I get it, three coups before breakfast and another for lunch. But I bet you the formal Electoral College vote on Monday goes on unimpeded and without a fuss, and on through the swearing in and so on
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Replying to @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx
You have a very weird definition of "without a fuss."
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Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx
The fuss here is political theater targeted at a specific audience. When I go to see a play and someone gets shot in Act IV, my decision about whether to call 911 is going to depend very heavily about whether it takes place on stage or out in the audience.
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Replying to @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx
It's not "political theater" to convince 70+ million people that their electoral victory was stolen, their votes nullified, through outright fraud, led by the guy about to be sworn in with the cooperation even of some Republicans.
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Or you have a very strange definition of "political theater."
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Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx
I contend that that's the very essence of political theater. It has no chance of achieving its ostensible aim, but is a orchestrated performance in front of the 45% or whatever it is of American voters who will now believe this in perpetuity, and vote accordingly next time.
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It's not good, or healthy, or Christmas come early to see a big chunk of Congress decide to participate in the 2021 version of birtherism. But let's not treat a cynical political performance as a bona fide attempt to steal an election. That's offensive to real election stealers!
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Replying to @Pinboard @WilliamOckhamTx
I see them failing, I don't see the lack of trying. What else would you like them to try? "It was all murder theater, your honor, my aim sucks, especially after I had a few, so I may have pulled the trigger while aiming I didn't manage to shoot the alleged victim."
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mark Joseph Stern
Also the idea that they're not even close is not true.https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1337065477412106240 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Mark Joseph SternVerified account @mjs_DCKavanaugh, Gorsuch, Alito, and Thomas tried to block a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on the basis of a truly radical constitutional theory. SCOPA extended the mail ballot deadline by three days; all four justices thought that was unconstitutional. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/supreme-court-pennsylvania-election-late-ballots.html?via=recirc_recent …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx
I would believe this was a serious effort had they tried mounting a credible legal challenge before the safe harbor deadline, or a serious state legislative effort now. The fact that it's Rita Hart and not Trump who is closest to overturning an election tells me it's unserious
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How are they not trying? It's not credible because they don't have credible material to work with, not because they're not trying.
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