While there was no widespread voting fraud in the 2020 election, which Joe Biden easily won, there were isolated acts of individual voting fraud here and there. For example, Bruce Bartman, 70, a Pennsylvania man (photo, left), was charged with two counts of felony perjury and one count of unlawful v[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
When people are wrong, they should be ignored
Everyone is entitled to his opinion, but no one is entitled to be listened to. A new CNN poll finds, “Public opinion is sharply divided by party over whether election rules are too restrictive or too loose, with 76% of Democrats saying that the rules make it too difficult to vote and 87% of Re[...]
April 23rd, 2021 - 9:25 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Don’t believe the GOP’s “audit” of Arizona ballots
Arizona Republicans have commissioned a controversial “audit” of Maricopa County’s ballots to “prove” their state’s electoral votes were stolen. Don’t believe what they come up with. This is a partisan charade with ulterior aims. The Republican county superv[...]
April 13th, 2021 - 6:25 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
GOP punishes official for honesty
From CNN on Tuesday, April 13, 2021: “Want to understand the state of the Republican Party in one anecdote? Here you go: On Saturday, the Nevada Republican Party Central Committee formally censured Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske (R) for her ‘disregard of her oath of office by faili[...]
Trump turns GOP’s spring retreat into liefest
“Trump repeated familiar lies about the 2020 election and insulted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Saturday when speaking to Republican National Committee donors gathered for the first time since [his] defeat,” CNN reported on April 10, 2021. Read story here. The RNC held its spri[...]
April 4th, 2021 - 6:52 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
How the Trump campaign ripped off unwitting donors
“Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign reportedly issued a total of roughly $122 million in refunds to supporters in 2020,” in many cases because of deceptive fundraising tactics, The Hill reported on Saturday, April 3, 2021. The campaign’s tactics included setting up “recurring[...]
Wisconsin governor demands $145,000 from Trump for state’s election lawsuit legal expenses
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor has filed a formal demand in federal court for “$145,000 in legal fees the state spent to defend against the former Republican president’s unsuccessful effort to overturn its 2020 election results,” Reuters reported on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Read[...]
March 31st, 2021 - 4:14 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Democratic loser ends election challenge
A Democratic candidate who lost a House election by 6 votes has withdrawn her request for a House review, CNN reported on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Rita Hart (photo, left), who ran for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district seat in 2020, contended 22 more ballots should have been counted. It isn&#[...]
March 30th, 2021 - 12:58 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Law and Courts, News Media, Politics, Racism
How bad a president was Trump?
That’s the title of an article by Chris Cillizza, who frequently writes about politics for CNN. The article quickly descends into statistics (More Republicans than Democrats like Trump) and scholarly rankings (ranging from near-last to dead-last). If you want to wade through those details, go [...]
March 29th, 2021 - 9:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Should Michelle Obama be banned from girls’ sports?
Michelle Obama is NOT a transgender boy named “Michael Robinson.” That rumor, started in 2011 by another blog and reposted in 2014 by the late founder of this blog (here), has been debunked as a hoax. But that hasn’t stopped the post’s wild popular or prevented it from having[...]