2020 Elections Final Call...

Mangele · November 4, 2020, 7:03pm

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Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to receive more votes for president than any other candidate in U.S. election history. With many precincts still reporting results, he had already gathered 70,398,487 popular votes, compared to former President Barack Obama’s 2008 popular vote total of 69,498,516.

The news follows reports on Tuesday night that the 2020 election was shaping up to have the highest voter turnout since 1908, when 65 percent of eligible Americans voted, [I]The New York Times[/I] reports. The country was on track for around 160 million votes this year, which would put the eligible turnout rate at around 67 percent.

Biden’s lead over President Trump in the popular vote isn’t likely to let up either; experts, in fact, say his margin over Trump is only likely to grow at this point. Even so, Trump’s totals are also appearing like they’re going to pass Obama’s 2008 record, FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver tweeted.

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The latest on key races:

• Arizona: The AP called Arizona for Biden shortly after Trump declared victory, around 2:30 a.m., angering the president’s campaign, which has expressed confidence it can still win. Fox News has also called the state for Biden.
• Wisconsin: Biden took a narrow lead in the Badger State when results from Milwaukee County were reported around 4 a.m.
• Michigan: Biden then grabbed the lead in Michigan as votes in the Detroit metro area were tallied. The Biden campaign has expressed belief there could be race calls in both Wisconsin and Michigan today.
• Georgia: The Peach State is too close to call, but votes from Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, still remain. This is viewed as a toss-up.
• Nevada: Biden had been leading by a comfortable margin on election night, but the race tightened considerably, with Trump pulling to within 8,000 votes as election officials announced that the state was done counting in-person ballots and would pick up the vote count Thursday morning.

If Biden wins Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin and holds Nevada as projected, he will have 270 electoral college votes and be the next president.
If Trump held his current advantages in Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alaska, he would fall just short of a second term with 263 electoral votes. He would therefore have to overtake Biden elsewhere, as well.

Here’s where the race to 270 currently stands:

• Biden: 253

• Trump: 214

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Sore Loser In Chief Donald Trump’s campaign said Wednesday that it had filed suits to halt the counting of ballots in Michigan and Pennsylvania, as the campaign demanded increased access to observe the tallying process at numerous locations in those battleground states. The Trump campaign also said that its lawsuit demands that the campaign be allowed to “review those ballots which were opened and counted while we did not have meaningful access.”

The announcement comes as the Republican incumbent faces an ultra-tight race against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the key battleground states, and in Georgia and Nevada.

The lawsuit in Michigan comes as President Trump faces an ultra-tight race against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

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[SIZE=7]Why a Wisconsin recount won’t likely save Trump[/SIZE]
Yahoo News editor David Knowles reports:

The Trump campaign announced Wednesday that it was requesting a formal recount of the ballots cast in the presidential election in the state of Wisconsin, where Joe Biden leads by more than 20,000 votes and the Associated Press projected him the winner.

In 2016, Trump was declared the winner in Wisconsin with a smaller margin of votes than now separates him and Biden. According to state law, the Trump campaign will also be expected to pay for the recount, since the margin separating the two candidates is above 0.26 percent.

Under state law, any candidate within a 1 percent margin in the final tally is entitled to a recount. As of Wednesday at noon, Biden had a lead of 20,533 votes out of a total of 3,240,329 ballots cast, or 0.6 percent. State officials must complete their counts by Wednesday by 4 p.m. local time, but then the counties will conduct canvases that must be finished by Nov. 17. Those results are then sent to the state’s Elections Commission, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported, which plans to certify results on Dec. 1. If the margin separating Trump and Biden continues to be within 1 percent, a recount can then proceed. Read more.

captain_obvious · November 4, 2020, 7:36pm

Waaah…Uncle Trump amekaza kunyi.

Mjuaji · November 4, 2020, 8:32pm

Kirudiwo !

Thirimaii · November 5, 2020, 3:36am

Why didn’t we do the same to Konyagi 3yrs ago!

Pole kwa Trump but ulininyimaga visa so umejua hujui

Mangele · November 5, 2020, 1:53pm

[SIZE=7]Lessons Arap Mashamba Could Learn from Guka Biden[/SIZE]

The US 2020 elections may be too close to call, but most global television networks and political experts are betting on former Vice President Joe Biden to be the 46th President.

