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Nevilledog

(51,031 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:03 PM Nov 2020

...if people wanted to get their ballots in, they should have gotten their ballots in long before...



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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
The quiet part, screamed: Trump tells reporters that "we're going to go in the night of, as soon as that election is over [in PA], we're going in with our lawyers ... if people wanted to get their ballots in, they should have gotten their ballots in long before that."
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...if people wanted to get their ballots in, they should have gotten their ballots in long before... (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
Someone should tell him that the vast majority of people did. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #1
He knows. Which is why he doesn't want mail in ballots counted. LisaL Nov 2020 #3
+1 pandr32 Nov 2020 #7
And that he doesn't say when it's over. brush Nov 2020 #8
Good grief soothsayer Nov 2020 #2
It will be interesting, if he's not leading on election day if he will be changing his stance tulipsandroses Nov 2020 #4
This. You nailed it. nt crickets Nov 2020 #10
That would be the sweetest karma Rice4VP Nov 2020 #13
Putin's boy got a boo boo/sad questionseverything Nov 2020 #5
The AG from Pennsylvania... stillcool Nov 2020 #6
I hear just noise; elleng Nov 2020 #9
What does he believe? Rice4VP Nov 2020 #14
So far he's won 6 cases... stillcool Nov 2020 #15
Hell yes! SouthernCal_Dem Nov 2020 #16
His lawyers should tell him that it does voters no good in PA to get their ballots in "months," ago Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #11
I might be wrong but I do believe medical workers have been working 18+ hr days. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #12

TwilightZone

(25,429 posts)
1. Someone should tell him that the vast majority of people did.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:04 PM
Nov 2020

And the vast majority voted for the other guy.

brush

(53,743 posts)
8. And that he doesn't say when it's over.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:15 PM
Nov 2020

The fat lady does and she's clearing her throat right about now to declare Biden the winner.

tulipsandroses

(5,122 posts)
4. It will be interesting, if he's not leading on election day if he will be changing his stance
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:11 PM
Nov 2020

and claiming he will not concede until all the mail in ballots are in.

Rice4VP

(1,235 posts)
13. That would be the sweetest karma
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:55 PM
Nov 2020

Yesterday MSNBC showed Democrats with 68% of the early vote in Pennsylvania

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
6. The AG from Pennsylvania...
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:13 PM
Nov 2020

believes otherwise. I never know if the threats from him are just trash talk, or if something is afoot.

elleng

(130,765 posts)
9. I hear just noise;
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:37 PM
Nov 2020

he can say whatever he wants, but this would have NO effect (except to rile up a bunch of fools.)

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
15. So far he's won 6 cases...
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 03:02 PM
Nov 2020

against the GOP trying to mess with the PA election


Josh Shapiro
@JoshShapiroPA
·
18h
FACT CHECK: Our elections are over when all the votes are counted.

But if your lawyers want to try us, we’d be happy to defeat you in court one more time.

Daniel Dale
@ddale8
· 19h
Trump on Pennsylvania ballots being counted if they arrive up to three days after Election Day: "We're going to go in the night of. As soon as that election's over, we’re going in with our lawyers."

Ms. Toad

(34,001 posts)
11. His lawyers should tell him that it does voters no good in PA to get their ballots in "months," ago
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:47 PM
Nov 2020

PA is one of those states ''where processing of absentee ballots can't start until the morning of election day.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
12. I might be wrong but I do believe medical workers have been working 18+ hr days.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:52 PM
Nov 2020

Medical workers, EMTs, Mortuary workers.

They've been kinda busy since the absentee ballots were sent out. You know... that pesky Covid ...

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