2024 U.S. Presidential Election Thread: Donald Trump wins & will return to the White House; GOP wins U.S. Senate & U.S. House
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I appreciate the thoughtful optimism that you backed with a few facts. I really hope you're right about Cruz; anecdotally, I see individual TX conservatives shytting on him. That's just anecdotal, but it's noticeable. Allred pulling that race out would be amazing.
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I died for your sins
There's proof of a plan to install fake electors to overturn the election results.
January 6
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This needs to be in an ad.
But as a Texan and I've experience this with Beto... Those same conservatives that shyt on Cruz WILL still vote for him.
1/31
@RBReich
Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed.
2/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 1
Trump fueled division and sparked a record uptick in hate crimes.
Hate Crimes Under Trump Surged Nearly 20 Percent Says FBI Report
3/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 2
Murder went way up under Trump. He presided over the largest ever single-year increase in homicides in 2020.
A number of factors might have contributed to that, but a big one is…
FBI: 2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever
4/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 3
Gun sales broke records under Trump, who has bragged about how he “did nothing” to restrict guns as president in spite of…
Trump Proudly Brags That He ‘Did Nothing’ About Guns
5/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE REASON 4
Under Trump, America suffered more than 1,700 mass shootings.
Search Results (Incidents) | Gun Violence Archive
6/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE REASON 5
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Trump delayed $20 billion of aid and allowed Puerto Rico to be without power for 181 days.
Trump delayed $20bn in aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, report finds
7/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 6
According to Trump's former acting Homeland Security secretary, Trump proposed selling the entire island of Puerto Rico.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/index.html
8/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 7
Trump said there were "very fine people" among the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville.
He now denies it, but it's on video.
https://invidious.poast.org/watch?v=JmaZR8E12bs
9/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 8
Trump allied himself with the Proud Boys, a violent hate group who helped orchestrate the Jan 6 Capitol attack.
https://invidious.poast.org/watch?v=qIHhB1ZMV_o
10/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 9
Trump has been convicted of committing 34 felonies while in office. The criminally false business filings he got convicted for in New York? All of them were committed while he was president.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts
11/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 10
Trump strategically appointed Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade.
1 in 3 women of childbearing age now live under a Trump abortion ban.
PolitiFact FL: How many women live in states with abortion bans? Fact-checking VP Harris
12/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 11
One of Trump’s Supreme Court justices was Brett Kavanaugh, a man accused of sexual assault by multiple women.
Here are all the sexual-misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh
13/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 12
Trump’s White House reportedly interfered in the FBI’s investigation of Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assaults.
Democratic senator accuses Trump of steering FBI investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
14/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 13
Trump’s failed pandemic response is estimated to have led to hundreds of thousands of needless deaths.
US could have averted 40% of Covid deaths, says panel examining Trump's policies
15/31
@RBReich
By the time Trump left office, roughly 3,000 Americans were dying of covid every day. That’s a 9/11-scale mass casualty event every single day.
How did Trump fail so badly? Here's a few ways.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/us-reports-record-number-of-covid-deaths-in-january.html
16/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 14
Trump’s White House discarded the pandemic response playbook that had been assembled by the Obama administration.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/trump-coronavirus-national-security-council-149285
17/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 15
Trump disbanded the National Security Council’s pandemic response team.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-t...ublic-health-ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a
18/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 16
Trump repeatedly lied about the danger of covid, saying it was no worse than the flu or that it would go away on its own.
But behind closed doors, Trump admitted he knew covid was deadly.
19/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 17
Trump promoted fake covid cures like hydroxychloroquine and even injecting people with disinfectants.
After Trump’s “disinfectant” remarks, poison control centers received a spike in emergency calls.
https://time.com/5835244/accidental-poisonings-trump/
20/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 18
Trump presided over a net loss of 2.9 million American jobs — the worst recorded jobs numbers of any U.S. president in history.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/08/trump-jobs-record/
21/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 19
Trump profited off the presidency, making an estimated $160 million from foreign countries while he was president.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/r...-million-from-foreign-countries-as-president/
22/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 20
Trump also billed the Secret Service over $1 million for the privilege of staying at his golf clubs and other properties while they protected him. That’s your money!
