Nov 2020
6:52am, 11 Nov 2020
2,027 posts
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JRitchie
It’s interesting listening to republicans talking about the legal challenges. They never energising a chat about the strength of the case but they all bang on about his right to challenge. It all just seems a show, keeping him in the limelight as long as possible, possibly to help him with fundraising for his new PAC he’s setting up - which is more worrying as it suggests he’s intent of meddling in the GOP in the future.
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Nov 2020
7:03am, 11 Nov 2020
24,058 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Trump performing as expected: angry, petulant, uncooperative and, ultimately, doomed to failure. I'm more surprised that the ship hasn't had more people taking to the boats. The way he has perverted and corrupted the US is incredibly sad.
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Nov 2020
7:31am, 11 Nov 2020
14,557 posts
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richmac
I think a lot of his own party despise him, but aren't turning on him yet because they suspect that the whack job rantings and legal challenges might actually work. They'd hate not having a job more than they hate Trump. Essentially politicians being self serving rather then principled. Whoda thunk it. |
Nov 2020
8:21am, 11 Nov 2020
12,626 posts
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larkim
His persistence with this behaviour though is starting to create that aura of a "new reality" which you can see the media are trying to resist (as are other nations governments), but amongst his supporters, and to a degree spreading wider into the Republican voters, it feels a bit like the narrative that he's creating around invalid ballots is gaining some footholds and traction. Worrying!! It's "alternative facts" all over again. If he keeps on saying it, enough people will believe it to be true. And he knows it. |
Nov 2020
8:24am, 11 Nov 2020
42,394 posts
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LindsD
Yup
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Nov 2020
9:14am, 11 Nov 2020
14,559 posts
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richmac
Yep he's trying to change the narrative, until people are convinced that all postal ballots are either invalid, illegal or fraudulent, get them all cancelled and bingo he wins.
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Nov 2020
9:20am, 11 Nov 2020
16,889 posts
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Chrisull
The USPS "whistleblower" who signed an affidavit testifying to seeing supervisor tampering to commit fraud, has withdrawn ALL his allegations when speaking to investigators. Should be jailed for signing a false affidavit. Here are the facts: Richard Hopkins is a USPS employee in Erie, Pa. He signed a sworn affidavit with allegations of ballot tampering/fraud and went public through Project Veritas. IG began investigating last week. IG investigators informed Committee staff that they interviewed Hopkins on Friday, but that Hopkins RECANTED HIS ALLEGATIONS and did not explain why he signed a false affidavit. See here: thehill.com and newsweek.com |
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Nov 2020
9:33am, 11 Nov 2020
12,629 posts
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larkim
But the guy (apparently) says he didn't recant; linked via the newsweek article and video here. And there's the thing. There's clearly more to the story, assuming that the guy in the video really is Richard Hopkins. |
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Nov 2020
10:06am, 11 Nov 2020
16,890 posts
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Chrisull
Link not working, but wouldn't surprise me if the person wasn't Richard Hopkins. They're getting quite good at this. Have you seen the Dean Browning story - where a conservative activist mistakenly posted a "I'm a gay black guy" o on Twitter meaning it to be from his sock puppet account, but accidentally from his main account - they found the sock puppet account called "Dan Purdy". It seems obvious it's a sock puppet alt (same wording, sentence structure, replies to Dean's posts. only created in October), and then Patti Labelle's son racks up claiming to be the Dan Purdy account. It's seems he isn't, but the truth is now completely muddied. Read here... it's funny. vox.com |
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Nov 2020
10:23am, 11 Nov 2020
16,891 posts
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Chrisull
Richard Hopkins was getting 130K from this story (from Republican donors), prior to this he was a conspiracy theorist (of anti Obama type) far right winger. Hmmm. His credibility seems deeply dubious.I'd suggest he's recanting his recantation because that money may not be forthcoming now. Apparently there's now a million pound prize for fraud stories... That's really how investigative journalism works and people slate the mainstream media!! |
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