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MineralMan

(150,521 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:12 PM Nov 2024

Has-Been President Demands Results Tonight!

Trump is impatient today. He's out there demanding that results be in by tonight. Worried much? Panicky or anything?

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Has-Been President Demands Results Tonight! (Original Post) MineralMan Nov 2024 OP
I would like that too lame54 Nov 2024 #1
Wouldn't we all! ShazzieB Nov 2024 #44
Good! He will be in a frothy lather by 9pm. flying_wahini Nov 2024 #2
I don't get this ScratchCat Nov 2024 #3
Well, he needs to know whether to fuel up his jet. MineralMan Nov 2024 #6
Why? TwilightZone Nov 2024 #12
News from the future: Cheeto lands in Buenos Aires! peppertree Nov 2024 #36
Because more democrats vote early, and more republicans vote on election day (at least traditionally), LisaL Nov 2024 #7
A rational person would recognize there are a LOT of ballots to count and it takes time. Attilatheblond Nov 2024 #38
Well, THERE'S your problem! "A rational person" Maeve Nov 2024 #39
Oooookay! Attilatheblond Nov 2024 #43
He needs enough results in to make a semi-plausible fake victory declaration. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #9
Because typically the red votes come in early Wednesdays Nov 2024 #10
At least in PA, we had to wait a long time in a 2020 election for a Biden to pull ahead. LisaL Nov 2024 #13
I wish nobody gave results until the entire state is done tabulating and submits at once. jimfields33 Nov 2024 #17
Election night 2020.. agingdem Nov 2024 #16
Resulting in early symptoms of acute enterocolitis? Backseat Driver Nov 2024 #4
One hopes so. MineralMan Nov 2024 #8
Former president TwilightZone Nov 2024 #5
Has-Been works for me. MineralMan Nov 2024 #11
They're two different things, and he's both. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #18
Works for me, too! MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2024 #29
The one and only thing I agree with the man on KnoxVol Nov 2024 #14
Welcome To DU! ProfessorGAC Nov 2024 #23
Well if his party would quit suing and sending bomb BlueKota Nov 2024 #15
May he get his wish... Charlie Chapulin Nov 2024 #19
Boy howdy how he'd piss and moan then intrepidity Nov 2024 #27
I demand The Unmitigated Gall Nov 2024 #20
In 2020 he insisted that vote counting should stop when the polls closed Ocelot II Nov 2024 #21
If Harris is ahead then, what do you think he'll do? intrepidity Nov 2024 #28
Also ran: 'Orange Menace'.... sprinkleeninow Nov 2024 #22
As my daddy always said William769 Nov 2024 #24
He needs to know when to jump on the plane Bayard Nov 2024 #25
Is there any hope that he will stomp his feet and vanish forever in a puff of (smelly) smoke? Wicked Blue Nov 2024 #26
He's an old man... they hate to wait. Srkdqltr Nov 2024 #30
He wants to be declared winner before big, diverse urban ballots are counted Attilatheblond Nov 2024 #41
Results are: "YOU LOST!" louis-t Nov 2024 #31
Does he realize there is more than one time zone in this country?? Iris Nov 2024 #32
There is no number large enough to count the things he does not realize. MineralMan Nov 2024 #33
Won't happen DownriverDem Nov 2024 #34
Seen elsewhere on DU: sweet potato Hitler. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2024 #35
Orange turd does not make the rules. Hope22 Nov 2024 #37
He thinks Rs vote later, on Election Day, but they made a push to get Rs to vote early this year Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2024 #40
I bet before the polls even close he will declare victory and then scream it was stolen when it shows VP Harris won kimbutgar Nov 2024 #42
"Let's get you to bed, Grampaw! We'll tell you what happened when it happens" Jack Valentino Nov 2024 #45
It's a perfect "Old man screams at cloud" moment Warpy Nov 2024 #46
We should have results tonight Rock Fly Nov 2024 #47
HONEY!!!! We're going to need more Depends!!! ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2024 #48

ScratchCat

(2,664 posts)
3. I don't get this
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:16 PM
Nov 2024

Seriously. On any level. The vote totals are the vote totals, regardless of whether they finish counting tonight or next week.

MineralMan

(150,521 posts)
6. Well, he needs to know whether to fuel up his jet.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:17 PM
Nov 2024

He's going to be in a time bind to get the hell out of the country soon.

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
12. Why?
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:19 PM
Nov 2024

Every case will be appealed, and he almost certainly won't be held in custody pending appeals.

He has no reason to leave anytime soon.

LisaL

(47,343 posts)
7. Because more democrats vote early, and more republicans vote on election day (at least traditionally),
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:17 PM
Nov 2024

he thinks that if only election day votes are counted, he will win. A normal person would understand that a vote total is a vote total, regardless of when they finish counting, but I don't think we are talking about a normal person here.

Attilatheblond

(8,142 posts)
38. A rational person would recognize there are a LOT of ballots to count and it takes time.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:54 PM
Nov 2024

Saw one county clerk/recorder demonstrate the time it takes to process the early or mail in ballots. Not something done in an instant.

