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David Becker

2 Jan, 9 tweets, 2 min read

It's now clear that no amount of debasement of American democracy will satisfy some members of the Republican party. As they attempt a coup against American voters, while they cloak themselves with statements they won't make in court, they also debase themselves. /1

These members' of the GOP efforts to cloak themselves in the language of democracy, while actively working to subvert it, will fail. Joe Biden will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, as the voters have determined, and nothing can or should stop that. /2

In 2016, not one member of the Senate stood to object to a single state's electoral votes, confirming the election of Trump. Even though 2016 was a very close election - much closer than 2020 - the values of democracy were upheld by both parties. /3

Here's how the 2016 and 2020 elections compare:

🔹WI - Biden and Trump won by about the same margin
🔹PA - Biden won by twice Trump's 2016 margin
🔹MI - Biden won by 14x Trump's 2016 margin

/4

More comparison:

🔹Popular Vote - Trump lost by nearly 3M, Biden won by 7M+
🔹Security - in 2020, more paper ballots, more audits, more recounts, much more litigation before judges of both parties

/5

Yet despite the fact that 2020 was more secure, transparent, and scrutinized than any election in US history, incl 2016, imagine what the GOP would have done if several D senators and over 100 D Reps had objected to legitimate vote counts in several states. /6

And if that had happened, the GOP would have been correct to criticize. And that's the most telling aspect of this. The Ds have already been tested, and thankfully, even though some fringe elements raised illegitimate concerns, Dem leaders stood strong for democracy. /7

Shamefully, some members of the GOP no longer are anchored to facts, to law, or to fundamental respect for federalism and democracy. They challenge an election that many of them were elected in. This stain on these "leaders" cannot and should not be washed away by time. /8

Thankfully, many member of the GOP are standing for democracy, for reality, for law, and for the will of the people. We should all be grateful for these patriots, as we rebuild from the long-term damage some in their party continue to inflict. /END

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David Becker

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30 Dec 20

As the president, in his last three weeks in office, escalates the false and unhinged claims about the election he lost by a substantial margin, here are some quick factual points, this time about GA, just to anchor us back to reality. /1

1. Georgia has all paper ballots. Every single ballot is paper. And every single paper ballot has been counted THREE times. One of those times, every single ballot was reviewed by bipartisan teams of humans (not the voting machines). Every count confirms Biden won. /2

2. About 25% of all ballots in November were mail ballots in GA (~1.3M), and the signatures were checked twice and confirmed. A signature audit was just completed yesterday, confirming the integrity of mail ballots and that the signature checks were 99.99% accurate. /3

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David Becker

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22 Dec 20

THREAD. There's a scam going around that falsely questions whether Biden could win 80M votes (actually 81M), because he lost the majority of counties. This is silly, of course, but just to put an end to it, here are the facts: /1

There are over 3,000 counties in the U.S. The top 50 counties have about 140 million people, almost as many as the remaining 2,950+ counties. These include Los Angeles County, with nearly 11M people, or almost 4% of the U.S. in just that county. /2

Of those 50 counties, know how many Trump won? Two. TWO. #26 Suffolk, NY by .03%, and #45 Collin, TX by 3%. That's it. He lost the other 48 by a lot. He lost Los Angeles County by almost 2 million votes, just in that one county! /3

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David Becker

@beckerdavidj

12 Dec 20

Never has an election been scrutinized by so many different judges and courts across the country, and never has so much evidence about an election been heard. Over 50 cases so far, almost all of them lost by Trump and his allies. /1

Never have so many ballots been cast on auditable paper, and counted and recounted and audited, and never have so many signatures been checked and re-checked, with so many observers from both parties. /2

Never have the rules been so analyzed and litigated PRE-election, and well-known to the campaigns. And Trump's party controlled those rules, with GOP legislatures setting election rules in AZ, GA, MI, PA, WI, FL, NC, and most other states. /3

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David Becker

@beckerdavidj

10 Dec 20

Tonight is Chanukah, not Passover, but nevertheless, I've got four questions to ask yourself:

1. If Trump had lost the popular vote not by the actual margin of over 7 million votes, but twice that, ~14 million votes, would he be saying anything different?

/1

2. If Trump had lost the electoral college 406-132, instead of the "landslide" (Trump's term, when he achieved the same margin) of 306-232, would he be quiet on twitter?

/2

3. If Trump had lost Pennsylvania by 800K votes and Michigan by 1.5M votes, instead of 80K in PA (2x Trump's margin in 2016) and 150K in MI (15x Trump's 2016 margin), would he support American democracy, states' rights, election officials, and voters?

/3

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David Becker

@beckerdavidj

24 Nov 20

I completely understand how hard it is for some to process the idea that their candidate lost an election. In fact, there's hardly anyone in America who hasn't suffered a devastating electoral loss in the last 4 years. But we also have to try to understand some basic facts. /1

It is possible for your candidate to lose. We live in a very closely divided nation, and many of us don't live around people who don't agree with us politically. But they exist. And they vote. And they're patriotic Americans just like the rest of us. /2

We choose to live in media silos that just tell us what we want to hear. When our candidate loses, and we're upset about that, it's natural to retreat to these silos to hear comforting words. But it's also toxic. Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum. /3

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David Becker

@beckerdavidj

23 Nov 20

THREAD. Our democracy is truly resilient, but not only because of our institutions, which have been strained as never before. Our resilience depends on people, patriots, who’ve had to exhibit incredible determination, which honestly shouldn’t have been necessary. /1

@C_C_Krebs

You know some of their names. Chris Krebs @C_C_Krebs. Brad Raffensperger @GaSecofState. Jocelyn Benson @JocelynBenson. Al Schmidt @Commish_Schmidt. But there are so many others you will never hear about. /2

Other state election off’ls in states, some where the margins weren’t close. Local election off’ls and volunteer workers who made sure this election, during a pandemic, with record turnout, went smoothly. These people are heroes. /3

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