Mod: I can't think of many people I dislike more than Karl Rove, but at least he's that rare Republican willing to speak a little needed hard truth to howling sore loser Deposed Donny.Karl Rove tells Trump to give up — he’s never going to overturn the election (Raw Storylink): On Wednesday, writing for The Wall Street Journal, Republican mega-strategist Karl Rove laid down the truth for President Donald Trump— he cannot overturn the results of the election, and he should honor democracy and American tradition by handing the reins of power to President-elect Joe Biden.
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Mr. Trump is now pursuing legal challenges in
Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin,
Michigan,
Arizona and
Nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in
Georgia, given
Mr. Biden’s 0.29-point lead there,” wrote
Rove. “
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is correct that
Mr. Trump is “100% within his rights” to go to court over concerns about fraud and transparency. But the president’s efforts are unlikely to move a single state from
Mr. Biden’s column, and certainly they’re not enough to change the final outcome.”
“There are only three statewide contests in the past half-century in which recounts changed the outcome: the
1974 New Hampshire Senate race, the
2004 Washington Governor’s contest, and the
2008 Minnesota Senate election,” wrote
Rove. “The candidates in these races were separated, respectively, by 355, 261 and 215 votes after
Election Day. These margins aren’t much like today’s.
Mr. Biden led Wednesday in
Wisconsin by 20,540 votes,
Pennsylvania by 49,064,
Michigan by 146,123,
Arizona by 12,614,
Nevada by 36,870 and
Georgia by 14,108.”
Given that
Trump faces an insurmountable defeat,
Rove continued, he should work to heal the country and accept the transition of power.
“TV networks showed jubilant crowds in major cities celebrating Mr. Biden’s victory; they didn’t show the nearly equal number of people who mourned Mr. Trump’s defeat,” wrote Rove. “U.S. politics remains polarized and venomous. Closing out this election will be a hard but necessary step toward restoring some unity and political equilibrium. Once his days in court are over, the president should do his part to unite the country by leading a peaceful transition and letting grievances go.”
Just 4 People Show Up For Pro-Trump “Stop The Steal” Rally (
PoliticusUSAlink): A pro-
Trump“
Stop The Steal” rally outside of
Fox News’s
DC headquarters drew a crowd of four people who showed up to protest.
Trump spent months trying to lay the groundwork for a claim that the election was stolen if he lost, and his efforts have bombed.
The President’s campaign to overturn the results of the election was based on his supporters taking to the streets by the thousands and demanding that he stay in office. Instead, four people showed up. The entire rally could comfortably fit into a corner booth at Denny’s.
None of this is going the way that
Trump had hoped. His own lawyers are admitting in court that there was no voter fraud. The president is losing all of his legal challenges.
Despite the fact that Republicans are doubting the fairness of the election, according to polling, they are not taking to the streets to demand that Trump remains in office. Four people isn’t a rally. It is a moderately busy grocery store checkout line.
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