Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[Belize]

Trump setting the stage to be the weak-willed man he is and bow out of the debates?

I hope he does, and Biden just gets to be alone on stage

[Endus]

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020...nnesota-racist



Trump, not just lying but also not even bothering with the racist dog whistle. He's just straight out saying it.

Also worth noting, Biden has committed to returning the number of refugees the US takes to pre-Trump levels following Trump slashing them to under 20K a year. This isn't an "increase", it's a return to normal following a decrease.

For the penny seats among Trump supporters who whine all the time, here's Trump admitting to being an outright racist.

"Then she tells *us* how to run *our* country, can you believe it?"

Omar's an American. She's as American as Donald Trump is. The only way he's making Omar into a "them", and suggesting the country isn't as much hers as it is anyone's, is if he's arguing that the USA is a white Christian nation, and Omar, by virtue solely of being a Muslim of color, is thus not a "real American".

That's bigotry. There is no other possible explanation for that phrasing. This is why we keep pointing out that Trump is a stupid obvious bigot. Disputing this basically just means you support that bigotry.

[DarkTZeratul]

Doesn't Minnesota also have a fairly large Somali population? What a place for him to spew all that racist shit....

Telling prospective voters "What the hell is wrong with you?" is always a good way to get them on your side.

[PhaelixWW]

Telling prospective voters "What the hell is wrong with you?" is always a good way to get them on your side.

I think that maybe Trump took the criticism that he didn't spend any time during the debate talking to the actual viewers a leeeeeeetle to literal.

[Milchshake]

Doesn't Minnesota also have a fairly large Somali population? What a place for him to spew all that racist shit....

The Twin cities also have the largest Hmong community in the US.
Guess which racist assholes want to deport legal Hmong refugees back to Laos?

Fear grows as Donald Trump administration moves to deport Laotian refugees

Remember, the people claiming to be "Just against illegal immigration" are nazi-adjacent assholes that want to ethnically cleanse the US

[TigTone]

Maybe this point we should spit the country up.

Let the far right have the center of USA and turn it into the Industrial wasteland land they dream of.

And the rest of us who are not cultist or anti science get the west and east coasts.

Since as we know they are “shit holes” they don’t want anyways.

[Nurasu]

Maybe this point we should spit the country up.

Let the far right have the center of USA and turn it into the Industrial wasteland land they dream of.

And the rest of us who are not cultist or anti science get the west and east coasts.

Since as we know they are “shit holes” they don’t want anyways.

I'd prefer another Civil War, but without granting them statehood at the end again. They can be a territory managed by a minority-lead panel based in the new state of Puerto Rico.

[TigTone]

I'd prefer another Civil War, but without granting them statehood at the end again. They can be a territory managed by a minority-lead panel based in the new state of Puerto Rico.

I prefer there be no deaths but we are already at 200k plus (preventable deaths) so I type this I realized my no deaths idea is out the window.

[kaid]

Doesn't Minnesota also have a fairly large Somali population? What a place for him to spew all that racist shit....

That is exactly why he is spewing that racisist shit. The fact that omar already dominated her primary and likely means she has locked her seat back up it seems like a really silly attack but the iron range is very rural white working class area so that stuff may play better there than you would expect.

[Paranoid Android]

NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott limits election drop boxes to one per county. He says the move was made to enhance ballot security, but critics warn it could severely limit access for many voters https://t.co/JIg0lsVYJ4

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/stat...268915716?s=19

Just flat out voter suppression.

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Doesn't Minnesota also have a fairly large Somali population? What a place for him to spew all that racist shit....

From Minnesota and yes.

Now this is where Minnesota reflects Trump country.

I can't recall when a large Somali population came w/o looking it up, but maybe 30 years ago. This population naturally emigrated to the city of Minneapolis.

Now I believe more have spread to sorrounding areas and no doubt it's based on xenophobia and racism. Mainly racism. Minnesota is a white state and once again, no other way to put it is the white population is not accepting demographic change.

So while Minnesota is still blue, they lost people and you can connect it to Trumpism.

[Edge-]

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2020...-his-donation/

The Portland sheriff that Trump claimed supported him?

He just gave $500 to Biden.

Again.

So he's donated $1K to the Biden campaign.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...ac-poll-423835

Harrison and Graham are tied at 48 percent among likely voters, according to the Quinnipiac University poll. It matches a handful of recent public surveys this month that have shown the two candidates deadlocked as Graham faces the toughest reelection campaign of his career.

