# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 283
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5650 "2020-11-12T19:37:13Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > ORANGE MAN BAD CHEETO HITLER Good. I was getting tired of PERSON WOMAN MAN CAMERA TV. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5651 "2020-11-12T19:38:08Z")
šŸ¤Ŗ ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5652 "2020-11-12T19:39:14Z")
Youā€™re a member of a cult, sweetie. Not the Trump cult, a real one. You know what Iā€™m talking about. I used to feel sorry for you but no more. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5653 "2020-11-12T19:44:11Z")
Is there a reasonably detailed summary online of how this would work, exactly? Iā€™d like to learn more about it without hijacking this thread. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5654 "2020-11-12T19:44:27Z")
Ann. what are you talking about? I never voted for Trump. Iā€™m not in a cult either. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5655 "2020-11-12T20:03:18Z")
This was interesting I thought. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-election-future-white-house/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-election-future-white-house/index.html) > Trump this week has lingered in the Oval Office for longer than he normally does. While the President typically finishes official business and heads to the residence for dinner around 6:30 p.m. ET, he has stayed in the West Wing past 7 p.m. every night this week. Wonder what heā€™s doing at ā€œworkā€ so late? Maybe making phone calls looking for someone to say he can win after all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5656 "2020-11-12T20:06:59Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Maybe making phone calls looking for someone to say he can win after all. Or vainly trying to find someone who will even _take_ his call! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5657 "2020-11-12T20:10:01Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Wonder what heā€™s doing at ā€œworkā€ so late? Maybe making phone calls looking for someone to say he can win after all. Repeatedly hitting refresh on the Fox News electoral college map, waiting for the blue mirage to go away? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5658 "2020-11-12T20:11:50Z")
ā€œTrump wafflesā€ ā€¦ hmm ā€¦ pumpkin spice with golden syrup? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5659 "2020-11-12T20:12:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > ā€œTrump wafflesā€ ā€¦ hmm ā€¦ pumpkin spice with golden syrup? - Pancake makeup with a mango syrup. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5660 "2020-11-12T20:50:21Z")
So lawyers for the trump campaign filed a lawsuit that challenges the vote-counting in Wayne County, Michigan. But they misfiled it in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in D.C. ā€” which has no jurisdiction in such cases ā€“ they only hear monetary claims against the federal government. The resulting name of the suit? DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT v. USA That about says it all. > ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5661 "2020-11-12T20:51:55Z")
Sounds like he has top-tier lawyers, there. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5662 "2020-11-12T20:53:54Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So lawyers for the trump campaign filed a lawsuit that challenges the vote-counting in Wayne County, Michigan. But they misfiled it in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in D.C. ā€” which has no jurisdiction in such cases > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Sounds like he has top-tier lawyers, there. Theyā€™ll hold a press conference about the lawsuit at Fountains of Wayne, New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5663 "2020-11-12T20:56:20Z")
> [@solost](#): > > they misfiled it in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in D.C. ā€” which has no jurisdiction in such cases Evidence that these legal briefs are really just crotchless panties to appease the orange one? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5664 "2020-11-12T21:00:16Z")
The Emperor has no clothes, and his briefs are pretty skimpy too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5665 "2020-11-12T21:05:57Z")
Pass the brain bleach, would ya there, Sparky? ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5666 "2020-11-12T21:31:35Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Sounds like he has top-tier lawyers, there. Canā€™t always get talent at the Michael Cohen level. Go Land Crabs! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5667 "2020-11-12T21:37:18Z")
Maybe you didnā€™t hear, Putin is planning on stepping down soon due to a disease (Parkinsonā€™s I think). He is himself facing the prospect of litigation once presidential immunity fades away, and is trying to amend the laws of Russia to provide ex-presidents perpetual immunity. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5668 "2020-11-12T21:38:21Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > ā€œTrump wafflesā€ ā€¦ hmm ā€¦ pumpkin spice with golden syrup? Circus peanuts in a dog turd on a little sign that says ā€œhamberderā€ in sharpie ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5669 "2020-11-12T21:38:49Z")
Unless there is some other means to keep him both relevant and in the spotlight for the rest of eternity, Iā€™d guess thereā€™s a strong probability Trump will eventually attempt to run in 2024. We already know the narrative for 2020 is ā€˜evil democrats and RINOā€™s conspired to rob him of the election through massive fraud.ā€™ How does he publicly square that narrative with another run in 2024? I mean if his opponents had that kind of power and influence after heā€™d been in control of the Executive branch for four years, why wouldnā€™t they have _even more_ of this mysterious power and influence at their disposal four years from now? I mean, heck, why not just steal that election too? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=282) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=284)