Biden having the lead in Pennsylvania was obvious two days ago but the counting had to catch up.
That's not a joke. It was obvious. The votes weren't there for Trump. Here's me at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
Also, Biden didn't actually "take the lead." These votes were always cast. Assuming nothing wild happens, Biden led the whole time. It just looked like he didn't because of the order in which the votes were counted.
Biden didn't "take the lead" and saying he "took the lead" bolsters Trump's false claims about something sketchy happening. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
Here's how the "lead" in Pennsylvania looks depending if you count from best-to-worst counties for Trump or best-to-worst for Biden. It's all artificial! Both land in the same place. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
How polished a professional am I? In a hit for a TV program in India, I gave up my default example of relaying football scores as an analogy for counting votes and used cricket instead.
What Trump's saying, in essence, is that he objects to purported censorship by social media companies. It's a common complaint on the right after efforts to reduce toxicity and falsehoods led to demotion of accounts and deletion of content. (2/)
It is, in other words, an issue that's not only specific to his base but to a very particular subset of his base. It would be like Biden tweeting "MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT!" (3/)