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/17/1129491352/trump-hotels-overcharged-secret-service-agents
23/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 21
Trump caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history when he didn’t get funding for his border wall, which he said Mexico was going to pay for.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/trump-shutdown-announcement-1125529
24/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 22
Trump also shut the government down two other times.
25/31
@RBReich
Whew! I've got to stop and take a breath. I'll keep going, but please chime in with anything I miss.
26/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 23
Trump diverted nearly $14 billion from other federal agencies — including $9.9 billion from the military — to pay for his border wall, which he never finished.
And again, so much for Mexico paying for it.
https://rollcall.com/2021/05/07/most-of-pentagon-billions-moved-to-border-wall-not-recoverable/
27/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 24
Under Trump, the national debt increased by about 40% — more than in any other four-year presidential term — largely because of his tax cuts for the rich and big corporations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/14/trump-legacy-national-debt-increasee/
28/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 25
This one still makes my blood boil.
Trump separated more than 5,000 children from their parents at the border, with no plan to ever reunite them, putting babies in cages.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/15/trump-family-separation-policy-prevention/
29/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 26
The Muslim Ban. Yes, Trump really did try to ban Muslims from entering the country.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/licence-discriminate-trumps-muslim-refugee-ban
30/31
@RBReich
And let's not forget about what Trump got impeached for… the first time.
31/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 27
Trump broke the law by trying to withhold nearly $400M of U.S. aid for Ukraine in an effort to extort a personal political favor from Ukraine’s Pres. Zelensky.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/trump-administration-broke-law-in-withholding-ukraine-aid.html
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@RBReich
Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed.
2/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 1
Trump fueled division and sparked a record uptick in hate crimes.
Hate Crimes Under Trump Surged Nearly 20 Percent Says FBI Report
3/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 2
Murder went way up under Trump. He presided over the largest ever single-year increase in homicides in 2020.
A number of factors might have contributed to that, but a big one is…
FBI: 2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever
4/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 3
Gun sales broke records under Trump, who has bragged about how he “did nothing” to restrict guns as president in spite of…
Trump Proudly Brags That He ‘Did Nothing’ About Guns
5/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE REASON 4
Under Trump, America suffered more than 1,700 mass shootings.
Search Results (Incidents) | Gun Violence Archive
6/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE REASON 5
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Trump delayed $20 billion of aid and allowed Puerto Rico to be without power for 181 days.
Trump delayed $20bn in aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, report finds
7/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 6
According to Trump's former acting Homeland Security secretary, Trump proposed selling the entire island of Puerto Rico.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/index.html
8/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 7
Trump said there were "very fine people" among the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville.
He now denies it, but it's on video.
https://invidious.poast.org/watch?v=JmaZR8E12bs
9/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 8
Trump allied himself with the Proud Boys, a violent hate group who helped orchestrate the Jan 6 Capitol attack.
https://invidious.poast.org/watch?v=qIHhB1ZMV_o
10/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 9
Trump has been convicted of committing 34 felonies while in office. The criminally false business filings he got convicted for in New York? All of them were committed while he was president.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts
11/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 10
Trump strategically appointed Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade.
1 in 3 women of childbearing age now live under a Trump abortion ban.
PolitiFact FL: How many women live in states with abortion bans? Fact-checking VP Harris
12/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 11
One of Trump’s Supreme Court justices was Brett Kavanaugh, a man accused of sexual assault by multiple women.
Here are all the sexual-misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh
13/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 12
Trump’s White House reportedly interfered in the FBI’s investigation of Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assaults.
Democratic senator accuses Trump of steering FBI investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
14/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 13
Trump’s failed pandemic response is estimated to have led to hundreds of thousands of needless deaths.