The Democrat looks set on trouncing incumbent Donald Trump of the Republican Party. However, in Kenya, analysts are using the closely contested elections as a benchmark for Kenyan politics and a mirror for Kenyan politicians.

Joe Biden has drawn a number of comparisons with Deputy President William Ruto who is hell-bent on succeeding President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.

[I]Kenyans.co.ke[/I] spoke to political analyst and TV pundit Martin Andati who stated that Ruto should learn several lessons and pick a leaf from Biden’s career spanning over four decades.

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The 44th US President Barack Obama (left) with his Vice President and 2020 Democrat nominee Joe Biden (right)
at White House, Washington DC

The two have served as deputies to Presidents, nonetheless, Andati argued that Ruto has countlessly contradicted his boss, Uhuru Kenyatta.

"Biden fully supported Barack Obama despite the latter being younger. He was humble and even supported the 2016 Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.

“Biden stepped away from politics for four years and returned to run for the presidency in 2022. He never disobeyed Obama. Our very own Ruto wants to inherit the presidency even before Uhuru goes home,” Andati stated.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) with his deputy William Ruto (right)

Kenyatta reportedly agreed to campaign for Ruto in 2022 and have him lead Kenya for 10 more years. Ruto’s camp, however, argued that the Head of State betrayed him by shaking hands and partnering with Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga.

The President’s camp hit back accusing him of openly defied Kenyatta. They vowed to support Odinga to serve as a one-term transitional president.

Andati argued that if Ruto had been humble, Kenyatta would have honored his pledge similar to Obama campaigning for Biden.

“If Biden wins, Obama would be the one who delivered the White House to him. Barack is popular among blacks and youth. Ruto could have benefitted from Uhuru’s popularity and directive but he never learnt that patience pays,” Andati stated.

Kenyatta accused Ruto of sidelining himself from the government. The Head of State claimed the two had been part of a relays team until when Ruto took the baton and ran in the opposite direction.

Similar to Biden taking a break from politics for four years, the University of Nairobi don Herman Manyora urged Ruto to take a break in 2022 and run for the presidency in 2027 and 2032.

“He would then focus on his businesses, chicken farming, hotel industry and any other before returning later on,” the analyst opined arguing that the DP frustrated Kenyatta to a point where he (Kenyatta) would ensure Ruto does not succeed him.

Mangele · November 5, 2020, 2:47pm

explaining Trump’s Election Legal Strategy…

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/explaining-trumps-legal-strategy-battleground-states-74034538

Trump supporters so confused these want the vote count to stop because Trump lead is dwindling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojKTi9vZXc:5

These want the vote count in Arizona to continue because Trump numbers are increasing…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URupAZAPvQs:17

Mangele · November 5, 2020, 5:05pm

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@Purple , @T.Vercetti and @uwesmake kam hia… :p:p:p:p

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Mangele · November 5, 2020, 8:32pm

[SIZE=7]Georgia judge throws out Trump campaign lawsuit on absentee ballots[/SIZE]

President Trump’s campaign filed the lawsuit against the Chatham County Board of Elections Wednesday evening, alleging that a witness had said that late-arriving ballots had not been properly stored and may have been mixed in with timely ballots.

“Having read and considered said petition, all argument and evidence of record, including the evidence presented at the hearing, and the applicable law, the Court finds that there is no evidence that the ballots referenced in the petition were received after 7:00 p.m. on election day, thereby making those ballots invalid,” Bass said in a brief, one-paragraph decision.

As election officials continue counting ballots in Maricopa County, protesters showed up again in downtown Phoenix on Thursday to express support for President Trump, who was still trailing in the results.

About 50 demonstrators gathered in front of City Hall, hoisting Trump signs and chanting “Stop the Steal.” Several in the crowd were openly carrying rifles and handguns.

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Dale Williams, 70, a retired real estate broker, said he showed up to voice opposition to what he described as a Democratic attempt to steal the election, echoing claims the president has made, without citing evidence. “I absolutely believe Donald Trump won Arizona and won the country,” said Mr. Williams, who was carrying a concealed handgun that he showed to a reporter. “We cannot let Democrats get away with fraud.”

Around noon more protesters, some holding military-style rifles, began arriving, with a handful of police officers positioned nearby.

