Prematurely Calling the President
Decision Desk HQ has declared Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden the winner in the 2020 presidential election, the first major outlet to make a call in the race. A handful of battleground states remain hotly contested and other outlets have yet to make a final call in the presidential race.
Once again, in the middle of the night, Biden took the leads in Georgia and Pennsylvania. These states are not called. There is a lawsuits in both states. Georgia still has to count military ballots which should go mostly to Trump.
According to the Daily Wire:
According to CBS Atlanta, with 100% of precincts reporting and the vast majority of the ballots counted in the state of Georgia, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has amassed 2,449, 377 votes, giving him a 917 vote lead over President Trump, who has amassed 2,448, 454 votes, Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen gathered 61,380 votes. Both Trump and Biden received 49.4% of the vote.
According to the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, approximately 8,197 ballots remained to be counted, dispersed this way: Floyd County: 444; Gwinnett County: 4,800: Laurens County: 1,797, and Taylor County: 456. The office added, “An additional approximately 8,900 military and overseas absentee ballots have been sent out to requesters but not yet returned. Such ballots, if postmarked by Election Day, can be accepted within three days of Election Day.”
The Vote Marches On
Trump Gets a Win
The Trump campaign notched a second win in a Pennsylvania court on Thursday after a judge ruled that some ballots lacking identifying voter information should be set aside and not yet counted.
The decision from Mary Hannah Leavitt, the president judge on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, came through on Thursday afternoon. She ordered that all ballots received between Nov. 9-12 that lack voter information on them should be separated out and not counted pending further instruction of the court.
“The county boards of elections shall segregate ballots for which identification is received and verified on November 10, 11, and 12, 2020, from ballots for which identification is received and verified on or before November 9, 2020,” the court order says. “The segregation for which identification is received and verified on November 10, 11, and 12, 2020, shall not be counted until further order of this court.”
That’s good. And that’s how it should be. It will definitely be a useful judgement if Pennsylvania needs to do a recount. But it also leaves open the fact that, if Biden ends up losing the state, a challenge can be made by the Biden campaign. This is going to be a long one.
It Ain’t Over in Arizona
President Donald Trump is “still in line” to overtake Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in what may be a crucial win in the battleground state of Arizona. On MSNBC,
Arizona election officials are continuing to tabulate outstanding ballots, which the Trump campaign has said should cut in favor of Trump and give the president the boost he needs to overcome his deficit to Biden. If Trump can get the votes he needs to overtake Biden and secure Arizona’s 11 electoral votes, Trump’s pathway to reelection is on much steadier footing, though still likely an outside shot.
Arizona officials were continuing to release data on ballot counts early into the morning on Thursday. After the last dump of counted ballots, the Phoenix-based data analytics and survey research firm Data Orbital said that Trump was still on track with their model to overtake Biden. The data firm released numbers coming from several counties in Arizona with comments on how the updated vote count aligned with the firm’s projections.
In a Twitter thread beginning early in the evening on Wednesday and ending early Thursday morning, Data Orbital said:
Pima County – 5,614 ballots 50.8/47.3 Trump to Biden. Overall, this is a strong County for Biden. Good sign for Trump.
Maricopa County 74,547 ballots. 57.6/40.7 Trump to Biden. President nets 12,644. A bit below our 14,000 projection but good progress for the President. #AZ
Garrett Archer, a data journalist for ABC 15 Arizona, backed up Data Orbital’s read of the data, saying that the fresh data puts Trump on track to overtake Biden’s lead, though narrowly. Arizona is still either side’s state to take, he noted.
“While on the surface good, this drop is a ‘tread water’ for what Trump would need to flip the state. As we get closer to the end, the ballots get less friendly (ballot drop off uni will have a lot more Independents in them),” Archer noted after the latest drop of data early Thursday morning.
“Trump now needs 68,390 to catch Biden. There are approximately 430k or so ballots left in the state,” Archer said, providing a rough overview of the state of Arizona’s outstanding ballot count.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-campaign-scores-another-win-in-pennsylvania-court-some-ballots-lacking-voter-id-info-must-be-set-aside
https://www.dailywire.com/news/good-progress-for-the-president-trump-in-line-to-overtake-biden-in-arizona-data-firm-says
Nothing Like Getting Information From a Racist
I love hearing crap from a race-baiter like Al Sharpton. I also love that these people, who really got killed in the House and Senate races, still doesn’t get it when it comes to race.
On MSNBC, Sharpton acknowledged that the Republicans did very well in this election.
“He has done better than, in my judgment, he should have with black men and Hispanics, which means that we’ve got to really look in the civil rights community, both on the Latino and the African American side, on a real conversation in our communities on what it is to be different in terms of being entrepreneurial aspirants and being fair in terms of how we look from the whole.”
“I think he appealed to some that wanted to feel that they had to be a certain kind of way to be aspirational and that you can be that and still be centrists.”
“I think that a lot of them bought into the false view they were putting out on Joe Biden with the crime bill rather than dealing with the fact that Joe Biden was going along with the majority of people, even in the Black leadership with the Black crime bill.”
Going forward, Sharpton said that Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) are going to have to work to capture those communities if they win the White House.
“I really believe there is going to be a lot of work in those areas. If we ignore it, or act like it doesn’t matter, I think is not wise and I think if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, if they’re successful, are going to have to really work.”
Charles Blow of The New York Times was distraught over Trump’s gains with minorities, Tweeted:
“This is so personally devastating to me: the Black male vote for Trump INCREASED from 13% in 2016 to 18% this year. The Black female vote for Trump doubled from 4% in 2016 to 8% this year. Also, once again, exit polls show a majority of White women voting for Trump.”
