**UPDATE**Michigan's largest county certifies election results after Repubs earlier blocked cert

[hlthe2b]

Wayne Co Republican a'holes REVERSED THEMSELVES! (Appears blowback was too much for them)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/michigan-detroit-election-results/index.html

(CNN)A bipartisan panel in Michigan's largest county unanimously certified its presidential results on Tuesday night, a stunning reversal hours after Republicans had temporarily blocked certification based on dubious claims of voting irregularities in Detroit.
The Wayne County Board of Canvassers initially deadlocked 2-2 on whether to certify the results, with two Democrats voting to certify and two Republicans voting against it, citing concerns of examples where Detroit precincts found discrepancies during their post-election review process. That vote was immediately condemned by Democratic officials and nonpartisan experts, who said the election in Detroit had been conducted cleanly.

President-elect Joe Biden won Michigan by more than 148,000 votes, a victory made possible by a strong showing in Wayne County, where he netted more than 322,000 votes over President Donald Trump.

The initial vote against certification drew the attention of the President, who posted a series of tweets praising the GOP members of the canvassing board for "having courage." He also spread false claims about massive voter fraud and said officials in the state should "flip Michigan back to TRUMP."

Marc Elias gets a little schadenfreude...

Link to tweet

[John Ludi]

1. I grew up in Detroit...

pissing off Detroiters can be bad for your long term health prospects. They are lucky all they got were stern words.

[hlthe2b]

2. This story was the last thing I saw before going to bed and it infuriated me. SO GLAD it reversed.

[Mike 03]

3. Same here.

I hardly slept two hours, but what I didn't hear was that they'd reversed themselves. Mostly listened to replays of 11th Hour, Chris Hayes and Lawrence O'Donnell. Don't know how I missed hearing about the reversal. Guess I was dozing.

That story was infuriating.

Thanks for the good news!

[radius777]

4. Velshi covered the reversal during Rachel's hour

and he had on both the Lt. Gov and SoS who confirmed the news, which broke around 9:30 ish.

Was surprised also that Lawrence didn't cover it in his hour, considering how important a story it is.