2020 US Elections

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From the bbc


Trump has tweeted to announce a “big press conference” in Philadelphia later today.

In an earlier tweet, which has since been deleted, he said the press conference would be held by lawyers.

The event is due to take place at 11:30 local time (16:30 GMT), so stay with us for more on that later.

We are expecting more results from Pennsylvania soon. That state alone is all Joe Biden needs to win the White House.

The Democrat is currently leading there by 28,833 votes.

Trump announced the press conference after writing a series of tweets making unsubstantiated allegations of illegality in the voting process in states like Pennsylvania. All four tweets were labelled as disputed and potentially misleading by Twitter.

The president and his team have launched legal challenges in several battleground states, some of which have already been dismissed.

Held by lawyers?

Please let it be Rudi.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Really Donald?

Biggly... The Donald won Biggly.

 

[Vic]

Agree with everything except the bolded bit...

I strongly suspect he didn’t bag her with his “charm”. ;-)

What was it that first attracted you to the billionaire Rupert Murdoch?

 

[kaz7]

Held by lawyers?

Please let it be Rudi.

I saw the borat thing with him last night , wow, sleasy twunt

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Election officials in Arizona spelling it out.

 

[SebastianBlue]

What was it that first attracted you to the billionaire Rupert Murdoch?

“His devilish good looks, of course.”

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

What was it that first attracted you to the billionaire Rupert Murdoch?

Debbie McGee approves this post ;-)

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Now change the locks.

"Lock him out. Lock him out..."

 

[SebastianBlue]

Nothing surprising to anyone that has been paying any sort of attention for the last decade, but still a helpful reference for those that *still* think Fox is anything more than GOP/QAnon TV.

 

[kaz7]

Arizona 20,573 down again, he was leading by 50,000 to start with

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

@SebastianBlue Here’s a lengthy but fascinating thread on the same topic — worth a read:

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The president says "legal transparency was viciously and crudely not allowed" at counts in key states, but doesn't offer evidence.

He said a "lawyers press conference" will be held at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia at 11am local time (4pm UK time) on Saturday.

US election 2020: 'Bad things happened' - Trump makes new unfounded claims of electoral fraud

The president's claims - which he made without offering proof - came in a series of tweets that were quickly flagged by Twitter.

news.sky.com

You really can’t make this up. The four seasons in Philadelphia is not a hotel. It’s a landscaping business in an industrial estate!

Guess it’s as good a place as any to start a turf war...

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Nothing surprising to anyone that has been paying any sort of attention for the last decade, but still a helpful reference for those that *still* think Fox is anything more than GOP/QAnon TV.

Murdoch is pure evil.

 

[super_city_si]

Really Donald?

Is that real? That a beaut.

makes me laugh when they trott out the line about the worlds greatest democracy and how their democracy is the envy of the world.

all we the rest of the world sees is a fucking ridiculously archaic system that barely resembles any democratic Process that takes the best part of a week to decide.

 

[SebastianBlue]

@SebastianBlue Here’s a lengthy but fascinating thread on the same topic — worth a read:

Cheers — I saw this last night (when I couldn’t sleep again).

Meanwhile, in Michigan...

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Is that real? That a beaut.

makes me laugh when they trott out the line about the worlds greatest democracy and how their democracy is the envy of the world.

all we the rest of the world sees is a fucking ridiculously archaic system that barely resembles any democratic Process that takes the best part of a week to decide.

100% real.

The GOP are currently 0-7 down in lawsuits over the election results, and it's not going to get ant better. Once Biden's lead in >0.5% in Philadelphia I'm almost certain the media will call it.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Arizona 20,573 down again, he was leading by 50,000 to start with

It doesn't really matter anymore, he has Penn and Nevada sewn up and probably Georgia as well

 

[SebastianBlue]

Arizona 20,573 down again, he was leading by 50,000 to start with

Just to be clear, Biden is *up* 20,573 votes in AZ, after a -7,479 net change from the most recent vote count report.

But, even if the late Maricopa County ballots swing things for Trump (which many analysts says is not likely), Biden’s other leads are projected to be fairly secure, so it will likely make very little difference to the outcome of the *real* election.

Where it could become impactful, though, is in the post-election court battles, as Trump and co attempt to invalidate results in other states that put Biden over the line.

We are entering a very interesting period. Hopeful all of the Republican challenges fail.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

It doesn't really matter anymore, he has Penn and Nevada sewn up and probably Georgia as well

And they're predicting that he won't eat into Biden's lead in AZ enough to win it anyway.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

And they're predicting that he won't eat into Biden's lead in AZ enough to win it anyway.

I have heard this and it does make sense, it is getting a bit tight for my liking though.
But like I say it's not going to matter since Biden already effectively has Georgia, plus he will take Nevada and Penn