{"id":35939,"date":"2020-11-11T09:40:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=35939"},"modified":"2020-11-11T09:40:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:40:50","slug":"some-msm-sites-have-reduced-bidens-tally-to-259-electoral-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=35939","title":{"rendered":"Some MSM Sites Have Reduced Biden&#8217;s Tally to 259 Electoral Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>RealClearPolitics Does Not have Biden Winning Pennsylvania or Presidency, Yet<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->850WFTL<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/2a9h4ym6yis3rbxe73gyzw48-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/A1DBEDE5-8CE7-4AF8-93AB-68FFE0FF0F5F-e1604968099728.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" \/><span class=\"post-thumbnail-caption\">Real Clear Politics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>RealClearPolitics (RPC)\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0live results feed appeared to withdraw Joe Biden\u2019s president-elect status Monday night and seemingly subtracted Pennsylvania\u2019s 20 electoral votes from his total bringing the Democrat\u2019s vote count down below the 270 threshold to 259.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, leading to some confusion,\u00a0&lt;ahref=&#8221;https: www.realclearpolitics.com=&#8221;&#8221; elections=&#8221;&#8221; live_results=&#8221;&#8221; 2020=&#8221;&#8221; state=&#8221;&#8221; pa=&#8221;&#8221; president=&#8221;&#8221; &#8220;=&#8221;&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;&gt;Real Clear Politics said it never called Pennsylvania to begin with, in the Presidential race.\u00a0 Either way, RCP does not have Pennsylvania in Biden\u2019s win column.&lt;\/ahref=&#8221;https:&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=850wftl&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1325973800891150336&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.850wftl.com%2Frealclearpolitics-does-not-have-biden-winning-pennsylvania-or-presidency-yet%2F&amp;siteScreenName=850wftl&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1325973800891150336\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The RCP \u201clive results\u201d confusion comes as votes continue to be counted and lawsuits fly.<br \/>\nAs a result @realclearnews published a commentary that condemned the media for calling the winner of the presidential race too early.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the contentious circumstances of this election, the traditional media\u2019s decision to declare a victor before the official process had run its course has diminished the confidence of Trump voters in the announced result. Even if the declaration of a Biden victory is found to be accurate, the call was premature, and it will make the effort to unify our nation far more difficult.\u201d Read more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2020\/11\/10\/the_media_should_not_have_called_this_election_144624.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em>\u00a0 based in Chicago, \u00a0claims to be an independent, non-partisan political news media company. \u00a0RCP is also a polling data aggregator.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130023\" src=\"https:\/\/2a9h4ym6yis3rbxe73gyzw48-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/C765083D-96D0-4F77-BF68-0F224DD92C8B-538x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue \u201csubstantial allegations\u201d of voting irregularities before the 2020 presidential election is certified.\u00a0 Leaders from China, Russia and Mexico have also declined to congratulate Joe Biden on a projected presidential victory until the vote is certified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=850wftl&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1325973224522473475&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.850wftl.com%2Frealclearpolitics-does-not-have-biden-winning-pennsylvania-or-presidency-yet%2F&amp;siteScreenName=850wftl&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1325973224522473475\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday afternoon, members of the Trump campaign announced two new lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan, relying mostly on witnesses\u2019 sworn statements from whistleblowers. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany asked the public for \u201cpatience\u201d while the campaign investigates further.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.850wftl.com\/realclearpolitics-does-not-have-biden-winning-pennsylvania-or-presidency-yet\/\">https:\/\/www.850wftl.com\/realclearpolitics-does-not-have-biden-winning-pennsylvania-or-presidency-yet\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RealClearPolitics Does Not have Biden Winning Pennsylvania or Presidency, Yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}