Trump sues in Pennsylvania, Michigan; asks for Wis. recount

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign said it filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania and Michigan, laying the groundwork for contesting the outcome in undecided battleground states that could determine whether President Donald Trump gets another four years in the White House.

Suits in both states are demanding better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted, the campaign said. The campaign also is seeking to intervene in a Pennsylvania case at the Supreme Court that deals with whether ballots received up to three days after the election can be counted, deputy campaign manager Justin Clark said.

The campaign said it is calling for a temporary halt in the counting in both states until it is given “meaningful” access in numerous locations and allowed to review ballots that already have been opened and processed. Trump is running slightly behind Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Michigan. The president is ahead in Pennsylvania but his margin is shrinking as more mailed ballots are counted.

There have been no reports of fraud or any type of ballot concerns out of Pennsylvania. The state had 3.1 million mail-in ballots that take time to count and an order allows them to be counted up until Friday if they are postmarked by Nov. 3.



A Detroit police officer stops election challengers from entering the central counting board due to overcrowding, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-seeks-voting-stop-25762f69b27dfbccc4fd8077fb5fdc91

[beachbumbob]

1. Laughable

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Nicolle Wallace and her crew

Steele, Gibbs, Edwards were cracking up over the "I hereby claim... (list of states)..." part.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. I hereby claim Mar A Lago for my company Christmas party

I also claim the Trump tower for low income housing.

[DeminPennswoods]

18. LOL!

DU needs a thread for this.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Done

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214450724

[samnsara]

2. How do we make sure WeThePeople arent picking up the tab for those recounts?

[Thomas Hurt]

3. "meaningful access" equals intimidation and smearing

[soothsayer]

4. Big baby loser

[procon]

5. I just watched Fox: Eric Trump and Giuliani accuse Biden

himself of voting 50K times, busing in fake voters from Kansas, evidently a secret bastion of liberal Democrats. They are threatening lawsuits to stop the count in several states, claiming Republicans must be allowed to review every ballot, even those already counted.

Lots of hand wringing and woe is me, poor Trump is a victim of a vast conspiracy between the media and Dems, crowd chants on cue to make if seem like this circus was backed by popular demand.

This was a threadbare, well coached sideshow, obviously orchestrated by Trump in a plea for sympathy from his followers.

[Marthe48]

8. wow 50k times!

How Joe gets around! Runs up the steps, rides a bike, jogs, and votes like a small city! What stamina! What staying power! lol

[procon]

9. Those Trump's always go highly. nt

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Well, fwiw, Michael Cohen says

Rudy's drunk all the time these days..

[Marthe48]

14. How could he stand himself otherwise?

n/t

[Acornsouth]

23. I thought Joe was "Sleepy Joe"..... How can someone vote 50 times and not get tired

[meow2u3]

6. Trump is being a sore loser

He's trying to use the courts to hand him what he feels entitled to: anything he damn well wants--or else, and that includes the Presidency.

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. Of course he knows he has a slim to none chance of winning.

Its all about going on record to claim he was cheated. It was rigged. Red meat for the red hats.

This "alternate fact" will be absorbed by his cult just like all the others....that the Clintons are corrupt pedos, Hillary killed Americans in Benghazi, and fatefully endangered national security with her private email use. Obama was the real racist who divided the nation (and wasn't born in the US) and the many other CTs.

I fear it will result in more militia style terrorist attacks. And Trump voters will forever hold the firm belief, as strongly as we do about Bush vs. Gore, that they were cheated out of another Trump victory.

[onetexan]

10. this is just friggin' embarrassing the POTUS of the US is behaving like a sore loser

[DeminPennswoods]

15. Michael Steele said if Trump's wants to be

that bratty kid yelling, crying and stamping his feet in the middle of the mall, "Well, ok".

[BasicallyComplicated]

11. Nothing here is a surprise.

We knew the vote would be long.
We knew they would try to get it out of the hands of local officials and into the courts.
We also knew Trump would lose so....
Let's just stick to what we know. 😆

[BlueIdaho]

16. Tantrum Trump needs a time out.

Count All The Votes.

[rocktivity]

19. But he has no problems with the counts in Texas or Florida?

and will he follow through with his lawsuits if he ends up winning PA or MI?


rocktivity

[bucolic_frolic]

21. Lots of questions

Does the USPS hold ballots equal to the fat margins predicted by pollsters?

There are reports of thousands of ballots found today and on their way to delivery.

Any reports of voters claiming they mailed their ballots and those ballots never appearing as received? Don't know how many states use text or email notification of ballot received to voters.

[world wide wally]

22. Must be the crime of 'thinking about cheating"

There isn't even results yet

[Acornsouth]

24. "I am suppose to win...." says the child that acts like a spoiled brat