Trump is neither rational nor even sane. He's Alvin the Chipmunk wanting Christmas to operate on his schedule. It's no wonder his mother was not fond of the little jerk.

Maeve

(43,327 posts)
39. Well, THERE'S your problem! "A rational person"
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:57 PM
Nov 2024

Altho I think Alvin was a nicer character...

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
9. He needs enough results in to make a semi-plausible fake victory declaration.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:18 PM
Nov 2024

That's what this is all about. He wants to do it tonight.

Wednesdays

(21,543 posts)
10. Because typically the red votes come in early
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:18 PM
Nov 2024

Also known as the "red mirage." Further votes counted tend to be blue.

So naturally he wants to stop the vote counting as early as possible.

LisaL

(47,343 posts)
13. At least in PA, we had to wait a long time in a 2020 election for a Biden to pull ahead.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:20 PM
Nov 2024

So in his head, that means that count should stop on election day, while he is still ahead.

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
17. I wish nobody gave results until the entire state is done tabulating and submits at once.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:23 PM
Nov 2024

Would cause less problems.

agingdem

(8,757 posts)
16. Election night 2020..
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:23 PM
Nov 2024

the early vote gave him the lead temporarily..he declared victory and demanded the vote count stop...he was confident the MAGA idiots on the Supreme Court would anoint him the winner...they had precedent Gore v Bush....

he intends to do the same tonight...

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
18. They're two different things, and he's both.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:23 PM
Nov 2024

He is a has-been. He was a has-been even before he was president.

He is also a former president.

KnoxVol

(50 posts)
14. The one and only thing I agree with the man on
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:20 PM
Nov 2024

Now I'm second guessing myself because I agreed with him on something. I want the votes in and decided tonight (not that I can demand it) and send this guy and his ilk sulking back into the forgotten pages of history.

Of course, this is for show only. This gets his people fired up and thinking it will be over quickly and anything other than an announcement tonight for him, they will scream all that "Stolen" nonsense.

ProfessorGAC

(75,682 posts)
23. Welcome To DU!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:59 PM
Nov 2024

I share your sentiments.
Especially about the "stolen" nonsense if they lose.

BlueKota

(5,034 posts)
15. Well if his party would quit suing and sending bomb
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:20 PM
Nov 2024

threats it would probably speed things up.

intrepidity

(8,550 posts)
27. Boy howdy how he'd piss and moan then
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:35 PM
Nov 2024

about counting every last vote no matter how long it takes! I bet this actually happens.

intrepidity

(8,550 posts)
28. If Harris is ahead then, what do you think he'll do?
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:37 PM
Nov 2024

That would be quite the pickle for him, eh?

William769

(59,147 posts)
24. As my daddy always said
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:04 PM
Nov 2024

You can wish in one hand & sh*t in the other & see which one fills up first.

Wicked Blue

(8,409 posts)
26. Is there any hope that he will stomp his feet and vanish forever in a puff of (smelly) smoke?
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:34 PM
Nov 2024

Sort of a Trumplestiltskin grand finale.

Attilatheblond

(8,142 posts)
41. He wants to be declared winner before big, diverse urban ballots are counted
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:00 PM
Nov 2024

GOP always howls when large cities finally show their totals because it shifts the winner suddenly and the GOP has the magas convinced that means a dump of 'illegal' ballots occurred. Get the magas all warmed up for violence.

Hope22

(4,419 posts)
37. Orange turd does not make the rules.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:54 PM
Nov 2024

He must be such a disappointment to himself. Once a successful blow hard now…just blow!

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
40. He thinks Rs vote later, on Election Day, but they made a push to get Rs to vote early this year
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:58 PM
Nov 2024

tRump's corrupt idea is that the Election Day votes get counted that night (tonight). If things were like the 2020 election in the middle of a Covid epidemic then more Ds would vote early than Rs. But it is not like 2020.

However, I think tRump didn't get the memo and is banking on Rs leading the polls early, hence a midnight cutoff would benefit him.

But elections don't work that way and they don't get to change the rules in the middle of voting and counting, though that does not figure in tRump's calculations. And it is still not like 2020.

kimbutgar

(26,679 posts)
42. I bet before the polls even close he will declare victory and then scream it was stolen when it shows VP Harris won
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:02 PM
Nov 2024

Warpy

(114,363 posts)
46. It's a perfect "Old man screams at cloud" moment
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:16 PM
Nov 2024

Those rural numbers come in by midnight, he thinks he can shriek "I WON I WON I WON" and then shuffle off to bed. When the urban numbers come inby the following morning, he'll start screaming "RIGGED RIGGED RIGGED!" and we'll be treated to another protracted spectacle of his lawyers trying to base lawsuits on anonymous blogs.

I sincerely hope the patience of the judicial system has been exhausted amd amu ;awsuit deemed frivolous, which would be all of them, is met with sanctions that will discourage his lawyers from letting him determine legal matters all by himself.

Mostly, I hope the polls were as wrong as usual and this election will end him, taking his party with him.

 

Rock Fly

(22 posts)
47. We should have results tonight
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:18 PM
Nov 2024

Third world countries count their ballots on election day.

We are the United States of America. No reason to take several days. NONE!

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