May Hope and History Rhyme (Trump#116)

[lionheart]

With thanks to Seamus Heaney for inspiring the President Elect.

"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."

@Roussette

Gabriel Sterling has just done long Q&A on CNN. That man is a walking information mine. He has every fact and figure at his fingertips. There would be no catching him out, he knows his job.

As said before love Gabe. He’s one/only good republican 🤭

Do they have to debate for two hours, or is it a lit of two hours? Can the House and Senate leaders call immediate votes?

No. Just about 3 I think

Steve Scalise ranting and raving. Awful.

Blimey. McConnell kicking back against all of this.

Fuck me McConnell speaks slowly.
We're are going to here until Easter.
But he does sound like he's dumping Trump

Slam dunk Trump waytogo Mitch

McConnell seems almost in tears: As he should be given the assault on the US constitution and democracy that his current Commander in Chief is inciting promulgating.

His voice is breaking with emotion. Probably that backbone he's just grown hurts. And he knows he's done.

According to McConnell's introduction, the Republicans and Democrats each control an hour of the two hours allocated before the vote.

So in theory, the Democrats could forego most of "their" hour and bring forward the vote.

In theory, so could McConnell for the Republicans

@DuncinToffee

How many states? All the ones that Biden has won?

It's expected to be the contested swing states. IIRC that's PA, AZ, GA, WI, and one other, I think FL?

Wow. Schumer is wiping the floor with these Repubs. Very very powerful speech.

Terrifying

I think they have to wait the full 2 hours. And in this case even if they didn't, I think they would anyway. The rules say 'will debate for 2 hours' and doesn't say anything about being able to close the debate early if there are no more speakers before the two hours are up. That runs the risk of someone saying later that they 'didn't get their chance' because the debate was called early.

Cruz is speaking now. TV going on mute. Then I'm going to make speaking gestures with my fingers and thumb and go 'Wah wahwah wah wah' like in the Charlie Brown shows.

Cruz is off his rocker

Oh Teds another with small hands. 😊

Yeah I tuned in, saw it was Cruz and turned it off. Disingenuous bastard.

@AcrossthePond55

I think they have to wait the full 2 hours. And in this case even if they didn't, I think they would anyway. The rules say 'will debate for 2 hours' and doesn't say anything about being able to close the debate early if there are no more speakers before the two hours are up. That runs the risk of someone saying later that they 'didn't get their chance' because the debate was called early.

Cruz is speaking now. TV going on mute. Then I'm going to make speaking gestures with my fingers and thumb and go 'Wah wahwah wah wah' like in the Charlie Brown shows.

I think you're right. If the Dems decline to speak it just means the Republicans can use the entire 2 hours

I am SO glad to see no counter-protesters (so far). Let the PB and Trumpistas tear themselves apart and try to attack law enforcement and the DC NG. Let them have to accept full blame for any violence, injuries, and (God forbid) deaths without being able to blame it on Antifa or BLM.

Today is for the Left to 'stand down and stand back'.

There are some good Republicans then. Pat Toomey being one.

Meanwhile in Georgia:

"Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling: 'Everybody who wanted to vote had the opportunity to vote'

Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling thanked election workers on Wednesday after "record turnout" in the Jan. 5 elections.

"In the primary of June ,we had 880,000 show up. In the general election, we had about 970,000. I’m spitballing here. … And we had 1.3 million show up yesterday,"* Sterling said at a press conference.

"One of the things we haven’t heard about this election is nobody was complaining about lines. Nobody’s saying they were disenfranchised," Sterling said. "Everybody who wanted to vote had the opportunity to vote."

He said the number of people who voted in the runoff elections "blows every turnout model away" and added he saw "no evidence" of election irregularities"

I'm taking pleasure in following Fox News for this one.
www.foxnews.com/politics/live-updates-georgia-runoffs-1-5-2021

I am followimg it on twitter, my old age tablet can't cope with CNN live stream

Jake Tapper tweeted Cruz said viewers, not voters

And Lewis Goodall
Cruz’s argument seems to be that because 40% of the public believe something which is untrue is actually true, instead of Congress making clear unanimously that it’s untrue, it’s instead incumbent upon Congress to take the belief of those untruths seriously.

And where the heck did Cruz get those figures from? I've never seen that anywhere before. Sounds like bullshit

Shit. Looks like it's kicking off in DC 😞

Just had a quick look at what trump is saying at his rally...he’s totally lost it