# 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:** 342
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6834 "2020-11-23T17:41:12Z")
I totally believe it. She was introducing viruses into the air and her job is done. She made the crazies happy for a second. They don’t care or even know that she is being “fired.” In US history has there ever been a time when a potus lawyer could just make up stuff and then get let go without any public penalty for the abuse of the system. Not even a reputational penalty? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6835 "2020-11-23T18:53:58Z")
> **[Biz Leaders Tell GOP: Get Trump Out or No Georgia Donations](https://www.thedailybeast.com/business-leaders-tell-gop-to-start-biden-transition-or-no-money-for-georgia-senate-run-offs)** > > 100 GOP national-security chiefs say time to go, as execs threaten to cut off funds to Senate runoff campaigns if Trump administration doesn’t begin transition to Biden team ASAP. _Also on Monday, more than 100 top business leaders are issuing a letter demanding the same from the Trump administration. [According to TheNew York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/trump-economy-ny.html), if a concession from Trump doesn’t happen, the executives may threaten to withhold campaign donations from the two Republican candidates in Georgia whose runoffs will determine the Senate’s balance of power. In the letter, the business leaders will demand that Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration, issues a letter to confirm that Biden has won and that the transition can begin._ Hit them in the wallet, that really hurts. Many others have said these stunts by trump are helping the Dems win the GA Senate seats. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6836 "2020-11-23T18:59:06Z")
^^ Sweet. Flop sweat will be a good look on Moscow Mitch. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6837 "2020-11-23T19:14:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hit them in the wallet, that really hurts. Many others have said these stunts by trump are helping the Dems win the GA Senate seats. “Money talks and bullshit walks.” > [@romansperson](#): > > ^^ Sweet. Flop sweat will be a good look on Moscow Mitch. No kidding. It would make me very happy to see that lipless turtle smirk melting off his ugly face. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6838 "2020-11-23T19:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Also on Monday, more than 100 top business leaders are issuing a letter demanding the same from the Trump administration. [According to The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/trump-economy-ny.html), if a concession from Trump doesn’t happen, the executives may threaten to withhold campaign donations from the two Republican candidates in Georgia whose runoffs will determine the Senate’s balance of power. In the letter, the business leaders will demand that Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration, issues a letter to confirm that Biden has won and that the transition can begin._ How is this not bribery? ---
**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 23, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6839 "2020-11-23T19:17:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How is this not bribery? How is it not bribery to give them money to campaign when they DO do what big business wants? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6840 "2020-11-23T19:31:40Z")
NOT giving them money is bribery??? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6841 "2020-11-23T19:32:31Z")
Re: Laura Cox Are you fucking kidding me? Another Republican whining about how unfair everything is? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6842 "2020-11-23T19:35:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How is this not bribery? It’s _leverage_ or _pressure_, something the Pubs are quite good at and shameless about. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6843 "2020-11-23T19:39:25Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > This is all part of Trump’s master plan. Powell is still working for him. Dare I ask what contorted “reasoning” they are using to support this assertion? How is Trump more likely to succeed if they disavow Sidney Powell than if they openly kept her on board? I know, the explanation will be cray-cray, but still, I’m curious to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6844 "2020-11-23T19:42:18Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Dare I ask what contorted “reasoning” they are using to support this assertion? How is Trump more likely to succeed if they disavow Sidney Powell than if they openly kept her on board? > > I know, the explanation will be cray-cray, but still, I’m curious to hear it. Because she is a lightening rod for the media. See, her claims are all true but she has to do the work under the radar or the CIA/FBI/KGB/Chavez/NSA will get to her and her witnesses. So by disavowing her she can continue to “release the Kraken” (no shit, this is really her term) and get everybody locked up. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6845 "2020-11-23T19:49:15Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > See, her claims are all true but she has to do the work under the radar or the CIA/FBI/KGB/Chavez/NSA will get to her and her witnesses. I can’t help but wonder if some of you are _intentionally_ omitting Frederick Douglass from this cabal. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6846 "2020-11-23T20:07:56Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In the mail today, I received a newspaper. An actual, full-sized newspaper. I forget the name of it, but the headline screamed out the news that the election was far from decided. Other articles told of various “righteous” lawsuits in this or that state. I tossed it in the trash. it was addressed to “Current Resident,” so I suspect this is being mailed out to a lot of people. Did you at least turn to the comics page to see if they carried anything other then Mallard Filmore? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6847 "2020-11-23T20:11:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Yes, “Current” as a unisex first name is pushing the formerly-fave, gender-specific _Jason, Emily, Ethan, Charlotte_ out of the top spots. I think we’re going to see a trend toward neutral, culturally and ethnically baggage-free baby names in the future. Look for kids named _Table, Apple, Carpet_, and for the whimsically inclined, _Kibble, Postage Stamp, Casserole_. The possibilities are endless. [/weird tangent] Not to mention _woman, man, person, camera,_ and _television_. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6848 "2020-11-23T21:05:20Z")
Another paranoid rant from Rudy. Same old claims stated again. What really amuses me is that he takes several breaks from his rant in order to make money from advertising. Nice to see where his priorities lie. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFB3GfRo4I4) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6849 "2020-11-23T21:16:52Z")
Businesses are threatening to withhold donations from the GOP, but they will give the party money if Emily Murphy takes some official action in her capacity as head of the GSA. They are offering money to get a government official to do something. Sure sounds like bribery to me. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6850 "2020-11-23T21:19:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > This is the joke I love today. > > [“No, I was in in prison. I swear!!!”](https://i.redd.it/npu6j2khr6061.jpg) I got my sister to LOL. I would have LOL’d if you hadn’t spoilered the punchline. ---
**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 23, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6851 "2020-11-23T21:20:39Z")
Well it’s bribery either way. We’re just “used to” corporations being treated as people when they shouldn’t be. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6852 "2020-11-23T21:45:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How is this not bribery? Haven’t you heard: Money Is Speech. See: _Citizens United._ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6853 "2020-11-23T21:49:32Z")
Michigan just certified the election results. Trump’s chances of pulling off a coup just dropped to zero\*. I think we can all exhale. \*Although he’s effectively destroyed any faith we have in democracy, somebody else will reap the benefits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=343)