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Trump supporters flood hotline for Iowa precinct chairs, adding to the confusion: report
Fox News ^ | 2-6-2020 | Edmund DeMarche

Posted on 02/06/2020 4:40:44 AM PST by dynachrome

It's Trump's fault!

Red-faced Iowa Democrats have zeroed in on a new culprit for the botched caucuses that may cost the Hawkeye State its time-honored role as the kickoff to presidential races. After first blaming an app for the inability to declare Monday night, a problem that still lingers even as frustrated candidates have packed up and moved on to New Hampshire for the nation's first primary, the state party is blaming the president's supporters.

Workers manning the phones in Iowa after the state's disastrous caucus on Monday reportedly claim that President Trump backers flooded the hotline number for precinct chairs that led to even more confusion and disarray.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2020demprimary; caucus; election2020; ia2020; iowa; iowacaucus
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Blame game.
1 posted on 02/06/2020 4:40:44 AM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

I’m surprised they haven’t blamed the Russkies yet.


2 posted on 02/06/2020 4:42:56 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: dynachrome

Impeach all of them!

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3 posted on 02/06/2020 4:43:48 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: dynachrome

Good grief!
They have truly lost their sanity!

IF phone lines were flooded, the dems did this! It is straight out of their playbook.


4 posted on 02/06/2020 4:43:50 AM PST by a real Sheila (Love my golden retrievers!)
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To: dynachrome

Could someone ask the russians who won Iowa


5 posted on 02/06/2020 4:44:13 AM PST by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They’re already doing that, claiming the app was hacked.


6 posted on 02/06/2020 4:44:50 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: mewzilla

Something to keep in mind: the companies behind the app have operations in at least 36 states.

Can we go back to the old voter machines now, please?


7 posted on 02/06/2020 4:46:33 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: dynachrome
I have two observations:

1) We're having an election. So far, the Democrats seem to be doing poorly. And they blame Republicans for this. It seems to me that this is essentially how elections work.

2) Mike Bloomberg is injecting $2B into a race which he isn't serious about. He just wants to use vast sums to hurt the Republican candidate, Donald Trump. Fine. Money is free speech. Knock yourself out. But people in Iowa should not complain that Republicans phone into a hotline. That's also fair game. This ain't beanbag, and both sides are going to find ways to hurt the other side. Deal with it.

8 posted on 02/06/2020 4:48:19 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: no-to-illegals
Even the Russians have no idea who won Iowa.

They got frozen out

This is what happens when the Democrats stop letting Russia choose their nominee

9 posted on 02/06/2020 4:48:45 AM PST by rdcbn ( Referentiai)
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To: dynachrome

Is this the 3rd or 4th excuse for the delayed vote tally and last-minute polling screw-up?

Dem Iowa Caucus Vote - Day 4


10 posted on 02/06/2020 4:49:19 AM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: dynachrome

NOTHING is ever their fault.


11 posted on 02/06/2020 4:51:26 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Always playing the victim card.


12 posted on 02/06/2020 4:53:24 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: a real Sheila

IF phone lines were flooded, the dems did this! It is straight out of their playbook.

It’s the 21st Century. Did the Dems really use an old-style phone number as their “backup system” to relay votes? Why not use Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Whatsapp? Then you could transmit the results as attachments.


13 posted on 02/06/2020 4:53:58 AM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: dynachrome
Deflecting blame for their incompetence?

How Soviet of them. The Marxists are out in full view at this juncture.

I remember how every disastrous five year plan was blamed on everything but the stupidity of proposing unreachable goals in ridiculous time frames. Or conversely, claiming ridiculous numbers to lie about "successes" of the politburo. The democrats might as well nominate Sanders and come out of the closet finally as full-blown neo-Communists.

14 posted on 02/06/2020 4:54:18 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: dynachrome

If things were going well no one would have had to use the hotline


15 posted on 02/06/2020 4:54:58 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yup. It’s the fault of Trump and the Russians.


16 posted on 02/06/2020 4:55:16 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: OpusatFR

“every disastrous five year plan was blamed on everything”

Kulaks were everywhere.


17 posted on 02/06/2020 4:56:00 AM PST by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all. And send her back!)
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To: Flick Lives

Part of the reason the phone lines were flooded is that the precinct people who were responsible for downloading the app either wouldn’t or couldn’t. Hence the need for the phones.

And I still don’t see why there was a need for an app to count such small numbers of votes...


18 posted on 02/06/2020 4:56:17 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: a real Sheila

Considering it only took them three days to come up with this excuse, I’d say it is about as credible as Robert Mueller.


19 posted on 02/06/2020 4:57:37 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: dynachrome

The wackadoo left cracks me up. They launch a cultural war, try to reverse the past election. They dox us online. They call us racist, bigots, homophobes, and xenophobes.

Then they wonder why we retaliate and don’t play nice. F ‘em.


20 posted on 02/06/2020 4:57:45 AM PST by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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