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Congress officially declares Donald Trump president
The Telegraph ^ | 06 January 2017 | George Fuller

Posted on 01/07/2017 2:57:58 AM PST by Candor7

Congress certified Donald Trump's presidential victory over the objections of a handful of House Democrats.

All 538 electors met in their respective state capitals in December to cast their votes. The vote count made it official. Vice-president Joe Biden presided over the count in his role as president of the Senate.

Trump finished with 304 electoral votes and Democrat Hillary Clinton got 227. There were seven protest votes for other candidates. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; biden; djt45; protest; trump; trumptransition; trumpwinsagain
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To: BlueStateRightist

Can some wise technician turn that moment into a meme?


21 posted on 01/07/2017 6:48:19 AM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: SamAdams76

Did you see the crying woman to Michelle’s right with the heavy purple eyeshadow? At Michele’s “final” speech. I was hoping for trails of purple down her cheeks but didn’t see it. So fun. Anyone want to bet on how many of the dems on the inauguration platform will be wearing purple?


22 posted on 01/07/2017 6:51:32 AM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: bgill

“What’s not legitimate?”

The Electoral College. The Left wants a pure democracy, where 50%+1 get to rule over the 50%-1. They will ride this horse for the foreseeable future.


23 posted on 01/07/2017 6:52:24 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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To: bert
“The entire American black population was disrespected by the professional blacks in the congress.”

How can you say that when it was the “American black population” who put these trashy negreses in office? Indeed, the “American black population” continues to disrespect this country by their choices for leadership. When they start routinely electing adults like Dr. Ben Carson and Col. Alan West, they can be considered to be useful citizens, but not until they do.

24 posted on 01/07/2017 7:08:04 AM PST by vette6387
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To: SamAdams76

Looks like "Pat" has lost quite a bit of weight since the '90s . . . though I figured "her/him" for a Bernie supporter.


25 posted on 01/07/2017 7:17:59 AM PST by Oratam
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To: FrdmLvr

“NO one could have beaten Trump, and no one will in 2020. And had Trump not entered and won the Republican primary, no one would have beaten Hillary either.”

It’s not a matter of what would have happened had another Democrat run. I’m speaking to what the leftists BELIEVE would have happened. They know Clinton was an awful candidate, and believe Biden would have been better. I think they are right, and Biden would have stood a better chance of winning.


26 posted on 01/07/2017 7:40:26 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: Candor7

Amid all the heckling and interruptions from the black bitch Jackson-lee, Biden did a class job. He told one heckler to shut up “it’s over”. 


28 posted on 01/07/2017 8:01:31 AM PST by fision
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To: Candor7

As we Packer Fans say (and hope to say tomorrow) “That’s the DAGGER!”


29 posted on 01/07/2017 8:03:05 AM PST by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: Candor7

President Trump!!
My, that has a nice ring to it.
TWB


30 posted on 01/07/2017 8:04:07 AM PST by TWhiteBear
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To: Candor7

Watching Lee & Waters was like a remake of Dumb & Dumber except the original characters seemed much smarter.


31 posted on 01/07/2017 9:40:26 AM PST by Hillbilly sage
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To: Candor7

One nail in the coffin after another...M.A.G.A.!


32 posted on 01/07/2017 1:22:06 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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To: Candor7

Hope it hurt them just enough so that they’ll be screaming “police brutality” for the next 20 years, and wondering why everyone’s laughing.


33 posted on 01/07/2017 3:00:27 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Candor7

I watched this earlier - Idiot Dem Representatives, objecting, but with no Senator’s signature. Usually, replied to the question regarding said signature with: Not YET.

One of them waved the written objection and asked if there wasn’t some brave Senator who would have the courage to sign it. I guess the Dems who might have considered signing may be up for election in a Red State.


34 posted on 01/07/2017 3:06:38 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: Terry L Smith

Are you sure?
I thought the House members were entitled to raise the objections. When they raise the objection, it is an invitation to the sitting Senators to support the objection.
They did not.

The VP had to slap them down if not supported by a Senator.


35 posted on 01/07/2017 7:17:12 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: SamAdams76

#TheWeepsistance


36 posted on 01/07/2017 8:37:23 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: SamAdams76

Awww... Ain’t that purdy?


37 posted on 01/08/2017 9:12:17 AM PST by Monkey Face (I'm not so sure about an inner child, but I have an inner idiot that surfaces every now and then.)
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To: frogjerk

Dear frogjerk,

When an objection, according to U.S. title code, MUST be in writing, MUST be signed by BOTH a U.S. Representative AND a U.S. Senator, was forwarded to the floor by these jackal Demoncrats, WITHOUT meeting the legal statute, as orally recited by Joe Biden, more than once, yes, it was illegal, and the act was done knowing so, by the perpetrating parties.


38 posted on 01/08/2017 11:28:42 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: scrabblehack

Dear scrabbleshack,

The objection, to meet the U.S. Title code statute, had to be in writing, and with both signatures, BEFORE being brought to the floor.


39 posted on 01/08/2017 11:30:25 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: bk1000
The Left wants a pure democracy, where 50%+1 get to rule over the 50%-1. They will ride this horse for the foreseeable future.

Because they assume that they will always be the ruling majority.

Safe assumption for them, since they can manufacture any votes needed to cover a shortfall. They do it all the time where they already rule.

Note well: If everybody "believes" that 50%+1 can do anything they want without limits (pure democracy), then you don't actually need 50%+1 of the people to vote your way — just make sure that everybody thinks that they did.

40 posted on 01/09/2017 11:02:49 AM PST by thulldud
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