“Also, the percentage of LGBT voting for Trump doubled from 2016. DOUBLED!!! This is why LGBT people of color don’t really trust the White gays. Yes, I said what I said. Period,” he continued. “Also, the percentage of Latinos and Asians voting for Trump INCREASED from 2016, according to exit polls. Yet more evidence that we can’t depend on the “browning of America” to dismantle White supremacy and erase anti-Blackness.”
Here’s the problem with these guys: They are doubling down on the same narrative that cost them 15 seats in the House and allowed the Republicans to keep the Senate. They don’t get that calling anyone who doesn’t agree with them a racist, homophobe, xenophobe, sexist or misogynist is a way to convince them of their policy and social views. People don’t want to hear how terrible our country is and will always be. People of color see this stuff and are beginning to reject it. The Democrats do not understand that they have to change their philosophy but they won’t do it.
Republicans had the same problems before. Donald Trump, who the Republicans hated, won the election because of his message. Then, as President, his message got through most of the Republicans in Congress and people who did not vote for him in 2016 embraced his message. What was his message?
- The United States is the greatest country in world history.
- We are individuals with a set of freedoms given to us by God.
- Our country should be protected by a strong military, border security and securing our technology.
- Socialism is bad.
- Capitalism has created prosperity throughout the world.
- The media is slanted.
- He works for the people.
This is a message that permeates. This message brings pride to people. It is positive. It makes people who love this country and want to fight for it.
Democrats don’t get that this is what wins elections. This is why Democrats lost 30% of the House seats and lost the Senate. And they may have lost the Presidency, we don’t know. Doesn’t look good but there are still a lot of questions about the election. Instead of looking inside themselves, they have decided to double down.
Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, lost her election. She said said it is because Democrats are becoming tone deaf. She said:
Let me make things simple. I hope the Democrats keep following AOC. The 30 year old dunce whose only job outside of being a congressman was a part time bar tender. After 2022, the Republicans will be running the government for 20 years. McCaskill is right. The Democrats have picked and chose certain platforms that have nothing to do with 98% of Americans and think they will win.
The Democratic party is fractured. The Republican party is united. President Trump did it. Whether he wins or loses, he has already had an impact that will reverberate throughout history. History will find that Trump will be the most influential one term President in history.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/al-sharpton-trump-did-better-than-he-should-have-with-black-men-and-hispanics
https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-rips-msnbc-claire-mccaskill-why-do-we-listen-to-people-who-lost-elections
These Guys Don’t Get It
ABC News’ “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin feels that over 68 million Americans who voted for President Trump are “selfish” because they voted for someone who she says is racist, misogynistic and homophobic.
The hosts on The View are not exactly rocket scientists. In fact, they know nothing about politics. In fact, all these people are just celebrities. They are not journalists. Whoopie Goldberg starred in a movie where she played a criminal, lounge singing nun. But I want you to listen to this because I have a point. But there is more.
Actress, Janelle Monae (never heard of her) Tweeted:
“F**k Donald Tromp [sic] and every American citizen, celebrity, white woman, black man, ETC who supported him burnnnnnnnnnn.”
She deleted the Tweet but it was captured. Funny thing is, she included a pic of her doing some sort of finger sign with spandex showing how sexy she is in her 2800 square foot bathroom. That’s a great political argument and not tone-deaf at all.
She then Tweeted, and deleted, another Tweet:
“I’m not going down the list for y’all you do the research and see who gave him millions of votes.”
That’s a threat. She’s encouraging doxing. Twitter never suspended her.
Actor John Leguizamo Tweeted:
“Florida is dead to me! Let the lemmings drive their golf carts into the ocean!”
These actors don’t understand how they talk down to people. So anyone who voted for Trump is an arctic and colorful rodent? This is unifying? Or is it just condescending? I find this amazing coming from a guy who hasn’t done a straight-to-DVD movie in ten years.
Finally, to prove my point, we have Kathy Griffin, who blocked me from her Twitter account because I debated her and she didn’t like it. Do you remember when she Tweeted a picture of her holding the severed head of Donald Trump (alla ISIS)? By the way, she was never banned for that and the Tweet was deleted by her. Well, she decided to re-release it. It was really tacky. She has lost all of the attention she got when she released it the first time. She’s not getting a lot of attention now with the re-release of that picture.
Should you be pissed off about all this crap? If you heard my podcast, you might say, “no.” If you didn’t, you probably are saying, “yes.”
Here’s the thing we learned this election: People aren’t buying the Left’s BS. We see that with the black, Hispanic and female vote. We see that with the popular vote that said Trump would be down 10 points. Hell, gays are voting for Trump. The Left is saying that the reason Trump and the Republicans did so well is the rejection of intersectionality and identity politics. The Left is so arrogant, or just stupid, they don’t realize it.
Here’s the thing: Let them go crazy. Let them call everyone who doesn’t agree with them racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, bigoted and a misogynist. The Left doesn’t get that these viscous attacks are becoming…boring. I’ve been called a racist on Twitter dozens of times. I don’t troll on Twitter, I debate. It doesn’t mean anything to me. Well, I’m not the only one who thinks that.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/sunny-hostin-trump-voters-unamerican-racist-homophobic-candidate
https://www.dailywire.com/news/actress-janelle-monae-everyone-who-supported-trump-should-burn
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-the-daily-show-imagines-blowing-up-florida-after-trump-wins
https://www.dailywire.com/news/election-night-kathy-griffin-retweets-infamous-pic-of-her-with-trumps-severed-head