First is the states' certifications of their results. Second is the selection of electors.
Trump is trying to overturn the election results. I doubt he’ll be successful. But I don’t know it for sure.
In the coming weeks, I’ll be watching two things:
1. Certifications
2. GOP state legislators and
First is the states' certifications of their results. Second is the selection of electors.
Trump's only hope is to upset the apple cart on one or both. Blocking or delaying certifications somehow, or getting partisan GOP state legislators in states Biden won to appoint Trump electors.
Raffensperger is being pressured from the right, but he's pushed back so far
https://t.co/tMG9f4Eumg
These lawsuits seem weak so far. But watch if judges start to take any of them seriously.
https://t.co/aHYWd83dvI
But the risk, many have long argued, is that GOP state legislators, will try to make a move here
But now, facing "pressure" to overturn the results, he's hedging that statement, saying that's in "normal circumstances"
"You either have to toss this election out and have a whole new election, or we have our delegates to the Electoral College vote for the person they think legitimately should have won"
https://t.co/kCUStGwE7F
But we'll have to see if that changes in the weeks ahead as the pressure rises.
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All the challenges to Leader Pelosi are coming from her right, in an apparent effort to make the party even more conservative and bent toward corporate interests.
Hard pass. So long as Leader Pelosi remains the most progressive candidate for Speaker, she can count on my support.
I agree that our party should, and must, evolve our leadership.
But changed leadership should reflect an actual, evolved mission; namely, an increased commitment to the middle + working class electorate that put us here.
Otherwise it’s a just new figure with the same problems.
I hope that we can move swiftly to conclude this discussion about party positions, so that we can spend more time discussing party priorities: voting rights, healthcare, wages, climate change, housing, cannabis legalization, good jobs, etc.
Hard pass. So long as Leader Pelosi remains the most progressive candidate for Speaker, she can count on my support.
The strange thing about the fight to displace Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is that no one seems willing to run against her. https://t.co/VhBqf4KJom
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 21, 2018
I agree that our party should, and must, evolve our leadership.
But changed leadership should reflect an actual, evolved mission; namely, an increased commitment to the middle + working class electorate that put us here.
Otherwise it’s a just new figure with the same problems.
I hope that we can move swiftly to conclude this discussion about party positions, so that we can spend more time discussing party priorities: voting rights, healthcare, wages, climate change, housing, cannabis legalization, good jobs, etc.