Kevin Paffrath

YouTuber And Investor Turned CA Gov Candidate Talks ‘Future Schools,’ Solving Homelessness Crisis, And More

California

Gavin Newsom

Homelessness

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Babylon Bee CEO Talks Importance Of Satire, ‘Misinformation’ Smears, And Big Tech Censorship

Babylon Bee

Big Tech

New York Times

Satire

Doctor money

How Health Care Price Transparency Can Save Americans Money And Put Consumers In Charge

Donald Trump

Health Care

Health Insurance

Price Transparancy

Readers Pass

On Friday, a watch company released a video promoting the American ideal of freedom.
Egard Watches has generated buzz twice before with its videos — one in response to Gillette’s ad regarding “toxic masculinity” and another defending police officers during the height of the “Defund the Police” movement.
The company’s latest video comes at a time when our personal independence is being undermined at a frightening pace.
“What is freedom?” the video, narrated by Egard owner Ilan Srulovicz, begins. “Is it allowing others to decide what’s best for you while this is how they live their lives?”
As the question is posed, a news story about how lockdown isolation negatively impacts the elderly is juxtaposed with the now-infamous photo of California Governor Gavin Newsom dining with a group of people at the wildly expensive French Laundry restaurant.
A Gallup poll number showing that a large percentage of Americans blame the media for our political divide is displayed as Srulovicz states that we are not defined by our skin color, gender, or any other immutable characteristic, but by our “individuality, by our very soul, created under God as divine and unique.”
He continues, noting that we, as Americans, determine our fate and that we have a right to make choices despite the risk.
The video then contrasts the ongoing wave of legacy news and big tech censorship with our right to free expression before cutting to multiple clips of political leaders and news anchors condoning or encouraging the summer riots and making outlandish claims.
“Sadly, we have forgotten that freedom isn’t free; that freedom is the result of great sacrifice,” the video continues. “And we sit today with the great realization that freedom, despite all its greatness, can be taken in an instant.”
“So what is freedom?” the video concludes. “Freedom is more than a moment, more than a single action. Freedom is greater than any single idea. Freedom is everything.”
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The Daily Wire asked Srulovicz about why he decided to make the video.
He replied:
<blockquote>There has been, in recent times, such an escalation of censorship, hypocrisy, and disconnect between us as Americans, our politicians, and our country as a whole. I care about this country deeply and refuse to give up on it without a fight. It’s not just me, we as a company care about this country. It’s clear as day that right now, every major organization, corporation, and media source is only allowing one narrative to be said. Any challenge to said narrative no longer results in debate, or even opposition, but absolute censorship.
Our president, like him or not, is currently censored on every major social media platform. The Walk Away movement is censored. Huge corporations like Shopify are taking part in this. It is unacceptable. We are losing the battle of freedom, and I wanted to remind people what that means. Freedom is everything. We have nothing without it.
This is no longer about you, me, or any individual; it’s about us as a country. The most powerful asset I currently have is my company, and I am going to use it unapologetically to stand up for these ideals. It’s time, now, for companies to step up and step forward and put out opposing narratives. To show that freedom of speech still has a chance. We need voices from more than just individuals. 
I hope that the video allows people to see that countless other Americans feel the same way they do, but more so that it inspires other brands and companies to say “Hey! We are here! We are with you and we will stand up for what we believe in.”</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-company-releases-powerful-pro-police-ad-amid-anti-police-climate">Watch Company Releases Powerful Pro-Police Ad Amid Anti-Police Climate</a>
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Watch Company Pushes Back Against Censorship And Lockdowns With Stirring Ad About Freedom

Censorship

Freedom

Lockdowns

Dan Crenshaw

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Dan Crenshaw Talks Lockdowns, Dem Hypocrisy, Conservative Ideas On Covid

