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demmiblue

(36,838 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:21 PM Nov 2020

Police have now been called in to the Detroit counting room to try and protect the doors.

Here too. Can confirm. Police have now been called in to the Detroit counting room to try and protect the doors. Feels like the fake GOP “riots” in Florida in 2000.




In fact, the ⁦@MIGOP has so overwhelmed the Detroit vote counting room with “challengers” (most who are not lawyers), preventing actual Dem lawyers from actually getting in. Sure feels like a deliberate attempt to try to steal the election.



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Police have now been called in to the Detroit counting room to try and protect the doors. (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 2020 OP
Hope they are preparing for the same in PA TheRealNorth Nov 2020 #1
which trump SCOTUS appointees showed up to mob the location? nt msongs Nov 2020 #2
Let's stand up to these nitwits. No repeat of Florida 2000. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2020 #3
I hope the LARPers from Lansing don't show up superpatriotman Nov 2020 #4
This is insane. Bluepinky Nov 2020 #5
Well. GaYellowDawg Nov 2020 #6
exactly wtf is this "try" to protect!? - nt Locrian Nov 2020 #47
Let us in! Let us in! demmiblue Nov 2020 #7
Sounds like we need our own people there fast. marylandblue Nov 2020 #8
Yes we do! calimary Nov 2020 #46
Same old shit dalton99a Nov 2020 #9
Democrats governors in MI/PA/WI might want to consider sending the National Guard to protect ballot- demmiblue Nov 2020 #10
Wtf is stopping them? Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #37
CNN just covered this. n/t demmiblue Nov 2020 #11
... demmiblue Nov 2020 #12
Anyone see tiptonic Nov 2020 #13
Arrest them all! Catherine Vincent Nov 2020 #14
YES! Interfering in a vote count this way is illegal as hell. nt crickets Nov 2020 #19
Anyone see tiptonic Nov 2020 #15
Brooks Brothers redux Roland99 Nov 2020 #16
Yeah, I'm getting a deja vu feeling. wnylib Nov 2020 #76
As we all know... mcp37 Nov 2020 #17
+10 nt reACTIONary Nov 2020 #63
florida 2000 brooks brothers riot orleans Nov 2020 #18
I've seen that picture with Mr.Bill Nov 2020 #23
i remember the arrows with names n/t orleans Nov 2020 #26
a gross bunch of fascist frat boys LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #34
Here: NYC Liberal Nov 2020 #42
Yep. Poseurs all. calimary Nov 2020 #55
Yep, only they are 20 years older, fatter and uglier essme Nov 2020 #24
This was a Roger Stone operation... BlueIdaho Nov 2020 #39
They recruited more women this time, so that's something...? (n/t) IndyOp Nov 2020 #53
who's staffers are they this time? mopinko Nov 2020 #77
All of them white. All but one of them male. Wednesdays Nov 2020 #79
Outside: demmiblue Nov 2020 #20
I am so exhausted by these fucking fascists LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #38
Clear the building. With extreme prejudice Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2020 #21
x1000 BlueIdaho Nov 2020 #33
They were going to attempt to do this here in Philly BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #22
They're idiots. Okay, stop the counting. Biden is ahead by about 40,000 votes. HE'S WINNING! George II Nov 2020 #25
My thought too. LiberalFighter Nov 2020 #32
The lunacy is that they want to stop counting while they're behind! George II Nov 2020 #40
They've had that kind of backwards logic with a lot of things. Why else would they vote for Trump? NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #71
They've had to remove some disruptive Trump Team vote count watchers.... Chakaconcarne Nov 2020 #27
Thugs, Trump's Thugs. Fla Dem Nov 2020 #28
They should all be arrested. LiberalFighter Nov 2020 #29
"Let us in"? Like the counting isn't already being conducted under heavy bipartisan scrutiny... Beartracks Nov 2020 #30
I thought they were the 'law & order' party???? spanone Nov 2020 #31
Arrest them Please bdamomma Nov 2020 #35
Of course the MI GOP Chairwoman knows better, but... demmiblue Nov 2020 #36
What a sad knock off M_Demo_M Nov 2020 #41
Interesting if Democratic challengers showed up behind those buffalo butts.. Peacetrain Nov 2020 #43
Are those Nazi salutes torius Nov 2020 #44
Imagine if there were BLM protestors trying to break into the Miami-Dade voting counting room. gollygee Nov 2020 #45
Somewhere in that crowd are the next two conservative supreme court judges. n/t MarkCross7 Nov 2020 #48
This is Florida 2000 all over. They're trying to provoke lawsuits. Texin Nov 2020 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author Texin Nov 2020 #50
I just ran across a picture of 2000 mob Marthe48 Nov 2020 #51
I remember that picture well. Lasher Nov 2020 #57
I don't know Marthe48 Nov 2020 #64
Thank you. Lasher Nov 2020 #80
Y.W. Someone else posted the picture Marthe48 Nov 2020 #81
Aha, that's it! Lasher Nov 2020 #82
The ones from this election need to be saved, too Marthe48 Nov 2020 #83
This is what is needed ... but they already called the race for Biden Botany Nov 2020 #52
A hickory shampoo.... hadEnuf Nov 2020 #65
Anyone know what Roger Cartaphelius Nov 2020 #54
Good. No Brooks Brothers riot this time DFW Nov 2020 #56
doing the same thing they pulled in FLA, in2000, sending protesters to bang on the doors, lock those yaesu Nov 2020 #58
Whitmer should deploy the National Guard to protect the counting AdamGG Nov 2020 #59
F'ing bastards!!!! BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #60
Chief Craig Corktown Nov 2020 #61
thats good info -thx nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2020 #67
But . . . but . . . but they are the part of law and order!!! n/t Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #62
2001 V 2 alfredo Nov 2020 #66
College Republicans from UMich here outside the @tcfcenter... demmiblue Nov 2020 #68
How low can they go!! marieo1 Nov 2020 #69
Greed Over People can't win by votes so they go for dirty tricks . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #70
Throw your tantrums all you want. Dukkha Nov 2020 #72
I counted ballots yesterday in Oakland County, MI GreenEyedLefty Nov 2020 #73
Thanks for sharing Beringia Nov 2020 #74
Thanks for that info. llmart Nov 2020 #75
I grew up in Motown and hope the cops are like I remember. Hassler Nov 2020 #78

