Amazingly, the party that wanted President Trump to commit to conceding defeat long before Election day is now refusing to concede defeat.  At least that’s the case with Pennsylvania’s Senator-Elect Dave McCormick and the democrat whose seat he won — Bob Casey. Democrat Bob Casey is now refusing to concede defeat, even though McCormick’s victory is obvious and has been called by every major news outlet.  Chuck Schumer has thus “banned” Republican Senator-Elect McCormick from attending Senate Orientation.  Tell me again who we should be concerned about disregarding election results? JUST IN: Senator Chuck Schumer is not allowing PA Senator-elect Dave McCormick (R) into Senate orientation this week because Bob Casey (D) has not conceded the race — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 10, 2024 Schumer is pointing out that there are outstanding ballots remaining to be counted in Pennsylvania, according to a Fox News report, though the race is generally considered called in McCormick’s favor. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is not allowing Senator-elect Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania to attend Senate orientation in the coming week, pointing to outstanding ballots in the state, even though the race has already been called. Two sources with knowledge confirmed to Fox News Digital that McCormick was not invited to orientation, despite having been projected by the Associated Press to win the Pennsylvania Senate race. When reached by Fox News Digital, a Schumer spokesperson said in a statement, “With over 100,000 ballots left to be counted in Pennsylvania, the race has not been decided. As is custom, we will invite the winner once the votes are counted.” Keep in mind, the Pennsylvania Department of State put out the following statement from PA Secretary Al Schmidt on Thursday — 4 days ago — estimating there were at least 100,000 ballots remaining.  Considering it has been 4 days, I have to ask the question: why have those 100,000 ballots not been counted?  Is it that they have not been counted, or that BALLOTS ARE BEING ACCEPTED LONG AFTER THE DEADLINE? A statement from Secretary Al Schmidt:⁰⁰Throughout the day, the Department has communicated with counties who continue to conduct a secure election where every eligible vote is counted.⁰⁰We estimate there are at least 100,000 ballots remaining to be adjudicated, including… — PA Department of State (@PAStateDept) November 7, 2024 Statement from the Casey campaign on the #PASen race: pic.twitter.com/mWqoSuYx28 — Maddy McDaniel (@maddymcdaniel14) November 7, 2024 As previously stated, the AP called the race days ago, and Pennsylvania is now approaching a full week of vote counting without officially calling the race. Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday’s election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil and war. The victory pads Republicans’ majority in the Senate, which they wrested from Democratic control this week, and clocked in as the nation’s second-most expensive race while playing out alongside the presidential contest won by Republican Donald Trump in the nation’s premier battleground state. As has been happening lately with a number of controversies stirred up by the outgoing democrats, the wave of support for Dave McCormick against Chuck Schumer’s banning of him from the Senate Orientation has been growing momentum, with alternative solutions being offered by some. Schumer is not allowing @DaveMcCormickPA to participate in Senate orientation this week because Casey refuses to concede the race. What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections? — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 10, 2024 JUST IN: Senator Mike Lee has offered to “escort” into the Capitol Senator-elect Dave McCormick after Schumer banned him from orientation. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) is refusing to concede the race. — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 10, 2024 A wave of GOP senators are now coming out and defying Schumer’s ban on Senator-elect Dave McCormick (R-PA) into the Senate orientation. Schumer is literally denying election results. The GOP can and should hold its own, in the Capitol, and go around Schumer. — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 10, 2024 New: Utah Senator Mike Lee has offered to escort into the Capitol Dave McCormick after Schumer banned him from Senate Orientation. Do you support this move by @BasedMikeLee? pic.twitter.com/a1BwzjwnT5 — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) November 10, 2024 Of special concern is the time being taken by Pennsylvania in drawing out the vote count.  Reason lessons have taught us that when a state or county draws out the tallying process, there is likely nefarious reasons afoot.  The warning of Savanah Hernandez with Turning Point USA is exactly the sort of thing which concerns me most.  Is Chuck Schumer banning McCormick from the orientation because he “knows” that Casey will ultimately be declared the winner? For anyone who isn’t aware, Pennsylvania is still counting votes 5 days after the election in an attempt to steal the Senate seat Dave McCormick flipped Republican. His opponent Bob Casey refuses to concede and now Chuck Schumer is trying to deny McCormick entry into the… — Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) November 10, 2024 This is a developing situation, with support for McCormick’s inclusion in the orientation starting to grow.  I have no doubt that Senator-Elect McCormick will find a way into the orientation, now that attention has been drawn to Schumer’s underhanded tactics.  But it remains to be seen what the “official” outcome in the race will be… now that we’ve stretched the counting out into another week. We will bring you the latest updates to this story as they become available.

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Sen. Chuck Schumer has banned Dave McCormick from attending orientation. His opponent, incumbent Bob Casey, was down over 40,000 ballots yesterday; allegedly, only 30,000 remain outstanding. Casey won’t concede. The AP called the election for Dave McCormick as the new senator for Pennsylvania. Chuck Schumer has refused to allow Dave McCormick to attend the new […] The post Schumer Bans Dave McCormick from Attending Orientation appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) announced Sunday an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after whistleblowers told The Daily Wire that they were instructed to skip the homes of people with Trump signs or flags while providing hurricane relief in Florida.  Lee said that he would be working with the state’s attorney general, Jonathan Skrmetti, to determine whether any residents of Tennessee were discriminated against by FEMA employees during the agency’s response to Hurricane Helene.  The direction comes after The Daily Wire reported that now-fired FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington told federal employees under her supervision to “avoid homes advertising Trump” as they canvassed Lake Placid, Florida, to identify residents who could qualify for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. Federal employees told The Daily Wire that at least 20 homes were skipped because of the directive, which was given verbally and in writing.  “FEMA exists to serve all Americans, and these actions have eroded the people’s trust by failing to deliver desperately needed relief to all hurricane survivors,” Lee said in a statement first shared with The Daily Wire.  “Americans should never have the government weaponized against them. I am working with the Tennessee Attorney General to seek answers and determine whether Tennesseans were discriminated against, and look forward to President Trump taking swift action to remove partisan bureaucrats when he takes office,” Lee added.  Portions of east Tennessee were hammered by flooding caused from Hurricane Helene and some areas went weeks without hearing from FEMA. In Roan Mountain, Tennessee, for example, locals told The Daily Wire it took nearly two weeks for FEMA to show up.  FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced Saturday that Washington had been fired and that her actions were “reprehensible.”  “We take our mission to help everyone before, during and after disasters seriously. This employee has been terminated and we have referred the matter to the Office of Special Counsel. I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again,” Criswell said.  A number of other investigations have been launched into FEMA after The Daily Wire report. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that his state’s Division of Emergency Management would be looking into the federal agency. Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee plan to investigate as well, and have asked for Criswell to testify before the committee on November 19.