PoliticsThe Independent'The case of Trump vs reality': Joe Biden's law student granddaughter lays into president
Amid a prolonged results process and ongoing lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign against late counting, Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden has taken a dig at the incumbent president, calling his claims of a “rigged” election “the case of Trump vs Reality”. In a tweet about the lawsuits, which have already been rejected in several states, the 26-year-old Ms Biden said: “Cause of action: 'he was winning' but the 'numbers started miraculously getting whittled away in secret'. Legal claims: 'Writing down things, the workers, and doing a lot of bad things'.
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PoliticsThe WeekWisconsin Republicans caught apparently encouraging voter fraud in Pennsylvania
President Trump raged on Wednesday that he wants "all voting to stop." But emails obtained by The Daily Beast and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed Friday that it was Republican Party officials in Wisconsin who have allegedly been urging their volunteers to call Pennsylvanians and implore them to send in late — and therefore illegal — votes. "That would be exactly what the president and his campaign are accusing Democrats of doing," one legal expert observed to The Daily Beast.
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Missing California girl found hiding in closet in home with secret trapdoor
A lengthy search for a teen girl in California ended after police found her hiding in the closet of a home that had a trapdoor leading to a secret sleeping area on a dirt floor under the house, the local sheriff's office said. Three adults were facing charges after the missing 14-year-old was found on Oct. 31 deep inside a closet at the home in West Point, east of Sacramento, the Calaveras County sheriff's office said. People at the house in West Point later told deputies that they'd last seen the girl walking down the driveway.
“Accepting a deal on coronavirus aid might undercut Trump’s main campaign talking point: That everything is fine.”
“Pelosi’s fear is being ‘soft on Trump.’ In the Trump era, that’s the worst accusation one can make against a Democrat.”
“In reality, Senate Republicans are the ones who could be the roadblock to a deal.”
“Democrats are wary of passing a stimulus bill because it would hand President Donald Trump a political victory.”
“Despite the dire need, Trump, the great dealmaker, has been unable to get his own Republicans to accept a new stimulus.”