2020 Presidential Election Tag

The Trump Movement As We Knew It Ended Today

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2021 325 Comments

It's often hard to understand the impact an event will have in the future when you are going through it in real time or soon after. Today's storming of the Capitol, including rioting, is one of those real-time events about which I'm comfortable reaching some conclusions.

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CBS News: Cabinet Members Discussing 25th Amendment To Remove Trump

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2021 49 Comments

A CBS News correspondent reports that cabinet members are discussing possibly invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump as president.

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Trump Supporters Storm Capital Hill, Attack Police and Breaking Windows

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 06, 2021 164 Comments

Trump supporters breached security and stormed into Capital Hill. Reports say that Capital Police had to use pepper spray in the Rotunda. Others say they are shooting into the chamber.

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LIVE: Congress Counts Electoral Votes, Some Republicans Plan to Challenge Results

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 06, 2021 25 Comments

Congress will convene at 1 p.m. ET to count the 538 electoral votes. At least 12 Republican senators will challenge the results along with a handful of Republican House members.

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[No, we’re not going to cover Trump’s call to Georgia Secretary of State]

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2021 66 Comments

Donald Trump's phone call with the Georgia Secretary of State is a microcosm of the Trump era -- Trump pushing but not exceeding the legal limits, and the media/Democrats/NeverTrumpers/Establishment Republicans hyperventilating in a feeding frenzy.

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12 GOP Senators Call for Electoral Commission to Conduct “Emergency 10-day Audit” Of Disputed States (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2021 166 Comments

Twelve Republican Senators and Senators Elect, led by Ted Cruz, have released a Joint Letter calling for appointment of an Electoral Commission to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of results in disputed states, to be completed in time for the January 20 inauguration, including giving state legislature's time to change their electoral votes if the audit reveals fraud.

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January 6 – No Mike Pence Can’t Just Reject Electoral Certifications

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 31, 2020 235 Comments

Senator Josh Hawley and numerous Republican representatives have indicated that when electoral certifications are set to be counted, they will object to the counting of certifications from several disputed states.

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Former CA Sen. Boxer: My 2004 Electoral Challenge is ‘No Comparison’ to Hawley’s Challenge to Biden’s Electoral Win

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 31, 2020 28 Comments

Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer told CNN that her challenging President George Bush's 2004 electoral win is nothing at all like Sen. Josh Hawley's challenging Joe Biden's electoral win. Uh, what.

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Leslie’s Top Posts of 2020

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 28, 2020 5 Comments

It's hard to believe that one year ago, my "Top Posts" feature was actually upbeat and optimistic. What a year 2020 has been! Thank you, my friends, for your support during this turbulent year.

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U.S. Supreme Court Pushes Off Pennsylvania Case Until After Inauguration Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2020 138 Comments

During my round up of post-election news on December 21, 2020, I noted a new filing regarding Pennsylvania:

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Sidney Powell May Get To Try To Prove Her ‘Kraken’ Case – As a Defendant in Civil Lawsuits by Smartmatic and Dominion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2020 96 Comments

There have been several post-election developments in the last few days.

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Romney Baffled That 2024 GOP Contenders “are trying to become as much like Donald Trump as they can be”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 20, 2020 89 Comments

Failed 2012 GOP presidential candidate, former Massachusetts governor, and current Senator from Utah, Mitt "Marches with Marxists" Romney is, arguably, the poster-child for much that ushered in President Trump's presidency.

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Calls Begin for Kamala Harris to Have a ‘More Important Job’ Than ‘Just the Vice President’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 17, 2020 84 Comments

Long before Joe Biden became the Democratic presidential nominee, reports circulated that the then-77-year-old former VP signaled he'd only commit to serving one term if elected. This came after months of Democrats and media figures raised the issue of his age and cognitive health after a series of gaffes and flubs made during the primaries.

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U. Oregon Students Want College Republicans Removed From Campus for Attending ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 17, 2020 42 Comments

The College Republicans at the University of Oregon recently attended a "stop the steal" rally. Since this event was also supported by the Proud Boys, certain activist students are now trying to get the Republican group removed from campus.

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Where things stand at this hour

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2020 186 Comments

I've been extremely fatigued the last few days. I don't think I have coronavirus because I don't have other symptoms, but it's been hard for me to sustain the energy to follow the legal proceedings that have brought to a conclusion the judicial option for fighting the election result.

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Democrat NJ Rep. Demands Pelosi Not Seat 126 GOP Reps Who Backed Texas Suit

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 12, 2020 21 Comments

Following the Supreme Court's denial of the Texas lawsuit—later joined by 17 states, New Jersey Democrat Rep. Bill Pascrell is demanding that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refuse to seat the 126 House Republicans who supported the Texas suit. LI readers may recall Pascrell filing complaints against and trying to get lawyers representing President Trump disbarred.

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U.S. Supreme Court denies Texas lawsuit “for lack of standing”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2020 422 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling in Texas' lawsuit challenging election procedures in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The lawsuit divided the nation, with roughly half the states supporting and opposing the lawsuit, respectively.

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Damage Already Done: Media and Big Tech Ease Suppression Of Hunter Biden Influence Peddling Scandal

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 11, 2020 46 Comments

The Democrat/Media/Big Tech axis has decided that it is safe—now that the election is over—to inform the American people about the shady Ukrainian and ChiCom connections and influence-peddling scandal surrounding Hunter Biden and implicating 'the big guy,' then Vice President and now Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden.

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