1/ Seeing reports this morning that Trump is planning to "hold rallies focused on the litigation, and brandish obituaries of people who were recorded as voting but are dead" as advisers don't want to tell him that the race is over
2/ Going along with Trump's delusion about election fraud is incredibly anti-democratic and a huge disservice to the country and our people -- particularly as Biden works to unite us and tackle COVID and the winter surge. Lives are literally on the line
3/ Even Republican leaders who DID recognize President-Elect Biden included language in their releases or statements about Trump's right to contest in court -- even though he's managed to produce zero evidence of fraud.
They fed all into his bullshit.
4/ Trump barnstorming the country with allegations of fake election fraud will only further divide our country and make it much harder for Biden to govern and get things done -- which, of course, provides a political incentive for Republicans to go along with Trump's plans
5/ GOP will have a choice:
Abandon Trump and help the country heal and come together around COVID relief (and save lives)
Stay with Trump and continue to divide the country, undermine Biden's efforts to address COVID (and cost more American lives)
That's literally the choice
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1/ @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris received the most votes cast for a presidential ticket in U.S. history.
THREAD on why they have a decisive mandate to tackle our nation’s gun violence crisis & build safer American communities with fewer gun injuries and deaths
@JoeBiden@KamalaHarris 2/ Biden & Harris, ran on one of the most ambitious and comprehensive gun reform agendas in history.
They'll take office in the midst of a surge in gun sales & increases in gun deaths and injuries
Suicides, homicides, unintentional shootings, and mass shootings are on the rise
@JoeBiden@KamalaHarris 3/ According to data from @GunDeaths, childhood deaths alone have increased by 42% this year compared to 2019; teenage deaths are up by 37%
1/ Trump's extraordinary efforts to suppress the vote are part of his re-election strategy -- and they're absolutely maddening.
In Philly Trump campaign is videotaping voters as they return ballots
In NV, Trump is suing to force officials to more rigorously examine ballot
2/ In Ohio, Trump sued to prevent expanded use of ballot drop boxes
In NH, Trump sought to shoot down an attempt to expand absentee ballot access
In AZ, tried to prevent allowing ballots received from reservations after Election Day because of mail delays
3/ "Never before in modern presidential politics has a candidate been so reliant on wide-scale efforts to depress the vote as Trump." politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
1/ Today is the 2-year-anniversary of the anti-semitic shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, PA.
This was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States. The shooter killed 11 and wounded 6.
2/ Before the shooting, the shooter was spewing his anger on a right-wing social media platform, calling immigrants “invaders,” distributing racist memes and asserting that Jews were the “enemy of white people.”
3/ The shooter's anti-Semitic venom represents a growing trend of anti-Semitism
In 2019, 2,107 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in the US more than in any year since the @ADL began tracking 40 yrs ago
FBI says the number of such incidents rose 29% in 2018 from 2015
@gretchenwhitmer 2/ In May, Sheriff Dar Leaf appeared at a "American Patriot Rally-Sheriffs speak out" event in Grand Rapids, MI to protest @gretchenwhitmer's stay at home orders alongside some of the men now accused of domestic terrorism.
He says he doesn't regret sharing the stage with them.
When Donald Trump repeatedly dehumanizes his political opponents, he is inviting individuals to commit acts of violence and take his hateful rhetoric to its obvious conclusion.