Coronavirus

COVID-19

Everything hangs in the balance.
That’s a phrase you’ve likely heard several hundred times over the last few months. Whether in the mainstream press, alternative media, or from friends and family, “hangs in the balance” has found a nice home for itself in the mouths of millions of Americans.
First, the nation hung in the balance depending on the outcome of the November 3 election—regardless of which side of the aisle you found yourself on. After the media declared Joe Biden the winner of the election, and after certain pending Senate seats were decided, the next “hangs in the balance” moment was shifted to January 5.
Side bar—for the purposes of clarity, while I voted for President Trump, and have kept myself open to the possibility of the various allegations of irregularities and fraud being proven in the courts of law and public opinion (though the latter would be nearly impossible), I’m not hanging my hat on a come-from-behind victory for Team Trump.
Anyway, the reason why January 5 is so important is because on that date, two Senate runoff elections will take place in the state of Georgia, and those elections will decide which political party has control over the Senate for the next two years—but there’s so much more to it than that.
For the Democrats, control of the Senate essentially translates to a total monopoly of power in Washington D.C.
While a Republican-controlled Senate would likely cause gridlock for at least the next two years, the combination of a Democratic president, a Democrat-controlled Senate, and a Democrat-controlled House would mean that the Leftist agenda that’s been tenuously held back by President Trump and the Republican-dominated Senate could actually come to fruition with little pushback.
Just two months ago, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/01/schumer-backs-statehood-for-puerto-rico-dc-if-dems-win-senate/">told MSNBC’s Joy Reid</a>: “I’m not busting my chops to become majority leader to do very little or nothing. We are going to get a whole lot done. And as I’ve said, everything, everything is on the table.”
When probed as to whether statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C. were on the docket, Schumer replied: “I would — believe me, on D.C. and Puerto Rico, particularly if Puerto Rico votes for it, D.C. already has voted for it and wants it. I’d love to make them states.”
If the Democrats win both runoff races on January 5, they will have a 50-seat (plus tie-breaker Kamala Harris) majority in the Senate. If Sen. Schumer does what he said he wants to do, and Congress grants statehood to Puerto Rico and D.C., four additional senators would be added to the current body, all of whom would likely be Democrats—further shifting the balance of power to a formidable 54-50 Democrat majority.
During a recent interview with Lester Holt of NBC, Joe Biden <a href="https://youtu.be/qpPCtxUXoNM">said</a>: “I will send [an] immigration bill to the United States Senate with a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people in America.”
If the Democrats win both runoff races on January 5, and thus have majority power, a bill providing a “pathway to citizenship” for 11 million illegal immigrants will likely pass both chambers of Congress, and be signed into law by a President Biden. It’s likely that such a pathway would guarantee voting rights, which would, by the data, give the Democratic Party a new and powerful electoral advantage, as Hispanic immigrants and Asian voters overall tend to favor Democrats.
According to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/growing-immigrant-population-to-influence-2020-election-report-finds-11582743601">The Wall Street Journal</a>: “Among Hispanic immigrants eligible to vote, 53% are Democrats or lean that way, while 39% are Republicans or lean that way, according to December 2019 Pew data. &#8230; a 2018 survey of all Asian voters by researcher AAPI Data found 58% were favorable toward the Democratic Party and 34% toward the Republican Party.”
It’s also not unreasonable to believe that a higher percentage of illegal immigrants than legal immigrants would vote for Democrats as a gesture of thanks for their new citizenship.
At a September press conference with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), when asked about ending the filibuster and packing the Supreme Court, Sen. Schumer <a href="https://youtu.be/Fj9BUMaNeFo">said</a> that “if we win the majority, everything is on the table.”
Democratic Senator Ed Markey (MA) was more direct, <a href="https://twitter.com/edmarkey/status/1307422841697193987?s=21">tweeting</a>: “Mitch McConnell won&#8217;t back down, and neither will we. We can defeat him if we mobilize and organize. That is why we must make it absolutely clear that if McConnell attempts to fill this seat, we will abolish the filibuster and expand the court when we retake the Senate.”
Even former President Barack Obama recently <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/07/30/897345000/obama-suggests-eliminating-the-senates-filibuster">called for an end</a> to the filibuster: “If all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the God-given rights of every American, then that&#8217;s what we should do.”
If the Democrats win both runoff races on January 5, and thus have majority power, they will likely pack the Supreme Court and end the filibuster—appointing activist justices who would legislate from the bench, and axing a rule that encourages coalition-building and prevents simple-majority tyranny in the Senate.
What’s described above is not the whole of the Democratic wish-list, but sufficient enough to justify ringing the alarm bell.
This is what “hangs in the balance.”
There is certainly more to life than politics, but our political system and the ways in which our leaders are permitted to behave have a profound impact on that life—whether we want them to or not.
And so, the primary means by which we, as Americans, can prevent the Democrats from enacting their agenda is by supporting Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, whether that’s by voting for them (if you reside in Georgia), by donating to or volunteering for their campaigns, or by keeping the conversation alive on social media and in your real lives.
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The Future Of The United States Hangs In The Balance In Georgia