“I’m here to tell the left there’s no way in hell they’re taking my guns,” said Josh Dawl, 35, who showed up with both a .22 caliber rifle and a Winchester Model 1894 rifle. “Trump supports our constitutional rights. Biden does not.” :D:D:D:D

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A Michigan judge on Thursday also dismissed a challenge from the Trump campaign to ballot counting in Michigan, saying local officials have already finished counting ballots cast in the Nov. 3 election and there is no legal basis or evidence to grant what the campaign requested.

The Trump campaign filed the lawsuit late Wednesday in an apparent last-ditch effort to stop Democrat Joe Biden from overtaking Republican President Donald Trump in the Michigan vote tally as clerks tallied absentee ballots in Detroit and other major cities that predominantly went to Biden.

Trump has filed similar lawsuits in other closely contested battleground states.

Thor Hearne, an attorney for the Trump campaign, said he wanted an order directing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to require “meaningful access” for campaign poll watchers to the counting of state ballots, plus access to videotaped surveillance of ballot drop boxes installed around the state after Oct. 1.

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“STOP THE COUNT!” tweeted the desperate, deceitful, dastardly demagogue who currently occupies the White House. He said this as elections officials diligently tallied votes legally cast and received and by the hour and day his margin shrunk in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Mail-in votes are the last to be counted, in part because Republicans refused to let states do any advance processing, and they skew heavily Democratic in these states. So Trump’s leads are diminishing.

Meantime, Trump and his minions demand that vote counts continue or even accelerate in Arizona and Nevada, states where he’s behind and Joe Biden’s margin could shrink. Either he doesn’t realize or he doesn’t care that one primal scream refutes the other. :D:D

[SIZE=7]For Biden, any of the four remaining battleground states will do[/SIZE]
Via the Associated Press:

Democrat Joe Biden pushed closer Thursday to the 270 Electoral College votes he needed to win the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Trump’s path to reelection.

Two days after Election Day, neither candidate had amassed the votes needed to win the White House. But Biden’s victories in the Great Lakes states left him at 264, meaning he was one battleground state away — any would do — from becoming president-elect.

Trump, with 214 electoral votes, faced a much higher hurdle. To reach 270, he needed to claim all four remaining battlegrounds: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada.

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Mangele · November 6, 2020, 2:19am

[SIZE=6]Republicans criticize Trump after his attack on election integrity[/SIZE]
Republican lawmakers were quick to criticize Trump on Thursday after the president made a series of baseless claims that people are trying to ‘steal’ the election from him.

After the remarks, which the president gave from the White House, Republicans urged for patience as votes were counted and pleaded for the president to stop attacking the integrity of the election.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. and an Air Force veteran, has repeatedly criticized the president for his attacks on the election process but after Trump’s speech, said, “this is getting insane.”

“We want every vote counted, yes every legal vote (of course). But, if you have legit concerns about fraud present EVIDENCE and take it to court,” he wrote on Twitter. “STOP Spreading debunked misinformation…This is getting insane.”

Fellow Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell, of Michigan, similarly stressed the need to maintain confidence in the country’s election process, writing on Twitter that if a candidate "has proof of wrongdoing, it should be presented and resolved.

“Anything less harms the integrity of our elections and is dangerous for our democracy,” Mitchell said. “I have experienced both losses and victories in elections. Losses hurt deeply - I know that personally. But our nation demands that its political leaders accept both wins and losses with grace and maturity. Let the voters decide.”

Sen. Mitt Romney, the Utah Republican who frequently clashes with the president, also chimed but didn’t explicitly criticize the president, stressing for Americans to “have faith in democracy” and the Constitution.

“Counting every vote is at the heart of democracy. That process is often long and, for those running, frustrating,” he wrote on Twitter. "The votes will be counted. If there are irregularities alleges, they will be investigated and ultimately resolved in court.

— Christal Hayes

Several news networks cut off President Donald Trump on Thursday evening during a press conference regarding the election. MSNBC, NPR, CBS, and NBC did not let Trump finish his statement, which was laced with false claims regarding the election. These were his first remarks since his early morning post-Election Day speech on Wednesday when he made misleading statements about the progress of vote counting. As of reporting, Joe Biden leads both the electoral college and the popular vote over Trump. Votes from Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia, Alaska, and Arizona have yet to be called.
“Here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the President of the United States but correcting the President of the United States…” Brian Williams of MSNBC said.

