US Election Week 2020

[Syt]

https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/1336508754871812097?s=20

Mikel Jollett
@Mikel_Jollett

So either Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, Brian Kemp, Doug Ducey, the FBI, the CIA, and the entire state Republican Parties of Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are part of a deep state conspiracy

or

Trump lost.

[grumbler]

I do enjoy the preposterousness of the Texas AG suing all of the other states for electing someone other than Donald Trump.  There is no state quite so Trump as Texas.  The fact that Trump is from New York City, and so undoubtedly loathes Texas, just makes the Texas dick-sucking more hilarious.

More people voted for Biden in Texas than every state except California. Just saying.

And Ken Paxton, like the other extremists currently taking over the Texas Republican Party, is not even from Texas he is from North Dakota. So what does he care if Trump hates Texas? Paxton doesn't give a fuck about Texas

I have no beef with Texas as such, but Texas did elect that moron, carpetbagger or not.

No one in the entire country is as shameless as  the Texas AG.

[Valmy]

I have no beef with Texas as such, but Texas did elect that moron, carpetbagger or not.

No one in the entire country is as shameless as  the Texas AG.

Texas voters are very party loyal and right now a bunch of carpetbaggers are throwing the good old boys out of leadership in the Republican Party. I think eventually people will wake up to this but it has been a gradual process. Paxton and Lt. Governor Patrick are very dangerous out of state lunatics that have currently used party hackery to rise to high office.

This guy is the current head of the Texas GOP is a war criminal from Florida who just moved to Texas a few years ago. Pretty soon these fanatics will have taken over our politics and forcing out Texas Republicans for not being purely nutcase enough. We'll see how that goes.

[Eddie Teach]

Do these dangerous radicals believe things like Texas is just one of fifty states and it doesn't matter which state you were born in?

[jimmy olsen]

I have no beef with Texas as such, but Texas did elect that moron, carpetbagger or not.

No one in the entire country is as shameless as  the Texas AG.

Texas voters are very party loyal and right now a bunch of carpetbaggers are throwing the good old boys out of leadership in the Republican Party. I think eventually people will wake up to this but it has been a gradual process. Paxton and Lt. Governor Patrick are very dangerous out of state lunatics that have currently used party hackery to rise to high office.

This guy is the current head of the Texas GOP is a war criminal from Florida who just moved to Texas a few years ago. Pretty soon these fanatics will have taken over our politics and forcing out Texas Republicans for not being purely nutcase enough. We'll see how that goes.

This lawsuit is basically an application for a Trump pardon by Paxton isn't it?

[The Larch]

I've seen a couple of mentions about several other states joining the Texas lawsuit (specifically at least Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and South Dakota, with an expectation of even more to join shortly), is there any truth to it, or only rumours?

[Solmyr]

As I said before, I won't be confident that Biden will be president until he's actually sworn in.

[Habbaku]

More people voted for Biden in Texas than every state except California. Just saying.

Yes, it's important to remember that state voting populations aren't monoli--er, metal pillars.

[Sheilbh]

More people voted for Biden in Texas than every state except California. Just saying.

Yes, it's important to remember that state voting populations aren't monoli--er, metal pillars.

Yeah this is something that's really important to bear in mind with culture war style polarisation. Important with Brexit here too. You know Trump's top two states in terms of number of votes were also California and Texas

There's about 4 in 10 New Yorkers who vote for Trump however blue it is, just like 4 in 10 Londoners voted for Brexit. And vice versa.

[Tonitrus]

I do enjoy the preposterousness of the Texas AG suing all of the other states for electing someone other than Donald Trump.  There is no state quite so Trump as Texas.  The fact that Trump is from New York City, and so undoubtedly loathes Texas, just makes the Texas dick-sucking more hilarious.

Indeed...I remember when Texans had the right about about people and things from New York City.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX2AyjVrrck

[crazy canuck]

More people voted for Biden in Texas than every state except California. Just saying.

Yes, it's important to remember that state voting populations aren't monoli--er, metal pillars.

[Barrister]

More people voted for Biden in Texas than every state except California. Just saying.

Yes, it's important to remember that state voting populations aren't monoli--er, metal pillars.

Monolith (aka a single solid piece of stone) would have been perfectly appropriate here.

[Valmy]

Do these dangerous radicals believe things like Texas is just one of fifty states and it doesn't matter which state you were born in?

Even if you were a member of congress for a different state just a few years before? That is not the same thing as having moved here and decided you care about our state and our politics and entering the ring.

[The Minsky Moment]

I have no beef with Texas as such, but Texas did elect that moron, carpetbagger or not.

No one in the entire country is as shameless as  the Texas AG.

Texas voters are very party loyal and right now a bunch of carpetbaggers are throwing the good old boys out of leadership in the Republican Party. I think eventually people will wake up to this but it has been a gradual process. Paxton and Lt. Governor Patrick are very dangerous out of state lunatics that have currently used party hackery to rise to high office.

This guy is the current head of the Texas GOP is a war criminal from Florida who just moved to Texas a few years ago. Pretty soon these fanatics will have taken over our politics and forcing out Texas Republicans for not being purely nutcase enough. We'll see how that goes.

This lawsuit is basically an application for a Trump pardon by Paxton isn't it?

A federal pardon isn't going to fix Paxton's legal problems.
Fall back on the simple explanation: he is a shameless legal hack and partisan Trumpist zealot.  Since his jackassery is already legend throughout the world, the filing of such an asinine lawsuit, that would embarrass any self-respecting lawyer, is an easy step for a man devoid of such self-respect.

[DGuller]

I hope this lawsuit won't give Supreme Court an opportunity to buy credibility that they do not deserve.  They could take on this case and rule 9-0 on it, and suddenly everyone will think that they're above the political fray, when in reality they just know how to stay marginally within bounds.