Alabama GOP chief: 'This race has ended'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 12/13/17 09:18 AM EST

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan said in a statement late Tuesday that the state's Senate race has ended.

“Now that this race has ended, may this holiday season of peace, love and hope resonate with everyone, regardless of one’s political affiliation," Lathan said.

In the statement, Lathan said the party is "deeply disappointed" in the close race, in which Democrat Doug Jones defeated GOP candidate Roy Moore, who was plagued by accusations of sexual misconduct.

But, he said, "we respect the voting process given to us by our Founding Fathers."
Jones during his campaign repeatedly talked about reaching across the aisle to work with Republicans, Lathan noted.




Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/364658-alabama-gop-this-race-has-ended

[edbermac]

1. Colonel Trautman sums it up.

[Solly Mack]

2. Good

Wasn't sure they'd go quietly at the local level.

[riversedge]

3. okkydokey.

[world wide wally]

4. Can we get a concession speech now?

An apology to his victims would be nice too.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

5. Hypocrisy!

(snip) "may this holiday season of peace, love and hope resonate with everyone"
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I wonder if they will be making amends to all those women they accused of lying, along with apologizing to Doug Jones for the lies they told about him. They have sinned bigly.

[AllyCat]

6. Can he send this message to McConnell who is refusing to seat Jones?

[groundloop]

7. Hadn't heard that McTurtle was refusing to seat Doug Jones

What I HAVE read is that he can't be seated until the election results are certified, which takes about 2 weeks. If there's any other information out there about this I haven't seen it yet.

[AllyCat]

8. Post heres on DU, but they are all from one source citing Bloomberg

Went to Bloomberg and can’t find it. Hmmmm...fake news perhaps, but this small screen is not helping my search.

[onenote]

18. McConnell isn't refusing to seat Jones

Under long-standing Senate rules, Jones can only be seated after the State of Alabama certifies the election results, a process that typically takes between two and three weeks.

For example, Scott Brown won a special election to be a Senator from Massachusetts on January 19, 2010, but wasn't seated until February 4, 2010 because that's when the state's certification of his election was transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate.

[kwalter66]

21. McConnell

Is refusing to seat Jones until the next session of the senate starts in January NOT when the election is certified. In other words, not until they get their tax bill done which they need Luther Strange's vote on.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestiefer/2017/12/12/delaying-the-seating-of-senator-elect-jones-is-partisan-and-unconstitutional/#5062802f5e04

[onenote]

22. Let's see when Alabama certifies

The author of the article you cite concedes that Alabama probably won't certify until December 26 at earliest, and possibly as late as January 3. That period of two to three weeks (with holidays in the mix) would not be out of the ordinary (and the author doesn't claim it would be). So the question is whether the Senate will still be in session when the certification comes in -- and, again, the author of the article you cite concedes it's entirely likely that the Senate will be in recess at that point, so it would not be possible to swear in Jones until the Senate reconvenes.

What McConnell said was that the winner of the Alabama Senate race probably wouldn't be seated before the Senate finished its work for the year -- which is basically what the author of the article says. The article also points out that McConnell can't unilaterally stop Jones from being seated if Alabama has certified the election and Jones presents the document prescribed by the Senate's rules to the Secretary of the Senate. Once that happens, an immediate vote on whether not to seat Jones would be required.

So, if the Senate is in session when Alabama certifies (unlikely) and Jones presents the required paperwork and a vote is called for and McConnell somehow prevents that vote from taking place, then you might have something.

But that scenario is unlikely in the extreme and I'd wager that Jones will be seated promptly once his election has been certified by the state of Alabama AND the Senate is in session to receive that certification.

[turbinetree]

9. So this Republican Party Chairman wants to play nice.............but he said and they did this

“Now that this race has ended, may this holiday season of peace, love and hope resonate with everyone, regardless of one’s political affiliation,"


FUCK YOU


Your party funded through ads, tv time, campaign stops, etc............and gave money to this asshole, and now you are trying to play nice and wishing everyone peace, love and joy, well this is who gave to your loser:

https://thinkprogress.org/corporate-contributions-rnc-roy-moore-cc9f837209e2/


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-richard-uihlein-roy-moore-super-pac-contribution-20171127-story.html


https://www.opensecrets.org/races/contributors?cycle=2018&id=ALS1&spec=Y


Note: in the Moore contributions there is one important and glaring funding partner ------------it says from the State of Georgia, do the citizens of the State of Georgia know about this ?


If given the chance you would have done it again, it was about power and the lack of principles, and you and your party never have played nice, just maybe the era of George Wallace is coming to an end with this election and a change for the good -------------------so again FUCK YOU

[Plucketeer]

16. Saved me the keystrokes! Thanks.

“Now that this race has ended, may this holiday season of peace, love and hope resonate with everyone, regardless of one’s political affiliation,"


FUCK YOU !!!! Ya ratshit bastards.

The "present" I'm waiting for is when your god comes down to lead all his lying, misleading cohorts to be his "Right Hand Servants" - leaving us - the offal - to live in peace and abundance.

[turbinetree]

17. Couldn't have said it better.......................

[David__77]

10. The Founding Fathers...

...certainly didn’t create a voting process in which black people or women could vote. In Alabama, such talk occurs to me as particularly curious.

[hatrack]

11. IOW, Shut The Fuck Up, Roy . . .

[workinclasszero]

12. Somebody tell it to Pedo Moore

[UrbScotty]

13. "...may this HOLIDAY season..." (emphasis mine)

Looks like the War on Christmas continues apace!

[forgotmylogin]

14. I don't think Democrats have ever been averse to reaching across the aisle.

It's just we're saving our reach for progressive Republicans when they're not trying to strip middle and lower classes of their rights, money, jobs, healthcare...

Dems aren't just going to turtle for political reasons like some other party I won't name.

[Plucketeer]

15. Yeah - let bygones be bygones

Now..... Just to get EVERYONE in the Holiday spirit, go ahead and tear into the gift wrappings on that new tax Swind...er, overhaul we're giving you! You "wee folk", don't spend your windfall in one place.

[yardwork]

19. They sound relieved. Lost a seat but at least they don't have to explain Moore.

[Gothmog]

20. There will be no recounts