# 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:** 410
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8199 "2020-12-27T19:58:17Z")
Yes, that’s _completely_ plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8200 "2020-12-27T21:09:40Z")
Interesting article in Forbes: > **[‘Entitled Frat Boy’ Pushing ‘A Scam’: More Republicans, Supporters Press...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/12/27/republicans-supporters-press-trump-to-accept-election-results/?sh=22b3c60f2702)** > > Congress is slated to meet on January 6 to validate election results. Particularly this quote: > [@](#): > > GOP pollster Frank Luntz also railed at Trump for his efforts to undermine the election results, telling ABC’s _This Week_ the president’s insistence on voter fraud conspiracies, coupled with his inaction on stimulus, could be hurting the Republican’s chances of winning Georgia’s two Senate runoffs on January 5. > > “The [polling] numbers have been getting worse over the last seven to 10 days for the Republicans because of the President,” Luntz said, noting that Democrat Jon Ossoff has pulled ahead of Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue in their race, while appointee Kelly Loeffler is tied with her challenger. Boils down to : “If the President wants to destroy people’s faith in our democratic elections, well, that’s his choice and we won’t speak out, but if he starts jeopardising our party’s electoral chances, whoa! Can’t have that!” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8201 "2020-12-27T21:24:01Z")
Good. Trump trashing and burning everything in his path may just give Senate control to the Dems, or very close to it, making it difficult for McTurtle to cripple the Biden administration. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8202 "2020-12-27T22:12:29Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump WANTS the GOP to lose. He’s all hurt because they wouldn’t back his coup so he’s acting like the toddler. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8203 "2020-12-27T22:15:45Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump WANTS the GOP to lose. I still think Fox News asked a great question in early 2016 when they asked him, “Mr. Trump, when exactly did you become a Republican?” Still valid. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8204 "2020-12-27T23:23:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I still think Fox News asked a great question in early 2016 when they asked him, “Mr. Trump, when exactly did you become a Republican?” Now, they should ask him again. And add: "…and for God’s sake, when will you _stop?"_ ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8205 "2020-12-28T05:05:47Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Good. Trump trashing and burning everything in his path may just give Senate control to the Dems, or very close to it, making it difficult for McTurtle to cripple the Biden administration. Breaking News: I just spotted a headline that Trump signed the budget/stimulus bill. I didn’t read the story yet, but I’m sure it’s already discussed in another thread here. It’s relevance in this thread is just that, in light of several posts above, it brings the Georgia runoffs more into question again. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8206 "2020-12-28T05:26:13Z")
He did, and this presumably will mitigate the damage that could have been done to the GA Republican Senate candidates if Trump had let the federal government shut down, enhanced unemployment benefits expire, etc. The GA runoffs were the entire reason why McConnell allowed any stimulus bill to pass the Senate at all, recognizing that Purdue and Loeffler were getting killed on the issue. This should get them back on track to bitch about Joe Biden’s “socialism” while taking credit for voting for trillions of dollars in government spending. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8207 "2020-12-28T13:50:54Z")
He still caused a tremendous amount of damage. A lot of people had their unemployment expire and now they have to open a new claim. This will cause delays of who knows how long. And Trump made us all want $2000.00 instead of a measly $600.00, but he couldn’t close the deal. I hope that will be the takeaway. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8208 "2020-12-28T14:20:12Z")
> **[Some Republicans plan to challenge Biden's Electoral College victory. Here's...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/27/politics/electoral-college-objection-bush-boxer/index.html)** > > When Congress met to tally the results of the 2004 presidential election, then-Sen. Barbara Boxer stood alone on the Senate floor to object to President George W. Bush's reelection victory in Ohio over Democrat John Kerry, forcing the House and... ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8209 "2020-12-28T14:56:09Z")
While it doesn’t justify Republicans’ groundless objections to electors, I do think that Boxer is being pretty disingenuous regarding the differences between her 2004 objection and this year. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8210 "2020-12-30T05:08:09Z")
_sob_ > **[Giuliani reveals Trump campaign is filing new Supreme Court bid to try to...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/supreme-court-trump-giuliani-election-b1780166.html?utm_source=reddit.com)** > > The campaign suggested the latest lawsuit would be followed by ‘action out of Georgia’ > The Trump campaign says its petition will present claims that ballots were counted by voters without identification, incomplete absentee ballots were counted, and ballots were collected by hand at events held before the election. When will it end? Why won’t he just go away? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8211 "2020-12-30T07:58:43Z")
For twenty large per day I bet I could come up with lots of reasons my services would be needed too. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8212 "2020-12-30T08:31:00Z")
So it sounds like Trump was right we are indeed getting tired of winning, or at least getting tired of our opponent losing ([59-1](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-election-court-losses-electoral-college) as of Dec 14 not sure what it is now) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8213 "2020-12-30T15:28:41Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Yeah. A coworker Trump moron strolled up to me last week and said a few astoundingly dumb things that he was obviously fed from some bullshit “news” source. The main dumb ass thing was, following his hope to get a stimulus check: “Democrats only want to give us $600, but Trump wants to give us $2000.” > This is his dumb fucking world in a nutshell. I’m not at work to discuss politics, so I didn’t ask him if he knows who contols the senate. Or if he knows how bills become law. Or if he tied his own shoes that morning. > I just said: “Good luck getting that past McConnell.” You might want to send him this link to an article by Fox News commentator John Fund. It’s actually fairly balanced in explaining how this issue unfolded: > **[John Fund: Trump creates a nightmare for Republicans in last-minute fight...](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-2000-john-fund)** > > President Trump’s last-minute about-face on the size of stimulus checks for most Americans to help deal with the economic harm caused by the coronavirus pandemic has turned Washington upside down only days before a new Congress is sworn in. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8214 "2020-12-30T15:30:47Z")
McConnell has poison-pilled the $2000 stimulus check with a Section 230 repeal and a commission on voter fraud. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8215 "2020-12-30T15:37:45Z")
Trump tweets this morning that Republican Governor Brian Kemp should resign for not playing along with his attempt to overturn the Presidential election results in Georgia. This is quite a turnaround – Trump’s support helped Kemp come out on top in a tough Republican primary for Governor and Kemp has reciprocated by lavishly praising Trump and following his lead on things like coronavirus response. Can’t really feel bad for him, though. If you’re going to jump on board the Trump train, he expects nothing less than total subservience in all things – up to and including illegal and unconscionable actions to keep him in office. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8216 "2020-12-30T15:38:46Z")
I get $2000 _and_ Facebook is destroyed _and_ I’m cured of my Twitter addiction? All for some bullshit commission being run by the Dems during a Democratic administration? Where do I sign up?!? 😉 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8217 "2020-12-30T15:44:53Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Trump’s support helped Kemp come out on top in a tough Republican primary for Governor and Kemp has reciprocated by lavishly praising Trump and following his lead on things like coronavirus response. In trumpworld, loyalty only flows one way. > [@](#): > > Can’t really feel bad for him, though. If you’re going to jump on board the Trump train, he expects nothing less than total subservience in all things – up to and including illegal and unconscionable actions to keep him in office. You have to expect to be thrown under the train at a moment’s notice. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8218 "2020-12-30T15:46:30Z")
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