On the Tenth Day of Christmas Election 2020 Gave to Me

Ten Senators orating, nine judges a-judging, eight lawyers a-suing, seven pols a-lying, six pole workers a-cheating, five Electors, four poll watchers, three hanging chads, two spoiled ballots and a phone call from a phone tree.

Speaking of Senators, Josh Hawley's "plan" keeps getting rave (or raving) reviews. Sundance at CTH, Senator Ted Cruz Leads Group of Republican Senators to Join Josh Hawley in Opposition to Electoral Certification , January 6th Ted Cruz Has a Rare Second-Chance At Redemption, But Don’t Expect Him to Take It…. , Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski and Pat Toomey Pledge to Support 2020 Election Fraud and  VP Pence Chief of Staff Gives Statement Supporting January 6th Challenge to Electoral Certification.  Politico whines that it is an ‘Exercise in futility’: Republicans lambaste Hawley’s push to challenge election. You can probably guess who.  Beth Bauman at Town Hall, Here Are the Dems Having a Fit Over Cruz's Plans to Challenge the Election Results and 11 GOP Senators Refuse to Certify the Election Results Until One Requirement Is Met

The group is calling for a "10-day audit" of the results after "unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities."

“Voter fraud has posed a persistent challenge in our elections, although its breadth and scope are disputed. By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes," the coalition said in a statement.

Trump’s not even gone yet and Dems are already unveiling this predictable tactic:

Trump was never a *real* fascist threat, just a joke. The real Hitler is the one coming next. So unless you want real concentration camps this time, stay in line behind Dems through at least 2024: pic.twitter.com/9ZUKEhirgQ

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 2, 2021

At Just One Minute, Tom Maguires says "Can You Please Get A Grip?" "This is nuts:"

This is playing with fire. In four or eight years when the Reps win the Electoral College (again) and the Dems win the popular vote (again) and AOC is screaming that some of the swing state results should be tossed because "the billionaires" corrupted the result, Republicans will regret this performance art. However it should help Hawley and Cruz with their 2024 Presidential aspirations, so first things first.

They will anyway. Go down fighting!

Matt Vespa at Town Hall,  As Judge Dismisses 2020 Election Lawsuit, It All Comes Down to Congressional Republicans on January 6 and a reminder from Rick Moran at PJ Media, Democrats Have Objected to Electoral Vote Certification for the Last Three GOP Presidents

One of the Bulwark Girlz cries about McConnell’s ‘Conscience’ Crisis "He stood by as Team Trump tried to overturn the election. Even now he refuses to smack down the Big Lie." 

Attorney Lin Wood has apparently gone around the bend:

If Pence is arrested, @SecPompeo will save the election. Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason. He will face execution by firing squad. He is a coward & will sing like a bird & confess ALL.

— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) January 1, 2021

John Sexton at Hot Air, Nick Sandmann To His Attorney Lin Wood: ‘What The Hell?’ and Liberty Unyielding asks Could Trump sue Lin Wood for legal malpractice? The proper question is whether he has any hope of winning, and I would guess not.

Da Beast whines Trump Plans to Fight the Election Even After ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally Ends (See this Twitter thread). Ann Althouse read the NYT so you don't have to, and catches them  "President Trump took to Twitter Friday evening to make the unfounded assertion that Georgia’s two Senate races are 'illegal and invalid,' an argument that could complicate his efforts..."

I'm pretty sure the NYT wants to help the Democrats, so anything that looks like advice to Trump not to do what he's doing should probably be translated into an expression of fear that it might work.

One might say that Trump's continued assertions about rigged elections keep Republican voters stirred up. They may get the idea that they need to win by enough to overcome the cheating. They may feel outraged that cheaters have been stealing elections and that it's crucial to fight back right now.

Alternatively, it might be that Trump doesn't mind losing the GOP majority in the Senate. He might prefer to fight his way back to power in 2024 with his party excluded from power. He'll be more of an outsider and able to attack everything in a much more interesting and theatrical way if we're not distracted by the day to day efforts of McConnell et al.

Possibly related, NewsMax reports Record 3M Early Votes in Georgia's Critical Senate Runoffs. Signature check, and address check each and every one by hand, because you know the Democrats are going to try to sneak as many illegal votes through as possible. The Last Tradition, WE CAUGHT THEM: Pallets of Fake Ballots in Georgia’s Fulton County Were Identified, Filmed and Sampled Before Moving Trucks Picked Them Up and Shredded Them. ET, Georgia Data Shows Over 30,000 of Trump’s Votes Removed, Another 12,173 Switched to Biden: Data Scientists

According to their analysis, which was published online as early as Dec. 24, time-series election data shows Trump’s votes were decrementing in various counties instead of increasing as they do normally.

At least 30,593 votes were allegedly removed from Trump as result, including 17,650 votes in Dougherty County, 7,008 votes in Dodge County, and 5,935 votes in Putnam County.

The removals happened at the county level and were hard to be observed at the state level because the decrements were offset by accurate data uploaded by other counties.

“I want to make that very, very clear that at no point in an incremental process, should you decrement it,” Mealey said.