Posted on 11/06/2020 2:52:17 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week’s election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gained ground in tight contests in some key battleground states.
With his pathway to re-election appearing to shrink, Trump on Thursday advanced unsupported accusations of voter fraud to falsely argue that his rival was trying to seize power. It amounted to an extraordinary effort by a sitting American president to sow doubt about the democratic process.
“This is a case when they are trying to steal an election, they are trying to rig an election,” Trump said from the podium of the White House briefing room.
The president’s remarks deepened a sense of anxiety in the U.S. as Americans enter their third full day after the election without knowing who would serve as president for the next four years. His statements also prompted a rebuke from some Republicans, particularly those looking to steer the party in a different direction in a post-Trump era.
Biden spent Thursday trying to ease tensions and project a more traditional image of presidential leadership. After participating in a coronavirus briefing, he declared that “each ballot must be counted.”
Trump’s erroneous claims about the integrity of the election challenged Republicans now faced with the choice of whether to break with a president who, though his grip on his office grew tenuous, commanded sky-high approval ratings from rank-and-file members of the GOP.
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This will be over by the weekend.
It doesn’t matter. The deep state wins, always. They have the means, the methods, and the motivation.
Joe Biden himself admitted that he put together the largest voter fraud organization in the history of politics. The Democrats have been defrauding elections since before the Republican party was formed.
MILITARY BALLOTS
State of the Military Voter
https://www.fvap.gov/info/reports-surveys/StateoftheMilitaryVoter
Potential for uncounted military votes looms large in swing states
Military ballots among those left to be counted
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2096193327989/military-ballots-among-those-left-to-be-counted
Many states have thousands of mailed military ballots. Many states have tight deadlines for counting them. And many states are swing states. But this year six states stand out for checking all three of those boxes.
In Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, state law provides little or no time after Election Day for military ballots to be counted. If the election is close enough, the outcome in one or more of those states could tilt the national contest one way or the other, and counting those ballots — or not — could determine the outcome.
States reject tens of thousands of mail ballots in this year’s primaries, setting off alarm bells for November
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/states-reject-tens-thousands-mail-ballots-year-s-primaries-setting-n1233833
Nine military ballots that authorities said were mistakenly discarded by a contracted elections worker in a northeastern Pennsylvania county have been linked to specific voters and can be considered for counting in the Nov. 3 presidential election.
https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-military-ballots-20201028-g37ruxxdzvgfxk2hfwpjjpydcq-story.html
FLASHBACK 28 MILLION
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/24/28_million_mail-in_ballots_went_missing_in_last_four_elections_143033.html
Hopefully Trump wins.
If Biden is selected, not elected here, perhaps we would be better off not impeaching him.
There will be infighting enough in the Democrat Party and Biden is completely senile.
Would be amusing to watch and should be easy to counter if the Republicans retain control of the Senate.
Don’t have the votes to impeach Biden and if you did you get something even worse as President most likely.
Biden is no Boy Scout.
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