On the PA press conference of 19 legislators suggesting an audit, delay & possible elector swap
This is sending waves of horror through most of us. Even my typically low-normal BP is bumping up hearing and reading about these suggestions. Here an article that offers some perspective:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/10/pennsylvania-gop-rallies-trumps-defense-435864
“We have grave concerns regarding the future of our commonwealth,” said GOP state Rep. Dawn Keefer, who represents parts of York and Cumberland counties, both of which voted for Trump by double-digit percentage points. “We believe this moment is pivotal and important enough that the General Assembly needs to take extraordinary measures to answer these extraordinary questions.”
The state lawmakers on Tuesday offered no evidence of voter fraud. Only about 20 Republicans attended, a fraction of the nearly 140 members in the state legislature — and GOP legislative leaders were missing.
“It’s not going anywhere in the Senate,” said Christopher Nicholas, a longtime Pennsylvania-based GOP consultant, of the direct appointment of electors by the legislature. “I think those 19 folks had an itch to scratch. They just scratched it. I think that’s kind of the end of it.”
Still, the fact that Trump and state lawmakers are stoking fears of extensive voter fraud without evidence all but guarantees that a significant number of voters here will question the integrity of the race. A Morning Consult/POLITICO survey found that only 23 percent of Republican voters said they trust the election results in Pennsylvania. --snip--
But, Thornburgh added, the state law is clear that “the certification of the election is between the governor and the secretary of the commonwealth, so there’s no room for the legislature there and I do think it’s significant that the leadership is not supportive of this effort.”
Quite a bit more at the link above
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to end up being a sucker who bemoans what just happened to their democracy, whining, "Gee, I wish I had paid better attention to what was going on."
I'm hoping that your response was meant to be somewhat generic. But, even in that context ... That's cranking the decibels up pretty high.
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while triggering DU to freak out like it has?
Don't get me wrong, I am concerned about the complete jettison of conventional traditions but in the far back of my mind I realize that there is a confluence of true evil fascists operating in the background and someone who has spent 4 years "playing a President on teevee" in the foreground begging for attention.
I also know that the very very wealthy (the real ones, not the fake one in the WH) are watching because if this country gets truly destabilized, then they lose money in the markets. We may be "global" but there is also a massive pandemic going on too that is throwing a wrench in the global markets as it is.
Remember that $$$ rules all and as much as DU posts about "the 1%", the "1%" doesn't like "uncertainty".
(where your OP links to a better analysis)
And as a note, David Thornburgh, who I believe is who is being referenced in your excerpt (and is head of the Philly Committee of Seventy that monitors elections), is the son of Dick Thornburgh (a moderate Republican
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They'll bring any bluff or bluster to get Tom Wolf riled, however they can.
I don't see any sign that they did this for Chump or because of the mess in Georgia, this is Pennsylvania insiders only. Now that they've had their little say, it's over.