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A few users also noted that NPR cut off Trump’s speech, such as political advisor Adam Parkhomenko.
“Trump is speaking now before the media. NPR cut him off for a fact check. Unacceptable decision,” Ralph Nader said. “I then scrolled through all the many commercial radio stations. They were not carrying Trump’s remarks. Misusing our public airwaves, free.”
Others pointed out that ABC’s David Muir also ended Trump’s statement since “there is a lot to fact check.”
Additionally, NBC’s Lester Holt cut off the president following “a number of false statements,” one user tweeted. Another noted that Trump’s appearance was cut short after he said “illegal votes.”

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CBS also cut off Trump, according to Michael Grynbaum of The New York Times. “The three major networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — have all cut away after Trump made false claims in an appearance at the White House,” Grynbaum said.
CNN, however, did not cut off the president. Following his speech, Anderson Cooper appeared shocked. He called the president an “obese turtle on his back flailing in the hot sun, realizing his time is over.”

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Mangele · November 6, 2020, 6:59pm

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[SIZE=7]Trump vows to ‘never give up fighting’[/SIZE]

The Trump campaign released the following statement attributed to the president early Friday afternoon:

“We believe the American people deserve to have full transparency into all vote counting and election certification, and that this is no longer about any single election. This is about the integrity of our entire election process. From the beginning, we have said that all legal ballots must be counted and all illegal ballots should not be counted, yet we have met resistance to this basic principle by Democrats at every turn. We will pursue this process through every aspect of the law to guarantee that the American people have confidence in our government. I will never give up fighting for you and our nation.”

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Finest_wine · November 6, 2020, 7:22pm

Mangele, sometimes give a brief summary. We can’t all read all these links and also listen to videos. So is Biden in or not?
[SIZE=1]And you know the tongue stick out emoji is really a girlie thing[/SIZE]…

Mangele · November 6, 2020, 7:26pm

Biden’s in…but our Stable Genius needs to put his Big Boy pants on and start packing…

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Finest_wine · November 6, 2020, 7:34pm

I like that…it has been a few days. Let me add more ice on the wine and beer. You are welcome.

Mangele · November 6, 2020, 9:05pm

Trump spent much of the campaign claiming Biden was the worst presidential candidate in history – and suggesting that losing to him would amount to abject humiliation. The delicate matter of a loss – and a potential post-presidential life – was not discussed widely among his team and was not raised often with the President, who believed adamantly he would win.

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“Losing is never easy,” he said at his campaign headquarters on Election Day. “Not for me, it’s not.”

Now, people around Trump are working to identify who might be able to communicate to him the stark reality.
There has been talk of potentially Jared Kushner or Ivanka Trump, though their willingness to lead a difficult intervention wasn’t clear.

One idea being floated is framing potential conversations with Trump around the idea of preserving his brand for life after being president – and explaining that dragging out an election he clearly lost would ruin his businesses and forestall whatever political future he’s hoping for.

Before the election, Trump raised the prospect of running for President again in 2024 if he were to lose, though only in a joking manner.
Even in likely loss, Trump garnered more votes than he did in 2016 and his future role as a Republican kingmaker seems secured – though some fear a drawn-out and ugly loss could damage his standing.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/06/politics/donald-trump-election-2020/index.html

Mangele · November 6, 2020, 11:19pm

On March 4th, 1801 the second president of the United States John Adams refused to hand over office to his main rival at the 1800 election Thomas Jefferson. The rule of midday January 20 had not been written yet. Despite his stubbornness, THE OFFICE SIMPLY LEFT HIM!
After Thomas Jefferson was sworn in at an event in which the incumbent refused to attend. Whitehouse staff started to remove the president’s belongings from the White House (Adams was the first president to reside at the new official residence). All security organs cut all official communication. All presidential staff stopped taking instructions from Adams – THE OFFICE MOVED.
From that time all incumbents at the White House prepare early to leave in-case, they see signs of losing to avoid humiliation by the independent organs of the state (The Military, The Secret Service, The CIA, FBI, and all White House staff. They all operate under a code - that of serving a man/woman who has carried the WILL of the people at an election)

As soon as Biden clinches the 270 votes and is officially declared by all returning officers in the states the following is going to happen

