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POTUS Spitballing
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POTUS Spitballing


Jul 30, 2020, 9:29 AM

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288818160389558273?s=20

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That is a very, very bad tweet.


Jul 30, 2020, 9:31 AM

Hopefully this sort of thinking is quickly snuffed about by people across the political spectrum.

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I hope so as well. Very troubling.***


Jul 30, 2020, 9:32 AM



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To me, it's a sign that he thinks he is going to lose.


Jul 30, 2020, 9:36 AM

I understand, knowing what we know if his personality, that he would be saying this to cover for or make excuses for a potential loss. But when you're the President, you just can't say stuff like this, because it can actually affect the integrity of the election.

The President should be the foremost champion of our democratic processes, not a sower of discord and doubt.

Instead of making tweets like this, he should make tweets that attempt to persuade people to vote for him, if he thinks he is going to lose.

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Re: To me, it's a sign that he thinks he is going to lose.


Jul 30, 2020, 9:44 AM

He only cares about himself. Tbe country is meaningless to him.

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Wasn’t the integrity of the election disputed last


Jul 31, 2020, 10:26 AM [ in reply to To me, it's a sign that he thinks he is going to lose. ]

election on both sides by Russian interference? Worrying about it’s integrity, I think that ship has sailed...this is the new norm.

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We know that Russia attempted to


Aug 3, 2020, 7:41 AM

influence the election. But that doesn't mean the election result was compromised.

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what thinking?***


Jul 30, 2020, 9:34 AM [ in reply to That is a very, very bad tweet. ]



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Maybe the bit about delaying an election


Jul 30, 2020, 9:35 AM

because he feels like he's going to lose?

You don't see anything wrong with that?

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I'm waiting on Prods answer here***


Jul 30, 2020, 9:36 AM



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Gave you a TU because I think I get the joke you’re making***


Jul 30, 2020, 9:37 AM [ in reply to what thinking?*** ]



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Am I going MAD or did the word "think" escape your lips?


Jul 30, 2020, 9:49 AM

You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic land mass.

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The thinking that our election's integrity


Jul 30, 2020, 9:38 AM [ in reply to what thinking?*** ]

is at risk due to well-established and legal mechanisms, and that a President's re-election should be delayed.

Even if it's true that it would be good to delay the election, it's not proper that the ones who would most benefit from that should be the ones pushing it. The conflict of interest is obvious and elementary.

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He's legitimately floating the idea of delaying the


Jul 30, 2020, 9:39 AM [ in reply to what thinking?*** ]

election. Obviously, this doesn't bother partisan hacks, even though it should be a huge red flag.

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this question was only directed for Prod. I want it on


Jul 30, 2020, 9:44 AM

record for future reference.

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Oooh you're really gonna nail him with that one.***


Jul 30, 2020, 9:48 AM



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no nailing.***


Jul 30, 2020, 9:49 AM [ in reply to this question was only directed for Prod. I want it on ]



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Woman Man Person Camera TV***


Jul 30, 2020, 9:33 AM



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Cue NY song:


Jul 30, 2020, 9:38 AM

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

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Re: Woman Man Person Camera TV***


Jul 30, 2020, 10:12 AM [ in reply to Woman Man Person Camera TV*** ]

.

https://youtu.be/j8oaaP68i4s

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Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


Re: POTUS Spitballing


Jul 30, 2020, 9:35 AM

Unfit for office and also making excuses already for his loss in November.

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I also think it proposes a bit of a strawman...


Jul 30, 2020, 9:43 AM

But that may be due to ignorance on my part. Who thinks we cannot safely vote in person? Are there places that will not be allowing in-person voting or something? I plan on doing so, and I assume the vast majority also plan on doing so.

I think mail-in voting should be offered to everyone, but I thought that before COVID, and it really has nothing to do with the virus, for me. I think it's great to make voting as easy as possible, as long as the security is ensured.

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I voted by mail in the primary.


Jul 30, 2020, 9:52 AM

Loved it, would do it again.

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He also distinguishes between absentee voting and


Jul 30, 2020, 9:53 AM [ in reply to I also think it proposes a bit of a strawman... ]

mail-in voting, but they're the exact same thing.

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Sort of, but don't you have to have one of a few select


Jul 30, 2020, 9:57 AM

reasons for absentee voting, vs "because I want to" is acceptable for mail-in?

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If mail-in voting is problematic, then absentee voting is


Jul 30, 2020, 10:05 AM

problematic. And although you would need to provide a reason to vote absentee, it's not a difficult hurdle to overcome. Also I think a global pandemic where the US has a disproportionate number of cases is a pretty good reason for absentee/mail-in voting.

