It All Comes Down To This: Days Left To Preserve American Democracy

October 31, 2020
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October 31, 2020

The nation is on edge as President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden deliver closing arguments in a race that amounts to a fight to preserve American democracy amid bitter battles of voter disenfranchisement in the final hours before Election Day.

Both candidates fought for battleground state of Pennsylvania on Saturday, which earlier this week was delivered a Supreme Court ruling that came as a partial win for Democrats to allow extended deadlines for receiving mail-in ballots amid a growing trend of mail delays. However, three conservative justices signaled their eagerness to rule in Republicans’ favor and potentially throw out late-arriving ballots. 

Obama tore into Trump during an appearance in Flint, knocking the President for his obsession with crowd size. “Does he have nothing better to worry about?” Obama asked. “Did no one come to his birthday party when he was a kid? Was he traumatized?”

Trump, for his part, repeated an odd attack line against Biden: “Under Biden, there will be no school, no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Christmas, no Easter, no Fourth of July,” Trump raved during one of his Pennsylvania rallies.

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The nation is on edge as President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden deliver closing arguments in a race that amounts to a fight to preserve American democracy amid bitter battles of voter disenfranchisement in the final hours before Election Day.

Both candidates fought for battleground state of Pennsylvania on Saturday, which earlier this week was delivered a Supreme Court ruling that came as a partial win for Democrats to allow extended deadlines for receiving mail-in ballots amid a growing trend of mail delays. However, three conservative justices signaled their eagerness to rule in Republicans’ favor and potentially throw out late-arriving ballots. 

Obama tore into Trump during an appearance in Flint, knocking the President for his obsession with crowd size. “Does he have nothing better to worry about?” Obama asked. “Did no one come to his birthday party when he was a kid? Was he traumatized?”

Trump, for his part, repeated an odd attack line against Biden: “Under Biden, there will be no school, no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Christmas, no Easter, no Fourth of July,” Trump raved during one of his Pennsylvania rallies.

Follow along with TPM’s coverage below:

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  1. I’m cautiously optimistic.

  2. From Another Thread:

    [I have been mentioning this for a while, but, hitherto, the Conventonal Wisdom has always had Dems beating Repubs in the early vote only to be caught-up by Repubs on Election Day.

    This time, that cannot stand. Somehow, we must overpower them in voters on Election Day as well:

    (1) For obvious reasons in terms of numbers

    (2) Also to counter a major GOP tactic: to devalue and wreck VoteByMail votes by the Courts

    (3) We outnumber the GOP. Even with the urgency present among Democrats, Conservatives tend to be very disciplined voters. But we must use our numerical advantage while we still have a Republic]

  3. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    If 40+ percent of the electorate is willing to vote and die for their proud ignorant bigotry, we’re headed for a very rough ride even if the Dems take the White House and both houses of Congress.

    But the alternative is still unthinkable. Let the ride begin!

  4. Hey Texas…You got yourself another fraudster running for reelection. Cornyn padded his resume way back. They just uncovered the bullshit lies he tried to sell the public when he originally ran for office. Put this in the category of another GOPer politician calling the kettle black. Just more assholery from this guy.

    And this man was a Texas AG and became a fucking Texas Supreme Court judge after lying about this. Kinda makes me wonder how many of McConnell’s picks for lifetime appointments have either padded or lied about their resumes at this point as well.

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