Polling aggregators like @FiveThirtyEight should take a hard look @Rasmussen_Poll's threads yesterday spreading false pro-coup propaganda in favor of Pence overturning an election.
@NateSilver538 et al. exclude unreliable polling firms.
@Rasmussen_Poll has burned its credibility.
@NateSilver538 et al. exclude unreliable polling firms.
@Rasmussen_Poll has burned its credibility.
https://twitter.com/jedshug/status/1343623443045089286
Here's the @Rasmussen_Poll thread, first quoting Stalin. Not ironically. It gets worse, because it is serious about authoritarian tactics to override an election.
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1343193422996393987?s=20
@Rasmussen_Poll's next tweet is false and a flagrant misrepresentation of the 12th Amendment, as a matter of basic reading comprehension:
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1343193423889772544?s=20
4/ The 12th A:
"The President of the Senate *shall,* in the presence of the Senate and House of Reps, *open* *all* the certificates and the votes *shall then be counted.*"
Note the shift from active to passive voice. Because it's Congress who shall be doing the counting.
"The President of the Senate *shall,* in the presence of the Senate and House of Reps, *open* *all* the certificates and the votes *shall then be counted.*"
Note the shift from active to passive voice. Because it's Congress who shall be doing the counting.
5/ I have a blogpost and threads explaining the 12th A. & the Electoral College Act here.
The point is that @Rasmussen_Poll is spreading plainly false anti-democratic propaganda like a QAnon troll...
shugerblog.com/2020/12/26/pen…
The point is that @Rasmussen_Poll is spreading plainly false anti-democratic propaganda like a QAnon troll...
shugerblog.com/2020/12/26/pen…
6/ The tweet below is plainly false.
The presidency is obviously not "in the vice president's hands" with "plenary and unappealable" authority.
This is blatant ignorant nonsense.
If the 12th A. says "shall," and the VP refuses, that's appealable.
The presidency is obviously not "in the vice president's hands" with "plenary and unappealable" authority.
This is blatant ignorant nonsense.
If the 12th A. says "shall," and the VP refuses, that's appealable.
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1343193423889772544?s=20
7/ I discuss the Electoral Count Act in a blogpost above & the thread here. The 12th A. gives no role to the VP to address disputes.
Instead, it implicitly but obviously delegates to Congress, which laid out the process for disputing electors in 1887:
Instead, it implicitly but obviously delegates to Congress, which laid out the process for disputing electors in 1887:
https://twitter.com/jedshug/status/1343593593764782086?s=20
8/ @Rasmussen_Poll amplifies false assertions of voter fraud.
After 60 court decisions & several recounts, the Trump legal team has proven *not a single incident* of voter fraud for Biden. Many of those court decisions rejected all of Trump's claims.
After 60 court decisions & several recounts, the Trump legal team has proven *not a single incident* of voter fraud for Biden. Many of those court decisions rejected all of Trump's claims.
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1343193424871251970?s=20
9/ @Rasmussen_Poll concludes by linking/quoting internet troll "Macris" promoting a Pence coup.
Macris's bio:
"Entrepreneur, game designer, writer, comic book creator, internet supervillain."
His historical claim about Jefferson is wildly misleading.
Macris's bio:
"Entrepreneur, game designer, writer, comic book creator, internet supervillain."
His historical claim about Jefferson is wildly misleading.
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1343197562984140801?s=20
10/ I just did 5 minutes of reading the posts by "Macris."
On Nov 18, Macris called on Trump to invoke martial law, trigger a civil war, & then included an analysis of race & gun ownership that implicitly argues that whites would win a race war:
macris.substack.com/p/trump-at-the…
On Nov 18, Macris called on Trump to invoke martial law, trigger a civil war, & then included an analysis of race & gun ownership that implicitly argues that whites would win a race war:
macris.substack.com/p/trump-at-the…
11/ I'm not exaggerating. @Rasmussen_Poll is relying on the legal analysis of Macris, a far-right wing conspiracy troll endorsing martial law, an armed militia coup, and a full-blown civil war. See his alarming analysis of gun ownership by racial groups below: 
12/ @Rasmussen_Poll and Macris misrepresent what Jefferson did in 1800.
Ackerman & Fontana did indeed find that there were some formal problems with the Georgia certificates, but no one in Congress offered any substantive dispute. Article linked here:
Ackerman & Fontana did indeed find that there were some formal problems with the Georgia certificates, but no one in Congress offered any substantive dispute. Article linked here:
https://twitter.com/jedshug/status/1343268485913305089?s=20
13/ In the end, @Rasmussen_Poll quotes the pro-Trump martial-law civil-war-endorsing "Macris's" misrepresentations to create a precedent for Pence's coup.
I don't see how Rasmussen retains any credibility as a pollster in any democracy.
I don't see how Rasmussen retains any credibility as a pollster in any democracy.
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1343197562984140801?s=20
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