[Politics] 2020 US election - Joe Biden vs Donald Trump

[A1X]

Well...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...085dcea9e5c137#block-5fa52a0f8f085dcea9e5c137

Trump could lose more than just the presidency this January. Twitter has confirmed that, if he leaves office in January, as now seems increasingly likely, he will no longer receive special treatment as “newsworthy individual”.

Twitter’s policy around newsworthiness protects certain people – such as elected officials with more than 250,000 followers – from having their accounts suspended or banned for rule infractions which would otherwise lead to severe penalties.

That policy is what has led to the company muting, but not removing, 12 tweets and counting from the president over the past week, as he continues to break the social network’s rules about casting doubt on the democratic process.

But, Twitter has confirmed, the policy does not apply to former elected officials. They have to follow the same rules as everyone else, and if a tweet breaks those rules, it gets removed – with the account potentially following for regular offenders.

That will present Trump with a choice, if he is indeed removed from office in late January: either tone down the rhetoric, just as the humiliation bites hardest, or face the prospect of his hugely influential following being taken away from him.

 

[jessiejames]

Trump is like a deranged violent boyfriend who simply won't accept its OVER. His girl is rejecting him and its out of his power. So now he knows she's leaving him for someone else, and there's nothing he can do about it, all he can do is slag her off and slap her around.

Leeds United fans then.

 

[Madafwo]

****ing hell

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In a bathtub, with a razor blade. Off you pop!

 

[BrickTamland]

If these below average Americans ever tried seeking assylum, most countries would put them in one!

Seeking asylum away from that place would be the sanest thing they could do

 

[A1X]

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[zefarelly]

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he can't have much foot left to shoot at

 

[NooBHA]

Well...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...085dcea9e5c137#block-5fa52a0f8f085dcea9e5c137

I want to drive the removal van taking his stuff out of the White House

 

[Frutos]

Biden's lead in Georgia up to 1,096.

 

[Mellotron]

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Thing is he still believes this. He thinks the right way to react is to claim fraud and whine and try to delegitimise the process.

Before the 2016 election he said he will accept the result IF he wins. It was always going to be this way. Failure is not an option his ego will accept.

 

[Weststander]

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He’s giving an exemplary losing display.

 

[Mr Banana]

Well...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...085dcea9e5c137#block-5fa52a0f8f085dcea9e5c137

As much as I'm aware that it's a potentially fruitless hope given the number of Trump clones ready to try to emulate him, the main positive from this kind of thing would be the damage to his likely run at the next election. Hopefully the criminal charges will take him down before that, but this is a decent bonus.

 

[Stat Brother]

Apparently there are elections in Cote d'Ivoire.

The US embassy there wrote to the government it's desire for the election to be honest, fair and the result upheld peacefully.

As Nish Kumar said:-

"It's like being told not to fart in the lift by a man with diarrhoea running from the bottom of his trousers'.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

This is long and drawn out vote counting is a brilliant way to dispatch with Trump. The longer the better.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Apologies if posted before.

If you fancy some beautiful parody - this Kenyan journalist is reporting on the US election is the style of a Western journalist covering an African election.

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[zefarelly]

This is long and drawn out vote counting is a brilliant way to dispatch with Trump. The longer the better.

Yes, atrociously bad loser coupled with very slow result reporting is just cruel

 

[Bold Seagull]

This is long and drawn out vote counting is a brilliant way to dispatch with Trump. The longer the better.

Death by thousand cuts.

You're right, it's perfect because it isn't just 1 city or state he can say has fraud, Trump has to say 4 states or so are all corrupt - some of which are traditionally Republican! No wonder Republicans are now starting to actively disown him.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Death by thousand cuts.

You're right, it's perfect because it isn't just 1 city or state he can say has fraud, Trump has to say 4 states or so are all corrupt - some of which are traditionally Republican! No wonder Republicans are now starting to actively disown him.

 

[jessiejames]

Watching Fox news, hilarious seeing them squirm as they realise the GOP have flopped. # pray for Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity.

 

[So.CalGull]

When your country sees themselves as the 'Leaders of the democratic world' and the 'worlds policeman, when they interfere in the domestic politics all across central & souther n America and the Caribbean, when they leave countries like Iraq in tatters you may forgive people for having an opinion on which particular mentalists they choose to elect?

Fair point, my thoughts were fueled by happiness and booze at the way this election is heading. I was really aiming the words at the two or three main antagonists that dominate this thread, my apologies for not making that clear.

 

[Chicken Run]

Watching Fox news, hilarious seeing them squirm as they realise the GOP have flopped. # pray for Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity.

And apparently the GODOY is going to ditch the cunnnt too!