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(54,770 posts)At least as I heard it.
AkFemDem
(1,823 posts)Seems this would be a reasonable request, a specific number should be set with rules of behavior in place.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)militia observers. I hope it's not just a lawsuit for the heck of it.
Hav
(5,969 posts)(a representative of each party being present) and an area specified for observers from a distance to watch without getting too close. Rudy Colludy deliberately muddied the waters between those groups yesterday. I suppose members of the latter group entered space they weren't allowed to enter.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)dalton99a
(81,470 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,446 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... but those types are all over the country and want access to the counting room in Philadelphia now.
whopis01
(3,511 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)I still can't understand how people were intimidated by those wimps, but they managed to shut down the recounting.
Mister Ed
(5,930 posts)Those inside the room couldn't concentrate, and couldn't converse with each other over the racket created by these Washington GOP staffers shouting and banging on the doors.
yardwork
(61,599 posts)bdamomma
(63,845 posts)out the National guard.
They look like the night of the living dead.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Boy this just sick.
It is truly a cult.
DFW
(54,369 posts)Don't they have some family members to transform, or something?
durablend
(7,460 posts)Just look at them!
people need to be arrested, this is not a dictatorship. And they all do not have masks on either.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)except for the few hours I have had chance to sleep, I have been streaming them 24/7 and they DO go on breaks, plus lunch and dinner, etc.
That camera is not really pulled back the full way to show the size of the whole gigantic room (Exhibit Hall F at the PA Convention Center).
PirateRo
(933 posts)They will count them tomorrow after 5PM. Not more info.
rso
(2,271 posts)This is happening on the Pittsburgh area (Allegheny), not in Philly.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)Then they showed an empty counting room.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)They deserve it!
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)who have been working 24/7 and the stream is running 24/7. As I've watched them the past 2 days, they will do a big batch and then start trickling out on a break and then will continue one portion (removing ballots from envelopes) and then when the batch is big enoug they will start the scanners.
Right now they appear to be moving the "barrier" closer to the canvassing tables.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)MSNBC definitely gave me the wrong impression earlier.
Speaking of which, switching to CNN now after seeing Andrea Mitchell on the screen.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Because I KNOW they have been reporting bullshit.
bdamomma
(63,845 posts)until 8 p.m To much chatter from them.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)They have to fill those hours. They are too lazy to have someone actually HERE to report and I guess are relying on anecdotes and guessing.
I have been getting news from DU, the city's election site (including their livestream), my local Philly news outlets, and some of the national news outlets' websites.
bdamomma
(63,845 posts)Philly??? you are in belly of the beast??? or should I say the state where it all began??? Philly will come through for Joe.
Don't turn that TV on, bad for your health sometimes.
I'm addicted to DU every time I want to get up to something, I come back to see what's happening!
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)We have usually helped to throw the state to blue, along with NE PA, Pittsburgh, and Erie, but in 2016 there were other factors like Erie tipping slightly to red, and NE PA going lighter blue, that threw the whole dynamic off.
Crossing fingers!
bdamomma
(63,845 posts)ugh. I turn the channel when I see her too.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)Ugh.
That's always my first mental connection for him, not him being a chairman of the Fed Reserve.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)(this was earlier within the past 30 minutes but they are still adjusting with a tape measure just now)
ETA - they also have periodically had cleaning crews come in and wipe down the tables when they are on breaks. Here is a pic if the latest barrier configuration and one with a woman who has been cleaning the barrier rails -