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In the mean time, Jon Ossoff has won the second Senate seat in the Georgia runoff election. So both seats go to Democrats, and GOP lose their majority. Also (from NY Times):
Both Democrats now lead their defeated Republican opponents by margins that are larger than the threshold required to trigger a recount under Georgia law.
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@Stargazer said in US Politics:
Both Democrats now lead their defeated Republican opponents by margins that are larger than the threshold required to trigger a recount under Georgia law.
Will the scenes in Capitol today finally get Trump et al to stop calling lawsuits?
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@NTA said in US Politics:
@Stargazer said in US Politics:
Both Democrats now lead their defeated Republican opponents by margins that are larger than the threshold required to trigger a recount under Georgia law.
Will the scenes in Capitol today finally get Trump et al to stop calling lawsuits?
I wonder if his antics had anything to do with the result? I'm sure it won't stop the hardcore Trump supporters but if it starts to look like he is having a negative effect on their position I suspect there are many who will be pleased to cut him off
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@Stargazer stupid or not there is zero value imo in Trump letting up. Go hard till biden comes in to set up running again and/or setting up his media company - or to salt the earth lol. If only it were lol! Sigh.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/Pm2PKV0Fp3">pic.twitter.com/Pm2PKV0Fp3</a></p>β Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="
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a shocking response, actually comes across like, "they're making me say something but keep going"
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@Kiwiwomble or has he!! π wonder if someone had hacked him and was just biden their time. Sorry, I'll get my coat.
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@Paekakboyz said in US Politics:
@Kiwiwomble or has he!! π wonder if someone had hacked him and was just biden their time. Sorry, I'll get my coat.
Apology not accepted. You shouldn't do dad jokes at our ex Pence.
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@TeWaio said in US Politics:
Mike Pence has just changed his twitter banner to a photo of Biden and Harris π and unfollowed Trump
Was thinking Pence was doing a good job of coming across reasonable and balanced and setting himself up as a potential candudate in 2024. But now I feel he's set himself up as a target of an assassination for decades to come.
Poor fucker.
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@Snowy said in US Politics:
@Paekakboyz said in US Politics:
@Kiwiwomble or has he!! π wonder if someone had hacked him and was just biden their time. Sorry, I'll get my coat.
Apology not accepted. You shouldn't do dad jokes at our ex Pence.
Awesome mate.
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@Paekakboyz said in US Politics:
@antipodean how big do you think the loony fringe is? given the two party system it'd only take a pretty small % of GOP supporters throwing their weight elsewhere (lol not Dem) to weaken the 'mainstream' GOP party. If say 5% refuse to vote GOP in the next few years that could have a big impact. I totally agree that the vast majority of voters on both sides are no where near the fringe elements that hog the coverage.
edit - not being a dick with that first question btw, just kind of musing on how big that fringe is for both dems and GOP. Almost impossible to tell with how MSM etc represents things.
I would posit that there's a considerable amount of people who gave Trump a go in 2016 and became utterly disillusioned at the four years he served. I suggest they're a far larger group than the nutjobs. One only has to look at the eight million who switched from Obama to Trump to see there's a bloc that isn't wedded to a particular party.
If the GOP becomes slightly more sane (i.e. no more Tweets from an imbecile) you could pick up maybe a quarter of that at the same time the Democrat base is no longer mobilised.
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@NTA said in US Politics:
LOL funny.
How stupid do you have to be to not comprehend photos like that will be called "exhibit A, B & C" by federal prosecutors?
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@antipodean said in US Politics:
@NTA said in US Politics:
LOL funny.
How stupid do you have to be to not comprehend photos like that will be called "exhibit A, B & C" by federal prosecutors?
Stupid enough to believe Trump was beaten due to voter fraud?
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@booboo said in US Politics:
@antipodean said in US Politics:
@NTA said in US Politics:
LOL funny.
How stupid do you have to be to not comprehend photos like that will be called "exhibit A, B & C" by federal prosecutors?
Stupid enough to believe Trump was beaten due to voter fraud?
Trump will probably pardon him
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@antipodean said in US Politics:
How stupid do you have to be to not comprehend photos like that will be called "exhibit A, B & C" by federal prosecutors?
There won't be any shortage of incriminating photos. I see dumb people!
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