2020 Election

David Perdue

Democrats

Joe Biden

Kelly Loeffler

Leftism

For the next two months, the state of Georgia will be at the center of the political universe. Two runoff elections will decide which political party controls the Senate, and if the Democratic Party will have nearly unbridled power until the 2022 mid-terms.
In addition to the avalanche of money that will be poured into these Senate races, and the politicians who will travel to Georgia to stump from their preferred candidates, there will also be polling data purporting to show where the races stand.
For many years, polling has been a fairly reliable way to assess political races. This was, of course, upended in 2016 when the polls were shown to be critically mistaken. Despite the industry having two years to assess and correct any flaws in their methodology, the polls failed yet again in 2018 — this time in a hotly contested gubernatorial election.
Before the 2018 election for Florida governor, the average of polls, according to <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/governor/fl/florida_governor_desantis_vs_gillum-6518.html">RealClearPolitics</a>, had Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum at +3.6 points. Several polls just prior to Election Day even had Gillum up +5 and +7 points. When all was said and done, Republican Ron DeSantis won the election by 0.4 points.
In the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the national polls had Joe Biden +7.2 points ahead of Trump, per the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html">RCP average</a>. Some polls, like CNBC/Change Research and Quinnipiac, had Biden leading Trump by as much as +10 and +11 points, respectively. As of publication (though the tally is unfinished), Biden leads Trump by just 3.4 points in the popular vote.
Senatorial races that were said to be toss-ups ended up as blowouts favoring Republicans.
In Montana, Governor Steve Bullock lost to Republican Senator Steve Daines by 10 points—but the average of the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/senate/mt/montana_senate_daines_vs_bullock-7063.html">final five polls</a> taken before the election showed Daines with a scant 2.4 point lead. In Maine, the average of the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/senate/me/maine_senate_collins_vs_gideon-6928.html">final five polls</a> showed Democrat Sara Gideon leading Republican Senator Susan Collins by 4.4 points. Collins won by 8.8 points.
Some even see these polls as a kind of voter suppression.
On Monday, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson noted that “bad polling” has “a big effect at many levels.”
Carlson spoke about the fact that Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Democratic challenger in South Carolina was reportedly able to raise more than $100 million “on the basis” of three Quinnipiac polls showing he was tied with Graham. In the end, Graham <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/senate/sc/south_carolina_senate_graham_vs_harrison-7083.html">beat his challenger</a> by a crushing 10.3 points.
“Research shows that polls influence voting behavior. So effectively, all those errors amounted to voter suppression,” Carlson stated, later adding: “When people believe that their candidate can’t win &#8230; they’re less likely to vote for that candidate and much less likely to send them money.”
Carlson then cited a study from McGill University and University of Toronto, which stated in part: “Polls may lead people not to vote for a given party because that party is perceived to be unlikely to win.”
The Hoover Institution’s Victor Davis Hanson made a similar remark during Carlson’s show:
<blockquote>What were the perceptions? As you said, they were massaged by polls &#8230; “Well, you know what, Wisconsin&#8217;s 17 down, and 12 down in the national polls, and Trump’s favorability is 18 down, so it really wouldn&#8217;t be wise to give money or to vote. It’s over with.”</blockquote>
As of publication, only two polls have been released for the Georgia runoff elections, but expect that many more will follow, and many professional prognosticators will use these polls as the basis for their election predictions.
If the polls appear grim for the Republicans, you may feel as though it’s pointless to give money or to vote. Conversely, if it looks like a slam dunk for Republicans, you may feel the same way—but this is the trap of modern polling.
It’s time to stop allowing election polls to determine our behavior. At this point, there have been enough significant errors to give any sane person reason enough to doubt the validity of these measurements of alleged voter preference.
If you want Republicans to hold the Senate, vote and donate. That’s all.
Do not be swayed by any poll. An unfavorable outcome for Republicans in Georgia will give the Democrats one-party rule, and they will use that power to implement their full agenda.
More from Frank Camp: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-the-mainstream-media-can-manipulate-viewers-using-only-chyrons">How The Mainstream Media Can Manipulate Viewers Using Only Chyrons</a>
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Warnock and Ossoff

