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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:31 PM Jan 2021

Trump Calls Georgia Senate Races 'Illegal and Invalid'

Source: MSN

ATLANTA — President Trump took to Twitter Friday evening to make the unfounded assertion that Georgia’s two Senate races are “illegal and invalid,” an argument that could complicate his efforts to convince his supporters to turn out for Republican candidates in the two runoff races that will determine which party controls the Senate.

The president is set to hold a rally in Dalton, Ga., on Monday, the day before Election Day, and Georgia Republicans are hoping he will focus his comments on how crucial it is for Republicans to vote in large numbers for Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, the state’s two incumbent Republican senators.

But Mr. Trump has continued to make the false claim that Georgia’s election system was rigged against him in the Nov. 3 general election. Some Republican leaders are afraid that his supporters will take the president’s argument seriously, and decide that voting in a “corrupt” system is not worth their time, a development that could hand the election to the Democrats.

Some strategists and political science experts in the state have said Mr. Trump’s assault on Georgia’s voting system may be at least partly responsible for the relatively light Republican turnout in the conservative strongholds of northwest Georgia, where Dalton is, in the early voting period that ended Thursday.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-calls-georgia-senate-races-illegal-and-invalid/ar-BB1cpb2o?ocid=msedgdhp



While it is not a surprise that Trump thinks that any election is invalid, what is amazing is that so many Republicans from Georgia are turning out to vote for Perdue and Loefflers efforts to ignore Georgia's election results.
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Trump Calls Georgia Senate Races 'Illegal and Invalid' (Original Post) TomCADem Jan 2021 OP
Cuz we all know he's a legal expert. louis-t Jan 2021 #1
Does anybody (sane) really give a flying f*ck what this shitgibbon says any more? lastlib Jan 2021 #12
my first thought exactly only I wasn't as nice mdbl Jan 2021 #25
Yeah, the Repubs are learning what happens Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #2
Pull that tail. Pull that tail! :) My Pet Orangutan Jan 2021 #3
Why is this man not involuntary confined to a psychiatric unit? madaboutharry Jan 2021 #4
Because GOPers ..... groundloop Jan 2021 #14
I believe trump is doing this to punish mitch for saying Biden won mucifer Jan 2021 #5
I think this could be taken as a good sign. MontanaFarmer Jan 2021 #6
So if the Republicans win can we claim it was through fraud thucythucy Jan 2021 #7
Next week he will claim that any election that has him facing an opposing candidate is "illegal... LudwigPastorius Jan 2021 #8
The illegal, invalid election he's holding rallies for? C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #9
He's holding rallies for himself Withywindle Jan 2021 #16
I'm betting his rally will be nothing Bayard Jan 2021 #10
The crazy train rides again. IsItJustMe Jan 2021 #11
...off the rails.... lastlib Jan 2021 #13
So dumbass cuts off his nose to spite his own face Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #15
No, Donnie Skeptical Thomas Jan 2021 #17
It's funny to read about Rs "hoping" Trump will mention their DeminPennswoods Jan 2021 #18
Thank goodness he didn't say "immoral" because The Devil doesn't preach bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #19
F&K off trump! Leave our state alone and go crawl into a pond at mara lago mdbl Jan 2021 #20
K&R. nt Wednesdays Jan 2021 #21
He's gone full Michael Scott on us! Initech Jan 2021 #22
Lets Take Back the Senate eringer Jan 2021 #23
Good. He's assuming Warnock and Ossoff will win. pat_k Jan 2021 #24
What about States' Rights? FakeNoose Jan 2021 #26
Believe me twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #27

lastlib

(23,340 posts)
12. Does anybody (sane) really give a flying f*ck what this shitgibbon says any more?
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 01:37 AM
Jan 2021

He's beyond looney-tunes, pretty much orbiting the sun in the Oort cloud of rationality and interest at this point.

Pay no attention to that gurgling noise.

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
25. my first thought exactly only I wasn't as nice
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 04:40 PM
Jan 2021

The idiot trump doesn't even bother to learn our system of laws so who gives a crap what he says about it.

Phoenix61

(17,023 posts)
2. Yeah, the Repubs are learning what happens
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:34 PM
Jan 2021

when you grab a tiger by the tail. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of folks.

MontanaFarmer

(630 posts)
6. I think this could be taken as a good sign.
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:48 PM
Jan 2021

This sounds like a pre-emptive excuse for losing, again. Republicans are acting scared this week. I think, i hope, maybe there's been a real move toward the democrats in this stimulus debate.

thucythucy

(8,102 posts)
7. So if the Republicans win can we claim it was through fraud
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:54 PM
Jan 2021

since their own party leader is telling us so?

LudwigPastorius

(9,201 posts)
8. Next week he will claim that any election that has him facing an opposing candidate is "illegal...
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 12:04 AM
Jan 2021

and invalid".

Hey, Trump, you fucking orange-faced lunatic...the people have seen your reality show for the past four years and decided to flush you like the pile of crap you are.

Bayard

(22,184 posts)
10. I'm betting his rally will be nothing
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 01:01 AM
Jan 2021

But a prolonged bitch session about how he was cheated in November.

Wah, wah, wah.

DeminPennswoods

(15,290 posts)
18. It's funny to read about Rs "hoping" Trump will mention their
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 08:22 AM
Jan 2021

senate candidates. Because we all know Trump will focus on Trump and his many grievances, election-related and not.

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
20. F&K off trump! Leave our state alone and go crawl into a pond at mara lago
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 09:05 AM
Jan 2021

I am so sick of that fascist moron.

eringer

(460 posts)
23. Lets Take Back the Senate
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 02:21 PM
Jan 2021

Thank you Donald. You reminded me to make donations to both Georgian Democratic Senatorial candidates (which I did right before I posted this!). Keep twittering and we will all keep donating to both these fine honest Americans.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
24. Good. He's assuming Warnock and Ossoff will win.
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 03:48 PM
Jan 2021

Because, of course, it's only elections won by Dems that are "invalid."

Unfortunately, not all voter suppression tactics in Georgia have been blocked. These elections are still "stealable" by enemies of free and fair elections.

Make a contribution to GOTV efforts now!

FakeNoose

(32,833 posts)
26. What about States' Rights?
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 04:52 PM
Jan 2021

Doesn't the Gee-Oh-Pee believe in States' Rights anymore?
Or maybe it's that Chump isn't really a Repuke after all.
Hmmmm...


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