U.S. Presidential Election

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, kalifire said:

Yes that's true, if the 25th can be enacted that quickly.

I believe it can be.

[found home in 2009]

35 minutes ago, lemons said:

 

2:30 in,  Robert Moore asks a protestor "whats the purpose of storming congress", protestor replies "how do I know that". Obviously just sheep going along with a crowd with no critical thought. Ironically they would probably be the first to call people that don't believe their conspiracies sheeple.

Also fair play to Mitch McConnel at 4:30 showing there are at least some decent Republicans

Edited January 7, 2021 by found home in 2009

[squirrelarmy]

Trump banned from twitter for 12 hours. 
 

At least it’s a start. 
 

 

Edited January 7, 2021 by squirrelarmy

[Lizzim]

5 minutes ago, found home in 2009 said:

2:30 in,  Robert Moore asks a protestor "whats the purpose of storming congress", protestor replies "how do I know that". Obviously just sheep going along with a crowd with no critical thought. Ironically they would probably be the first to call people that don't believe their conspiracies sheeple.

Also fair play to Mitch McConnel at 4:30 showing there are at least some decent Republicans

First time I've heard McConnel and decent in the same sentence ☺️. 

[Spindles]

13 minutes ago, Gregfc15 said:

Just woke up. What did I miss? (Stupid time zone)

Not sure if your avatar is a picture from a gig or a photo of DC in 2 weeks time.

[fatyeti24]

10 minutes ago, found home in 2009 said:

Also fair play to Mitch McConnel at 4:30 showing there are at least some decent Republicans

Steady on!

[Spindles]

Things are bad, but not praising Mitch McConnel bad.  

[found home in 2009]

5 minutes ago, Lizzim said:

First time I've heard McConnel and decent in the same sentence ☺️. 

 

1 minute ago, fatyeti24 said:

Steady on!

Don't know anything about him tbh, but he stood up in senate today and said "if an election is overturned by mere allegations from a losing side democracy will enter a death spiral and no one will ever accept an election result again".

It's good to see at least one Republican recognise how dangerous what his side were doing was and call them out on it.

 

[shoptildrop]

13 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Trump banned from twitter for 12 hours. 
 

At least it’s a start. 
 

 

Oh to be a fly on the wall in trumpland .... he'll be furious 😅

[fatyeti24]

Just now, found home in 2009 said:

 

Don't know anything about him tbh, but he stood up in senate today and said "if an election is overturned by mere allegations from a losing side democracy will enter a death spiral and no one will ever accept an election result again".

It's good to see at least one Republican recognise how dangerous what his side were doing was and call them out on it.

 

He's literally spent the last few years enabling Trump (and before that impeding Obama), only to change his tune today when the game is up. He's a scumbag. 

You should have stopped at your first sentence!

[incident]

Just now, found home in 2009 said:

Don't know anything about him tbh, but he stood up in senate today and said "if an election is overturned by mere allegations from a losing side democracy will enter a death spiral and no one will ever accept an election result again".

It's good to see at least one Republican recognise how dangerous what his side were doing was and call them out on it.

He was playing along and enabling this charade until about 3 weeks ago.

That, along with his eventual acknowledgement of reality is/was a cynical political choice, and nothing to do with defending democracy.

[shoptildrop]

Melania Trumps chief of staff has just resigned over protests

[ShakeyCrash]

3 minutes ago, Lizzim said:

First time I've heard McConnel and decent in the same sentence ☺️. 

Watch the whole speech and you’ll see why! Starts off well and then about 4 1/2 minutes in resorts to type by saying when the democrats lost the last 3 times that they pretty much did the same thing as if he was taking some moral high ground.  Link is below.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/biden-administration/mcconnells-full-speech-on-senate-floor/2273479/%3famp

 

[Spindles]

Pence the de facto leader of the US right now.  Trump has spent the day doing his impression of Nero fiddling (watching TV and tweeting) while the actual business of running the nation and the white house is being done by someone else.

I'd like to think this is going to be the nail in the coffin of the Trump era and he'll get deposed by the weekend, rather than the alternative of him stoking the fires and this escalating.

[Suprefan]

29 minutes ago, Lizzim said:

First time I've heard McConnel and decent in the same sentence ☺️. 

the only person in congress that is trying to keep some power amongst all this. This is how somebody from a bottom of the barrel state acts.

[Suprefan]

1 hour ago, Lizzim said:

Do you think, or maybe this might have just scared them into realising it's not just a political/legal game. 

CNN had a gop rep who said they were still going to object when they come back to the chamber. one senator has dropped their objection but the other 11 still are going to try.

[kalifire]

17 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

Melania Trumps chief of staff has just resigned over protests

CBS speculating that would not have happened without her approval, and could indicate she might make a power move.

[found home in 2009]

 

[kalifire]

Watching the senate reconvene, it feels like Trump is irrelevant now. He's on the outside looking in.

[squirrelarmy]

[Hutchmaster]

15 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Watching the senate reconvene, it feels like Trump is irrelevant now. He's on the outside looking in.

Am I going mental or did the Republicans call Pence "Mr.President"?

[squirrelarmy]

6 minutes ago, Johnkhutch said:

Am I going mental or did the Republicans call Pence "Mr.President"?

He’s President of the senate so he gets that title in there. 

[Suprefan]

Go to sleep. Nothings going to happen during this except if somebody urges the 25th be invoked or impeachment.

[Suprefan]

I hate being this right.
 

 

 

[eFestivals]

16 hours ago, jparx said:

Watching these lame attempts to stop the result is just ace. It’s like getting to watch them lose over and over again. 

there's only one thing more snowflake than a loser, and that's a snowflake bad loser. 😄