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reACTIONary

(5,770 posts)
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 11:34 AM Nov 2020

Pro-Trump rally overshadowed by group seeking to tally every vote in Philadelphia

Source: Washington Post

PHILADELPHIA — Mail-in ballots are steadily being tallied in Philadelphia, a blue stronghold in a swing state vital to both presidential hopefuls. As of early Thursday, Biden held 79 percent of the votes vs. Trump’s 20 percent, with 97 percent of the divisions reporting.

Outside the downtown convention center, where workers have been counting votes around-the-clock since Tuesday night, about 100 people were waving signs Thursday that read, “Count every vote.” The mood was gleeful; a DJ played Kenny Gamble and James Brown while activists danced. “We’re out here to bring good vibes,” organizer Nelini Stamp said. “We want to show the masses that we want every vote to be counted.”

Across the street, about a dozen more subdued pro-Trump supporters questioned the legality of mail-in ballots being counted. “We’re very concerned with the integrity of the election,” said Dercy Teixeira, an organizer with FreedomWorks in D.C. “We agree every vote counts, but only every legal vote.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/11/05/trump-biden-election-live-updates/#link-PE5J7WKU75EI3B7O7YG5GP7FJA

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Pro-Trump rally overshadowed by group seeking to tally every vote in Philadelphia (Original Post) reACTIONary Nov 2020 OP
"We agree every vote counts, but only every legal vote." hadEnuf Nov 2020 #1
I'm quite sure these people are mostly constitutional law professors. llmart Nov 2020 #2
the way things are going... stillcool Nov 2020 #3
Yeah, the drool and chafed knuckles give them away. hadEnuf Nov 2020 #5
I posted a tweet with video clip of the Count Every Vote folks jamming this morning BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #4
+100 nt reACTIONary Nov 2020 #6

hadEnuf

(2,190 posts)
1. "We agree every vote counts, but only every legal vote."
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:55 PM
Nov 2020

Bullshit. Any vote not for Trump is considered "illegal" to them.

They are there to disrupt a very legal vote count, nothing more.

llmart

(15,539 posts)
2. I'm quite sure these people are mostly constitutional law professors.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:50 PM
Nov 2020

Can't you tell my just looking at them?

BumRushDaShow

(128,977 posts)
4. I posted a tweet with video clip of the Count Every Vote folks jamming this morning
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 03:53 PM
Nov 2020



TEXT

Miguel Martinez-Valle
@MiguelMValle
Happening now “Count Every Vote” rally in Philly.

“We’re just here to have a good time and make sure every vote gets counted”

Across the street smaller group asking to stop counting votes “in after Election Day.”

@NBCPhiladelphia
8:24 AM · Nov 5, 2020

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