2020 US Election Thread

[adidasss]

Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans join baseless effort to overturn election

Among the 126 lawmakers who signed on to the brief is a particularly puzzling group: 19 Republican members of Congress who represent districts in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.

Those members all appeared on the same ballot as the presidential candidates and all but one were elected under the same rules to which they are now objecting.

(Meanwhile, Doug Collins, a Georgia congressman, ran for a US Senate seat and lost. Collins conceded his race, thereby accepting his defeat in a statewide election, and was later chosen by the Trump campaign to lead its recount effort in the state.)

By signing on to the brief, those lawmakers are essentially arguing that their own results could have been tainted by the same irregularities they say cost Trump the election in their state.

Just wow.

I don't know if we have to wait until January or the 14th of December for this nightmare to be over.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by adidasss

Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans join baseless effort to overturn election


Just wow.

I don't know if we have to wait until January or the 14th of December for this nightmare to be over.

That’s pre-civil war type **** right there.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by elphenor

Could be that they don't expect it to matter, so why take the political hit by not supporting Trump

If that's their thinking, I don't know whether to call it cynical or stupid. What's it like? Saying " Yeah, I went along with the bank robbery because I knew it would fail" Something like that, isn't it?

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by elphenor

Could be that they don't expect it to matter, so why take the political hit by not supporting Trump

Because they were elected by the same process and would seemingly want to continue living a democracy unless they figure they’d do better in a dictatorship?

For a huge chunk of congress to sign on to not recognizing our democratic process is alarming af.

I’m not saying it will amount to anything but it reminds of **** you read in a history book before something crazy happens.