And he's currently ahead in Michigan and likely to stay there. At the late night / early morning news conference Trump was just glowing with visions of victory, what better way to deflate that orange float then to snatch victory right out of his grasp.
If Trump wins only PA, NC, and GA of the remaining undecided states, Biden still wins with 270 with NV and MI. If Trump had picked up the one undecided district electoral vote in Maine that went to Biden, the above scenario would give a 269-269 tie.
Trump sordidly made his premature victory speech at the White House to circumvent coronavirus health regulations. Trump Reportedly Canceling Election Night Party At D.C. Hotel excerpt: "President Donald Trump’s election night party is now scheduled to take place in the East Room of the White House, with around 400 people on the invite list, according to the New York Times. The party was originally planned for the Trump International Hotel in downtown D.C., but administration staff reportedly relocated it due to city health regulations that restrict the number of people who can gather indoors. The White House is on federal property and is not subject to local pandemic regulations. “The event is certain to raise questions about safety, given that the coronavirus spreads more easily in indoor spaces,” writes New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. A ceremony held at the White House Rose Garden in September drew criticism from Dr. Anthony Fauci, who called the event a “super spreader” after it was linked to dozens of new coronavirus cases."
Collins retains her senate seat, like Graham and McConnell. Collins Wins in Maine, Denying Democrats a Crucial Senate Pickup
Trump wants to halt voting in Pennsylvania because since in-person voting on Tuesday gave him a 600,000 vote lead, Biden has now cut that lead in half to 300,000 through mail-in voting, and there are still million mail-in ballots to count. So far Biden has won the ratio of mail-in ballots 78% to 22% If the numbers hold he should win Pennsylvania quite comfortably.
Trump sues PA for lack of transparency Trump campaign files lawsuit to halt vote counting in Pennsylvania citing lack of 'transparency' excerpt: "Rudy Giuliani, the personal attorney to President Trump, said he is "en route" to Philadelphia with the Trump campaign legal team, vowing to protect the vote and "not let" Democrats "steal" Pennsylvania in the 2020 presidential race as the ballot battle intensifies Wednesday."
Trump has filed legal cases to get the courts to stop the ballot count in PA and MICH. Trump can not win without cheating.
CNN and NBC are projecting Biden to win MI. Biden winning NV would give him the 270 needed to win the election. NV is currently leaning Biden. PA is moot if the above scenario holds, although Biden winning PA would add another front to Trump's war of contentions about the election. Biden wins battleground Michigan
All of this drama because Republicans refused to count mail-in ballots until the polls had closed giving trump at least the illusion of victory.
Biden stressed patience and he's right, once they count all of the mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania he should win the state by more than trump won in 2016
According to the latest vote count and projections, Biden has flipped AZ, WI, and MI, three states that Trump won in 2016. That's 37 less electoral votes for Trump in 2020 compared with 2016. Even winning PA, NC, and GA won't make Trump a winner unless he also wins the still-undecided NV (currently favoring Biden) or flips one or more states with enough electoral votes that have already been projected to be a win for Biden.
Birx went on the road indefinitely after Trump picked Atlas to be his front man. It's a way of talking directly to the public that precludes having to sit and listen to Trump's nonsense at briefings and incur his wrath. Birx cedes White House turf to Atlas while hitting the road to spread her public health gospel By Kate Bennett and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Oct 29, 2020 Birx cedes White House turf to Atlas while hitting the road to spread her public health gospel excerpt: "Dr. Deborah Birx emerged from a meeting at the White House one day in late summer with a new resolution: Never again would she sit in a meeting with Dr. Scott Atlas and listen to him pontificate on the pandemic. That's when she went all-in on a plan to essentially abandon the White House and avoid the growing influence of Atlas, a radiologist with no expertise in epidemiology who was nevertheless rising in influence with President Donald Trump. Birx, a physician with decades of experience in global health, told a friend that she would take her message directly to the people and simply sidestep the kind of misleading messages she'd just heard from Atlas in that meeting. The friend requested anonymity to discuss the exchange with CNN."
People who know Birx well noticed her squirming and the avoidant expression on her face when Trump started talking about injecting bleach. Birx cedes White House turf to Atlas while hitting the road to spread her public health gospel By Kate Bennett and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Oct 29, 2020 Birx cedes White House turf to Atlas while hitting the road to spread her public health gospel excerpt: "Birx's adherence to the administration has led to robust criticism from those who question which loyalty she more aligned: health and science, or Trump. For example, Birx didn't say anything when the President opined from the podium of the White House briefing room that injecting bleach into one's body might be an effective method of ridding coronavirus. "My wife and I both worked for her, and we've known her for a long time," said Kim of that moment Birx visibly squirmed. "When we saw that look on her face, it was a look we'd seen before when people in charge make outrageous statements. She doesn't say anything, but we know the look on her face, and it was exactly déjà vu. But what do you do when the president talks about injecting bleach?""
Jesse Ventura is on the Presidential ballot in Alaska running under the banner of the green party. ..lol..