I believe this also. The people of this country are smart and picked Hillary Clinton. It’s the Electoral College that put a man who’s incompetent in office.
Liker? I don’t even know her!
“Liker in the front, po—” uh, nevermind.
He doesn’t really believe that nobody in that room other than him and the patient have been tested for coronavirus, does he? Way to make people feel comfortable in your presence. Also, does that mean that everyone in Pence’s orbit is also being tested regularly including the secret service, aides and WH staff, as well as his immediate family? Must be nice.
You just made me realize something unpleasant:
Election meddling is a thing, and it happened in 2016 (even if we can argue the effect was small). The current administration has handwaved it because it skewed towards hurting clinton.
So this time around we’re in a situation where there are countries that 1) hate Trump and 2) Have the ability to interfere with the US election much more than last time. and 3) The US has largely been complacent about the threat, maybe even encouraged it.
The unpleasant thought is: what about the scenario where trump loses, but there is actual evidence – accepted by everyone – of some foreign interference that hindered trump? What happens next? Probably absolute chaos.
You reminded me of an exchange from the movie Clue:
Col Mustard: Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?
Wadsworth: You don’t need any help from me, sir.
Mike Pence has banned the Voice of America reporter from his press pool after the reporter said on Twitter that the press were told by the Pence staff the day before the Mayo Clinic visit that they were all required to wear masks. Pence is also demanding an apology.
This is generally the threat - that one side loses a close election with evidence of election tampering, which then leads to a result that is disputed. I think this would be problematic whether it’s Biden or Trump who loses, but yes, there’s a greater than zero chance that the armed right wing protest mob goes off. At minimum, chaos, as you say.
How come there wasn’t chaos in 2016, where there was evidence of election tampering?
Now we got the latest Trumpian bimbo spewing crap on TV…
I’d say because in general the Democrats have a larger faith in the norms of society. They got screwed but mostly within the rules so they accepted it.
The GOP has long been ramping up their attacks on those norms, so when (Odin willing) Trump loses, they will assume it was due to deep state plot. That will lead to a non-zero chance of some number of them attempting a 2nd amendment solution.
Whether that will be enough to cause actual nationwide chaos will need to be seen.
Heh. True.
But, upon whom?
That’s always been the question, hasn’t it?
Presumably, the local police, state police, maybe National Guard. All the folks they generally “thank for their service”. Of course, they probably also think those folks will mostly side with them. And maybe they’re right - in which case I don’t know who they are marching against, the real armed forces?
New White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany held a press conference today, the first since Sarah Huckabee stopped doing them. She started off by saying she would never lie to the press (was this a dig at Huckabee and Spicer?) and then proceeded to lie through her teeth,
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But she never said that she was going to be truthful. She equivocated, distorted, exaggerated, minimized, misspoke and lampooned the facts. All par for course, for a parody of an administration.
I for one, would say: “Sucks to be you. You had 4 years to tighten up election security. Karma’s a bitch, ain’t it?”
But that would not be helpful.
The House has asked to interview Dr. Fauci. The White House says “no”. :rolleyes:
And we’re going to hear less and less about COVID-19 and more about reopening. The WH and allies are basically tripling down and putting down all their poker chips on the table: pretend the pandemic is over, lie their asses off, call new cluster reports fake news, sacrifice the lives of people who have to work, and hope people are dumb enough to buy it. And if they aren’t, get some help from Russia, or incite right wing unrest.