Saturday, 23 November 2024

President Trump Officially Flips County In Battleground State To Red For First Time Since 1988

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President Trump is the first Republican presidential candidate to win Pennsylvania’s Bucks County in over 30 years.

The last Republican to carry the county was George H.W. Bush in 1988.

“It’s official! The final numbers are in. Donald Trump has won #BucksCounty! This is the first time since 1988 that Bucks County has voted for a Republican for President!” Bucks County GOP wrote.

“We’re immensely proud of our committee members, volunteers, and grassroots groups that all worked together to achieve this historic victory!” it added.

Trump defeated Harris in Bucks County 49.39% to 49.32% (291 votes).

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“We can now report that Donald Trump is the first Republican President since 1988 to flip Bucks County from 🔵🔜🔴,” Scott Presler wrote.

“Yes, voter registration does make a difference,” he added.

“Late votes kept bringing Kamala Harris closer to flipping it – but she ultimately did NOT,” Eric Daugherty, Florida’s Voice Assistant News Director, commented.

Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a Democrat, sparked controversy for claiming court precedent “doesn’t matter in this country” as Pennsylvania faced a recount for its U.S. Senate seat.

Per Fox News:

In a meeting last week, Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a Democrat, voted to count provisional ballots that were missing one of two required voter signatures. She did so after being told by a county attorney that the state Supreme Court had already ruled that such ballots cannot be counted.

“We all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country and people violate laws any time they want,” Ellis-Marseglia said in a clip that has since gone viral on social media. “So for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention to it. There is nothing more important than counting votes.”

Facing a packed meeting before an outraged public, Ellis-Marseglia read out her apology on Wednesday – in between jeering and calls for her to resign.

“Last Thursday, when I spoke at the meeting that you’re all here about, the passion in my heart got the best of me, and I apologize again for that,” she said. “That was a hearing, and we were talking about provisional ballots. We were specifically talking about the fact that there were certain provisional ballots where a judge of elections did not sign and did not make sure that a voter signed on the outside envelope. To me, it was frustrating and unconscionable that we would have to take away somebody’s vote not because they made a mistake, but because an employee, one of our members … one of the judges of elections didn’t know what to do or forgot or made a mistake. That issue that I spoke on has now gone viral from my comments. It was genuinely not the best words. I would do it all again. I feel terrible about it. I should have been more clear, please, I will be more clear in the future.”

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