2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFYI - This FB message from Jill Stein just came in regarding Michigan.
Jill Stein
2 mins ·
Yesterday, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal District Judge's order and made clear that the presidential recount in Michigan should continue as planned. The ruling dealt a blow to Trump and Republicans in Michigan, who appealed to the court to try to stop Michigan's historic recount.
Yesterday, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal District Judge's order and made clear that the presidential recount in Michigan should continue as planned. The ruling dealt a blow to Trump and Republicans in Michigan, who appealed to the court to try to stop Michigan's historic recount.
Matthew Brinckerhoff, a lawyer for the Stein campaign, said the following in response to the ruling:
"Today, Trump and his GOP allies in Michigan tried everything in the book to stop the recount, and they failed. This recount is continuing in spite of their efforts to suppress the vote.
"We applaud this decision by the Sixth Circuit, and look forward to continuing to fight for the rights of Michiganders to ensure their votes are recounted in a timely and thorough manner."
While the Michigan Court of Appeals also ruled this afternoon and directed the Board of State Canvassers to reject Dr. Stein's recount petition, they did not order the recount to be stopped because, as numerous experts have pointed out, their hands are tied by a U.S. District Court ruling ordering it to commence. Instead, the issue of the recount's constitutionality will likely return to Judge Goldsmith tomorrow, as the statewide recount in Michigan proceeds as planned.
http://www.jill2016.com/huge_mi_victory
JILL2016.COM
flamingdem
(39,929 posts)What is more important than election theft?
0rganism
(24,680 posts)the Trump campaign sent a clear message to the newsmedia: give us favorable coverage and LOTS of it, or lose your access
going forward, i would assume that message has been received and understood very clearly by those whose jobs depend on it
flamingdem
(39,929 posts)Trump laid the law down and the media kissed his smarmy butt.
DK504
(3,847 posts)I'ts UnAmerican to do otherwise.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Of this we can be certain, for Comrade Casino (R) and his Republican cronies are at the bottom of it all.
MFM008
(20,001 posts)And goes on with the crowning of this dog shit.
putitinD
(1,551 posts)lark
(24,188 posts)Hekate
(94,789 posts)KewlKat
(5,652 posts)And made it retroactive. Now the greens will owe money yet we can't count the very ballots that would probably flip the state to blue. What a bunch of thieves!
What would drumpf do?
SlimJimmy
(3,251 posts)What links can you give that will help me understand how Michigan can be flipped with a 10,000 vote discrepancy? I'm not against a recount, but it feels like Lucy putting the football down yet again for us Democrats.
KewlKat
(5,652 posts)In Detroit? Broken machines, misread or not read ballots. Links in DU abound. Can't search from phone. At work.
SlimJimmy
(3,251 posts)counted multiple times. Can't we get anything right?