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Through the first three hours of CBS’s election night coverage, things were looking promising for Republicans and former President Trump, based solely on the reactions of the assembled liberal journalists, who seethed over Donald Trump as a “dark” figure spewing “lies about criminal migrants” and it being “factually untrue” they’re “pouring through our border” and ready to stir up “violence in the streets” of Pennsylvania if he doesn’t win the Keystone State. The network also maintained a somber mood as they fretted over the fact that life prevailed in Florida with a state amendment to the constitution expanding abortion having failed. It started early with longtime CBS analyst/host John Dickerson huffing about how Trump shouldn’t even be in the race given January 6: CBS’s John Dickerson: “There will be plenty of surprises. How could there not be in this race full of surprises where you have two candidates who should not be here. Kamala Harris the understudy at center stage, Donald Trump was agreed by the leaders of both parties, including… pic.twitter.com/afk4jeXmiX — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024 Having covered Trump for his campaign and presidency at ABC, CBS’s 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega declared just after 7:15 p.m. Eastern that she had “never heard” Trump’s “messaging as dark as it has been in recent weeks” with “lies about criminal migrants” and deeming it “factually untrue” that illegal immigrants “poured through our border.” Vega also expressed disgust at Trump “speak[ing] to young men who feel aggrieved” instead of “hope and optimism” for all: Contender for early meltdown of the night on CBS with Cecilia Vega (formerly at ABC) lashing out at Trump for his “messaging” being “as dark as it has been,” spreading “lies about criminal migrants...that is just factually untrue,” and “tapping into a frustration” of “aggrieved”… pic.twitter.com/RdHXq26k4I — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024 CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell was also not pleased, teaming with Dickerson (who will be one of three voices to succeed O’Donnell at her show) to lament the exit polls and Trump’s final rally: CBS’s Norah O’Donnell: “[T]he Harris campaign has said on the record that they believe those late deciders were breaking by double digits for them. We don't have the full exit polls yet from the whole country, so we don't know yet exactly if that is true. But then, last night the… pic.twitter.com/YU8OpRG81y — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024 Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan — who’ll also work with Dickerson at the Evening News — expressed hope about the role of abortion in the election, gushing over how “[i]t’s a unique” issue since “the man on the ballot is the president who appointed the justices that overturned Roe versus Wade” and is facing “the woman on the ballot for the Democrats has put reproductive health care, women's reproductive health care at the center of her campaign in a really unique way.” “I don't think we have ever had such a national conversation about health care and the way that we have. And it is an emotional one. It is a galvanizing issue,” she added. But, when it came time to discuss the failed vote in Florida to dramatically expand abortion and loosen requirements (including parental consent), Brennan was crestfallen, wondering about “what does that mean for the people in Florida” and suggesting the exceptions for victims of rape will have a difficult time still receiving abortions. She even falsely argued that, by voting no on the amendment in Florida, Trump will support a six-week abortion limit (with the implication of taking it national) (click “expand” to see the transcript):: MELTDOWN: CBS's Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell were not having fun when having to talk about the result of Florida's #VoteNoOn4Florida, protecting unborn babies pic.twitter.com/jwILC76XWi — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024 BRENNAN: Well, I want to zero in on Florida which Anthony just highlighted for you because this was the first place we were seeing the results of this referendum. 84 percent of that — 83 percent of that vote already in. It is lean no. Why? They haven't reached the super majority threshold of 60 percent. Put that aside. What does that mean for the people of Florida? Well, the current law is that abortion is restricted after six weeks of pregnancy when a fetal heartbeat is often detected. O’DONNELL: One of the most restrictive in the country. BRENNAN: One of the most restrictive in the country, particularly — it — you can get an abortion after 15 weeks if you can prove you were a victim of rape, of incest, or human trafficking. You gotta hand in a police report or court order with proof that you were victimized. That's the only way you can get it after six weeks. The referendum asks do voters want to change that and actually amend the constitution to include the right to an abortion. And so far, we are at lean no because they have not reached the supermajority. Now, Norah, it's so interesting not just on the very practical, real-world implications the women of the state, from the political level, we were talking about ticket splitting between Major and Anthony, they were pointing that out. Vice President Harris has put at the center of her campaign the issue of women’s reproductive health care. It doesn’t necessarily, this would suggest, always break in her favor and also what we saw here is for the very first time in this country, when reproductive health care has been put to the voters in a state, it hasn't expanded access. Seven times we've seen referendums and states on this issue, even in ruby red states where it was a surprise, even in Ohio, even Kansas you saw. (....) BRENNAN: One final point on Florida, this is a state where Donald Trump is a resident. He cast a vote for this today and he said he was going to vote no. So, for the candidate who’s — has — as Robert Costa pointed out, sort of changing publicly his position on what his view is on abortion, he went to the voting booth and he cast a vote he said no, which would mean he has effectively endorsed a six-week restriction on access to abortion. O’DONNELL: Interesting.  The mood was even more somber once O’Donnell and Brennan made the official projection: CBS's Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell sound so sad when they officially announce CBS News's projection that #VoteNo4Florida would prevail, protecting life starting at 15 weeks. "Very restrictive," "reproductive rights were restricted, not expanded." pic.twitter.com/XQbJKmDNbh — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024 Vega returned to the well just before 10:00 p.m. Eastern with desperation, grossly predicting “violence in the streets” of Pennsylvania: Fear porn on CBS News: Cecilia Vega predicts "violence in the streets" of Pennsylvania if the vote isn't counted fast enough and Donald Trump isn't stopped from his "strategy" of "laying the groundwork to challenge the results" pic.twitter.com/vmT9PmAwfR — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024 And, in discussing the black turnout, former longtime BET anchor Ed Gordon seemed pessimistic about Harris: This is maybe just me, but former longtime BET anchor Ed Gordon seems VERY nervous on CBS about things for his candidate Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/3sleSqOgWa — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024 To see the relevant CBS transcript from November 5, click here.