Bluepinky

(2,268 posts)
5. This is insane.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:32 PM
Nov 2020

They can’t stop the vote counting because they don’t like the results.
I am so sick of their antics. Throw them out.

GaYellowDawg

(4,446 posts)
6. Well.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:34 PM
Nov 2020

The police need to pretend that all of these "challengers" are BLM protestors and taze/gas the fuck out of them.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
8. Sounds like we need our own people there fast.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:35 PM
Nov 2020

Unlike 2000. we can gather a crowd with a tweet. Anybody there doing this?

demmiblue

(36,838 posts)
10. Democrats governors in MI/PA/WI might want to consider sending the National Guard to protect ballot-
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:38 PM
Nov 2020
Democrats governors in MI/PA/WI might want to consider sending the National Guard to protect ballot-counting sites at this rate.


tiptonic

(765 posts)
13. Anyone see
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:48 PM
Nov 2020

Anyone see Karl Rove in the crowd. He make be lerking there, trying to regain his fame, from the Florida 2000 'election'.

tiptonic

(765 posts)
15. Anyone see
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:49 PM
Nov 2020

Anyone see Karl Rove in the crowd. He make be lerking there, trying to regain his fame, from the Florida 2000 'election'.

Mr.Bill

(24,274 posts)
23. I've seen that picture with
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:57 PM
Nov 2020

arrows pointing to almost every person in the photo as republican congressional aides or people with other ties to the RNC. Paid mob flown in from DC.

LymphocyteLover

(5,641 posts)
34. a gross bunch of fascist frat boys
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:10 PM
Nov 2020

evil fucks who helped put the original WORST president ever into office

calimary

(81,194 posts)
55. Yep. Poseurs all.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:40 PM
Nov 2020

republi-CON insiders and operatives, masquerading as “just plain ol’ average citizens.” Anything BUT!

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
33. x1000
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:08 PM
Nov 2020

Remove every one and allow only credentialed vote counters back and then allow only the minimum number of observers in. If somebody makes a ruckus- throw their ass out and do not replace them.

BumRushDaShow

(128,748 posts)
22. They were going to attempt to do this here in Philly
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:56 PM
Nov 2020

but I noticed that they opened the streets back up around the Convention Center where they are doing the mail-in ballot counting.

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
71. They've had that kind of backwards logic with a lot of things. Why else would they vote for Trump?
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 07:02 PM
Nov 2020

Trump voters don't seem to mind voting against their best interests.

Beartracks

(12,806 posts)
30. "Let us in"? Like the counting isn't already being conducted under heavy bipartisan scrutiny...
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:07 PM
Nov 2020

... by actual professionals.

