Blackstone Group Inc Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman, one of Wall Street's biggest donors to President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, said that the election outcome was now certain and that the United States should move on.
It's the last day of November 2020 and Joe "rapey hands" Biden is still not the President-elect in any official capacity.
Have your contacted OAN and Newsmax (along with most every new outlet in the US) telling them they are wrong for referring to Biden as President Elect? It is November 30 and Donald J Trump is still President Eject.
And keep Trumps name the #1 news item, like he wants and needs. It also helps keep his hands on the reigns of the GOP, for now. And it sets Trump up as the victim of conspiracies so he can use that as his public image defense when he starts having to be on trial.
Yes but I do believe that there is a significantly terrifying thing that is being realized with the neo fascist Republicans that does not bode well for our Democracy in the next few years in their latest scheme of controlling electors in swing states to overthrow elections to Republicans. If the election was close, and it was only Florida we were talking about and lets say Tom Cotton was the candidate instead of Trump, is their any doubt in your mind that Governor DeSantis wouldn't sign off on a rule change that allowed for faithless electors? We are lucky this time that Trump and his goons like Rudy Guiliani are such idiots, but what happens when more competent neo fascists are the ones running the campaign? Our Democracy is in serious trouble here.
It's November 30th also known as Cyber Monday, and it still not Christmas yet in any official capacity.
I agree with you, and it's been in trouble for a while. We just didn't have as clear a signal as the last four years. Probably some game-theory type of way to model it, but you have to maintain some % of the citizenry to understand democracy and truly want democracy to maintain it. You can probably deal with 10-20% bozos who would go full authoritarian, but we may be 30-40% (or worse?) who would fully endorse major shenanigans for power and "victory" for their team. That just won't be stable if it stays like this. The Trump phenomenon (including him, his enablers, and the reactions against him) may have permanently transitioned some of those people into irreversible radicals/conspiracy nuts. Still lay this at the feet of people like Limbaugh in the 90's, all to make a buck too. SMDH.
It's amazing to me that Biden beat Trump by 4 points/6MM votes, but only defeated him via the electoral college by less than 50K votes total (WI, AZ, GA, and NE2). This system is insane and will tear this country apart.
45's lies and misinformation is what is insane and was tearing America apart but now we have a Potus that will ring America back and make us one again.
If you think the problem is solved then I have some oceanfront property in Nebraska I'd like to sell you.
The more pathetic attempts of trolling the more pathetic you have become. No one takes you serious anymore. The one ounce of credibility you once had went away in the arbery thread where you defended racists in order to troll. You should take whatever dignity you have left and stop your trolling. It is cringeworthy at this point.
You're rewriting history to make yourself feel better. If you want to discuss this go to the Arbery thread. Because this thread... this simple thread... is about one simple fact... and that is that... wait for it.... Joe "touches girls on camera" Biden is still not the president-elect of the United States.
One reason why Trump can't coup... https://theintercept.com/2016/12/02...t-establishment-is-now-advising-donald-trump/ December 2 2016, 11:19 a.m. “THE ESTABLISHMENT,” Donald Trump famously said during his closing argument for the presidency, “has trillions of dollars at stake in this election.” He described “a global power structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class, stripped our country of its wealth and put that money into the pockets of a handful of large corporations and political entities.” He asked the country to be “brave enough to vote out this corrupt establishment.” Now, less than four weeks after riding that line to victory, he formally invited the establishment into his administration. On Friday, Trump announced the creation of a “Strategic and Policy Forum” that will serve to advise him on domestic economic matters. The list of advisers is a who’s-who of corporate elites. He’s not the only one making a major turnaround; many of them had previously and enthusiastically supported his Democratic opponent. The chairman of the forum is Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of the Blackstone Group, a private equity and investment banking giant. Blackstone blasted out the release highlighting the creation of the forum this morning on its own website, saying that it is “composed of some of America’s most highly respected and successful business leaders,” who “will be called upon to meet with the President frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his plan to bring back jobs and Make America Great Again.” Although Schwarzman is a Republican, his company — like so much of Wall Street — spent much of the campaign getting close to Hillary Clinton. Blackstone’s Chief Operating Officer Hamilton “Tony” James hosted a fundraiser for Clinton in December 2015 that featured, among others, Democratic-aligned billionaire Warren Buffet. More than a dozen executives at the firm gave tens of thousands of dollars to Clinton’s campaign. The firm held an invitation-only, swanky reception at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Another member of the new advisory group is Larry Fink. Fink is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm. Fink spent years ingratiating himself with top Democrats and was once short-listed as a replacement for the Obama administration’s Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. He even hired former Hillary Clinton aide Cheryl Mills to serve on the firm’s board of directors of his firm — and was poised to take over and staff Clinton’s Treasury Department. Evidently, Fink has now jumped ship and joined the Making America Great Again team, and Trump, in turn, has no problem tapping him for advice. Here is the full list: Stephen A. Schwarzman (forum chairman), chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Blackstone; Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners, LLC, former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Mary Barra, chairwoman and CEO, General Motors; Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic; Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co; Larry Fink, chairman and CEO, BlackRock; Bob Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company; Rich Lesser, president and CEO, Boston Consulting Group; Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Jim McNerney, former chairman, president, and CEO, Boeing; Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners; Ginni Rometty, chairwoman, president, and CEO, IBM; Kevin Warsh, Shepard Family distinguished visiting fellow in economics, Hoover Institute, former member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System; Mark Weinberger, global chairman and CEO, EY; Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO, General Electric; Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winner, vice chairman of IHS Markit; Disney CEO Bob Iger co-hosted a Hollywood area fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in the summer of 2016. General Motors CEO Mary Barra was thought of so dearly by the Clinton campaign that she was considered as a possible vice presidential pick — according to hacked emails released by Wikileaks. Boeing CEO Jim McNerny has given thousands of dollars to top Democrats and lauded Clinton’s leadership at the State Department — which helped Boeing win contracts — while simultaneously funding the Clinton Foundation and helping sponsor paid speeches by former President Bill Clinton. These are precisely the people Trump warned about when he darkly declared that “those who control the levers of power in Washington, … they partner with these people that don’t have your good in mind.” Now they’re all working together.