The Polls Were Way Off. Am I Supposed To Believe GA Senate Runoff Polls Will Be Any Better? Hard Pass.

Georgia

Jon Ossoff

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave a speech on the Senate floor during which he stated that President Trump was not only well within his rights to take legal action pertaining to the election, but that Republicans were not going to be lectured on the idea of concession.
“Let’s not have any lectures, no lectures about how the president should immediately, cheerfully accept preliminary election results from the same characters who just spent four years refusing to accept the validity of the last election,” McConnell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-well-have-no-lectures-from-those-who-spent-4-years-refusing-to-accept-2016-election">stated</a>. “And who insinuated that this one would be illegitimate, too, if they lost again. Only if they lost. So, let’s have no lectures on this subject from that contingent.”
During McConnell’s speech, I was at the gym, watching both CNN and Fox News. I often compare and contrast the coverage of the two networks as I run on the treadmill because the TV screens are on display right next to each other in a long row of screens.
It’s easy to spot bias when watching CNN or Fox News. These networks are, after all, targeted to certain audiences. CNN is friendly to the Left, while Fox News — though not broadly fond of President Trump — is generally friendly to the Republican Party.
One can see bias when Don Lemon <a href="https://youtu.be/wPJ_vq_RdjM">chokes up</a> over Joe Biden’s media-declared victory. One can also see bias in Chris Cuomo’s coverage of his brother, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of New York.
Fox News, too, has biases.
Something that’s worth being aware of — and is much more subtle than choking up when your favored candidate is declared the winner or laughing with your brother as elderly residents of the state that he governs die in droves due to his incompetence — are the chyrons.
A chyron, for the uninitiated, is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a caption superimposed over usually the lower part of a video image.” Basically, when a story is being spoken about by anchors or pundits, the text at the bottom of the screen that summarizes the topic of discussion is known as the chyron.
As Sen. McConnell spoke on Monday, the chyron on Fox News’ screen read: “Sen. McConnell: President Trump is within his rights to look into irregularities.”
The chyron on CNN’s screen read: “McConnell: Trump ‘within his rights’ to wage legal fight.”
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At first glance, one may not notice any substantive difference between the two — but there’s a stark contrast on display. Fox News, which is favorable to Republicans, places an official title before McConnell’s name (Sen), and it uses relatively neutral language, specifically, words that summarized the senator’s remarks pertaining to Trump’s ongoing and impending legal challenges.
CNN did not insert a title before Sen. McConnell’s name, and they placed quotation marks around a portion of the language used (“within his rights”). Quotation marks, when used in this way, can serve to isolate what an individual is saying in order to make it appear as though it is separate or divergent from an otherwise established consensus.
Moreover, and perhaps most egregious, CNN used the phrase “wage legal fight.” The word “wage” is, for many, associated with warfare, and war is universally viewed on a gut level as negative and destructive. The word “fight” is, of course, often viewed negatively as well.
Viewers of CNN may not have any idea that they are being subtly manipulated by the simple words used to describe what’s happening on the screen — but they are. It’s a layman’s psyop, “aimed at influencing” someone’s “state of mind,” per Merriam-Webster’s definition of the term. And the influence being exerted is in support of a narrative that the legacy press continues to craft in the days following the election, which is this: Joe Biden won, anyone who challenges that idea is outside the mainstream consensus, and those with questions need to shut up and get in line.
This may appear insignificant, but in aggregate, these layman’s psyops all contribute to a larger structure. A chyron may be the cement holding a single brick in place, but with it, the structure — the narrative — is just that much stronger.
More from Frank Camp: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/if-we-dont-learn-from-trumps-virtues-and-vices-we-risk-losing-forever">If We Don’t Learn From Trump’s Virtues And Vices, We Risk Losing Forever</a>
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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How The Mainstream Media Can Manipulate Viewers Using Only Chyrons

