{"id":2367654,"date":"2024-11-12T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-bob-casey-refuses-to-accept-loss\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:52:13","slug":"sen-bob-casey-refuses-to-accept-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-bob-casey-refuses-to-accept-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Bob Casey Refuses To Accept Loss \u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-bob-casey-refuses-to-accept-loss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2367654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. Senator Bob \u200dCasey, a \u2062Democrat from Pennsylvania, is refusing to concede the 2024 election despite his Republican opponent, Dave McCormick, declaring victory. The Associated Press has also \u2062recognized McCormick\u200b as the winner, with a\u2063 narrow \u200cmargin of over 35,000 votes\u2014just 0.51\u2063 percent\u2014which may trigger an \u2062automatic recount under Pennsylvania \u2064law. Casey, who has held public \u200boffice since 1997 and is seeking a fourth Senate term, has historically focused on various national issues, including \u2064his support for the impeachment\u200c of former\u2063 President \u200cTrump.<\/p>\n<p>As the election results remain in\u200d contention, the Pennsylvania Department of State reported\u200d that there are still\u200b over 100,000 ballots that\u2062 need to be adjudicated, including provisional and overseas ballots. Many of these provisional ballots may be rejected due to technicalities,\u200b leading local officials to doubt the viability of a Casey comeback. Some 87,000 provisional ballots\u200b are currently being counted across the state, monitored closely by \u200cDemocratic \u200dobservers.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Democratic attorney Marc Elias has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">suggested potential legal avenues<\/a> to contest the election results, further complicating\u200b the situation. The Philadelphia \u200cCourt \u2062of Common Pleas has already begun reviewing the Senate election case, amidst \u200cconcerns about the number of election \u2064observers allowed from each political party. the election\u2062 landscape \u2062in \u200bPennsylvania remains fraught with uncertainty as both parties assess\u2062 their next steps.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., refuses to concede the 2024 election even though his Republican challenger has claimed victory and the Associated Press has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/07\/mccormick-flips-pennsylvania-senate-seat-republican-increasing-the-gops-advantage-in-the-upper-chamber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> Dave McCormick the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Casey has held elected office since 1997, when he was elected Pennsylvania&rsquo;s auditor general. He also served as state treasurer before being elected as a U.S. Senator in 2006. He was seeking his fourth term.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in office, Casey took a break from solving crime, hunger, and war to spend time impeaching President-elect Donald Trump for asking questions about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump should be impeached and removed from office because he betrayed his oath to the Constitution and incited a mob to violence,&rdquo; Casey said in a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.senate.gov\/news\/releases\/casey-president-trump-should-be-impeached-members-of-congress-who-led-effort-to-overthrow-a-democratic-election-must-be-held-accountable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement.<\/a> &ldquo;There should also be accountability for those members of Congress who led the effort to overthrow a democratic election. If they refuse to resign their office, then Congress should begin to explore censure or expulsion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now Casey is the one asking questions about election results.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday evening, McCormick had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionreturns.pa.gov\/general\/summaryresults?ElectionID=105&amp;ElectionType=G&amp;IsActive=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lead<\/a> of just over 35,000 votes, which is a .51 percent lead.<\/p>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, any lead of less than half a percentage point triggers an automatic recount, and the margin is just a hair over that. If a recount is triggered, the trailing candidate has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightpa.org\/news\/2024\/06\/pennsylvania-election-recounts-explainer-donald-trump-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">option<\/a> of declining the recount. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week the Department of State said there were &ldquo;at least 100,000 ballots remaining to be adjudicated.&rdquo; That includes provisional ballots and overseas ballots.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A statement from Secretary Al Schmidt:&#8304;&#8304;Throughout the day, the Department has communicated with counties who continue to conduct a secure election where every eligible vote is counted.&#8304;&#8304;We estimate there are at least 100,000 ballots remaining to be adjudicated, including&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PA Department of State (@PAStateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAStateDept\/status\/1854647975362068658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Department of State data, 37,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-battleground-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"Trump Takes Battleground Pennsylvania\">642 overseas voters requested ballots<\/a> to vote in Pennsylvania. Normally the return rate is less than 100 percent; some folks request a ballot and never send it back to be counted; others are returned after the deadline. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, not all provisional ballots are counted. Under state law, those with flaws or certain issues must be thrown out. It could be, for example, that a ballot that does not contain a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/24\/pennsylvania-court-allows-provisional-ballots-to-cure-naked-mail-in-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secrecy envelope<\/a> or lacks a signature, or a ballot was cast by someone who already voted somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D&rsquo;Agostino, who is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">county election board<\/a>, said roughly half of provisional ballots are typically rejected, and because of that, he does not believe the numbers are there for Casey to win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why the AP called [the race],&rdquo; D&rsquo;Agostino told The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday afternoon, some 87,000 provisional ballots were still being counted around the state, including around 20,000 in Philadelphia and 12,000 in Allegheny, plus others in a few smaller counties, an election source told The Federalist, and Democrat observers are keeping a close eye on the examination of each individual ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s infamous attorney Marc Elias, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/10\/24\/trump-clinton-russia-dossier-bankroll-244131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">architect<\/a> of the Russian dossier hoax that was used to discredit Trump, indicated on social media that he is looking for an angle to fight the Senate election results in court.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Pennsylvania Senate race is not over. <\/p>\n<p>More soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marceelias\/status\/1854655669883830426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Elias did not respond to a request for comment or provide an explanation of the plan he hinted at on X.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate election case has already been briefly considered by the Philadelphia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacourts.us\/Storage\/media\/pdfs\/20241108\/153053-nov.8,2024-emergencypetition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Court<\/a> of Common Pleas. A formula guides how many observers may watch the canvassing of votes. Pennsylvania law allows one observer from each political party, plus one observer for each candidate.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Dave McCormick campaign       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Philadelphia had 37 Democrat candidates, which allows Democrats to have 38 observers. But the county only had 10 Republicans run for office, making 11 Republicans eligible to observe the counting of provisional ballots. This put Republicans at a disadvantage because 11 observers could not see every ballot an election worker handled, but Democrats had enough to see everything.<strong> <\/strong>McCormick asked for the counting to be set up in a way that allowed Republican observers to also see each ballot, but the court denied that request.<\/p>\n<p>Elias has long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/opinion\/a-threat-to-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticized<\/a> Trump for questioning the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trumpism&rsquo;s defining feature is a belief that every electoral outcome that does not favor Trump and his allies must be fraudulent,&rdquo; Elias wrote in December 2020, yet Elias has stepped into Pennsylvania to cast doubt on the results and give false hope to the losing Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is another newly minted election denier. Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/chuck-schumer-david-mccormick-senate-orientation-fury-1983561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused<\/a> to invite McCormick to a Senate orientation for freshmen senators. He too worked for the impeachment of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America is not a dictatorship,&rdquo; Schumer said in a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/schumer-statement-on-the-bipartisan-impeachment-of-president-donald-j-trump-by-the-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> on Trump&rsquo;s impeachment. &ldquo;We have been and will forever remain a Democracy that respects and reveres the rule of law, including the bedrock principle that the voters choose our leaders &mdash; that just power can only derive from the consent of the governed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Get out of the way, Senator. The voters have spoken. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. She is an award-winning investigative journalist with decades of media experience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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