US could have averted 40% of Covid deaths, says panel examining Trump's policies
15/31
@RBReich
By the time Trump left office, roughly 3,000 Americans were dying of covid every day. That’s a 9/11-scale mass casualty event every single day.
How did Trump fail so badly? Here's a few ways.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/us-reports-record-number-of-covid-deaths-in-january.html
16/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 14
Trump’s White House discarded the pandemic response playbook that had been assembled by the Obama administration.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/trump-coronavirus-national-security-council-149285
17/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 15
Trump disbanded the National Security Council’s pandemic response team.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-t...ublic-health-ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a
18/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 16
Trump repeatedly lied about the danger of covid, saying it was no worse than the flu or that it would go away on its own.
But behind closed doors, Trump admitted he knew covid was deadly.
19/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 17
Trump promoted fake covid cures like hydroxychloroquine and even injecting people with disinfectants.
After Trump’s “disinfectant” remarks, poison control centers received a spike in emergency calls.
https://time.com/5835244/accidental-poisonings-trump/
20/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 18
Trump presided over a net loss of 2.9 million American jobs — the worst recorded jobs numbers of any U.S. president in history.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/08/trump-jobs-record/
21/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 19
Trump profited off the presidency, making an estimated $160 million from foreign countries while he was president.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/r...-million-from-foreign-countries-as-president/
22/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 20
Trump also billed the Secret Service over $1 million for the privilege of staying at his golf clubs and other properties while they protected him. That’s your money!
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/17/1129491352/trump-hotels-overcharged-secret-service-agents
23/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 21
Trump caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history when he didn’t get funding for his border wall, which he said Mexico was going to pay for.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/trump-shutdown-announcement-1125529
24/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 22
Trump also shut the government down two other times.
25/31
@RBReich
Whew! I've got to stop and take a breath. I'll keep going, but please chime in with anything I miss.
26/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 23
Trump diverted nearly $14 billion from other federal agencies — including $9.9 billion from the military — to pay for his border wall, which he never finished.
And again, so much for Mexico paying for it.
https://rollcall.com/2021/05/07/most-of-pentagon-billions-moved-to-border-wall-not-recoverable/
27/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 24
Under Trump, the national debt increased by about 40% — more than in any other four-year presidential term — largely because of his tax cuts for the rich and big corporations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/14/trump-legacy-national-debt-increasee/
28/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 25
This one still makes my blood boil.
Trump separated more than 5,000 children from their parents at the border, with no plan to ever reunite them, putting babies in cages.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/15/trump-family-separation-policy-prevention/
29/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 26
The Muslim Ban. Yes, Trump really did try to ban Muslims from entering the country.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/licence-discriminate-trumps-muslim-refugee-ban
30/31
@RBReich
And let's not forget about what Trump got impeached for… the first time.
31/31
@RBReich
TRUMP WAS TERRIBLE, REASON 27
Trump broke the law by trying to withhold nearly $400M of U.S. aid for Ukraine in an effort to extort a personal political favor from Ukraine’s Pres. Zelensky.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/trump-administration-broke-law-in-withholding-ukraine-aid.html
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Man, I'm driving around DC because it's gonna party, I still remember that Saturday in 2020
Harris is with the margin of error in Kansas.. think about that for a second.. That should tell you all you need to know
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Superstar
It would be narratively perfect for Trump to win the presidency in 2016 based on his intense hatreds for black folks and women and then get beaten by a black woman to end his political career in 2024.
Let's hope the writers of the simulation don't throw us a swerve.
I wish we had more polls of these assumed red states.
If you want my longshot prediction, if Kamala ends up winning this comfortably, I am going to predict that at least one state that we thought was solidly red ends up with an 0.5% gap on either side.
And I think that state will be Alaska, personally. If Harris is over 300 EVs and winning pretty much every swing state, I'd look at AK as a possible thing where six days after the election is called, they end up finally calling the state for Harris by under 0.5%.
