Tweet of the night:

[applegrove]

Link to tweet

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. They have known since 2000 that they can't win without cheating.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Good thing this isnt anywhere else, we would send troops.

Another reminder why in the short run the D party should be lockstep.

period

Why we should all put aside our differences and unite with one goal, remove NAZIS, remove FASCISTS, remove RACISTS from our government.

[rickyhall]

32. Easy

Eliminate the GOP
Nothing to it

[Garrett78]

31. A point Democrats should be making whenever they appear on TV.

Establish in the public consciousness the fact that the Republican Party is utterly reliant upon cheating and habitual lying. We can stand to be a bit more blunt and provocative. Control the narrative.

Also, while many of us political junkies recognize the Republican tactic known as projection, Democrats need to talk openly and clearly about that tactic. Again, drill it into the public consciousness that the Republican Party projects (with enormous repetition) onto Democrats the evil they themselves exhibit. It's been a highly successful tactic, because when Democrats accuse Republicans of doing that which Republicans accuse Democrats of doing, it makes Democrats look defensive. It muddies the water. We have to undercut that tactic by helping the public (through repetition) recognize the Goebbels-esque nature of the GOP.

We've also been on the defensive for far too long when it comes to "liberal media," which (unlike conservative or right wing media) is a household term. Democratic politicians (and not just those of us venting on the Interwebs) need to raise awareness about media consolidation, about the media's habit of promoting false equivalencies, about the media's habit of treating all statements as equally valid opinions as if there are no facts (with some in the media even suggesting that it isn't their job to fact-check), and about the media's penchant for infotainment/fluff. And, yes, Democrats need to take this critique of the media to the public via the media. Republicans have been using the media to attack the media for decades now, and it's paid dividends for them.

[calimary]

36. Yep. Their numbers are dwindling.

The demographics are changing out from under them. And they can’t win on the issues because they’re hellbent on clinging to the wrong side of those issues. So they HAVE TO cheat.

[Grins]

40. 2000?

Forty years!

"I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." - Paul Weyrich, Dallas, Texas, August 1980.

And I'm guessing that thinking went back even further.

[drmeow]

3. The correct headline should have read

Republican Secretary of State stole the Georgia governor's race for himself.

He also looks like someone who went up to the home plate and thought that just by standing there he hit a home run.

[Blue_true]

4. This may be republicans in Georgia last stand.

My guess is Kemp will be a lousy governor, he seems to be Trump-like incompetent. He just barely beat a Black woman after cheating. Democrats need to build their base and ESPECIALLY VOTE IN THE DEC 4 RUNOFF FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. Having a democrat running elections should go a long way toward fairness during the next election.

[SergeStorms]

18. What you said!

[dchill]

27. True dat.

[zentrum]

5. So glad Abrams is...

...going to take this to court. This must not stand.

[BigmanPigman]

6. She is? That is good news!

[zentrum]

13. Yes. She has conceded the election.

But is going to sue for voter suppression. For the future. She's a great one.

[hostalover]

38. I heard her speech. She did not concede. She said she accepts that Kemp will be

the next governor of Georgia, but she was NOT conceding. It was a powerful speech.

[Honeycombe8]

9. I think she's going to try to force accounting of ballots & such, but not accuse fraud.

Kemp should be sued for fraud.

That should be the GA Dem. Party, to do that, I should think. He needs to be held accountable, and possibly booted from office, if found he did do those things wrongly.

(She has more or less conceded, though. She's just going to pursue all votes being counted and such.)

[zentrum]

14. Yes, the election is over, but

....she's going to try to change the laws in Georgia. So that a true and fair election can actually happen next time. So many votes were not counted. People had to wait hours. Polls were closed. She's going after the structure.

This is something the Dems should have done years ago in Georgia and elsewhere---we can't win in a rigged system. She's going to sue to un-rig it. Hope she then runs again. She'd win.

[Honeycombe8]

22. Yes, that isn't right...he should not be able to keep his position.

He shouldn't be able to keep a position he obtained fraudulently.

[GoCubsGo]

20. I believe the NAACP said they'll sue if she lost under questionable circumstances.

I sure hope they do, as the "questionable" is a gross understatement for what we all witnessed.

[Honeycombe8]

21. +1. nt

[Honeycombe8]

7. Who is going to do something about it? Is the GA Democratic Party going to sue for fraud....

and civil rights violations?

Someone needs to DO something.

[DemocracyMouse]

15. If anyone wants to go down there in a CARAVAN of outraged citizens, I'm game.

Need a place to stay along the way. This vote stealing leaves me speechless.

[Honeycombe8]

23. You mean....INVADE Georgia?

No, I wouldn't. I mean something should be done legally. Some organization needs to sue on behalf of the voters, to ensure our election system stays fair and votes are counted.

[DemocracyMouse]

25. Caravan was once a fun term before Republican truth spinners got their sticky fingers on it

Many countries would hit the streets over a stolen election. But that’s a protest, not an invasion.

Citizens, it’s OK to be outraged! Our country is officially third world now....

[Honeycombe8]

37. I agree....

I hope you know I was joking about using "invasion." Because of the characterization of the caravan as an invasion.

It IS okay to be outraged. If they get away with taking voters' rights away, then they'll do it again, over and over. Who knows how many times they've done that in the past.

[DemocracyMouse]

39. There is a huge political truth about what the Republicans have become...

which is so outrageous in its scale and intensity. They have become biblically corrupt.

How do we address this when the avg US Citizen doesn’t want to (or too busy with 2 jobs and three kids) find out what’s going on? Too many just say “all politicians are corrupt.”

Any other democracy would be DEMANDING a re-vote in Florida. Over a million people had their voting rights stolen!!!!

(I realize you agree, I’m just venting!)

[enid602]

8. Machines

And don’t forget about the 700 or so brand new voting machines found in a warehouse.

[appalachiablue]

17. That was incredible, have to end voting corruption in Georgia.

[citizen blues]

34. Ballots

And don’t forget that the state misaddressed mail in ballots, so thousands were “return to sender.” Not received back until the week after the election.

[Fuzzpope]

10. Nt

[WinstonSmith4740]

11. Anyone have any idea as to the state congressional make-up?

I agree he'll probably be a horrible governor, just because he's a Trump sycophant who thinks he can get away with the same bullshit. Just hoping he gets a boatload of push back.

[MrsCoffee]

12. Right out of Putin's playbook.

[Demovictory9]

16. How else would Kemp win?

[erpowers]

19. Good Read

The article was a good and interesting read.

[greyl]

24. Abrams has rightfully staked a claim. nt

[LuckyLib]

26. 4-5 hour lines to vote? WTF? It took me 10 minutes to vote.

I live in a metro area of 2+ million people. Anyone with half a brain knew there was going to be heavy voter turnout. You add polling places everywhere. Who on earth would close and consolidate locations? I am boiling mad for those Americans denied their right to vote.

[diva77]

28. and, in addition to everything listed, there is no way to know whether the "working" machines and

tabulators were counting votes as cast.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

29. link

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/brian-kemps-win-in-georgia-tainted-by-voter-suppression-stacey-abrams/

[KelleyKramer]

30. Didn't they find 100s of voting machines in a warehouse

Iirc there was a report of 100s of voting machines hidden in a warehouse

[oasis]

33. Kemp campaign subtext "Block the Vote."

[Kahuna7]

35. Jackass Jake Tapper opined that Sherrod Brown and Hillary Clinton

saying the GA election was stolen is the same as what trump is saying..



https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jake-tapper-on-hillary-sherrod-brown-challenging-ga-vote-is-that-any-different-from-what-trump-is-doing/