US Politics

P.S.

Don's crying, thanks.

I don't entirely get why he's ranting about stopping the count. Wouldn't Biden win if they did, as he's ahead in enough states to get the EC votes he needs?

Its not like anything he tweets ever made sense, is it?

I think perhaps he's aiming to just call the whole thing off and crack on for the next 4 years, hoping no one really notices.

He is hoping that the states that haven't been declared have the tallying stopped as he is currently ahead and then he would get their EC votes. This could take him to 270. The postal ballots that are being counted are likely democratic hence why he wants them not-counted.

Counting in person ballots is quicker than counting postal ballots. More democrats postal vote than republicans, hence Trumps big tantrum about how postal votes shouldn't be trusted and putting a lacky in charge of USPS to cause big backlogs. However it means Trump got a lot of early votes and now Biden is getting the majority of these later counted votes.

Apologies if a repost, but Bernie called this whole situation with crazy accuracy.

But I didn't think he could actually get to 270 without flipping at least one of the states Biden is currently and oh yes I'm forgetting Trump is currently just rolling around in a frothing rage, smearing orange facepaint on the soft furnishings and bashing his phone with his pudgy, sweaty paws. I can't imagine his forebrain has engaged for hours.

hoping no one really notices...

...with a record number of vote for any President to Biden beating Obama number.

Isn't Biden currently leading in Nevada and Arizona (which a few outlets have already called for him)? That's enough to put Biden on 270.

These are the states Trump's supporters are protesting saying make sure you count all the votes!

@AlexD, you might be right on the maths, but maybe he things he can flip them in the courts? I wasn't aware he had a forebrain.

Someone up thread posted a hilarious pair of videos side by side of Trump fans. One pile (presumably Nevada/Arizona) chanting to count the votes, the other (presumably Pennslyvania/Georgia) chanting to stop the count. It's like watching a pantomime.

Will any of these legal cases actually go anywhere? Or is it PR thing?

Sounds like Mitch has seen enough

A source close to Mitch McConnell tells Axios a Republican Senate would work with Biden on centrist nominees but no "radical progressives" or ones who are controversial with conservatives.

I wasn't aware he had a forebrain.

Yeah, I was really pushing the definition a little too much there!

They have the potential to change results, yes. For example, trump’s camp is asking courts to invalidate postal votes received the day after Election Day, and to order recounts in stations where there wasn’t a trump campaign observer. They might change the vote results just enough to get the necessary EC votes. It worked for Bush Jr. against Al Gore.

My take is that his lawyers will be looking for anything shady, like dead people voting or ballots received after the cut-off. Then they’ll try to use that as leverage to say the whole thing was rigged, Q anon conspiracy etc, Trump goes all out furhur, war with China, Jesus comes back, we all go to heaven.

I'm so impressed by the CNN anchors' ability to look interested, whilst being told something that they have heard literally a hundred times in the last 24 hours.

"The president needs to win Pennsylvania."

"Wow, really? Fascinating." Eyebrow thing.

Are they running one of those dual role productions? Just taking the glasses off is a bit cheap but it worked for Superman so I guess it suffices.

invalidate postal votes received the day after Election Day

Should they count anyway?

So just PA then? Hopefully after 5pm today it'll be clearer that Biden doesn't need it..

By the laws of the various States where they accept them, yes.

From the Grauniad live feed:-

"
A spokesperson for Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger expressed hope that the state would know the winner of its electoral votes by the end of the day.
"

Ex republican lawyer on the Beeb just now saying the value of the cases will come down to how close the results are. As i understood it his interpretation of close was a dispute of less than 1000 votes.

He also noted that some of the launched legal proceedings wouldn't (shouldn't) change the result.

Mildly relieving but then again Trump law.

In some states you can post on Election Day.