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1- The secret service divides its attention between the incumbent at the incoming President.
2- CIA begins to brief both (including top-secret intelligence which is traditionally reserved for one individual-the commander in chief)
3- The counterintelligence teams of the CIA which ‘spy’ on The CIA also begin to brief both
4- Whitehouse staff begin to prepare to re-do the house in-line with the taste of the president-elect.
5- At Midday on January 20 Whitehouse staff remove all his belongings from the house and bring in the belongings of the new president (they wait for no one’s instructions)
6- The deductions for White house rent on Trump’s salary stops in January
7- The deductions for Whitehouse rent begins on Joe Biden’s presidential salary in January
8- Melania Trump stops being the boss of Whitehouse on January 20 at midday
9- Dr. Jill Biden becomes the boss of Whitehouse on January 20 at midday
10- At midday on January 20 all the power organs of the US cut official communication with Trump; The pentagon, The CIA, The FBI, The Attorney General. The secret service maintains minimal communication since it is going to guard the x-president all his life.
11- The BEAST and AIRFORCE ONE salutes Trump for the last time and move their attention to Biden. The BEAST begins to carry Biden’s blood samples as is the tradition.

Without instructions from anyone! It has been so for over 200 years.

Mangele · November 7, 2020, 1:06am

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Mangele · November 7, 2020, 3:51pm

Melania Trump posted her first message since Election Day on Friday, reflecting on her youth initiative that addresses cyberbullying as votes continue to pour in for the 2020 presidential election.

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A girl holds a sign reading “Trump Is Over” as she sits on the shoulders of her father during a demonstration in front of the White House on Friday night.

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Trump is up and tweeting, continuing to make false and unsubstantiated claims about the vote-counting process, and offering no evidence to support them.
“Tens of thousands of votes were illegally received after 8 P.M. on Tuesday, Election Day, totally and easily changing the results in Pennsylvania and certain other razor-thin states,” the president tweeted.
In fact, both Republican and Democratic officials have been able to observe vote counting throughout the process. The Trump campaign went to federal court seeking an injunction to stop the vote count in Philadelphia over poll watcher access, but when pressed by the judge, lawyers for the president acknowledged they had a “non zero number” of observers in the room. (Election officials in Philadelphia have allowed observers throughout the vote-counting and are even live-streaming the process.) All of Trump’s tweets were labeled as “disputed” and “misleading,” part of Twitter’s efforts to stop the spread of misinformation around the election.

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With all eyes on Georgia’s razor-thin presidential vote margin, falsehoods are swirling on social media about supposed ballot counting irregularities there. Among the most widely shared examples is a video that has racked up millions of views on Twitter. It claims to show a poll worker crumpling up an absentee ballot.
As it turns out, it shows no such thing. Richard Barron, the Fulton County elections director, said late Friday that the poll worker seen in the video was discarding paper instructions, not a ballot, which would have been much larger than the paper seen in the video. Barron also said the worker was in hiding after being harassed online due to the false claims.

Mangele · November 7, 2020, 4:45pm

[SIZE=6]Biden wins 2020 race[/SIZE]

The Associated Press has called the presidential race for Joe Biden, who has reached 306 electoral votes.

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Sen. Kamala Harris will become the first female vice president in U.S. history.

The latest on key races:

• Pennsylvania: The AP called the state for Biden at 11:25 a.m. ET, allowing him to cross the 270 thresholds needed to win.

• Arizona: Biden leads Trump by about 20,000 votes as of Saturday morning. The AP called Arizona for Biden around 2:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Fox News had also called the state for Biden, angering the president’s campaign, which expressed confidence it can still win.
• Nevada: Biden had been leading in the Silver State by a comfortable margin on election night, but the race tightened considerably. Biden’s lead over Trump is now just north of 22,000 votes.

• Georgia: Biden took the lead in the Peach State early Friday and leads Trump by about 7,000 votes. The secretary of state announced that there will be a recount in Georgia as the final margin is expected to be within half a percentage point.

Biden: 50.56% 74,915,998 popular votes.
Trump: 47.77% 70,780,508 popular votes

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[SIZE=7]President Trump refuses to concede to President-elect Joe Biden[/SIZE]
Following numerous networks calling the 2020 presidential race for the Democratic nominee, the incumbent president issued a statement saying that he will continue to fight in court to prove he is the rightful winner. The Trump campaign has yet to provide evidence of its claims of fraud. Biden is set to potentially reach 306 electoral votes (the same amount Trump won in 2016) and currently leads Trump by more than 4 million in the popular vote.

Mangele · November 7, 2020, 6:23pm

Advisor ndiyo alimdanganya… :D:D:D

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