Republicans are still trying to overturn an election in North Carolina

The latest on North Carolina’s Republicans efforts to steal an election

Disgraceful

More on the disgraceful Republican election challenge in North Carolina

https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-north-carolina-supreme-court-challenge-election-integrity-network

Republicans refuse to accept a loss in North Carolina

Elections are only fair if they win.

Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin trails Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs in their race for a seat on the state Supreme Court, but Griffin says that very tribunal should handle his effort to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots. http://www.wunc.org/politics/202…
— WUNC News (@wunc.org) 2025-01-06T21:14:18.708Z

NEW: North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin (R) filed new legal complaints late last month to challenge 60,000 ballots. All of Griffin's challenges have been moved to federal court where litigation is ongoing.
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2025-01-02T20:40:16.043Z

Everyone should know about what's happening in North Carolina. Republicans are using Trump's playbook to try to overturn an election. I wrote about it last week:
— Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2024-12-08T16:56:53.385Z

BREAKING: The North Carolina Democratic Party sues to stop tens of thousands of ballot challenges initiated by the state GOP, saying that the challenges violate federal law. NC Republicans are contesting the validity of over 60,000 ballots cast in November.
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2024-12-06T22:47:34.169Z

#BREAKING: The North Carolina Supreme Court blocks certification of the Supreme Court election, will hear Jefferson Griffin's protest later this month. #ncpol #Election2024
— Bryan Anderson (@bryanranderson.bsky.social) 2025-01-07T17:07:56.005Z

The Trump campaign should be scrutinized too

This is one of the endless columns on why Harris lost. We need to look at the terrible parts of Trump’s campaign.

Democrats would probably benefit from long-term investment in community organizing. But that’s not “ground game” and it’s not something a campaign can do. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
— Philip Bump (@pbump.com) 2024-11-28T04:00:52.182Z

My comment on the Post website:

There have been lots of critiques of the Harris campaign. Is anyone going to give comparable scrutiny to the Trump campaign? Trump won so obviously his campaign deserves some credit. But look how he did it.

In many ways Trump was horrible and I hope we never see another campaign like it. Here are some reasons:

1) He lied endlessly. The media failed to keep up but they had an impossible job. ABC was commended for correcting three lies in the debate while he lied many more times. How about his lies about hurricane cleanup and eating dogs and cats? How about his lies about the 2020 election and January 6th? How about his lies about who pays for tariffs?

2) Trump spewed racism and misogyny. The way he talked about Harris was disgusting.

3) He was sometimes hours late for events and, to put it kindly, rambling and incoherent. Remember the 39 minutes when he stood on the stage and didn’t speak? He still hasn’t reimbursed some communities for the costs of his events.

4) Numerous people who worked for his said he shouldn’t be elected.

I left out that people who worked for him said he had fascist tendencies. He got Republicans to kill the immigration bill that would have helped solve the problem. I also left out that he is a convicted felon and sexual predator. How about his illegal use of Arlington for political purposes?

Trump does not have a mandate

https://wapo.st/3ZkG5kp

Mandate? Trump is now under 50% in the popular vote with his margin ranking 44th out of 51 elections since 1824.4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20.GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states.- CNN’s Harry Enten reports
— Andrew Kaczynski (@kfile.bsky.social) 2024-11-18T15:33:38.880Z

https://bsky.app/profile/metaresistance.bsky.social/post/3lbakcvmvx22f

Trump Won Less Than 50 Percent. Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide?

https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.bsky.social/post/3lbl6nv6h5c2a

https://wapo.st/4eHTHuk

Trump won but he still has to lie about it and say he won in a landslide when he actually won less than 50% of the vote and by one of the smallest margins in history
— Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2024-11-28T21:23:23.305Z

A reminder #itwasntalandslide
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2024-11-29T01:48:53.780Z

He did not win by a massive margin, does not have a historic mandate, and therefore is not automatically owed a cabinet of reactionary extremists and tinfoil-gilded cranks to inflict on the American people.
— Berny Belvedere (@bernybelvedere.bsky.social) 2024-12-08T16:43:51.419Z

Wealthy people gain influence in politics – most gave to Trump

Trump benefited the most and will give them a lot in return. They are sucking up to Trump now.

Top 7 donors this cycle, all GOP. What a crew.https://t.co/pphwqwQy07 pic.twitter.com/0HWAONRE9p
— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) November 12, 2024

One thing we shouldn’t let slide in the wake of the presidential election is the duplicity of the CEOs of the country’s most powerful corporations.

After January 6, for example, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Trump needed to be held accountable for inciting a riot. "I think no one…
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 11, 2024

BILLIONAIRE BONANZA: The 10 richest billionaires saw a record one-day wealth jump from Trump's win: $63.5 billion, with $26 billion of that just Elon Musk. https://t.co/yRqqgzYpDh
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) November 7, 2024

150 billionaire families spent $1.9B on the 2024 election through October.

It's a huge amount of money — but it represents just 0.07% of their overall wealth.

It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in cash.

We must get big money out of our politics. pic.twitter.com/zYkHFdjBir
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) November 8, 2024

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1853072877509054668

https://twitter.com/RonBrownstein/status/1852846339685769542

https://twitter.com/4TaxFairness/status/1851304485307736553

Trump doesn’t deserve Biden’s courtesy

Biden hosted Trump at the White House today. I wouldn’t have done it;. Trump didn’t do it for him in 2020. Trump has never even conceded. Mrs, Trump didn’t accept the invitation from the First Lady which is disgraceful.

If I had been Harris, I wouldn’t have called Trump or congratulated him. I would have made a speech acknowledging that she lost and thanked her staff and voters.

You can’t have norms if only one side respects them. The country elected Trump so they think his disgusting behavior is alright.

Think about this: If the Democrats win the presidential election in 2024, will Trump invite the winner to the White House? I doubt it. To him, we are vermin and the enemy within.

Fuck him.

Trump hasn’t signed a required ethics pledge

I doubt he ever signs it and I don’t expect him to be held accountable. Trump is terrible.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1856368868702466557

"President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts of interest and other ethical concerns while in office, raising concerns that his refusal to do so will hamper the smooth transition to power."…
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) November 12, 2024

https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1856046118322188573