The popular vote and Muslim registries: Today's news for November 21st

The Atlantic:

Clinton's Popular-Vote Lead Now Stands at 1.5 Million—and It's Growing

...The [voting] numbers that came out on Election Night were enough to secure [Donald] Trump the presidency, but they weren’t complete. State officials are still counting millions of provisional and absentee ballots, and within two weeks, [Hillary] Clinton will likely have another few million votes in the bank. 

Most were cast in the Clinton-leaning states of California, Washington, and New York—not swing states—so they won’t change the Electoral College. But there’s a sufficient amount to put her within striking distance of Obama’s 2012 turnout, and help put an end to the argument that she simply didn’t work hard enough. 

“We probably have about 7 million votes left to count,” said David Wasserman, an editor at Cook Political Report who is tracking turnout. “A majority of them are on the coasts, in New York, California, and Washington. She should be able to win those votes, probably 2-1.” By mid-December, when the Electoral College officially casts its ballots, Wasserman estimates that Clinton could be ahead by 2 percentage points in the popular vote. 

What’s with the delay? Several states, notably California and Washington, have liberal absentee and mail-in voting laws. California, for instance, allows residents to submit ballots up to three days late (although they must be postmarked on or before Election Day). These provisions have made alternative voting pretty popular, and the ballots a bit harder to count. California alone has more than 4 million votes pending; Washington is waiting on another 700,000.

This only matters to Democrats, who will say for decades to come, "Clinton really won", even though she lost. Being able to win huge numbers of votes in the welfare utopias of California and New York doesn't prove anything, other than the herd mentality of welfare states. Like the comedian Gallagher once said, "The bigger the crowd, the more people show up for it."

We live in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, not the American Democracy, or the Democratic States of America. For the rest of us, we couldn't give a flip what California and New York overwhelmingly want.

In other Trump news...

NBC News:

Reince Priebus on Muslim Registry: 'Not Going to Rule Out Anything'

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press" that President-elect Donald Trump's team is not planning to create a Muslim registry, but would not rule anything out.

"Look I'm not going to rule out anything," Priebus said. "We're not going to have a registry based on a religion. But what I think what we're trying to do is say that there are some people, certainly not all people... there are some people that are radicalized. And there are some people that have to be prevented from coming into this country. And Donald Trump's position, President Trump's position is consistent with bills in the House and the Senate that say the following: If you want to come from a place or an area around the world that harbors and trains terrorists, we have to temporarily suspend that operation until a better vetting system is put in place."

Priebus further maintained that tougher screening was needed before the incoming administration could consider immigration.

"When a better vetting system is put in place then those radical folks, they'll not be allowed in, but then others will be allowed in, but only until that is done. That's what Gen. Michael Flynn believes and that's what President Trump believes."

This sounds perfectly reasonable, yet there are still some people screaming about this being the start of another Holocaust. Keep in mind, it doesn't appear to be about people inside America. Contrary to what progressive socialists think, there are people outside the country to whom we should not allow entrance. Even the most "open border"-minded people recognize this reality.