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Post by epeanymous on Nov 19, 2020 16:03:18 GMT
We're in the middle of a huge uptick in COVID cases. Over 250,000 dead and numbers rising everywhere. The Biden team is trying to get into position so that we can get these promising new vaccines produced and distributed as quickly as possible.
Every day of delay is people who are going to get sick. Every day of delay is people who are going to die.
And, for people who don't care about that, every day of delay is businesses that have to stay closed, days you can't eat in restaurants, days when you can't travel. Days when your kids will be learning from computers, or when your school is open but you have to watch every day to see if your teacher or class is quarantined.
Meanwhile, the current president is doing nothing. Nothing. Nothing at all.
For God's sake, turn over the reins of leadership to someone who actually wants to lead.
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Post by Really Red on Nov 19, 2020 22:01:41 GMT
I just read a WaPo article on this that was really well done. She apparently keeps comparing this election to 2000, but it's a false assumption and not worthy of anyone who is a lawyer. Trump would have to overturn 3 states before he had hopes of winning and that doesn't seem likely or possible. 2000 was down to one state and 537 votes and it was clear we needed to wait. I don't know what Murphy's motivation is either, but at this point, she sounds as stubborn as hell and not going to back down and do what's right. I do not believe anyone deserves death threats and it annoys me that anyone gets them, but I do believe she deserves harassment and to lose her job forever. This is incompetence at best and obstruction at worst. Yes to all that. I wouldn’t be so enraged if these attempts at stymying Biden-Harris were just minor annoyances. But the fact remains that stunts like this by Murphy are detrimental to actual living, breathing human beings. People like her who cannot deliberate properly and act in a timely fashion to protect the interests of the US and its people have no place in government. I don’t buy any of these pitying claims about her. If she wants to subscribe to the dogma of Trump and the GOP, she ought to do that in her private life, not in her role as public servant. She is clearly violating the spirit of transition law and bipartisan congressional intent. And she’s on a job hunt! How hypocritical is that? On the one hand, she’s refusing to acknowledge the Biden win, and on the other hand she’s preparing for a change in administration! If events were reversed and this had happened to the GOP, I have no doubt the Republicans in Congress would have subpoenaed her and hauled her ass in front of the oversight committee on day two. It’s now over two weeks since the election and she’s still not budging. Not meaning to denigrate my own party, but this is why I get frustrated sometimes – Dems need to take the gloves off and learn to fight mano a mano or they’ll continue to be steamrolled by the GOP. I am screaming YES YES YES at you
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Post by Really Red on Nov 19, 2020 22:04:21 GMT
How do these people function day-to-day? And I really, really mean, how on earth did Michigan choose her to certify election votes? She said Trump was just worried about her, but the only people who were harassing her must have been Republicans, right? Because why would Democrats harass someone who was certifying the vote? Congressional Republicans have a lot to answer for. A lot.
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Post by ihaveonly1l on Nov 24, 2020 0:12:14 GMT
About dang time they started the transition. I've called at least once everyday and zero luck.
I'm glad to see this is finally moving forward.
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