In addition to the presidential and congressional races being disputed tonight, there are a number of state referenda on the ballot. Most of these are on expanded abortion. Florida is the largest state to have such an amendment on the ballot, and its failure has triggered the Regime Media. MSNBC’s Joy Reid was quick to unload on the failure of Florida’s Amendment 4, and to levy a familiar smear against Governor Ron DeSantis: JOY REID: Yeah, Ron Desantis has put everything on trying to ensure that Florida will buck the trend of every other state, including red states, that have passed the right to bodily autonomy. He’s put everything on it including, as you said, threats- whatever it takes to try to make sure that that amendment fails using the power of government that is, I would say, openly fascist and determinativ- and very determined. A quick explainer: Florida law requires that ballot initiatives clear a 60% threshold before the state constitution can be amended. This happened after simple majority passage of an amendment mandating pregnant pigs be housed in enclosures of a certain minimum size (Tim Graham and I talk about it in the latest NewsBusters Podcast).  Florida’s Amendment 4, in addition to repealing the state’s heartbeat law, would have allowed for abortions to be performed by non-doctor medical personnel, blew the limit out from 6 weeks to some ambiguous nonspecific “viability”, and would have threatened parental notification. Planned Parenthood, George Soros, and super rich liberal donors spent over $100 million dollars to ensure passage of Amendment 4. Governor Ron DeSantis acted in a manner consistent with his mandate, and marshaled resources as needed in order to fight disinformation as concerned this ballot initiative. But this is a bridge too far for the Regime Media, most of which appear to worship at the altar of Molech. Chief among them, Joy Reid who lambasted DeSantis as “fascist.” The abortion lobby will no doubt pick itself up off the mat and try again. But much to the chagrin of the media, DeSantis will have left a blueprint in place. Cry harder.  

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump — has won her bid for re-election in overwhelming fashion.Willis — a noted Democrat incumbent — defeated Republican challenger Courtney Kramer on Tuesday. Willis easily defeated Kramer by a whopping margin of nearly 68% to 32%. Trump's lawyers have called for Willis to be removed from the case due to her seeming conflict of interest because of her 'personal relationship' with Nathan Wade.Fulton County is a Democratic stronghold that includes most of Atlanta, which has 11% of the state’s electorate.Kramer was an intern in the White House counsel’s office during the Trump presidency and is active in Republican activist organizations. Willis won her election in 2021 after defeating her former boss — District Attorney Paul Howard — in the primary. She was not challenged by a Republican in that election. Willis made a name for herself by launching an investigation into Trump. Willis' office indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants in August 2023 on felony charges related to alleged attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results.Four individuals have pleaded guilty after reaching plea deals with prosecutors. Willis has weaponized racketeering, or RICO, laws, to go after Trump and his allies. Trump and the other defendants have pleaded not guilty in the case. However, Trump's lawyers have called for Willis to be removed from the case due to her seeming conflict of interest because of her "personal relationship" with Nathan Wade — a special prosecutor whom she hired. The Georgia Court of Appeals plans to hear oral arguments in the Willis case against Trump beginning on Dec. 5. Willis said she wants to serve three terms as district attorney and then move on to teaching at her undergraduate alma mater — Howard University in Washington, D.C.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President Donald Trump has won North Carolina once again, picking up the key battleground state's 16 electoral votes.Around 9:22 p.m. ET, the Decision Desk HQ called the Tar Heel state for Trump. The Associated Press subsequently called it around 11:20 p.m. ET. At the time of publication, Trump had a comfortable lead, 50.8% to 48.1% with 88% of the votes countedJill Stein of the Green Party and Libertarian Chase Oliver both failed to clinch half a percentage point.Exit polls indicated that the sexes split as expected, with 57% of men voting for Trump and 56% of women voting for Kamala Harris, reported NBC News. Trump secured roughly 61% of the white vote, 12% of the black vote, and 48% of the Hispanic vote.Trump even made history: He won Anson County, which is more than 44% black. A Republican has won that county in a presidential election only once since the 1870s.According to the Associated Press, the issues that decided the election in North Carolina were the economy, immigration, abortion, and health care, in that order.Former Obama adviser David Axelrod recently told Mike Murphy of the podcast "Hacks on Tap" that if Harris won North Carolina, Trump, who held some of his final rallies in the state, would be "in deep trouble." It appears that Harris now has major troubles of her own.Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson was not so fortunate, trailing the state's Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein by roughly 13 percentage points. Republicans Brad Knott, Richard Hudson, Tim Moore, David Rouzer, Mark Harris, Pat Harrigan, Virginia Foxx, Addison McDowell, Greg Murphy, and Chuck Edwards all appear to have locked down or kept seats in the U.S. Congress.Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that a Republican presidential candidate has won Anson County once since the 1870s. A previous version claimed no Republican had won it since the 1870s.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican candidate Bernie Moreno defeated Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio Tuesday night, flipping another crucial Senate seat.Moreno won 50.5% of the vote while Moreno secured 46.1% of the vote, according to Politico. At the time of this writing, Republicans have now flipped two Senate seats, regaining their majority from the Democrats. Brown, who was first elected as one of Ohio's two senators since 2006, was projected to be the winner early on in the race. As November approached, Moreno closed in on Brown's lead and actually surpassed him in the polls by a few points. Moreno was supported by former President Donald Trump's endorsement as well as the Republican nominee's strong performance in Ohio. Moreno originally ran for Ohio Senate in 2022 but later dropped out, allowing then-Republican candidate turned Trump running mate JD Vance to secure the electoral victory. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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