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Sunday, October 27, 2024

House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris' (R-Md.) colleagues said he needs to pull "his head out of his ass" and take "a Civics 101 class" for suggesting North Carolina legislators consider awarding the state's electors to former President Trump before votes are counted.

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... Driving the news: Harris, who was tapped to lead the Freedom Caucus last month, made the comments at a local Republican Party dinner in Talbot County, Maryland, on Thursday.

- - - Harris said it "makes a lot of sense" for North Carolina's legislature to convene a joint session to award its 16 Electoral College votes before ballots are counted, according to a clip tweeted by pro-Trump operative Ivan Raiklin.

- - - Harris pointed to disproportionately pro-Trump counties in the Western portion of the state recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

- - - "You, statistically, can go and say, 'Hey, look, you got disenfranchised in 25 counties, you know what that vote probably would have been,' which would be, if I was in the legislature, enough to go, 'Yeah, we've got to convene the legislature, we can't disenfranchise the voters,'" said Harris.

What they're saying: "Extreme Republican leaders are openly advocating that North Carolina's Electoral votes be given to Donald Trump without an election," said Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee.

- - - "This blood-chilling scheme, suggested by the Chair of the so-called House Freedom Caucus, is anti-American," he added. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-25 07:23 PM | Reply


@#1 ... we can't disenfranchise the voters ...

We can't disenfranchise voters?

What about the rest of the voters in the good state of North Carolina?

The solution I'd propose would to be pull out the stops (been listening to some organ music lately...) to assure those in the areas affected by the hurricane can cast their vote, and not try to override what those votes would be.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-25 07:28 PM | Reply

This is part of MAGA's desire to do away with elections.

"In four years, you don't have to vote again." - Donald Trump

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-10-27 05:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

@#3 ... In four years, you don't have to vote again." - Donald Trump ...

Yup.

Fmr Pres Trump has said he wants to do away with what he seems to think is an onerous burden, the right and responsibility to vote. So, just vote for him, and you will be relieved of that right and responsibility, he says.

Just vote for him in 2024, and you won't ever have to vote again.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 07:32 PM | Reply

@#4

btw, this coming from a candidate who has yet to win the popular vote for him.


List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote
en.wikipedia.org

... There have been five United States presidential elections in which the successful presidential candidate did not receive a plurality of the popular vote, including the 1824 election, which was the first U.S. presidential election where the popular vote was recorded.[1]

In these cases, the successful candidate secured less of the national popular vote than another candidate who received more votes, either a majority, more than half the vote, or a plurality of the vote.[2][3] ...


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 07:35 PM | Reply


Who Voted for Hitler? (2021)
www.thenation.com

... In the decisive July 31, 1932, election, Hitler received exactly 37.3 percent of the overall vote across Germany. He fared less well in the cities, averaging 32.3 percent in urban centers with populations over 100,000.

However, in towns with fewer than 25,000 inhabitants he scored better, averaging 41.3 percent of the vote. And in some of the smallest rural communities across Germany, he scored 80 percent or more of the votes, and in several the Nazi vote was 100 percent.

The rural groundswell for Hitler included people of all classes and income levels. And the more it was a question of Protestant communities, the better Hitler did. ...


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 07:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#6

Yeah, that all sounds rather familiar, eh?

Rwing Populism gives Populism in general a bad name.

They'll join a a Cult like Hitler's or Trump's, become even greater Pawns of the Oligarchs who backed both of those Daddy Figure Authoritarian Fascists, and then when it all falls apart, they'll pretend it never happened.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-27 07:51 PM | Reply

youtu.be

------- on Star Trek

#8 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-10-27 07:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#7 ... Yeah, that all sounds rather familiar, eh? ...

I found that article via a search.

But as I read it I said to myself, wow, history repeats itself ....

Yeah, eerily familiar.


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 07:55 PM | Reply

#8 Hah! Truth... Good stuff! Love the 'crew exhaustion'
in the Star Trek video...

#10 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-10-28 06:57 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#8

That was very well done! Thanks!

terminal crew exhaustion....

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-28 03:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

and:

"He can't stop himself from playing God."

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-28 03:28 PM | Reply

www.youtube.com

More Star Trek

#13 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-28 03:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I can't help it.

www.youtube.com

#14 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-28 03:34 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#13

hahaha!

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-28 03:38 PM | Reply

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