Don’t Call and Complain, You Will be Labeled a Fraudster
I have no idea what planet these people are from that they would say the things they. Supposedly, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is worth $4 billion. He is not worried where his money is going to come from tomorrow or the next week, month or year. His grandmother (he uses her as an example) has nothing to worry about as Howard would probably loan her a few months of funds at a low interest rate (of course) of 2-4%. Not getting a Social Security check is not a worry for Howard’s mom.
Howard just out did Elon Musk in ignorance.
MSNBC host blows up on ‘arrogant SOB’ Trump official’s Social Security comments. These billionaires do not care.
This is like a rerun of 2016 when millions did not vote or they voted for Mickey and Minnie, Donald Duck, the family dog, etc. In 2020, the total vote was 158,614,475. An ~ 3 million voters were lost in 2024 (155 million) and considered to be non voters. Another difference was ~50,000 increase in voting for others totally an ~3.1 million. The election was decided by non-voters plus a small increase for others. Voting for others and not voting when the difference in candidates is extreme does not play out well for the nation as a whole.
David Shor, head of Blue Rose Research, which is a very respected consultancy that does election analysis for Democrats came to a very different conclusion concerning non-voters. The pool of non-voters in 2024 had characteristics that lead him to assess that more voting would have meant a bigger Trump win. I can tell you that the Democratic leaders in Wisconsin concur with this; they slightly exceeded their target vote in 2024 and Harris lost because the unforeseen turnout numbers among 2020 non-voters was heavily Trump. In fact, they are worried by this phenomenon again for next week’s Supreme Court election. That nominally non-partisan, but not in practice. Democrats expect Crawford to win, and she is the favorite, but their top worry seems to be that the tactics used in fall to increase turnout are being aggressively employed again. The ballot request numbers around the state are much higher than they expected and makes them a bit uneasy. Crawford and Democrats would much prefer the normal low turnout April election.
2024 had a larger turnout in Wisconsin but who was the vote for in Wisconsin and across the nation. You did read my earlier analysis of the vote, yes? There was a larger turnout for anyone but Trump or Harris. That also was in my earlier analysis.
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I would say the votes for others made the difference in 2024 in Wisconsin and nationally. Voters did not care for either candidate and there were more Presidential candidates in Wisconsin and also Nationally (I showed this before). Another factor here, Harris beat the crap out of Trump in the debate. He lost so badly; he did not wish to debate her again. Finally, this is the second time a very legitimate candidate ran for the presidency in the US where “she” lost. Voters do not seem to want women as a president.