big if true

"Hey guys, we just won the popular vote by 7 million votes and saw the largest precentage of voter turnout ever. Do we...do we have a mandate?"-Chuck to Nancy (probably)

(Checks donor list)

"Nope!"

That's how it has to happen. It was a group of Republicans that told Nixon he was going to get got and could either resign or face the music. The same will have to happen to Trump. If enough purple state Senators tell him he's ****ed, that's game over.

Right up there with, "Hey we just got a black man elected President by running on healthcare for all while we own the legislature--let's negotiate it down with ourselves so the moderates who are behind the move all get ****canned in their next election!"

Trump can go out on top(in his mind) if he doesn't run, which is all that matters in the decision. He'll also still have the hordes of idiots adoring him everywhere too.

he won't be alive for much longer


getting fatter & more mush-brained by the day

Meanwhile, in St. Louis:

Personally I find it a little weird that it took over a year to get to this point, however they did get some intriguing evidence like text messages between the same cops earlier in the day talking about how super awesome it was going to be to beat protesters that night plus the revelation that the chief of police is "deeply disappointed" in them.

Oh, and in case you're wondering; by holding down on the ground and with a baton.
Also in case you were wondering; was supposed to be gathering evidence on which protesters to arrest.

and trump still wins the presidency bc he will carry ohio and florida. doesnt matter if he loses popular by 6m.

Dems can still easily win EC without OH or FL. They just need to drive turnout in the Midwest, and after going Trump in 16 they all went back to the good guys in the midterms.

Wat

Trump won 304 to 227 in 2016 with OH and FL

If the Dems flip WI, PA, and NC (10, 20, and 15 respectively) that total goes to 259-272. GG, Blue wins. Add in MI (16) and you're at 243-288.

That says nothing of FL's felons getting their voting rights back and the likely blue lean that probably has.

Run someone that doesn't bring every single deplorable out of the woodwork and let Trump energize your base and you're good.

George Bush dead at 94

It is not crazy to say that Texas is more likely to go blue in 2020 than Ohio.

It's not exactly easy to flip 3 out of WI NC PA MI. And esp lol at FL felons saving us.

NC was a poor example on my part. With their districts getting shut down, their reps will be more evenly divided, but it's going to take a pretty stellar candidate to bring them into the mix (something like 2008 when NC and IN both went blue somehow). Still, WI, PA, and MI are pretty easy flips as far as history is concerned:

1996:
WI: Dem +10.4%
PA: Dem +9.1%
MI: Dem +13.3%

2000:
WI: Dem +0.2%
PA: Dem +4.1%
MI: Dem +5.1%

2004:
WI: Dem +0.4%
PA: Dem +2.5%
MI: Dem +3.4%

2008:
WI: Dem +13.9%
PA: Dem +10.3%
MI: Dem +17.4%

2012:
WI: Dem +6.9%
PA: Dem +5.4%
MI: Dem +9.5%

2016:
WI: Rep +0.8%
PA: Rep +0.7%
MI: Rep +0.2%

I dunno man, kinda feels like maybe those states are winnable with a strategy that is anything more than "They don't exist".

Re: FL.

2000: 538 total votes
2004: Rep +5%
2008: Dem +2.8%
2012: Dem +0.9%
2016: Rep +1.2%

If you don't think adding 1 million plus voters to the rolls, a disproportionate amount of which are minorities might benefit Democrats, I'm not sure what else to say.

is the FL felon thing something the governor could easily overrule?

those midwest places may not fall for the 'i will bring all your jobs back' thing a second time round given that 0 jobs have come back while GM etc keep closing plants

then again it would be unwise to bank on the critical thinking skills of a group of people who voted in a literal game show host as president

The whites will show up and vote for literally any GOP nominee. The key to winning the Midwest is turning out everyone else.

The Florida felon thing is good for Dems but likely not game changing. I saw somewhere the eligible felon voter rate was around 15% and lower for minorities. While minorities are disproportionately represented in the felon population the white red neck group is still a majority or nearly so. Picking up a net 20k votes could certainly make the difference but not enough if an uninspiring candidate is nominated.

Hell, the Alabama GOP controlled legislature recently enfranchised a large portion of the currently serving prison population so how good can it really be for Dems?

Those currently serving will probably vote GOP or go to solitary.

Don't underestimate Desmond Meade. His ground game is unreal; way different from Alabama where no one notified former felons and only recently did the SPLC+Campaign Legal Center team up to even try. The FRRC has been really great and likely will continue to be. I think it could net around 50-75k votes and would consider that game-changing.

No, it's an Amendment. The Governor has no say in the process. It required a 60% super majority to pass, it got 64%.

Hell, this isn't even true anymore. The GOP has lost Whites under 30 and White Women of all ages. All they have left are "Whites over 30". By number, that's still the largest group to have for the time being but they've managed to erode every other previously solid base they had.

Kind of remains to be seen.

More than 20% of eligible Blacks in Florida are unable to vote under the current system, so even with limited turnout, that's going to be a big deal for a group that voted 90-10 Blue in 2018.

Speaking of Florida...



Dovetails nicely with TM Landry story.

Rudy does not get the internet

lol the follow up is ****ing excellent

First they invade our country, now they're invading our tweets! When will it end? Also note that Giuliani is Trump's cybersecurity adviser