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That's fine, I'm just saying there is a distinction.


Jul 30, 2020, 10:13 AM

They aren't synonomous.

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They're synonymous because absentee voting works via


Jul 30, 2020, 10:20 AM

mail-in ballots. Trump's saying there's a problem with mail-in ballots, but not absentee voting. That doesn't make sense.

The distinction you're making is that you need a reason to vote by mail. The reason is the pandemic, so there is no distinction between voting by mail because you're temporarily out of state and voting by mail because you're avoiding exposure to a pandemic.

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Ok they’re exactly the same.


Jul 30, 2020, 10:23 AM

This is super low on the list of things I’m going to argue about. It was a dumb tweet regardless.

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i voted absentee in person in va


Jul 30, 2020, 6:59 PM [ in reply to They're synonymous because absentee voting works via ]

not sure if i had to but was going to be out of town

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"Because I died 50 years ago"... does that work?***


Jul 30, 2020, 10:12 AM [ in reply to Sort of, but don't you have to have one of a few select ]



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Covid... Done.***


Jul 30, 2020, 6:23 PM [ in reply to Sort of, but don't you have to have one of a few select ]



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I think the mechanism is the same, but


Jul 30, 2020, 9:58 AM [ in reply to He also distinguishes between absentee voting and ]

the difference is that I suppose there is some sort of process to qualify for absentee voting. So I guess you can argue that the NON SECURE method should only be used if you REALLY NEED TO. But, yes, there is no reason why widespread mail-in voting would be less secure than absentee voting, that I know of.

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It's strange to accept an insecure voting process for


Jul 30, 2020, 10:25 AM

any reason or for any subset of American citizens.

It isn't actually insecure, of course, so it's a moot point.

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They should have taken the Twitter away from him


Jul 30, 2020, 9:55 AM

Long ago.

Delaying an election is insane. I don’t even think partisan hacks can get behind that.

With the distaste for Trump, maybe and only a long shot could there be some funny business with mail in. Maybe, slightly, unlikely. I don’t actually believe, but it’s 2020 and anything is possible

There have been some bad tweets, but I think this one Trumps them all.

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He sez just as outrageous stuff live not on Twitter:


Jul 30, 2020, 10:45 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA5ybXu78cc

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Fair enough***


Jul 30, 2020, 10:52 AM



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Is my logic correct here?


Jul 30, 2020, 10:02 AM

I would think that the bigger risk, BY FAR, with mail-in voting, is that votes get lost in the mail. Not that people can vote multiple times or improperly, or something.


Therefore, the biggest risk is that people voting by mail would not have their vote counted. So, if you choose to vote by mail, you are accepting that increased risk.

For example, if, hypothetically, Democrats were to vote by mail more than Republicans, I would think that would hurt the Democrats. Am I off base?

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Well thank goodness fudning the USPS is a priority


Jul 30, 2020, 12:27 PM

For this administration. Wouldn't want votes to get lost!

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Re: POTUS Spitballing


Jul 30, 2020, 10:10 AM

Trump's term ends in January. If there's no election, congratulations to President Pelosi. LOL.

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I don't think he actually thinks the election would


Jul 30, 2020, 10:16 AM

or could be delayed. I think it's more likely that he's laying groundwork for there to be unrest about the result.

It was wrong when many Democrats did it in the last four years, and it's wrong now.

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What did the Democrats do exactly?


Jul 30, 2020, 10:38 AM

Are you suggesting that the investigation by Mueller (Republican) who was appointed by Rod Rosenstein (Republican member of Trump Justice Dept.) was a plot by the Democratic Party?

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No. I had no problem with the Mueller investigation.


Jul 30, 2020, 11:14 AM

I'm talking about people who called into question, and some who continue to do so, the legitimacy of the the President's election. I disagree with that, for the same reasons I'm against the President doing it now.

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The Mueller investigation wasn't about


Jul 30, 2020, 11:20 AM

"did President Trump actually win?". It was about finding people who committed crimes.

The President got the Electoral Votes and was elected. End of story, in terms of the election result.

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Where is anyone saying he didn't win the election?


Jul 30, 2020, 11:56 AM

I'm a Democrat, and I certainly want Trump out of office. I've never heard of this thing where people say he was not legitimately elected. And you say many Democrats have been saying this for years?

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I've seen it, many, many times.


Jul 30, 2020, 12:25 PM

I agree I don't remember you saying it.

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I don't remember anyone on Tnet saying it ever.


Jul 30, 2020, 1:38 PM

You'd think with all the occurrences you've seen, there'd be just one person from Tnet in that pile.

