Georgia Republicans Lay Groundwork For Getting Ballots Tossed

[txlawyer]

Uncanny.

[trnc]

Talk about trying to square a circle. Repubs want to treat a runoff in Georgia as the “same election” as the November election that took place, but only the ones that happened in other states. Ironically, already voting for a senator in the November election in Georgia doesn’t count.

And yes, I understand that the runoff is necessarily predicated on the Ga. Nov election, but the other problem with the argument is that I can’t find “new to the state" as being a prohibition against voting in the US or Ga constitutions. It’s not the new residents fault that the voters of Ga couldn’t figure it out in November.

[castor_troy]

Ted Cruz Sr.

[txlawyer]

I believe that Ted Cruz’s daughters recoil from his touch because they know the truth.

[katscherger]

Same reason as why the Orange Blob wants a job he’s not interested in doing. Power, prestige, and self-dealing grift.

[ClutchCargo]

Absent the pandemic, I would pay good money for a front row seat to that.

[bitinginsect]

That logic would require them to also segregate out ballots cast by people who didn’t vote for any senate candidate in November, regardless of how long they’d been registered.

[tena]

Staying out of court in New York.

And nowhere else to live right now.

[dommyluc]

Assholes gonna asshole.

[ClutchCargo]

Does that Miller guy know anything about cipherin’?

[katscherger]

Pay per view with all proceeds going to food banks? Yes, please! Table for two!!!

[ronbyers]

That was my thought exactly.

[jwbuho]

@ralph_vonholst

One might think that the simple end of this problem is for Donald Trump to simply leave the White House on the morning of January 20th as a disgraced one-term president. The Republican Party’s reaction to the Texas case suggests this will not be the case.

Yup.

Last night on Twitter, these people were looking for dirt, any kind of dirt, on John Roberts. There’s supposedly an account of the justices’ deliberations on the Texas case that claims Roberts didn’t want to hear the case out of fear of violence in the streets from the libs. They also think he’s linked with Jeffrey Epstein; someone by that name appears on the plane logs to Epstein’s island, and there’s a picture of a guy who looks like a young Roberts swimming around with Clinton and Epstein.

Who knows, right? But their anger with Roberts goes back to the first SCOTUS ruling on the ACA, and now that the courts have ruled against their boy Trump a couple of times, they’re really baying at the moon now.

[pluckyinky]

@ralph_vonholst

One might think that the simple end of this problem is for Donald Trump to simply leave the White House on the morning of January 20th as a disgraced one-term president. The Republican Party’s reaction to the Texas case suggests this will not be the case.

A unique aspect of Trumpism is the sycophantic loyalty that he demands from everyone, that his base commands for him and only him. But none of it seems to transfer to anyone else. No one seems to question or even give a shit about Gardner and McSally’s losses. Even when Trump was challenging AZ, McSally wasn’t a consideration. I think if Loeffler and/or Purdue lose we’ll see the same reaction, and I tend to think we’ll see that same dynamic going forward. The fanaticism, denial, slavish loyalty, none of it transfers and creates the kind of desperation to show the unflinching loyalty that is at the root of GOP support for the TX case. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight them tooth and nail, challenge every case, and do everything within our power to enact federal legislation to thwart these efforts via a revised VRA. I just believe folks are missing the utter uniqueness of Trump’s stranglehold over the GOP and applying it to the entirety of the party. Trump currently poses a grave threat to us all, but after 1/20, the gravest threat he will pose is to the future of the GOP.

[occamscoin]

@txlawyer

That explains why Barr stuck around until Dec. 23.

The six Iran Contra pardons were issued on Dec 24, 1992; that is what I was expecting this go-round.

[txlawyer]

@ClutchCargo

Does that Miller guy know anything about cipherin’?

Unclear, but he does have an interest in afterlife slavery.

[tena]

Man I’d pay for real to watch them drag him out of there like Saddam Hussein. Nothing could be more fitting.

[katscherger]

I am sure there is a freeway underpass somewhere that will welcome him.

[thunderclapnewman]

OT—Looks like the Treasury Dept. was hacked, too.

[antropovni]

Before jumping to any psychiatric diagnosis (though sociopathy should remain ready at hand) let’s ask whether legal success is the only or most important result they’re aiming for.

As others have noted here, continuing to file lawsuits regardless of their viability justifies Trump & associates’ claims that there remains a chance of retaining power - - and justifies requests for donations from supporters. Plus, as our host, Mr. Marshall, has noted, political action on the right has become heavily performative, so looking like you’re fighting is nearly as effective as actually succeeding. If they happen to win a case, so much the better, but it is far from necessary.

Edit: @thebigragu got there first. I stand by sociopathy, though.