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FP Edit: Viral Once Again!
Need to know what to say to your Republican friends/family who still support the outgoing president? Try this: https://imgur.com/gallery/nFjBBDT
twisteddkarma
BurlRavenscroft
They accepted what they won and not what they lost. What they won and what they lost were not (likely) on the ballots of the same voters.
busterkittwhistle3
Looooos uh eerrrrr!
davisboy42
Not really shocking: they think illegal votes only help dems, so Republicans who won will just win more without them
faerilyrowanwind
Let me tell you. If one were to cheat the election it would have been way easier to get rid of McConnell than trump.
Silvermane
The difference could be never-Trumpers, but there was still a lot of people who just voted president and nothing else. Kinda sus still.
firesnake
Trump is a particularly abhorrent candidate. Rational republicans who respect McCain, Romney, and Bush are not "Never Trumpers". 1/2
firesnake
They are balancing values against policy. We took a huge hit on the national stage because of Trump's inadequate presence. And IF ANYONE IS
firesnake
SUS... it might be the guy that owes a german bank 400M with no income to match.
technofiend
That grinding sound you hear is from the cognitive dissonance of shifting mental gears with no clutch.
Fraggleish
Beautifully poetic phrasing, I'll be using that.
MagicalHamFlaps
funny how Mitch wants to cut a deal on pandemic relief now, while the seats needed to make either side the majority is in a runoff huh
speakertoidiot
This is probably the most accurate way to look at the vote tally.
RatchetnClank
Maybe people don't hate Republicans, they just hate Trump. I imagine a lot of republicans voted biden, then R down the rest of the ticket.
SnoozerMcGee
Trump has a 95% approval rating with Republicans. It's gerrymandering.
TheChandrian
I’m expecting both GA senate races to go red for this reason.
Kabibble
It’s gerrymandering
Rayxzerox
exit polling doesn't indicate that, nor do the numbers. If anything, *more* republicans voted for trump this election than in 2016.
RadonGaming
These are not mutually exclusive events. Higher proportion of voter turnout.
Rayxzerox
That's fair, but with 93% Reps voting Trump in '16 to 96% in '20, it can't have been many
RadonGaming
You would also need the total number of Reps in '16 and '20 to draw a comparison of actual quantity. 3% difference but of diff totals.
thatsmyfetish69
And they wanted write in votes for Pence to be counted as tRump votes. Uh, no.
millenniumf
I'd love a source for that because that's hilarious.
happiesthedgehog
Source?
AlkeneThiol
A quick Google doesn't bring up anything but I didn't try very hard
PieAndPunch
My retarded cousin's reasoning for fraud was "How did Biden win but all these down ballot republicans won too" as if people can't vote based
PieAndPunch
off of morals
Kabibble
It’s called gerrymandering. The black vote is equal to all the others for president, but is less effective in their precincts
Vaziera
It's called even a lot of republicans are done with Trump.
Caliban1972
Also, a lot of people are biased toward their incumbent senator or congressman, regardless of party, morals, or criminal actions.
minuteye
It's also pretty common for people to split their vote, out of an apparent desire to keep power more balanced between parties.
CountClapula
It's a lil sus how Biden won the presidency but dems didnt win down ballot.
BurtTyrannosaurusMacklinFBl
So you agree if they would have cheated they would have cheated the senate and house too?
Kabibble
Gerrymandering...and a few republicans figuring they could vote for Biden and handicap their vote with a Republican senate
TheGhostofCarrieFisher
Basically that's what I told my butt hurt friends and family who voted Trump. If anything Biden will get a small agenda done.
songbringer
Not in my mind. Governor races can follow the same maverick course. A lot of people do not do straight ticket voting.
songbringer
For example the democratic senator from AZ got more votes in his race than Biden did.
nickemartin123456
I don't usually vote straight party line. This is the first time I've done that in 20 years.
DestinyAurora
Kinda sus how I haven't seen any real evidence of the election being rigged... Oh wait, because it doesn't exist.
NekoMiko06
oh, it was rigged all right. purged voter rolls, dismantled mail sorting machines, "lost" ballots, closing polling places in targeted areas
NekoMiko06
punchline? the GOP did that... and still lost.
DestinyAurora
AHAHA you right
Perfzilla
McConnell got absolutely everything he wanted out of the Trump administration, I'm sure he's absolutely thrilled by the election results
orangeisthenewbasic
I dont think Democrats realize the election was a repudiation of Trump being a dickhole and not an endorsement of a quite progressive agenda
RandomQuack
Biden didn't run on a progressive agenda so we'll never know.
orangeisthenewbasic
The House reps did and Dems lost 8 seats when they were expected to add 5-10
RandomQuack
Fool, the house reps that ran as progressives won.
Skylendor
Without progressive Democrats you'd have another Trump government so shut up, sit down and let progressives make life better for everyone
orangeisthenewbasic
2 picked up painting Biden of all people as a socialist. And look at the down ballot House races and state props- this wasnt a blue wave
orangeisthenewbasic
You seriously think Sanders would have won? Look at what happened to Corbyn in the UK- he got smoked. Look at how much Latino share Trump 1
orangeisthenewbasic
Trump lost because he's an asshole and because his unstable thought process botched covid
Skylendor
Did I say Sanders would have won? Argue the points I made, not what you want to hear. I don't debate with willful idiots.
orangeisthenewbasic
CA is an extremely blue state and many progressive props failed: ending cash bail, Uber won its 200million prop, no hike in property tax,
orangeisthenewbasic
Finally the 2 senate seats won in CO and AZ were both by moderate/centrist Dem candidates. Your turn.
orangeisthenewbasic
In fact I believe they lost legislatures
orangeisthenewbasic
No rent control
orangeisthenewbasic
The House of reps lost 8 Dem seats. They were expect to add 5-10. Why is that? Dems also lost a Governorship
orangeisthenewbasic
Finally Dems were expected (and poured 100s millions) into winning many state legislatures. They did not win over a single one