The Daily Sum

November 18, 2020 — A summary of the day’s top posts from the right

Election Bellyaching Not Going Away

By Howard Polskin

The Newt that roared:  I was wrong.  I observed over the past few days that chatter about the election results being rigged was dying down in conservative media.  Scanning today’s output from the right, it’s clear that the “election fraud” faction is becoming more entrenched and vocal.  Writing on Foxnews.com, Newt Gingrich hit several notes that will surely cause indigestion among mainstreamers.  First off, he takes the position that this election is not yet resolved. He calls for authorities to dig into the election-related cheating and corruption.  And he essentially says Democrats stole the election.  It’s a big pile of donkey dung to swallow…PJ Media predicts that our “disputed election” (I added the quotes) could turn America into Venezuela.  And FrontPagMag came out with a convoluted story today stating that the real presidential election was rigged in 2018.  Maybe my coffee was too weak today, but I struggled to fully comprehend the point.  But like the other two pieces I cited today, the underlying thesis is that this election is still unresolved.  Is this getting old or what?

 Praise be the lawyers (for the right): Wow, Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is getting a lot of love from the conservative media.  You’d think she’s a saint.  WND laid it on especially thick with this headline: Is Trump lawyer Sidney Powell our Joan of Arc?  The copy read: “This is not the first time a patriotic woman rose up to fight against powerful forces to save her country…”  The Gateway Pundit – which is very, very, very, very far right for those of you not familiar – quoted from her appearance on Newsmax TV where she predicted that she’d find 80 million votes for Trump.  So if that happens, is she a saint or the devil.  Just askin’…. Lin Wood, another lawyer, in another appearance on Newsmax TV, said that Powell and Rudy Giuliani have the smoking guns to prove Trump won.  You just knew that Rudy was going to get in on this action.

 Before I forget: The Western Journal ran a piece today accusing the CDC of ruining Thanksgiving by advising people not to sing.  Memo to WJ: singing is a top virus spreader…Not to be outdone, Rush Limbaugh (yes, he’s back after being off the air for more than a week) accuses the Democrats of trying to cancel Thanksgiving.…Louder with Crowder joined the conservative chorus singing praises to “The Mandolarian’s” Gina Carano for not toeing the pro-lockdown line.  Don’t agree with her, but I’ll still watch the show…Big League Politics kicked Fox News between the legs by touting MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and its first ever weekly ratings victory over “Fox and Friends”…A Washington Examiner op-ed criticized CNN and MSNBC for giving air time to Al Franken who was termed “accused sex predator.” Obvious guy says: But aren’t they giving air time to President Trump too?

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