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I don't know specifically about T-Net


Jul 30, 2020, 1:53 PM

But it just seems in my mind like a general trope, not like specific instances. Like, saying the President was installed by Putin, or a Putin puppet.

I've probably seen it more on Twitter than here, because there aren't that many liberals here.

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I know it's just one, but here's one where VP


Jul 30, 2020, 2:00 PM [ in reply to I don't remember anyone on Tnet saying it ever. ]

Biden calls the President "illegitimate". Just one example, but it's probably the biggest one possible.

https://www.insider.com/joe-biden-says-he-agrees-trump-is-illegitimate-president-2019-5


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It's actually a great example of shoddy journalism.


Jul 30, 2020, 9:14 PM

Watch out for secondary sources like Insider.com that are more interested in getting clicks than getting it right.

Biden didn't say he "absolutely agrees" with that particular statement. I can't even find a video that shows exactly what the conversation was.

However, I will grant you that the woman (whoever she was) said that Trump was an "illegitimate president in my mind." So yes you do have one example (just it's not Biden).

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Would it skip Pence and go to her?


Jul 30, 2020, 10:17 AM [ in reply to Re: POTUS Spitballing ]

If the house flips, would it go to the new speaker?

I'm pulling for the Secretary of Agriculture...



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The house wouldn’t flip without an election ya big dummy***


Jul 30, 2020, 10:29 AM



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oohhhh Good point. I didn't think about the entire election


Jul 30, 2020, 10:32 AM

being postponed. I was just thinking about the Presidential part.

What about Pence?

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Uncharted waters and for good reason


Jul 30, 2020, 10:34 AM

But pretty sure his term is up in January as well

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Jul 30, 2020, 11:26 AM [ in reply to Re: POTUS Spitballing ]

Na, no President Pelosi in that case. There would be no House as all their terms expire early January. That leaves the Senate as next in line of the succession with the president pro temp of the Senate taking the office until things can be resolved.

That is were it gets interesting. Of the Senate seats not up for election this year, 35 are held by Dems and 30 by Pubs so Dems would take control of the Senate and appoint from their members who would be President until an election was held.

So, congrats President Warren?

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Re: POTUS Spitballing


Jul 30, 2020, 11:48 AM

That's awesome and exactly the sort of thing Trump trying to be clever tends to produce.

You didn't want moderate Biden as your president? That's great! Because here's Liz, and she's got some policies she'd like to enact. (Cue the heavy thunk of about a dozen books the size of the NYC phone directory hitting a table, and shrill screams of alarm from Wall Street.)

Trump pulled more or less the same result when he tried to fire one of his own donor for not towing the line quite enthusiastically enough as the US Attorney for SDNY. Instead of being able to appoint his own minion, what he ended up getting was a 72-year-old career prosecutor who was not the slightest bit interested in playing politics, and her first move was to arrest Ghislaine Maxwell when the guy Trump had just fired wouldn't. (Cue another bunch of shrill screams, also from Wall Street, but also from politicians from both sides of the aisle and from across the pond.)

It'd be an epic disaster, of course...but it'd also be glorious to watch.

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Biden called it back in April.


Jul 30, 2020, 10:49 AM

"Mark my words, I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can't be held,” the former vice president said in April.

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For those keeping score at home


Jul 30, 2020, 10:51 AM

Foxnews is reporting on the tweet and calling it like it is, not smart

Fair and balanced

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Can't wait to listen to rush and hannity


Jul 30, 2020, 11:57 AM

explain why this is the best decision ever.

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I like your funny words magic man


Hold your horses, 88 has to get in here


Jul 30, 2020, 12:31 PM

and tell us what Trump ACTUALLY meant.

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I like your funny words magic man


proven Psychological fact that 70-75% of "doubters"


Jul 30, 2020, 9:56 PM

doubt not because of factual basis, but because of emotional reasons and personal experience.


It's certainly clear that those with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) are reacting more with their emotional response than their evidentiary analysis.

But hey, you "girls" just keep on gossiping like it means something.

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Hey.


Jul 30, 2020, 11:53 PM

#### off. MemphisCat

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I think it's hilarious


Jul 31, 2020, 8:57 AM

Donnie Pump being Donnie Pump. On one hand, he's admitting to the whole "stay home for fear of catching the virus and dying and killing everyone's grandma", yet getting waylaid by everyone b/c it can be spun to somehow benefit him.

For the record - I vehemently disagree with it. We cannot delay the election.

On the mail in piece, I vehemently disagree with that as well. Take your ### to the poll and vote. This is America. Your one right and opportunity to be heard, take some ####### pride and get your ### out there and do it in person.

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