Schumer withholds Senate orientation invite from McCormick
Source: Politico
11/10/2024 05:01 PM EST
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will not allow Sen.-elect Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) to participate in Senate orientation this week because he doesnt consider the race to be resolved yet. Though the Associated Press projected Thursday that McCormick defeated Democrat incumbent Bob Casey in Pennsylvanias Senate race, Casey has yet to concede, claiming that there are still thousands of ballots left to be counted.
With over 100,000 ballots left to be counted in Pennsylvania, the race has not been decided. As is custom, we will invite the winner once the votes are counted, a spokesperson for Schumer wrote in a statement. As of Sunday at 4:30 p.m., McCormick was ahead by approximately 39,000 votes.
Schumer is not allowing @DaveMcCormickPA to participate in Senate orientation this week because Casey refuses to concede the race. What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections? Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said in a social media post Sunday.
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has also not been invited to orientation yet as his race against Republican Kari Lake has yet to be called. Gallego is ahead by approximately 48,000 votes. (The Associated Press has not called that race; the New York Times has not called either the Pennsylvania or Arizona race.)
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/schumer-casey-mccormick-senate-orientation-00188644
Ontheboundry
(292 posts)But it really is proper
I think McCormick and Gallego will both win, but Schumer is gonna allow the process to happen
FBaggins
(27,752 posts)I know the House new member orientation works that way
BigMin28
(1,475 posts)Because that will teach them a lesson. Too little, too late for Schumer to finally do something.
Macrophylla
(131 posts)Please tell me another joke!!!!
That's now just a thing of the past, better get over it now.
orangecrush
(21,977 posts)LiberalArkie
(16,575 posts)BumRushDaShow
(143,115 posts)and that was over the weekend. The last tranche reported was Saturday evening where they updated to just under 1000 tallied so far. Didn't see any updates yesterday.
LiberalArkie
(16,575 posts)BumRushDaShow
(143,115 posts)the issue wouldn't be installing a President or even ensuring a GOP majority in the Senate, so I doubt they would get involved.
ancianita
(38,727 posts)The law on recounts seem fair, but the delays in counting work against their being used. I wonder if working around recount laws is also part of the Republican suppression equation in battlegrounds.
My fear is that if Rethugs are in a vote war of attrition, they might just succeed in battleground election workers giving up in 2026 and beyond. And I just can't rule out the problems discovered with "tabulators," whatever that entails.
BumRushDaShow
(143,115 posts)So after that, whatever came in on that day would also need to be added to the outstanding, mostly provisional ballots, that still need to be counted.
In 2020, Biden's final "totals" took about 14 days and we are just 6 days in this year.
ancianita
(38,727 posts)And Rethugs are doing nothing to disabuse them of that fact. They'll probably even lie and say the late decisions are due to Democratic cheating.
BumRushDaShow
(143,115 posts)States are bound by certain deadlines in law, to certify their votes and issue their Certificates of Ascertainment.
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/key-dates
That December 11th date is pretty much the drop dead date for counting.
ancianita
(38,727 posts)BumRushDaShow
(143,115 posts)and that has to do with any triggered re-counts if a difference between candidates amounts to 0.5% or less.
I know this past year, even up until the Friday before the election, the courts were back and forth about the mail ballots and the last decisions that came through included one NOT to count mail ballots without a date, but TO count any provisional ballots that were submitted as replacements for mail ballots with missing dates and/or signatures, lacked ID verification, or any other reasons that the ballot was rejected.
ancianita
(38,727 posts)Triggered recounts might/might not work in our favor, but it's a good thing that at least finished first counts can trigger them.
bucolic_frolic
(47,174 posts)jalan48
(14,454 posts)GoreWon2000
(1,031 posts)was 1 of the Senate dems who wouldn't co-sponsor the Congressional Black Caucus's challenge to the fraudulent Florida 2000 vote count,
jalan48
(14,454 posts)The Mouth
(3,292 posts)jalan48
(14,454 posts)GoreWon2000
(1,031 posts)Abolishinist
(2,024 posts)He is ahead by 69,000 votes, with 257,000 left to count. By my calculation, she would need 73% to make it a tie.
Also, the remaining votes are in counties that he is winning.
As an aside, the Green Party candidate has received 68,000 votes.
GoreWon2000
(1,031 posts)and he's now given his very nice victory speech. It's a ray of hope in a sea of darkness.