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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 50 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm watching his speech and he is razzing everyone hard.

Told Rogers to enjoy his retirement and not come back to MI.

He started laughing when he said Vance is constitutionally obligated to swear him "Wolverines 1, Buckeyes 0"

Then told the orange turd that he knows he has trouble pronouncing his name, but after he's sworn in in January he only has to call him Senator.

[–] jagermo@feddit.org 3 points 2 hours ago

Link to transcript, please?

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 32 points 3 hours ago

I'm not sure any non-president has ever overcome so much spending to win anyway.

[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 17 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

From the UK, well done USA, common sense has somewhat prevailed. Please don't fuck this up and in 2 years please don't vote for whatever sack of shit the republicans put up. The world literally depends on it.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Here's the thing, though. "We" don't vote conservative. The problem is more that sometimes, when it's critical, "we" don't show up at all.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

No. If you want to fight fascism you need to improve the quality of life of the average voter; not let fascists, psychopaths, and pedophiles finance the political class for decades.

The problem is that the majority of the American political class is corrupt, and the average Dems collusion with capital is not a differentiator to fascism; a 50 year backslide into abject fascism is not the fault of one side, or ~50% of politicians. Clean house or accept totalitarian dictatorship. Those are Americas options. Blaming the population who have been abused and exploited for decades will not help you... or do ya'll need gas chambers before you figure it out?

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 23 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

My apologies, but it hasn't been called (as much as I would like it to be). I don't think it's in doubt, but as The Guardian put it a couple minutes ago,

Abdul El-Sayed declared victory in Michigan’s US Senate race early Wednesday, saying he would become the first Muslim to serve in the upper chamber of Congress.

However, the Associated Press has yet to call the race. As of now, 79% of votes have been counted, and El-Sayed is leading his Republican challenger, Mike Rogers, by five points.


EDITED to revise: the race has now been called, about 45 minutes later, and El-Sayed has won. Congratulations to Michiganders on your new Senator (that actually gives a damn about you)!

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The Associated Press declared El-Sayed the winner at 2:27 a.m. EST.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, I've already edited my comment, thanks.

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 4 points 2 hours ago

Decision Desk HQ has called it: https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/2026-11-03/michigan-us-senate-general-election

But they seem the only ones so far

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Looks like the Trump Presidency really did bring about some change. Jokes aside, the whole state voted quite a bit more blue this time around.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This victory speech is delicious

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

He claimed victory, but the race is still not called.

Rogers told his people to go home.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, Rogers very pointedly has not conceded.

In the end, that doesn't mean El-Sayed hasn't won, just that we were all correct in thinking Rogers really is that much of a dick, and now we have to wait it out to find out just how much of a dick he plans to be about it.

Or to put it another way, there's a Senate race in Mississippi that The Guardian has at a mere 20 vote difference right now; I wouldn't concede that either. But that's not the case in Michigan.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Texas wasnt a huge surprise. Kansas is kind of out of the blue, just a Republican in blue paint. Fucking Mississippi though? Now thats a shocker

[–] MelodiousFunk@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Kansas is kind of out of the blue, just a Republican in blue paint.

Yeah that one smells fucky through and through. We'll see how it plays out I guess.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don't have high hopes for Josh "Throw the trans community under the bus" Turek either.

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

On the plus side, they have little to no power because the margin was so great.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

I mean it's done.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

This is amazing news

I feel something about 'Murica that I have felt before and been sorely disappointed in so many times:

Hope...