{"id":2370245,"date":"2024-11-18T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-pa-dems-cling-to-lie-that-casey-can-still-win\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T09:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:54:23","slug":"desperate-pa-dems-cling-to-lie-that-casey-can-still-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-pa-dems-cling-to-lie-that-casey-can-still-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate PA Dems Cling to Lie That Casey Can Still Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdesperate-pa-dems-cling-to-lie-that-casey-can-still-win%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=2370245&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>The Associated \u200bPress reported that the Pennsylvania\u200b Senate \u200brace was called\u200d on\u200b November \u200c7\u200b for Republican David\u2062 McCormick, which signaled the end of Democrat Senator Bob Casey&#8217;s lengthy career. Despite\u2062 McCormick leading by over 30,000 votes, Casey did\u2063 not concede, and as the margin tightened below half a percent,\u200b a mandatory recount was triggered. Rather than accept defeat, Casey chose to engage in a\u200d costly recount funded by taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a ruling by \u2062the Pennsylvania Supreme Court clarified that mail-in \u200dballots without proper dates should not be counted, a decision Democrats have \u2063chosen to disregard in \u2064specific counties. Election boards in areas such as Bucks, Centre, Philadelphia, and Montgomery have decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-federalists-2024-battleground-state-elections-guide\/\" title=\"The Federalist&#039;s 2024 Battleground State Elections Guide\">count <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-requires-clerks-record-signature-verification-after-suit\/\" title=\"Michigan Requires Clerks Record Signature Verification After Suit\">improperly marked ballots<\/a><\/a>, challenging\u200c state law and \u200ccreating an unequal electoral environment.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County has even gone as far as establishing a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">mobile voter registration service targeting<\/a> likely Democratic voters, indicating an effort to \u200bmanipulate voter \u2062turnout in \u200btheir\u2063 favor. Critics argue that such\u200d actions undermine the electoral process \u200cand question the intelligence of voters who fail to adhere to basic ballot instructions. the\u200c situation raises concerns about adherence to laws and fairness\u2062 in the electoral system.  <\/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>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/why-ap-called-pennsylvania-senate-f9af5d80be39fcc7a2abb8258a8f3ccf\">called<\/a> the Pennsylvania Senate race on Nov. 7 for Republican David McCormick, ending Democrat Sen. Bob Casey&rsquo;s long, uneventful career in the Senate. At that time, not all the votes were counted, but McCormick was up by more than 30,000 votes and, although the results were close, there was no mathematical path to victory for Casey.<\/p>\n<p>But Casey refused to gracefully accept the loss and concede. As more results trickled in, the margin between the candidates dropped below a half percent, triggering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/en\/agencies\/dos\/newsroom\/unofficial-results-in-u-s--senate-race-trigger-legally-required-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mandatory<\/a> recount, as prescribed in state law.<\/p>\n<p>This election law, Democrats have decided to follow.<\/p>\n<p>As the loser candidate, Casey had the option of declining the recount and accepting the loss. Instead, this longtime steward of your hard-earned money has opted to spend more than $1 million in Pennsylvania&rsquo;s taxpayer&rsquo;s money to drag out the drama. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before Election Day, The Federalist reported the Pennsylvania Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/03\/last-minute-supreme-court-decisions-temporarily-settle-pennsylvanias-embattled-election-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordered<\/a> that, as the state election code dictates, mail-in ballots arriving in an envelope with no date or the wrong date should not be counted for the 2024 election. The matter has been debated in the court for several years, but the court ruling gave counties a uniform way to handle the issue for the election &mdash; simply follow state law.<\/p>\n<p>This election law, Democrats have decided <em>not<\/em> to follow.<\/p>\n<p>In public meetings last week, county election boards in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/17\/bob-casey-endorsed-bucks-county-board-now-boosting-his-recount-against-court-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bucks<\/a>, Centre, Philadelphia, and Montgomery Counties decided to count these and other improperly marked ballots anyway; laws be dammed. By flouting the law, they hold voters in their counties to a different set of rules than the rest of the state.<\/p>\n<p>This is anarchy. Democrat-led counties have changed the rules in hopes of hanging on to their candidate in Democrat strongholds.<\/p>\n<p>They are compelled to pursue extraordinary measures before and after the election to set new legal precedents and tip the scales in their favor. Montgomery County Democrat commissioners started a &ldquo;Voter Services Mobile Satellite Office,&rdquo; in August. It is a customized van from which residents can register to vote, return completed ballots, and cure mail ballots that arrived with a flaw at the county office.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/11\/will-this-pennsylvania-county-deploy-its-new-voting-van-to-democrat-areas-like-racine-wisconsin-did-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, the van registered people at low-income housing complexes and on a college campus, where they hoped that likely Democrat-minded new voters would support candidates like Casey.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are not content with discerning voters who are smart enough, and interested enough, to register to vote and properly cast a ballot by the rules. Yet with all the handholding, Montgomery County still received improperly marked mail ballots, which it plans to count, in defiance of the state Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Just stop already. These are not disenfranchised voters. They are stupid. If a voter is too dim witted to follow basic instructions printed clearly on the ballot envelope, they are not intelligent enough to participate in the process. <\/p>\n<p>If highly partisan elected officials can ignore laws and court orders when it is to their benefit, why should anyone follow their laws? Why should citizens pay taxes? Why should we get a dog license? Why shouldn&rsquo;t we throw bricks in their windows? &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, asked the state Supreme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacourts.us\/Storage\/media\/pdfs\/20241114\/161332-applicationforextraordinaryrelief.pdf\">Court<\/a> to direct county boards not to count undated or improperly dated ballots.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick&rsquo;s lead is now thinner than a slice of shoe-fly pie, with a .26 percent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionreturns.pa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">margin<\/a> between the two candidates. McCormick is now 17,774 votes ahead, but the Associated Press has not blinked. It still says McCormick won, and so do<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4973507-republican-david-mccormick-bob-casey-pennsylvania-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> other<\/a> news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/republican-dave-mccormick-wins-us-senate-seat-pennsylvania-ddhq-projects-2024-11-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party said in a media call last week that even if they lose every court battle, Casey may pick up some votes, but he still has no path to victory. <\/p>\n<p>Casey has become the very thing he has accused others of being: an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/12\/newly-minted-election-denier-sen-bob-casey-refuses-to-accept-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election denier<\/a>. The only differences are the media and local election riggers are in his corner, and unlike many people who gathered at the U.S. Capitol to voice election concerns on Jan. 6, Casey will not end up in federal prison or be trapped in years of criminal scrutiny and court hearings for holding his ground.<\/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>AP declared McCormick the winner in PA Senate race, ending Casey&#8217;s career<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":2370246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MontCO-Election-Board.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13443,34059,44908],"class_list":["post-2370245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-casey","tag-election-2024","tag-pa-dems"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MontCO-Election-Board.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370249,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370245\/revisions\/2370249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}