Baseless vote fraud allegations insult democracy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

“When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When neither is on you side, pound the table.”

— variously attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Carl Sandburg and others

In the days following last week’s election, there’s been a lot of table pounding as President Trump and other Republicans at the state and national level — unable to pound the facts or the law — have ignored the math of the Nov. 4 election count or have failed to produce evidence in court that supports allegations of voter fraud and irregularities.

It’s one thing to want to see all ballots counted, but another to deny the inevitable math of election returns. And it’s yet another — more disturbing — thing, to allege that the election itself and those charged with overseeing it cannot be trusted and are guilty of either ineptitude or conspiracy.

And that is the charge leveled against election officials, employees and volunteers — throughout the state and nation — when baseless claims of voter fraud, ballot tampering and election irregularities are made.

As of Thursday morning, more than 77.6 million votes had been tallied for President-elect Joe Biden, against 72.4 million votes for Trump, a difference of more than 5.2 million voters; just as importantly, Biden leads in Electoral College votes, 279-219, with elections remaining to be called in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina. If those states’ vote trends hold, Biden will win 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same margin by which Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016. But Biden needed only 270 votes to win the Electoral College; winning Arizona and Georgia only adds to his mandate.

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https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-baseless-vote-fraud-allegations-insult-democracy/

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. You lurking republican FUCKS have been insulting our Democracy for years.

A price is to be paid for supporting someone who says he wants to KILL all New Yorkers.

[Skittles]

3. 72 MILLION AMERICANS VOTED FOR DONALD FUCKING TRUMP