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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:12 PM Nov 2020

Hundreds provide testimonies -- but no real evidence

... Inside the lawsuit are 234 pages of affidavits from people claiming to have been Republican poll watchers who witnessed or were told about misconduct by mostly Detroit ballot counters. Among the handwritten pages are claims that the watchers were unable to see ballots and match signatures.

Those who submitted affidavits questioned ballot transportation and most often were either not allowed to enter or saw others not allowed to enter. Though these individuals have claimed they were not allowed to enter ballot-counting rooms, as it has been repeatedly explained, it was discovered that the number of poll watchers from both parties had already exceeded the legal limit allowed in the room at one time. That is why those individuals were not allowed entry ...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/decision-2020/2020/11/12/hundreds-provide-testimonies-but-no-real-evidence-in-trump-campaign-lawsuit-to-stop-certification-of-michigan-election-results/

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Hundreds provide testimonies -- but no real evidence (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2020 OP
So a bunch of untrained "observers" didn't know what they were seeing underpants Nov 2020 #1
Everybody out of my way, I just got here! gratuitous Nov 2020 #2
They're a special kind of stupid. AleksS Nov 2020 #3
Just hope their "depositions" were under oath Cartaphelius Nov 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2020 #5

underpants

(182,747 posts)
1. So a bunch of untrained "observers" didn't know what they were seeing
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:16 PM
Nov 2020

and they all have pretty much the same ignorant complaint.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. Everybody out of my way, I just got here!
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:18 PM
Nov 2020

Dozens of people already crowded in the ballot-counting rooms, but these yahoos are all honked off because they got there too late to get in.

AleksS

(1,665 posts)
3. They're a special kind of stupid.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:18 PM
Nov 2020

“I wasn’t let in! There must be cheating!”
“Were other republicans let in?”
“Yes. But I wasn’t!!!”
“But there were republicans and trump supporters observing ballots, right?”
“Yes. But I wasn’t let in!!!”

 

Cartaphelius

(868 posts)
4. Just hope their "depositions" were under oath
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:19 PM
Nov 2020

and subject to perjury charges if determined to be false.

My bet is that, of course they are.

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