https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-8-2020/
Some 12 hours after victory projected for Democrat over Trump, Israeli PM and president express optimism regarding future of Israeli-American partnership
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis: Winner of Trump-Biden race will be determined by courts — we don’t know yet who won
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-election-lawsuits-biden-jenna-ellis
Despite projections by many news organizations Saturday that former Vice President Joe Biden has won the presidential election and defeated President Trump, the media don’t have the power to decide the outcome of American elections. Legal challenges by the Trump reelection campaign, where I serve as a legal adviser, are still before the courts and we await judicial rulings on our challenges.
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Trump will be a former president, whether he concedes or not.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/07/opinions/trump-concession-norms-zelizer/index.html
If Donald Trump refuses to give a concession speech, it will be one of the last norms that he breaks as President. Now that President-elect Joe Biden has won the 2020 election, Trump will need to decide what to do next.
The good thing is that it doesn't ultimately matter. A formal concession after an election is not embedded in our Constitution -- it is a norm. Historians tend to date the first public concession back to 1896, when Democrat William Jennings Bryan sent Republican William McKinley a telegram that said: "I hasten to extend my congratulations. We have submitted the issue to the American people and their will is law."
CNN and AP project Joe Biden has won the presidency
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-7-2020/
Both outlets call Pennsylvania for the Democrat challenger, lifting him above 270 electoral college votes; MSNBC follows suit; Trump claims illegality in vote counting
Trump again tweets: 'I won the election by a lot'
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/290699
U.S. President Donald Trump continues to tweet despite the expected loss, "I won the election by a lot."
Meanwhile, a Trump advisor told CNN that in fact the campaign has "no concrete evidence" of anything to do with election fraud.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden continues to widen the gaps with his rival, President Donald Trump. So far, the voter turnout is 253 for Biden and 213 for Trump.
Friday, November 6, 2020
Trump and GOP lawsuits challenging election flail in court
The Trump campaign and President Donald Trump peppered Thursday with tweets and news conferences boasting of success in courts as states continue to count ballots,
but the legal efforts repeatedly failed to gain traction or affect
significant enough numbers of votes, if any, in key states.
Trump sons attack Republicans for 'weak' backing
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54835454
Mr Trump's eldest son Don Jr accused the party of being "weak". His brother Eric warned: "Our voters will never forget you if your [sic] sheep!"
The spat reflects an emerging rift between Trump disciples and the party.
The election still hangs in the balance but Democratic candidate Joe Biden appears to be closing in on victory.
Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz back Trump's baseless claims of rigged election
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) supported a number of President Trump's unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud and election corruption on Fox News' "Hannity" on Wednesday night.
Why it matters: A number of Republicans, including top Trump adviser Chris Christie, have rebuked the president for failing to provide evidence for his claims that Democrats are "stealing" the election. Graham and Cruz, two of the most prominent Republicans in the Senate, are sticking by Trump.
Fact check: Both Cruz and Graham claimed that partisan election observers in Philadelphia were being denied access to observe the counting of ballots there, though that was not the Trump campaign's original complaint.
Twitter bans ex-Trump advisor Steve Bannon
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/290665
Former Trump senior strategist Steve Bannon has been permanently barred from Twitter, after he called on President Donald Trump to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
In a video posted to multiple social media outlets, Bannon declared that Trump had won this week’s presidential election, and called on the president to fire both Fauci and Wray, joking that the two should be beheaded.
"I'd put the heads on pikes. Right. I'd put them at the two corners of the White House as a warning to federal bureaucrats. You either get with the program or you are gone."
President Trump Is Struggling to Face the Possibility That He Lost
https://time.com/5908081/trump-losing-election-false-claims/
Election night was not the party Trump had wanted, and he’s been complaining bitterly about it ever since—and trying to undermine faith in legitimate election results along the way. As the first returns came in, high-top tables had been arranged in the East Room along with dozens of neatly arranged chairs and a podium set up for a triumphant speech in front of a field of American flags. When Trump finally came out shortly after 2 a.m. on Nov. 4 he didn’t have a victory speech loaded into the TelePrompter, but he gave one anyway.
Trump erupts with baseless claims of fraud as Biden closes in on US presidency
President attacks democratic process with unfounded allegations of ‘illegal votes’ as his lead dwindles in battleground states that will decide next White House occupant
Trump's voter-fraud remarks draw criticism from some Republicans
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-voter-fraud-remarks-draw-criticism-from-some-republicans
President Trump faced some pushback from his own party Thursday after warning about illegal voting and an attempt to "steal" the presidential election.
Trump delivers the most dishonest speech of his presidency as Biden closes in on victory
President Donald Trump delivered the most dishonest speech of his presidency on Thursday evening.
I've
watched or read the transcript of every Trump speech since late 2016.
I've cataloged thousands and thousands of his false claims.
I have never seen him lie more thoroughly and more egregiously than he did on Thursday evening at the White House.
On the verge of what appeared to be a likely defeat by former Vice President Joe Biden,
Trump emerged in the press briefing room and took a blowtorch to the
presidential tradition of defending the legitimacy of the democratic
process.
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