Sen. Mike Braun said Trump and Biden tied the popular vote if you take out California.

[Nevilledog]

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Joe Lockhart
@joelockhart
What a stupid comment for a US Senator to make. Don't count California and our GDP goes down by 15%. You going to make that up in Indiana?

ChrisSikich
@ChrisSikich
Sen. Mike Braun on a conference call said Trump and Biden tied the popular vote if you take out California. I planned to ask him whether California was still part of our country and what the point was of making divisive statements like that, but the call was cut short. So it goes
11:04 AM · Nov 10, 2020

[CatMor]

1. Isn't that what they said about 2016 election and Hillary .

[TheBlackAdder]

39. Biden & Trump would also tie in the Popular if they got rid of: MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, OR, VT & WA

[CatMor]

41. He even managed to lose his own state twice.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. And Democrats won even bigger if you take out Texas and Florida.

See how this works Senator?

[brush]

10. Exactly. Take out their biggest voter getter states and they're...

even bigger losers.

Why are there so many illogical thinkers in that party, if you can call it thinking?

[PatSeg]

34. Oh my, its not fair to throw it back at them!

They never anticipate the repercussions of their stupid comments.

[Beaverhausen]

3. I've never heard of Sen. Mike Braun

Which state elected this genius?

[Captain Zero]

15. Indiana. He is a sleeper.

A sleeper for the Koch's for sure. And maybe for Putin. This state is full of disgusting people like him.

[Wellstone ruled]

37. POS from South Dakota.

Just another Righteous Apostolic piece of work.

[wryter2000]

4. The GOP is full of geniuses

If you take out people like Mike Braun

[brush]

11. Heehee! Good one. I saw what you did there.

[BusyBeingBest]

5. Well, Biden would win a bigger margin of votes if we eliminated

all the armpit areas of America where nobody but dumbfucks want to fucking live. This is the most asinine shit ever.

[coti]

6. And if you don't count Indiana, you have at least one less moronic Senator! nt

[Chellee]

45. Two.

Young is a moron as well.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Why would you "take out" the FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY ON EARTH?

Why would you want to discount the one state that makes up for any 10 red states (practically) combined in every category of value and economics?

How stupid can you fuckers get?

The economy of California is the largest in the United States, boasting a $3.2 trillion gross state product as of 2019.[9] If California were a sovereign nation (2019), it would rank as the world's fifth largest economy, ahead of India and behind Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California#:~:text=The%20economy%20of%20California%20is,of%20India%20and%20behind%20Germany.

[iemitsu]

8. Guess it's time to free California from the US.

Washington wants to go too.

[gopiscrap]

20. yes CASCADIA make it a new country

[iemitsu]

25. I'm ready. And it can be a true democracy. No electorial college.

[gopiscrap]

27. do you live in Washington? I do...in Tacoma

[iemitsu]

29. I'm in the north end.

[gopiscrap]

30. so am I, the historic North Slope about a mile from Proctor

[iemitsu]

31. I'm by UPS

[gopiscrap]

32. wow you are seriously close to me

[iemitsu]

36. Sounds like it. We likely wait for our groceries to be

delivered in the same parking lot.

[gopiscrap]

38. no kidding I am often in the Proctor Safeway parking lot and in fact

have to go there in a few minutes

[iemitsu]

40. I was there yesterday. Neighbor.

Wash your hands when you get home.

[gopiscrap]

42. no kidding

although, I am thankful most folks in our area are wearing a mask!!!

[iemitsu]

43. I almost never leave the house or yard.

My wife hasn't left the house since Valentine's Day.
Yes most folk I see wear masks.
We live in a good spot in America.

[gopiscrap]

44. I so agree: both politically and also the natural beauty around us

[iemitsu]

46. Yeah, I can't wait until we can go out and enjoy it again.

[roamer65]

50. We should join the Canadian confederation.

CA, WA, OR, NY, MI, MN and the New England states.

[iemitsu]

53. Sounds good to me.

[CTyankee]

56. That's fine with me. We have our peeps in Boston, NYC, Los Angeles, Long Island

So let it be.

[Disaffected]

57. Ya but,

Canada would not be Canada anymore - it would be the US with a (somewhat) reduced fraction of Trump voters (the US population for those states would swamp Canada's 37 million).

Quebec in particular would never agree - the French speaking population would be even more overwhelmed. And, switch French as an official language for Spanish???.

How 'bout maybe a few border states instead (but only if Trump voters are excluded).

[roamer65]

58. Quebec would probably separate.

But English Canada would have a land bridge to the Maritime provinces through NY and New England.

I think Alberta would be the wild card.

[Disaffected]

61. Come to think of it,

if the scenario you describe actually happened, Quebec probably would separate or, disappear as the so-called distinct society but, as you point out, a land bridge would be there (which BTW is IMO the main reason to keep Quebec in the Federation now).

