You watch the debate last night?

Talk about a train wreck.

Towards the end of the debacle, President Trump brought up allegations that Philadelphia poll workers were being blocked from accessing voting places, when he dropped this line:

“As you know today, there was a big problem in Philadelphia. They went in to watch, they’re called poll watchers. They’re very safe, very nice thing. They were thrown out, they weren’t allowed to watch. You know why? Because bad things happen in Philadelphia. Bad things.”

Naturally, people had a field day with that quote, and meme’d the shit out of it late into the night, giving us gems like these:


https://twitter.com/jtylerconway/status/1311133000869064707?s=20

So on and so forth. A lot of creative genius on display. Maybe t-shirts for sale soon? Not sure about that, would have to ask The Maestro if that’s under consideration.

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Anyway, if you’re looking for background on the topic of poll watching, here’s the Eyewitness News writeup explaining the situation the President was talking about:

City commissioners flatly denied allegations of corruption or that anyone is being blocked from access to any polls.

The satellite centers are essential voter services locations and not official polls. They’re only accepting and processing mail-in ballots. Votes are not being cast on a machine, so that means anyone who’s not here to receive services are not permitted inside.

“The satellite offices are Board of Elections Offices that provide voter services to the residents of Philadelphia for mail-in ballots. Satellite offices are not polling places and poll watcher certificates have not been issued for any individuals for anything other than poll watching activities on Election Day at Polling Places. So individuals seeking to receive services from a satellite office are not permitted to be there for other purposes,” City Commissioner Al Schmidt said in a statement.

Commissioners say official poll watcher certificates will be issued for use at actual polling locations on Election Day.

Good morning.