Fox News

Media Bias

As I write this article, I don’t yet know who won the presidential election. While DecisionDeskHQ has called the race for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, other media outlets have not followed suit.
Additionally, court challenges and threats of lawsuits and recounts in states like Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, and Pennsylvania from the Trump campaign will likely delay any truly final result for some time.
The Trump campaign claims to have evidence of fraud; others have also made such claims, citing a whistleblower, software glitches, and outright malfeasance on the part of numerous entities. While I do believe it likely that some fraud took place, the issue of proving fraud such that a judge and/or the American people are convinced beyond doubt is incredibly challenging. Moreover, proof of any fraud will have no impact if the alleged fraud didn’t move the needle to the extent that the outcome of the election changes.
The president, his team, and anyone else who might have evidence of election fraud or mistakes need to produce such evidence yesterday. This isn’t the time to make broad accusations while failing to back them up; doing so not only strains the already tense American electorate but could prove damaging to the Republican Party in the long-run.
While I’m still open to a potential turnaround, I’d like to set aside the questions surrounding potential fraudulent activity, and take a look at what was accomplished with this election, and where we go from here — because it’s not only incredibly important, but rather positive.
Members of the mainstream media wanted this to be a blowout. They wanted Joe Biden to trounce President Trump, and Democrats to take the Senate while gaining seats in the House. None of that happened.
After four years of crushingly negative and conspiratorial commentary on the president and the Republican Party, nearly 70 million Americans voted for Trump as of publication. President Trump had higher minority turnout than any Republican candidate since 1960, according to <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/trump-won-highest-share-non-164843048.html">exit polls</a>.
Voters in Maine, Montana, South Carolina, Iowa, Alabama, and Kentucky chose Republican senators — often by wide margins despite poll predictions to the contrary and hundreds of millions spent to oust them. As of writing, there are several outstanding Senate seats left to fill (one in North Carolina, and two in Georgia, at least one of which will go into a runoff in January).
Republicans have not only retained seats in the House but gained at least six as of publication, with more possibly on the way as approximately 32 races have yet to be called, per <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/05/2020-election-results-democrats-to-lose-house-seats-but-keep-majority.html">CNBC</a>.
If they hold, Joe Biden’s victories in key swing states are disastrously slim for the Democratic Party, especially in an election that was supposed to be a stinging rebuke of President Trump and Republican policies across the board.
So, what’s next? Again, let’s set aside litigation pertaining to potential election fraud and assume Joe Biden wins the presidency.
Republicans must first focus all energy and resources on retaining control of the Senate, which means a full-court press in Georgia to re-elect Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in January.
After that, the Republican Party must attempt to gain back the House in 2022, and strengthen their position in the Senate by advancing the best possible candidates.
Then comes 2024. The next presidential election will serve as a test. Trump’s win in 2016, as well as the bruises that we, as a movement, have suffered over the last four years — up to and including this potential loss in 2020 — have given us a rough model of the kinds of candidates we should nominate to face Joe Biden, or more likely Kamala Harris, in 2024.
For all his shortcomings, President Trump had key virtues that the Republican Party and the conservative movement must recognize.
Trump fought the deeply corrupt legacy media — as well as the censorious Big Tech cabal — and it was effective. Trump’s message and outreach resonated with minority communities in ways Republicans haven’t been able to do in decades. The president shook up conventional wisdom in the Middle East, which led to historic peace deals; he shunned standard Republican practice by actually slashing regulation and lowering taxes instead of just promising to do so. He took action on pro-life issues where other politicians have simply paid lip-service. Exiting the Iran deal, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement — I could go on and on.
It’s imperative that any future Republican candidate for president have the characteristics that allowed Trump these successes.
On the other hand, President Trump’s vices have shown us quite clearly where not to go. Above all other traits, the president’s ego, paper-thin skin, and seeming inability to admit when he was incorrect, as well as his word-salad manner of speaking and tendency to hyperbolize to the point of flagrant falsehood, made defending his policy achievements rather laborious.
We need a candidate who is emotionally stable and disciplined, and who can intelligently and precisely articulate to an ideologically diverse audience why conservative policy is favorable and why progressive policy is not simply unfavorable, but exceedingly dangerous. Also necessary is a candidate who is social media savvy, but is wise and deliberate in their use of those mediums. Lastly, we need a candidate who can drain the swamp while not further muddying the water themselves.
In short, we desperately need a fighter like Trump &#8230; without the unpleasant aftertaste.
The Republican Party — and conservatives across the country — need to begin the process of raising the public profiles of elected officials who, at least in part, appear to fit these criteria, like Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Nikki Haley, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, and others.
We need to bolster the best possible candidates now in order to help them become prize fighters by 2024. The distinction must also be made crystal clear in the coming months and years as to what we are fighting for and what we are fighting against.
This election (though not yet over) and these last four years have given us an abundance of useful information that we cannot afford to ignore in the years to come if we are to rebuild the Republican Party and the conservative movement. President Trump was a gift, and if we waste what he gave us, we will never win again.
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. 
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If We Don’t Learn From Trump’s Virtues And Vices, We Risk Losing Forever

