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Biden is President elect

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biba70 Sat 07-Nov-20 16:28:28

and the world breathes a massive sigh of relief - wow <3

Alegrias2 Mon 09-Nov-20 15:23:33

Lemon, pay attention to what I'm saying in my posts. Nothing to do with not liking the UK. Drop that idea, that's not the fake news. Jeez.

However, its a lot to do with the daft idea that there were votes cast in the names of people who were over 100 years old and were actually dead. Incorrect, not true, fake. Just like the assertion that Harris hates the US and that there are grounds for Biden to go to prison.

And why this obsession with there only being one post? GNHQ asked us to stop posting fake news as if it was fact. They didn't suggest how many posts were like that. One is too many.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 15:25:48

There are none so blind

lemongrove Mon 09-Nov-20 15:35:50

The ‘obsession’ as you call it, for one post is simply that! One post out of how many? Yes, one post too much indeed but it
Hasn’t continued has it? There are no other posts after that that are lies/ fake news or whatever you wish to call it.
So all the push me/ pull you outrage going on now isn’t necessary.That’s why I suggested upthread ( pity that nobody paid any attention to that!) that it’s time this thread moves on.
Jeez.

Daisend1 Mon 09-Nov-20 15:37:48

Shrub .
Counting chickens before they are hatched ????

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 15:39:25

lemongrove

The ‘obsession’ as you call it, for one post is simply that! One post out of how many? Yes, one post too much indeed but it
Hasn’t continued has it? There are no other posts after that that are lies/ fake news or whatever you wish to call it.
So all the push me/ pull you outrage going on now isn’t necessary.That’s why I suggested upthread ( pity that nobody paid any attention to that!) that it’s time this thread moves on.
Jeez.

Well go on then, move it on.

lemongrove Mon 09-Nov-20 15:49:35

lemongrove

Ah yes, Algerias I see...one post on page nine from an American poster. That’s it.

biba it was a suggestion to move on before it descends into the usual you know what.

Fennel there may have been some mistakes/ irregularities/ voter fraud ( be amazing if there wasn’t) and there were errors with the software that attributed 9,000 votes to Biden that were really for Trump in one State, but that was corrected.
Even with all the re-counts and check ups, it would be very surprising if the Biden win was overturned though, there are just too many votes to make that possible by the sounds of it.
It was close, but Biden won fair and square I am sure.

I attempted to......

lemongrove Mon 09-Nov-20 15:55:45

I sincerely hope that there will be no mass violence in the US
Over this, there is certainly a lot of anger by many who voted for Trump there ( much like Brexit here....a close outcome)
Of course DT could do much to counter that by putting out a message of calmness to them ( but am guessing he won’t).
If he stops tweeting it would be a good start.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 16:00:57

Fox News is culpable imo. It is watched by Trump supporters and could do much to calm things as well as point out the lies and myths on social media, but it doesn’t. Murdoch sticky fingers once again.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 16:25:20

This Sub-human sits in the House of Lords.

John Kilclooney tweeted

“What happens if Biden moves on and the Indian becomes President......”

This will be seen by America.

And we wonder why they think of us as they do?

pollyperkins Mon 09-Nov-20 16:35:52

Why do some Americans worry so much about socialism and losing their freedom? We have a National health service and most people in the UK think it’s great and would hate to lose it. We certainly don’t think we’ve lost our freedom by not having to fork out vast sums for medical procedures or by having allowances for people who need them. We also consider ourselves a free country. In my view that freedom would be curtailed if I had to worry about people carrying guns around with them everywhere- I would be afraid to go out. Biden and Harris are not left wing- as someone said up thread they are something like our moderate Tories. They just aren’t hard right like Trump & his cronies. I find them far more frightening!

Grannynannywanny Mon 09-Nov-20 16:41:49

He has history. He previously referred to the then Irish PM Leo Varadkar as a “typical Indian” Yet, still he’s allowed to turn up at the House of Lords and claim his £300 a day attendance fee.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 18:25:00

Biden has begun to tackle Covid. Urging everyone to wear a mask. What a difference!

I see Trump is lashing out and sacked his Defence Secretary.

varian Mon 09-Nov-20 18:33:44

We are slowly, at long last, moving in the right direction.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 18:36:52

Apparently they are expecting Trump to lash out further and sack others.

Fennel Mon 09-Nov-20 18:43:09

He's still President, and seems to be able to do what he likes.
Pre-arranging support in the Supreme Court, and he might even have the Senate in his favour.

biba70 Mon 09-Nov-20 18:48:59

white coats? Straight jacket - coming up.

Hope they have taken his nuke them all button off him.

varian Mon 09-Nov-20 18:52:06

There is a lot wrong with the electoral system in the UK, but one thing I do like is that on election day, or the next day, it is quite usual for a furniture van to park out side 10 Downing Street.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 18:53:55

I see the racist Lord has compounded his remark by making an apology by saying he called her an Indian because he didn’t know her name..

God spare us from these people!

Parsley3 Mon 09-Nov-20 20:17:09

WWM It was clearly beyond his wit to call her a woman.

biba70 Mon 09-Nov-20 20:22:02

Why didn't he call Trump 'The German' and Biden 'The Irish' - or Johnson 'The Turk' whilst he was at it sad unbelievable- he should be severely dealt with.

Galaxy Mon 09-Nov-20 20:27:25

And while we are waiting for the official sanctions we can just refer to him as the wanker.

Alegrias2 Mon 09-Nov-20 20:28:57

He could have called her the "Vice President Elect", which is what she is of course.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Nov-20 20:31:04

Alegrias2

He could have called her the "Vice President Elect", which is what she is of course.

That would have stuck in his crawl. She is aligned with an Irish supporter.

willa45 Mon 09-Nov-20 21:51:21

Dear Gransnetters,
As an American born citizen of the US (who voted for Joe Biden), it gave me much joy to read so many supportive posts from across the pond.

Like many of you, I am greatly relieved and optimistic about what's ahead, especially with regard to this pandemic and what to expect from a Biden presidency going forward!

lemongrove Mon 09-Nov-20 21:57:40

It has to be better, doesn’t it willa ? I don’t think there has ever been a President quite like DT before ( and hopefully won’t be again.) I wonder how many American GNers there are on this site, members don’t always say which country they live in. I hope that Biden will reinstate the things that DT opted out of.