Good news in South Carolina: Harrison is now polling even with Graham.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics...use-he-is-one/

Missed this from last nights rally -

“And then she tells us how to run our country, can you believe it?” Trump said again on Wednesday, as the crowd chanted, “Lock her up.”

Man, why is it always "Lock her up" and never "Lock him up" for anyone else? What is her alleged crime even? I thought Republicans respected due process and law?

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/media...ate/index.html

Wallace, who had in a Wednesday interview with The New York Times declined to pin the culpability on Trump, told his colleague Bill Hemmer during an interview Thursday that he believes Trump "bears the primary responsibility for what happened."

"I had baked this beautiful, delicious cake and then frankly the President put his foot in it," Wallace said.

"That was frustrating," Wallace added. "It was frustrating for me because I tried hard to prepare for a serious debate, much more frustrating and more importantly for the American people because they didn't get the debate they wanted that they deserved."

Chris Wallace blames Tuesday night's chaos on Trump. Which anyone who actually watched the debate won't be surprised by.

[PACOX]

30 days out.

If you aren't registered and know how you plan on casting your ballot then I don't know what to tell you. What are you doing with your life?

Don't sleep on your down ballot measures. Wonder how someone like McConnell is in office? Why your state sucks at dealing with COVID19? Why your local law enforcement and courts are trash? Pay attention to all those words under the presidential box. You can find information on the about your state's and local elections at Ballotpedia.

https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

Sample Ballot (research before you vote)

https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup

[Breccia]

In the debate, Trump accused pharm companies of slow-rolling the vaccine to make him look bad.

Pfiizer took offense at that.

I’ve spoken to Pfizer, I’ve spoken to all of the people that you have to speak to, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and others. They can go faster than that by a lot. It’s become very political

-- Trump

Once more, I was disappointed that the prevention for a deadly disease was discussed in political terms rather than scientific facts.

In this hyper-partisan year, there are some who would like us to move more quickly and others who argue for delay. Neither of those options are acceptable to me.

-- CEO of Pfizer

"Ah, so he's upset with Biden too!"

Circle the part of the debate where Biden said Pfizer was speeding up the vaccine due to help Trump. Until then, what you have is Trump being directly called out.

[PACOX]

Telling prospective voters "What the hell is wrong with you?" is always a good way to get them on your side.

There's certain liberal posters who do the same thing around here, going as far to say if you aren't x then you don't even need to bother voting.

Its a bipartisan cultural illness in this country.

[Thepersona]

In the debate, Trump accused pharm companies of slow-rolling the vaccine to make him look bad.

Pfiizer took offense at that.


-- Trump


-- CEO of Pfizer

"Ah, so he's upset with Biden too!"

Circle the part of the debate where Biden said Pfizer was speeding up the vaccine due to help Trump. Until then, what you have is Trump being directly called out.

I mean, fuck big pharma with a rusty spoon, but in this case, i'm siding with them.

[Edge-]

30 days out.

If you aren't registered and know how you plan on casting your ballot then I don't know what to tell you. What are you doing with your life?

Don't sleep on your down ballot measures. Wonder how someone like McConnell is in office? Why your state sucks at dealing with COVID19? Why your local law enforcement and courts are trash? Pay attention to all those words under the presidential box. You can find information on the about your state's and local elections at Ballotpedia.

https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

Sample Ballot (research before you vote)

https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup

Also throwing a shoutout to the non-partisan League of Women Voters, they do a lot of fantastic national/local work on voter engagement and education - https://www.lwv.org/

[arandomuser]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/polit...ots/index.html

any chance of texas flipping blue just went out the window

[DingDongKing]

I'm just not sure why'd you'd quote me with that response instead of the person asking about polls. And I'm quite chill, thanks...but you seem like you might need to relax a bit.

Was just a bouncing off point to post an update about the polls. That’s it, really. Unsure why it’s bothered you so much.

[Edge-]

Nearly 8 minutes of a segment detailing the long list of people Trump hired, knows, talks about, or otherwise acknowledges, followed by Trump repeatedly claiming not to know any of them well or at all.

[DarkTZeratul]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/polit...ots/index.html

any chance of texas flipping blue just went out the window

I dunno, while this is certainly partisan fuckery, people who hate Donald Trump are nothing if not determined.