On Sunday, former Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appeared on ABC’s “This Week” with host George Stephanopoulos to discuss the final days of the election campaign.
During a roundtable segment, Stephanopoulos asked Christie his opinion on whether or not President Trump would “accept defeat” if he were to lose on November 3.
“Chris Christie, you talked about the states you’re going to be watching on Tuesday night. It could take some time to count the votes,” Stephanopoulos said. “Separate question though, if it doesn&#8217;t go the president&#8217;s way, you know him pretty well, is he prepared to accept defeat?”
Christie stressed that he believes that the president will accept the results of the election, whatever the outcome, and added that the campaign is actually surging.
“Yes. Yeah, I think he is—and I think a lot of the stuff you’ve heard him saying at rallies indicate that,” Christie said. “He understands where he is in this race.”
<blockquote>I think as with most candidates, as you get to the end here, and I think [Donna Brazile is] right, I think the president&#8217;s campaign is surging now. I think he&#8217;s comfortable. I think he&#8217;s a lot happier than he’s been in a long time. You see that in these rallies that he’s doing. This is his sweet spot.
But he also is not gonna be a guy who is gonna sit there and not leave the White House, okay? He will abide by the decision of the voters. I&#8217;m confident of that.</blockquote>
The former governor continued, stating that there will possibly be “tumult” following Election Day as he believes it will “be a very close race” rather than a “blowout.”
“You don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re gonna know Tuesday night, do you?” Stephanopoulos pressed.
“I do not think we’re gonna know on Tuesday night, particularly because of Pennsylvania,” Christie replied, noting the court decision to allow extra days to “accept ballots that are postmarked by Election Day.”
Nevertheless, Christie said he thinks that while President Trump may not have always believed he was going to win, he does now.
“But I think there also is part of him that knows that not leaving the White House, putting up that kind of stink in terms of peaceful transition just is not the way he wants the leave,” Christie added. “And, by the way, if it&#8217;s Pennsylvania and it&#8217;s close, be guaranteed there’s gonna be litigation.”
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According to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/pa/pennsylvania_trump_vs_biden-6861.html">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average for Pennsylvania, Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Trump by 4.3% in the state, which Trump <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/pennsylvania">won by 0.7%</a> in 2016.
Among all the recent polls from the state, two outliers suggest the race may be closer than expected. Trafalgar Group’s late-October poll had Trump and Biden tied 48% to 48%, and the latest InsiderAdvantage poll has the president up by 2%.
In North Carolina, the other battleground state mentioned by Christie earlier in the segment, Biden leads by a hair (+0.3), with recent polls showing support for Trump increasing.
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Trump and Christie

Christie On Election: ‘Very Close Race,’ Trump Campaign ‘Surging’

