After calls from GA state election officials imploring GOP leaders to de-escalate rhetoric, Trump ally/attorney Lin Wood and former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell are holding a "Stop the Steal" rally attacking Kemp, Raffensperger, Sterling and Lt. Gov. Duncan.
Lin Wood references MLK to say he is encouraging nonviolent protests, then calls on the cheering rally attendees to drive to Gov. Kemp’s house, circle it, honk their horns until he calls a special session, then make him resign, and then “lock him up.” Crowd chants "lock him up."
Lin Wood now attacks DOJ, FBI, CIA: "You work for us, Attorney General Barr. Do your job. ... Investigate this fraud."
Crowd chants, “Do your job”
Lin Wood: "We're not going to vote on Jan. 5 on" the Dominion machines. "If Kelly Loeffler wants your vote, if David Perdue wants your vote, they've got to earn it" by demanding special session from Kemp. Without that, "they have not earned your vote, don't you give it to them."
Basically the framing at this rally is: Raffensperger, Kemp, Sterling, Democrats, Chinese, Communists, Domion vs. Loeffler, Perdue, Trump
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Incredible to watch GA Secretary of State's voter information manager Gabriel Sterling meticulously correcting every piece of misinformation and even misunderstandings -- including that GA "suddenly flipped" from R to D. gpb.org/events/news/20…
"We are going to find that people did illegally vote. That’s going to happen," as it happens in every election, Sterling says. "Is it 10,353? Unlikely," he says, referring to Biden's margin over Trump in Georgia.
Final tally of GA military/overseas ballot: 18,407 accepted, and 7,786 not returned in time. Sterling disagrees with Trump's tweet that those unreturned ballots are "missing," noting that they are ballots that voters decided not to return, or were delayed in the mail.
Minneapolis resident Stephanie Wilford, at high risk for covid-19, planned to vote by mail for Tuesday's election. But as of Friday, she didn't get her ballot and she'll now vote in person:
“I’m pissed off. We’re not getting mail for some reason.” washingtonpost.com/politics/minne…
Mail problems at this Minneapolis complex provides an early look at the kind of problems that could enmesh voters nationwide in November, when an influx of absentee ballots and high turnout are expected to collide with a potential surge of covid cases. washingtonpost.com/politics/minne…
NEW: Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs across the country after a top Trump donor running the agency put in new procedures. Workers warn it could undermine their ability to deliver ballots on time for November. W/@jacobbogage washingtonpost.com/politics/posta…
“I’m a little frightened. By the time political season rolls around, I shudder to think what it’s going to look like,” said a postal employee in Pennsylvania. washingtonpost.com/politics/posta…
Voters and postal workers have reported scattered problems across the country in recent days, including in key battleground states such as Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. “I need to make sure my vote is counted,” a Wisconsin voter said. washingtonpost.com/politics/posta…
This chaotic and painful weekend, so many @aaja members are doing great reporting on the protests across the country. Thank you for your journalism and please stay safe. Sharing some of #AAJAfamily's work below:
It's #FECFilingDay! Today we'll find out how 2020 candidates spent their money in January and how much $$ they had going into February. I’ll thread candidate-specific updates here ⬇️
Latest update on Bloomberg's self-funded campaign: He spent $220.6 million in January -- $172 million of it ads. Total spent so far: $409 million+.
Raised: $1 million
Spent: $1.8 million
Burn rate: 170%
Cash on hand as of Jan. 31, 2020: $2 million
% of contributions (amount of money raised in January) from donors giving under $200: 39%
There have been a lot of 2020 campaign cash$$ numbers released the past 3 days, which can be hard to track.
So if you tend to be "omg numbers 💀" here are some of the biggest takeaways from what we know so far ⬇️ 1/
2/There is a LOT of money flowing already into what is expected to be the most expensive presidential election to date.
In 2019:
$361.8M+ raised by Dems in the race as of today (minus self-funded billionaires)
$83.6M+ by DNC
$463M+ by Trump 2020, RNC, joint committees
3/Trump & GOP are still raising lots of $$ from both small-dollar online donors AND wealthy donors. Trump entered 2020 with a staggering war chest of $200M.
In 2019, Trump, RNC, joint committees raised $463M+.
In 2011, Obama & DNC raised $220M+.