{"id":2644676,"date":"2026-08-13T20:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nbc-broadcasts-dead-air-twice-as-literally-speechless-election-analyst-learns-results-are-missing-from-5-of-9-usb-drives-in-blue-city\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:23:30","slug":"watch-nbc-broadcasts-dead-air-twice-as-literally-speechless-election-analyst-learns-results-are-missing-from-5-of-9-usb-drives-in-blue-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nbc-broadcasts-dead-air-twice-as-literally-speechless-election-analyst-learns-results-are-missing-from-5-of-9-usb-drives-in-blue-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: NBC Broadcasts Dead Air &#8211; Twice &#8211; As Literally Speechless Election Analyst Learns Results Are Missing from 5 of 9 USB Drives in Blue City"},"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\">52<\/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%2Fwatch-nbc-broadcasts-dead-air-twice-as-literally-speechless-election-analyst-learns-results-are-missing-from-5-of-9-usb-drives-in-blue-city%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=2644676&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 provided content discusses issues surrounding the recent Wisconsin democratic primary election, highlighting a critically important technical error that questioned the election results. Milwaukee Election Commissioner Paulina Gutierrez revealed that five out of nine USB drives used to store absentee vote results were missing the necessary data when she arrived at the courthouse. This led to delays as officials had to redownload the missing information,which ultimately resulted in delays in declaring the winner,Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.<\/p>\n<p>During the live coverage of the election,NBC&#8217;s Steve Kornacki expressed bewilderment and frustration over the mishap,which faced extensive social media attention,including clips showing his stunned reactions. The incident, attributed by officials to a \u201chuman error,\u201d has eroded trust in the election process, fueling accusations of election manipulation, particularly among critics who argue that such errors feed into concerns about voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The article also criticizes the broader atmosphere of election integrity debates, suggesting that some political groups aim to undermine election confidence through such errors. the event underscores vulnerabilities in election infrastructure and raises questions about the transparency and reliability of electoral systems.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even liberal media outlets are in disbelief over our elections.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday evening saw the Democrats hold their primary election for Wisconsin governor, but an apparent \u201chuman error\u201dput the results in question.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Election Commissioner Paulina Gutierrez said when she arrived at the courthouse in Milwaukee County, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-overnight-5-9-usb-drives-missing-election-results-blue-stronghold-milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 out of the 9 USB drives<\/a> she brought with her did not have the absentee vote results they were supposed to contain.<\/p>\n<p>She was bringing in 15,000 ballots, no small number in an election that Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley won by 3,783 votes over Democratic Socialists of America candidate Francesca Hong, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026\/primaries\/wisconsin?admin1=55&#038;election-data-id=2026-GD&#038;election-painting-mode=single-party-candidates&#038;filter-key-races=false&#038;filter-flipped=false&#038;filter-remaining=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials had to redownload the missing information and bring it back to the courthouse. There were no issues with voting machines, according to a report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2026\/08\/12\/download-error-in-milwaukee-delays-results-in-wisconsin-primary\/91268191007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the results finally came in, the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/media\/article-16047401\/nbc-steve-kornacki-usb-election-drives-missing-data-reaction-crowley-hong.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> reported that Crowley was declared the winner by the Associated Press at 2:34 a.m., but in the meantime, NBC News chief data analyst Steve Kornacki was left dumbstruck on-air by the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of Kornacki learning about the USB debacle was posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US ...s \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, showing the analyst at a loss for words. Broadcasters hate dead air, but what was there to say?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unbelievable\u2026<br \/> Kornacki ain\u2019t about this life. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LKY8XIE5AB\">pic.twitter.com\/LKY8XIE5AB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Panic (@ThePanic16) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanic16\/status\/2087804798020006358?\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>More footage made its way to X. Kornacki, totally stupefied, decided to just end the segment. \u201cWe\u2019re kind of, indefinitely waiting for them to get their act together here,\u201d he told NBC News national politics reporter Ben Kamisar.<\/p>\n<p>Kornacki struggled to even finish a sentence. It looked like his mind was racing with thoughts about the incompetence of the election officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is coming down to this one giant update in Milwaukee, but man, we waited 90 minutes for them, they did this whole procession, and then they find out there\u2019s nothing on the sticks,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NBC News\u2019 Steve Kornacki tries to explain that they\u2019re ending their live coverage of the Wisconsin Democratic primary due to an election data error.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee County officials announced a \u201ctabulation error\u201d in the election data. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/15OauJAx8U\">pic.twitter.com\/15OauJAx8U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Hirsen (@thejimjams) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thejimjams\/status\/2087814158867955817?\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe audience has been with us for four, six hours in some cases, for this moment that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are gonna wrap it here, for the reasons we\u2019re saying here \u2026 I want you to know, I hate doing this to you.\u201d Kornacki wasn\u2019t acting or playing up his disbelief. He was genuinely baffled by it all.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail would post <a href=\"https:\/\/video.dailymail.com\/video\/mol\/2026\/08\/12\/5819208918370045807\/960x540_MP4_5819208918370045807.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more footage<\/a> where Kornacki, almost delirious from working several hours on election coverage, could not help but laugh, asking Kamisar, \u201cAre you serious?\u201d when the two discovered restarting the process might take hours.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez called it a \u201chuman error,\u201d but for the onlookers, it\u2019s going to make trust in our elections plummet further.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats fight hard in matters of election integrity, specifically so that our elections have none.<\/p>\n<p>They denounce voter ID laws; they do not want voter rolls audited; they want every strange, suspect, or outright fraudulent ballot to count.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cwhoopsie\u201d just fuels the accusations that they are cheating.<\/p>\n<p>Our elections have devolved from a genuine contest of democracy into a battle to see which underhanded tactics can win the night.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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