Chris Christie

I was formerly a “never-Trumper.”
During the 2016 Republican primaries, I voted for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) because I believed that he was the most sound constitutional conservative running among the glut of candidates in the race. I also viewed him as the most well-prepared candidate to effectively prosecute the policies of the Democratic candidate — which was expected, despite the enthusiasm of the Bernie Bros, to be former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
I had second and third choices. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was a solid candidate, although I wasn’t happy with his participation in the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform effort. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) also stood out as a principled individual dedicated to the Constitution.
The one person I wasn’t going to support was Donald Trump.
I viewed Trump as a conglomeration of the worst possible qualities of a politician. Not only had he flip-flopped on several issues, but he seemed unconvincing in his professed support for conservative positions. He was a brash and rude man whose uncontrolled demeanor and word-salad manner of speaking made him difficult to decipher, much less openly defend.
In short, I didn’t trust him, and I didn’t like him.
By November 8, 2016, nothing had changed. I watched the election cycle as an outsider with no dog in the fight. When the time came, I voted down-ballot for Republicans and wrote in Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) for president.
Over the last four years, however, I’ve slowly let go of my “never-Trump” position as I’ve continued to witness the president’s successes. Despite his uncanny ability to repeatedly shoot himself in the foot (I speak mostly of his social media habits, as well as his hyperbolic excesses), President Trump has, for the most part, governed as a conservative.
Between the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which allowed Americans to keep more of their own money, and deregulatory efforts, the economy blossomed. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment was at historic lows.
Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, “which prohibits the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from funding any nongovernmental organization that performs or promotes abortion overseas,” according to <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/abortion-mexico-city-policy-trump-administration-proposes-further-expanding-pro-life-regulatory-rule/">National Review</a>.
Trump’s Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, <a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-takes-historic-action-strengthen-title-ix-protections-all-students">reformed Title IX</a>, allowing due process back onto university campuses.
In addition to appointing hundreds of judges to the lower courts, Trump has nominated and had confirmed three justices to the Supreme Court — and while conservatives can debate the nuances and merits of their various judicial philosophies, we can also roundly agree that these justices are far and away more faithful to the Constitution than any who would have been appointed by a Democrat.
The Trump administration has brokered multiple historic peace deals between Israel and nations such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Sudan—the first such deals in decades.
Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, and the Paris Climate Agreement; he has stood his ground against the developing threat of Communist China; he has boldly criticized those who seek to undermine our Founding Fathers and the incredible documents they wrote.
Donald Trump and his administration have stood for true liberalism, and held back (as best as they can) the creeping illiberalism driven by the media, academia, and Hollywood, which endeavors to crush dissent and tear away at our individual liberties.
There are certainly faults to be found in President Trump’s policies, and in the policies of many of his Republican allies—namely as it pertains to spending and the lack of substantive rebuttals to certain Democratic plans—but these issues are dwarfed by what has been accomplished.
Daily Wire podcast host and Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro spent a full 40 minutes speaking about these (and other) Trump administration successes in much greater detail <a href="https://youtu.be/FcQRWgxCYdE">here</a>.
On the other end, the Democratic Party and many of its supporters have moved more and more swiftly in a deeply troubling direction. More access and funding for abortion; encouraging the sexual transition of children; aligning with the neo-Marxist Black Lives Matter movement, and amplifying their claims despite the stunning dearth of supporting data; looking the other way, or actively emboldening, the ongoing rioting and looting; increasing taxes; enacting arbitrary restrictions on firearms; defunding the police.
And Biden—he’s not the honest Joe from Scranton the mainstream press would have you believe.
I could go on and on about the differences between what Trump and the Republican Party are doing and what Biden and the Democratic Party want to do, but I won’t belabor the point.
Here’s the distilled message. The Republican Party isn’t perfect. Donald Trump is about as far from the ideal conservative candidate for whom I would want to vote. I believe that his boorish behavior and propensity to exaggerate to the point of falsehood has done serious and lasting damage to the conservative brand—but there are three reasons this doesn’t hinder my vote for him.
First, the glass has been shattered. Another term of this China-shop bull won’t deepen the lacerations already inflicted on the conservative movement’s image. Second, governance under Trump and his administration has been, as noted above, remarkably conservative. Third, and perhaps most critical, the alternative in Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the increasingly leftist Democratic Party, as well as their accomplices in the media, academia, and Hollywood, sends chills down my spine.
I was a “never-Trumper.” I’m not anymore. The only choice for me on Election Day is Donald Trump.
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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I Was A ‘Never-Trumper.’ Not Anymore. Why Trump Is My Only Choice On Nov 3

