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underpants

(182,717 posts)
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 04:50 PM Nov 2020

Trump Ponies Up For Recount In Wisconsin, But Only The Black Parts

Yes it’s Wonkette but the headline was just too good

https://www.wonkette.com/wisconsin-recount

Today was the Trump campaign's deadline to pony up $7.9 million if it wanted a recount in Wisconsin. Trump and his bois must be running low on grifting cash, because instead they're opting to pay $3 million to recount the votes in just two counties. The counties Team Trump is going after are Milwaukee and Dane, which gave Biden 35 percent of the votes he received in the state. They also just so happen to be home to three-quarters of Wisconsin's Black population.

Uh huh.

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haele

(12,645 posts)
7. More likely to get extra Trump votes in the "White" areas than
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:14 PM
Nov 2020

Find fraudulent votes in "Black" areas that went for Biden.
He would also probably be able to get some after-election shenanigans through in those White areas -

"Well, lookie heah, where did these four bags of ballots come from? And they're all postmarked between 15 October and 30 October..."

And they could run 95% for Trump, in predominantly Red areas, with no local batting an eye. Well, there's a possible court challenge for Michigan vote certification right there.

Might not be able to get it past the Michigan SoS, but they might be able to get it through the courts.

Haele

brush

(53,758 posts)
8. They're still dummies. They oughta know by now black people are not...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:14 PM
Nov 2020

voting for trump, and there are not enough ballot irregularities to move the need either way.

Hey, orange boy, if you wanted to give away 3m I can use it.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
14. 5.2% black. It all the liberals in state government and U Wisc - Madison
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:43 PM
Nov 2020

It was 4.7% Asian in 2010, and due to a faster growth rate is probably more Asian than black now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_County,_Wisconsin

Retrograde

(10,132 posts)
11. I think the small, homogenous, rural districts are where you'll find the irregularities
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:32 PM
Nov 2020

I suspect - and this is my opinion without backup data - that most cities would have been expecting close scrutiny of how they handle elections and would have done everything they could to make them fair and by the book. It's the small remote districts that would be more likely to let some dubious practices slip in since they wouldn't expect close attention.

questionseverything

(9,646 posts)
12. Wisconsin just runs the ballots thru the scanners again
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:34 PM
Nov 2020

It is not a recount since no human beings have counted the ballots yet

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
13. Someone needs to lock Lindsay Graham in the Capitol basement.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:35 PM
Nov 2020

Without a phone or any form of outside communication.

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