Living in Alberta myself, although we have more than our share of right-wingers, I think the majority would go along (not that Canada as a whole would ever agree to it). Fun to think about though....

[RussellCattle]

26. Please don't leave Oregon out. Nevada and Arizona would be rethinking their options too.

[iemitsu]

28. Of course Oregon is welcome.

But I don't think Idaho would be.

[RussellCattle]

62. They no doubt are not interested. We grow better potatoes in Washington anyway.

[iemitsu]

63. :)

[LuvJoesPartner]

9. Pure Lunacy

[lame54]

12. Seeing as we in Cal are under represented by the electoral college...

The popular vote is important to us

[Laelth]

13. What a stupid thing to say. n/t

-Laelth

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Well we don't live in a "California-less" country, now do we?

I hate that he's one of our Senators. Never misses a chance to suck up to Trump.

[In It to Win It]

16. They've been throwing that shit out for years. I remember Kelly Anne Conway

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said that Hillary lost the country by 1M votes if you take out California.

That’s not the way it works! California is part of this union, like it or not.

If you get to take out California, I get to take out Texas. You wanna take out NY, I’ll take out Florida. We can play this game ALL FUCKING DAY!

[EndlessWire]

51. LOL! n/t

[LuckyCharms]

17. What happens if we don't count the red state votes?

Let's do that instead!

[Mr. Ected]

18. And Biden ran unopposed

If you take out Trump.

[In It to Win It]

52. LOVE THAT! LOL!

[Polybius]

19. Last time around that was said too

As if Cali didn't count.

[Dem2]

21. Childish idiotic comment.

[calguy]

22. Trump lost by a lot more if you take out Texas

[WyattKansas]

23. That is why Republican Policies are always failures and never add up in real life...

Because they cherry pick crap to twist into their delusional fantasy to make their numbers work.

[VOX]

24. California has the 5th largest economy in the WORLD.

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It keeps non-producing Red States like Alabama, Mississippi, etc., from going under.

So go ahead, assholes, take out California, take out New York, and watch the whole teetering mess come crashing down.

California’s also under-represented: population
40 million, only 2 senators. Contrast with Red States Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa: 10 states, 17 million population combined, 20 total senators.

[roamer65]

49. You would be under a Republic of California parliament.

Or the Canadian parliament for that matter.

Ridings are of set size and the more population you have, the more ridings you have. The Canadian Senate is well neutered as well.

[Captain Zero]

33. Braun's Office in downtown Indianapolis is all boarded up/ please read

On Pennsylvania St. between Market St and Ohio St.
It would be the perfect spot for someone to hang a nice big California State flag. or 3 flags.

[roamer65]

35. NY and New England can become the next Canadian provinces.

Michigan and Minnesota as well. We should also take Wisconsin and Northern IL and Northern Ohio with us to seal off the Great Lakes from exploitation.

[Chellee]

47. Welcome to Indiana.

This is what it's like here.

[roamer65]

48. Michiganders view of Indiana.

That stupid, smelly thing you have to drive through to get to Chicago.

[lostnfound]

54. California Senators are 6-8 times more important than you, Mike Braun

If population matters, Feinstein and Kamala Harris are 6 times as important as you, representing 39 million vs 7 million.

If GDP matters, their state’s GDP is $2.89 trillion vs Indiana’s paltry $344 billion.

If land matters, the state they represent is 4.5 times as big. But how can you compare Yosemite and Joshua Tree and Santa Cruz and Monterrey and Muir Woods and La Jolla and Napa Valley to.. cornfields and flatland?

Californians pay $472 billion in taxes to the federal government while Indiana residents pay $61 billion, which again is about 8 times as much. Indiana is rated as 8th most dependent State while California is 44th (or the 7th LEAST dependent state). Money goes one way.

Not to mention Caltech and UCLA and Stanford and Berkeley and CalPoly and....
Vs... Purdue and Norte Dame..

Just what do you represent, Mike Braun? The state of stupidity?

A Senator from INDIANA should be grateful to states like California, not DISMISSIVE.

I’m so sick of this bullshit looking down on blue states and republicans thinking they can belittle them or ignore them. This is part of the problem.

[treestar]

55. That kind of thing was said before

and is totally stupid and irrelevant. California is a state. Its votes count. There's no point in imagining otherwise.

[Cha]

59. You're Stupid, Braun.. California ain't goin'

ANYWHERE.

[Takket]

60. and if you get rid 12 points the 49ers beat the Chiefs in the last super bowl

[liberal_mama]

64. What's his point? If the dog hadn't stopped to shit, he would have caught the rabbit!

Sorry, Mike, California is a state.

[Grins]

65. It doesn't matter who won the popular vote....

...only who won the electoral college (See: Trump, Donald, 2016.). Is the “Senator” saying we should eliminate the EC...? ‘Cuz I’m in favor of that!