As of approximately 7 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, more than 90 million Americans have voted in the 2020 presidential election, according to the University of Florida’s <a href="https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html">U.S. Elections Project</a>.
The exact number: 90,604,711. That’s a combined 57.6 million mail-in ballots returned and 33.4 million in-person early votes cast.
While several states have come close to matching their 2016 “total turnout,” two states have exceeded those totals. Voters in Texas have cast 9.6 million votes, and voters in Hawaii have cast 484,000 votes—107.7% and 110.6% of their 2016 totals, respectively.
Other states that have come close to matching their 2016 totals are Montana (95.8%), Washington (93.8%), Georgia and New Mexico (both at 93.2%), and North Carolina (91.1%).
Some states, however, appear to be holding back, possibly waiting for Election Day proper. Pennsylvania (of particular note as a swing state) has only hit 38.4% of their 2016 total, while Ohio, also considered a swing, stands at 48.8% as of Saturday.
The three states that have racked up the most early votes are California (9.7 million), Texas (9.6 million), and Florida (8.2 million).
Looking at the polls in battleground states, it appears to be an increasingly tight race, though incumbent Republican Donald Trump lags slightly behind in key areas.
According to the RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling averages, Democratic nominee Joe Biden is up by small margins in several classic and newer swing states:
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<li>Pennsylvania: +3.7 points</li>
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<li>North Carolina: +2.1 points</li>
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<li>Florida: +1.6 points</li>
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<li>Iowa: +1.2 points</li>
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<li>Georgia: +0.8 points</li>
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<li>Arizona: +0.1 points</li>
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In three swing states, Biden has a more substantial polling lead:
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<li>Michigan: +7.3 points</li>
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<li>Wisconsin: +5.7</li>
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<li>Minnesota: +4.7</li>
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<li>Nevada: +4 points</li>
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In Ohio, RCP has Trump and Biden tied.
The polls, however, have increasingly been called into question, with some pollsters and commentators citing an alleged contingent of “shy Trump voters” who are either afraid to reveal their pro-Trump position to pollsters on the phone, or who simply lie about it when asked.
A survey released in August by <a href="https://www.cloudresearch.com/resources/blog/election-2020-poll-respondent-honesty/">CloudResearch</a> sought to detect if there truly is an undercurrent of alleged shy voters who are going unnoticed. Their results were intriguing.
According to the survey:
<blockquote>Instead of simply asking voters whom they will vote for — and then ask whether they just lied — we centered our research around a general question: “Are you comfortable in truthfully disclosing the presidential candidate you intend to vote for in a telephone poll?”</blockquote>
CloudResearch found that “10.1% of Trump supporters said they were likely to be untruthful on phone surveys — double the number of Biden supporters (5.1%) reticent to share their true intentions.”
Additionally, a few polling firms have been countering the mainstream polling-advantage narrative.
Appearing on Fox News, Trafalgar Group Chief Pollster <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pollster-who-correctly-predicted-2016-says-trump-on-track-to-win-again">Robert Cahaly said</a> that he expects a Trump Electoral College win, adding:
<blockquote>There is a clear feeling among conservatives and people that are for the president that they’re not interested in sharing their opinions so readily on the telephone. We’ve seen people be beat up, harassed, doxed, have their houses torn up because they expressed political opinions that are not in line with the politically correct establishment. And so, these people are more hesitant to … participate in polls. So if you’re not compensating for this, if you’re not trying to give them a poll that they can participate in … you’re not going to get honest answers.</blockquote>
Susquehanna Polling and Research’s Jim Lee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pollster-predicts-trump-win-trashes-garbage-polls-in-bidens-favor-as-attempt-at-voter-suppression">expressed a similar sentiment</a> recently, saying: “There are a lot of voters out there that don’t want to admit to a live telephone agent they’re voting for a guy that’s been called a racist; so that submerged Trump factor is very real—and we’ve been able to capture it, and I’m really disappointed others in our industry have not.”
Some, however, have dismissed the notion of the “shy Trump voter” as nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the president’s supporters.
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