To: ping jockey
"Does that take it to 3 seats difference or am I out to lunch?"

The New York State Congressional race in the 22nd District is still undecided.

29 posted on 12/01/2020 12:03:59 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: ping jockey

“Also there is the lightning bolt scenario.”

Is this what we’ve been reduced to, lol?


30 posted on 12/01/2020 12:04:33 PM PST by avenir
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To: OrangeHoof

It shows there was a deal done.

R’s get most of the house, senate is a draw and the dead guy walking gets the Presidency.

I think the RINOs and the Rat gangsters have this all parceled out. That’s why Kemp, Ducey, MI legislature are all rolling over. They’ve been told, this is what’s going down.


31 posted on 12/01/2020 12:06:27 PM PST by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: laconic

Appears you are right about the correction. Yet still quite a few disputed ballots are awaiting judgment so I’m not gonna feel comfortable here until it’s final.


32 posted on 12/01/2020 12:08:55 PM PST by Zack Attack
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To: ping jockey

House vacancies are filled only by special election.


33 posted on 12/01/2020 12:09:26 PM PST by muskah
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To: Regulator

“R’s get most of the house, senate is a draw and the dead guy walking gets the Presidency.”

And Barr blesses it with a “no fraud to see here” blessing.


34 posted on 12/01/2020 12:10:48 PM PST by rintintin (If you watch Tucker, you help fund Chris Wallace. No more Fox - period.)
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To: ping jockey

“...US House members in state houses controlled by the GOP and are replaced by that legislative body”


Representatives are never appointed, only elected. If a seat becomes vacant for any reason, an election his held to replace the departed Representative.


35 posted on 12/01/2020 12:15:27 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: Jaysin

Its a gilded prison, but a prison nonetheless because once they turn you you’re a captive to their demands.

There’s a well know maxim on Capitol Hill: “To get along go along”.

Going against the grain is not without consequences in the DC Swamp.


36 posted on 12/01/2020 12:17:18 PM PST by Starboard
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To: calenel
If you’ve already surrendered the presidency, why would anybody listen to your council on any other election?

Excellent point--and the other scenario is valid as well.

If you do not surrender the presidency, but instead fight the hard fight and win, _now_ you have a real argument to convince a few Democrats to switch, particularly if they see some crooked Democrats walked off in chains.

Your general point is valid.

Winners win and losers lose.
37 posted on 12/01/2020 12:25:14 PM PST by cgbg ( Remember 1876--we _can_ do this!--Biden--Office of the Prisoner-Elect)
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To: BradyLS

“...If Republicans took the House...what would they do with it???...”

Probably the same thing they did the last time they had it: NOTHING.
They’re like a dog chasing a car: IF they caught it, they wouldn’t know what to do with it.


38 posted on 12/01/2020 12:37:19 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: Regulator

“...It shows there was a deal done.
R’s get most of the house, senate is a draw and the dead guy walking gets the Presidency.
I think the RINOs and the Rat gangsters have this all parceled out. That’s why Kemp, Ducey, MI legislature are all rolling over. They’ve been told, this is what’s going down....”

Yep....sure looks like it. Looks like even Barr was in it.
When an entity totally controls the votes and the AG, deals like this can be easily made. The UniParty likely orchestrated this months ago with the obama shadow government.
So now what we’re getting with Chairman Jao’s appointments, is a UniParty/Obama 3rd term thru their shadow government...
There ought to be a law.....
Trump should form the America First party and let the GOPe/RINO UniParty members twist in the wind by sucking all of the conservatives out of it.


39 posted on 12/01/2020 12:48:51 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: trublu

Manchin is a leftist who voted for the coup d’état “impeachment.” He can eff himself.


40 posted on 12/01/2020 12:59:09 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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