孤獨過客
2020-11-6 16:17:53
In the call Thursday, Mrs. Pelosi cast the 2020 results as a measured success, saying the outcome had created a mandate for Democrat Joe Biden if he wins the presidency.
“We held the House. Joe Biden is on a clear path to be the next president of the United States,” she said, according to a person on the call. She called the week’s elections challenging and said that President Trump’s name on the ballot had boosted GOP turnout, people on the call said.
“Clearly with Trump on the ballot, we knew it would be a steeper climb,” Mrs. Pelosi said, according to a person on the call. “We did not win every battle but we did win the war. Every one of you knows that incumbent protection is my number one priority.”
Those comments irked some centrists, who said lawmakers in competitive districts had been hurt by negative ads calling them socialists who would raise taxes to pay for programs like the Green New Deal. They said candidates were also hurt by some progressives’ calls to defund the police, which was seized on by Republicans to undercut Democrats.
“This was a loss,” said centrist Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D., Va.) on the call, according to two people familiar with her comments. “This almost cost me my seat,” she said.
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金J人
2020-11-6 16:17:53
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“With Georgia’s 16 electoral votes likely to be decided by a tiny margin, Democrats are urging voters there to fix absentee ballots that were rejected because of invalid or missing signatures before the deadline on Friday evening.
Those who voted absentee — a group that this year has been heavily Democratic — can check online to see whether election officials have accepted or rejected their ballots. Absentee ballots are often rejected when the voter forgets to sign or uses a signature that does not match the one on file with the state, possibly because it is many years old. Election officials are supposed to contact voters in such cases but are not always able to do so.”