2020 Election Tag

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#NY22: Democrat Regains Lead By 14 Votes After Hundreds Of New Votes Counted

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 23, 2020 17 Comments

New York Congressional District Rep. Anthony Brindisi took a lead by fourteen votes over his Republican challenger Claudia Tenney. Brindisi is ahead by 0.00004%.

POLICE VIDEO: #GASen Candidate Warnock’s Then-Wife Alleges Altercation, “He’s not who he pretends to be”

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 23, 2020 36 Comments

Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired never-before-seen bodycam footage Tuesday night of a disturbing incident in March that involved Georgia's Democratic Senate nominee Rev. Raphael Warnock, then-wife Ouleye Ndoye, and a police officer who was called to the scene.

https://www.wicz.com/story/43061166/ny22-canvassing-of-votes-continues-this-week-in-undetermined-congressional-race

#NY22: Delayed Time Stamps on Ballots Stored In Jail Cell May Impact Election Outcome

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 22, 2020 19 Comments

New York's 22nd Congressional District will begin the next session without a representative because the election is still a mess. First, it was sticky notes. Now, it's about time stamps on ballots stored in a jail cell. You cannot make up this stuff!

https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1341194168782245889

No Pushback When CNN Guest Suggests ‘a Little Cheating’ Reelected McConnell

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 22, 2020 27 Comments

Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson claimed "there was a little cheating" to reelect Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront. Fill-in host Kate Bolduan and the other panelists did not dispute Wilkerson's suggestion.

Republicans See Encouraging Signs for Their Campaigns in Georgia Senate Run-off Races

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 21, 2020 30 Comments

As it stands now, Republicans hold a 50-48 advantage in the battle for who controls the Senate.

#NY22: Could These 67 Rejected Votes Finally Put an End to the Brindisi-Tenney Race?

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 16, 2020 9 Comments

Here we go again with the race for New York's 22nd Congressional District! Incumbent Democrat Rep. Anthony Brindisi's campaign wants to count 60 rejected ballots. Republican Claudia Tenney wants to count seven ballots.

Biden in Leaked Audio Says GOP Misused ‘Defund the Police’ to Defeat Democrats in November

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 11, 2020 28 Comments

In leaked audio, Joe Biden shared police concerns with civil rights leaders but showed caution when it came to overhauling law enforcement. Biden griped that the GOP's misusage of the slogan "defund the police" allowed them to beat Democrats across the country. Now the Democrats have one of the smallest majorities in history.

Stained Ballot Could Help Determine Winner of #NY22

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 11, 2020 18 Comments

You guys, the race to represent New York's 22nd Congressional District keeps finding ways to outdo itself. Now a stained ballot might help determine the race. No, it's not like the blue dress. No one knows if the stain is blood or chocolate.

https://twitter.com/ReverendWarnock/status/1337064537049210889

GA Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock Spread Fabrication that Jesus Was a “Poor Palestinian”

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on December 10, 2020 29 Comments

Groucho Marx once famously quipped, "If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again." Reverend Raphael Warnock—senior pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta (where MLK Jr. and Sr. served as co-pastors) and Democratic candidate for Senate—seems to have adopted Groucho's joke as a personal mantra: like Yasser Arafat, Ilhan Omar, Linda Sarsour, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, The New York Times, and many others before him, Warnock has attempted to rewrite history, claiming that Jesus of Nazareth was "Palestinian."

NY Justice Refuses to Declare Winner in #NY22, Puts Them Back at Square One

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2020 22 Comments

New York State Supreme Court Judge Scott DelConte told Board of Elections officials that he would not declare a winner in New York's 22nd Congressional District and fix previous errors. My head is still spinning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy9Qg_a2i-Q&t=79s

Former Candidates, Strategists Push Democrats to Focus More on Economy Instead of Healthcare

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 07, 2020 12 Comments

The Democrats might have ousted President Donald Trump and kept the majority in the House, but no one can describe 2020 as a blue wave. Instead, it might be a sign of things to come if the Democrats do not change their focus.

Biden Tells CNN He’s Down for a 100-Day Mask Mandate

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 03, 2020 85 Comments

Talking to CNN's Jake Tapper, Biden indicated he'd have us all in masks for 100 days. As if we haven't all been masked up since March?

Democrat in Iowa 2nd District Race Goes to U.S. House of Representatives to Challenge Six Vote Loss

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 03, 2020 27 Comments

Republican Marianette Miller-Meeks has already declared victory in the race for Iowa's 2nd district, a contest that came down to just six votes. Now, days later, the Democrat candidate Rita Hart has decided to challenge the results, in an unexpected way.

#GASen: Warnock-Linked Group Under Investigation For Trying To Register Non-Georgia Residents To Vote

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 02, 2020 33 Comments

A funny thing happened in Georgia back in the state's June 2020 primaries: a thousand people "double-voted," a fact that was not reported by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger until September.

More #NY22 Drama: County Discovers 55 Uncounted Early Votes, 44 of Which are Valid

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 02, 2020 37 Comments

You honestly did not think New York's 22nd Congressional District would go without drama before both sides filed more court motions on Wednesday and attend a court session next week, right? Because of course, it didn't!

AG Barr: No Criminal Fraud on a Scale That Would Change Outcome of Election, Trump’s Legal Team Responds

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 01, 2020 73 Comments

In an interview with the Associated Press, Attorney General William Barr indicated that their investigations found no evidence of widespread criminal fraud such that the outcome of the election would change.

#NY22: Republican Challenger Claudia Tenney Moves Back Into Lead By 13 Votes After Final Count

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2020 13 Comments

The lead for #NY22 changes every single day. Now Republican challenger Claudia Tenney leads Democrat incumbent Anthony Brindisi in the final vote. But the winner will likely come from the 2,200 affidavit ballots both parties rejected and 270 absentee ballots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk5MecINoT0

#GASen: Jon Ossoff Embraces His Inner Bernie Bro, Praises Bernie’s Advocacy For Socialized Medicine As “Necessary”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 29, 2020 22 Comments

Back in 2017, Ossoff ran—and lost—the most expensive House campaign in history for Georgia's 6th district. At the time, anti-Trump MSNBC host Joe Scarborough decried Ossoff as a “Bernie Sanders socialist.” He was not wrong.

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