Congressional Special Election (last call! unstickied after NY-27 final results)

[Beet]

If this was a Democrat, Trump would be tweeting it nonstop, turning it into a major story and serving as the justification for every Republican voter suppression tactic in the country. But since it's a Republican, crickets.

[Beet]

So in theory could democrats just refuse to seat every republican in the house just cuz?

and yeah the senate could retaliate. And I consider myself  an indie who dislikes Trump but if the dems did this I will vote straight R in 2020.

> Implying that either party would ever do that.

Yeah, the idea of not seating an entire party is sheer fantasy.  Not seating one member due to a questionable election is entirely different and has ample precedent.

The most likely is if the Republicans control the House and Senate, and we had a Democratic president. They could do it to neuter the veto and govern by themselves.

[Beet]

Why doesn't the North Carolina legislature just pass a bill declaring Harris the winner?

[Beet]

https://twitter.com/ChristyforCA25/status/1255572199844360193

Smith forced to apologize. Not a good look to apologize, #1rule is always double down, as it can prevent any bleeding, now she actually has to congratulate her opponent.

Maybe, but it's really a shame. Apology is a deeply prosocial behavior and it sucks that our society takes it as a sign of vulnerability rather than as such. When we were kids and did something wrong, the grown ups would make us apologize like we meant it, and then we would be forgiven. The point of growing up shouldn't be that those rules don't apply anymore, it's that we become the ones responsible for enforcing them ourselves.

Good on Smith.

[Beet]

93% is in and only 178,000 votes. In 2018 it was 322,000 total.