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M_Demo_M

(158 posts)
41. What a sad knock off
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:17 PM
Nov 2020

of the original sh*t show from 2000. Doesn't he realize he's BEHIND in the count and stopping it ain't going to help his case.

Peacetrain

(22,874 posts)
43. Interesting if Democratic challengers showed up behind those buffalo butts..
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:19 PM
Nov 2020

Something tells me there would be a lot of wet pants in that group.. but better to let the police arrest them if they get rowdy and let them spend a afternoon in the pokey and have to come up with the money to get themselves out..

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
45. Imagine if there were BLM protestors trying to break into the Miami-Dade voting counting room.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:21 PM
Nov 2020

I wonder what would happen to them.

Texin

(2,594 posts)
49. This is Florida 2000 all over. They're trying to provoke lawsuits.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:25 PM
Nov 2020

And appeal them all they way to the SCOTUS.

Response to demmiblue (Original post)

Marthe48

(16,932 posts)
51. I just ran across a picture of 2000 mob
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:33 PM
Nov 2020

With their names. I had copied it from the Internet and saved it. It doesn't look they r's do anything but lie, cheat, steal, and bully. I hope the people in Detroit hand in there.

Lasher

(27,556 posts)
57. I remember that picture well.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:45 PM
Nov 2020

They were all GOP staffers from out of state, I believe. Could you share it here?

Marthe48

(16,932 posts)
64. I don't know
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:06 PM
Nov 2020

I wish I could just copy and paste. Also, I left it on the desktop in the basement, and finished down there for now. I did a quick check on google and didn't find the same picture.

I will bookmark this page and try to get it to you soon. I guess I can try to email it to your du address.

Marthe48

(16,932 posts)
81. Y.W. Someone else posted the picture
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 10:11 PM
Nov 2020

and someone else posted the picture with the names. On this post.

hadEnuf

(2,186 posts)
65. A hickory shampoo....
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:06 PM
Nov 2020

as the asshole right-wingers like to call it when it's used against 1st Amendment demonstrators.

DFW

(54,332 posts)
56. Good. No Brooks Brothers riot this time
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:43 PM
Nov 2020

If they try it in Detroit, it will instead be the Crooks Brothers, and they can spend the night in jail, taking turns calling for someone to bail them out.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
58. doing the same thing they pulled in FLA, in2000, sending protesters to bang on the doors, lock those
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:46 PM
Nov 2020

thugs up!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,562 posts)
60. F'ing bastards!!!!
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:53 PM
Nov 2020

They have absolutely no regard for anything beyond "ME! ME! ME! I want. I want. I want."

Corktown

(22 posts)
61. Chief Craig
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:53 PM
Nov 2020

As someone who lives in Detroit, it has been my personal observation that Chief Craig is a man of integrity and I have every confidence that he will handle this situation in a no-nonsense manner.

I attended a Detroit Police Academy graduation a while ago (by the way, a very moving affair) and he relayed to the graduating class his own personal experience of fellow officers engaging in unethical ehavior and standing up to do what was right in that situation.

He is very engaged with the community while doing his job and will follow the law in dealing with this matter. He’s definitely one of the people you’d like to have in his position in a moment like this…

demmiblue

(36,838 posts)
68. College Republicans from UMich here outside the @tcfcenter...
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:38 PM
Nov 2020
College Republicans from UMich here outside the @tcfcenter where a small crowd has gathered outside where ballots are being counted. Occasional chants of “let us in,” arguments with each other, lots of people filming each other.

The young woman in blue is Kathy Zhu, 22, whose tweets about Islam and black on black crime lost her beauty title






Very coordinated.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
69. How low can they go!!
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 06:47 PM
Nov 2020

There is no end to the depths the Reps will stoop to!!! If Joe Biden has won the Presidency fair and square they should get the message that we absolutely do not want DJT and his cronies in our White house. The presidency should never have been his in the first place - he stole it.

Dukkha

(7,341 posts)
72. Throw your tantrums all you want.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 07:19 PM
Nov 2020

Biden has Michigan lock, stock, and barrel. It's done. Disperse from the premises or you WILL get locked, stocked, and both barrels!

GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)
73. I counted ballots yesterday in Oakland County, MI
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 07:25 PM
Nov 2020

Similar setup as the one in Detroit, except we were in multiple "pods" (rooms). Our pod counted the ballots for the city of Southfield.

I half expected a belligerent group of protesters but 1) the building was locked and 2) there were sheriff's deputies at the doors all day.

There were "election challengers" in the room with us. They did not interfere with us, they just watched. As far as I know there were no challenges. The most action was at the adjudicator's table.

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