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NEW - CNN reporting that trump has admitted, privately, that he lost (Original Post) Roland99 Nov 2020 OP
Everybody knows that. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #1
THIS IS WHAT INFURIATES ME that he admits in private Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #2
Exactly. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #7
Bribing electors is a non-starter. They are hand-picked Democratic loyalists. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #9
Changed their minds again, after getting a call from traitor is what I read. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #15
Yup - but too bad - no takebacks allowed! lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #19
Are all electors in GA and AZ are democrats? Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #17
In every state except NE and ME, all electors belong to the winning party. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #20
Then why is this electors changing votes an issue? NE is red, irrelevant, ME is blue with Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #21
It's not about electors switching sides, but Trump extorting legislatures to swap them out. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #22
I cant believe we have to have this conversation, if a Dem did this hundreds of thousands Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #23
And one would assume Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2020 #11
yeah, really... stillcool Nov 2020 #14
Loser McLoserson from Losertown MontanaMama Nov 2020 #3
Time to stop covering him. 33taw Nov 2020 #4
and when is the last time he was seen in public?? Roland99 Nov 2020 #5
No idea. 33taw Nov 2020 #6
On the golf course, last weekend. BComplex Nov 2020 #12
No shit. MissB Nov 2020 #8
Tell your loyal follower Emily Murphy that, you TURD! ffr Nov 2020 #10
Fake News Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #13
trump Sure Got the Leakers! Cha Nov 2020 #16
He has probably admitted there is gold in Fort Knox, too DFW Nov 2020 #18

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
2. THIS IS WHAT INFURIATES ME that he admits in private
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:16 PM
Nov 2020

a. that this is fucking news

and

b. so what, he is still calling canvassers and electors as I type this and bribing them to steal it by not certifying or switching their votes....

NCDem47

(2,248 posts)
7. Exactly.
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:20 PM
Nov 2020

This is the most meaningless piece of "news." It goes totally against what Trump's actions are.

Honestly, embarrassing for CNN to even put it out.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
9. Bribing electors is a non-starter. They are hand-picked Democratic loyalists.
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:21 PM
Nov 2020

GOP canvassers? Well, they are typically low-level pols who will not stand up to public outrage for long (see Wayne County for example).

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
17. Are all electors in GA and AZ are democrats?
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:43 PM
Nov 2020

Cant states controlled by GOP change their electors?


These questions expose two truths, I dont know as much about this as I should, and there should be no such thing as the electoral college.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
20. In every state except NE and ME, all electors belong to the winning party.
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 09:58 AM
Nov 2020

In nearly all states, state law awards all electors to the party that gets the most votes, and each party picks their slate of electors. State law does not allow the legislature to change that choice. State constitutions generally forbid retroactive changes to laws, particularly regarding elections.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
21. Then why is this electors changing votes an issue? NE is red, irrelevant, ME is blue with
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 04:13 PM
Nov 2020

4 votes, not sure what could happen there but it would not matter even if all 4 changed.

So the ELECTORS in PA and GA and MI and AZ will be only democrats due to election results and those electors were hand picked by the party, right?

I cant take anymore sedition and treason, I am committed to fighting for my country, fighting, but I dont want to have to.


So this is why the pressure to NOT CERTIFY is on, which is what Thom Hartmann warned about months ago and I mentioned here.

If the 12th kicks in as a result of this, traitor wins.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
22. It's not about electors switching sides, but Trump extorting legislatures to swap them out.
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 04:15 PM
Nov 2020

But there are extremely high barriers to that happening, for example, Dem governors who would definitely veto such crap.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
23. I cant believe we have to have this conversation, if a Dem did this hundreds of thousands
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 04:18 PM
Nov 2020

would be surrounding the WH with guns.


Furious

I dont want to die fighting a civil war...but as it stands now I will die soon of either the virus or a civil war if this isnt done the democratic/legal way.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,392 posts)
11. And one would assume
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:21 PM
Nov 2020

keeping this "private" gives GSA the excuse to continue refusing to releasing the funds for Biden's transition?

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
14. yeah, really...
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:39 PM
Nov 2020

Breaking news tomorrow...Trump farted!! Other than that he's just destroying the country, but that doesn't really matter.

MontanaMama

(23,295 posts)
3. Loser McLoserson from Losertown
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:18 PM
Nov 2020

will pitch a fit about this until Joe Biden is inaugurated. More importantly, he will burn anything and everything around him in his wake and that shit is apparently "normal" now.

ffr

(22,665 posts)
10. Tell your loyal follower Emily Murphy that, you TURD!
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:21 PM
Nov 2020

Emily Murphy, the GSA Worker Holding up Presidential Transition of Power, Is Not a Victim
https://www.themarysue.com/emily-murphy-is-not-a-victim/

DFW

(54,277 posts)
18. He has probably admitted there is gold in Fort Knox, too
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 05:44 PM
Nov 2020

I'm sure he'd like to steal that, too, if a couple of sleazy lawyers and Republican state legislatures will help him be successful in return for a couple of 100 ounce gold bars.

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