What’s up y’all, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. with Clevver News, and while we eagerly await
the results of the 2020 presidential election, celebrities have been taking to social media
to further solidify the argument that every vote must be counted before announcing a winner.
First off, I just have to say, the fact this is even an argument to begin with…
I just… no words.
Let’s quickly revert back to 8th grade history and refer to the U.S. Constitution, where
voting is a right and a privilege for any citizen of or over the age of 18.
It’s simply part of a democracy structure that America has since prided themselves on,
yet we are now trying to salvage the system following President Trump claiming a premature
victory on the night of the election.
While appearing in front of his family, as well as a small audience on Tuesday night,
Trump made many remarks suggesting that the counting process was fraudulent and that he
and his team had already won, even before all the remaining votes in seven states were
fully counted.
“This is a fraud on the American public.
This is an embarrassment to our country.
We were getting ready to win this election.
Frankly, we did win this election.”
And in a not-so-surprising turn of events, Trump is now expressing his outrage toward
the mail-in voting system, and is warning America of efforts to “steal” the race
from him after a large portion of the mail-in ballots counted after Tuesday night went in
his opponent, Joe Biden’s, favor.
Trump is now already calling for lawsuits and a complete recount of the votes in swing
states like Wisconsin and Michigan, which we recently learned were states where Biden
won the electoral votes.
Trump even went as far as having the remaining mail-in votes to not be counted considering
Election Day has passed.
And again, referring back to history class, NOWHERE in the Constitution does it state
that votes that were absentee ballots or sent in by mail prior to the election deadline
cannot be counted.
Naturally, this has infuriated the general public, and now many celebrities are speaking
out in hopes of spreading the message that every vote does, in fact, count, as the hashtag
#CountEveryVote has gone viral.
Kim Kardashian West, Kris Jenner and Demi Lovato all shared the same photo to their
social media pages, that says in bold wording, “COUNT EVERY VOTE.”
Rihanna dedicated six separate Instagram photo spaces to loudly announce, “Count every
vote.
We’ll wait.”
James Corden took to Twitter to share this message with fans writing, “They gotta count
every vote.
Every last one.
Just.
Keep.
Breathing.
This could take a little while.”
And Lady Gaga also shared this uplifting tweet reading, “Every single vote in this country
matters, will be counted and will matter!
It is the emblem of our democracy!
I have so much faith in the human spirit!
We’ve got this America!
Sending EVERYONE A BIG HUG!”
Gigi Hadid shared this post to her story reading, “Democracy, it’s worth the wait,” while
both her and Kylie Jenner shared the same post thanking poll workers that read, “Poll
workers: we know you’re still working to count every vote.
Thank you.”
Kerry Washington took a moment to celebrate the historic voter turnout with an Instagram
post that read, “Count the votes we fought for.”
She also shared some thoughts in a lengthy caption that read, “There were more voters
than ever before.
Black voters, Latinx voters, Asian voters, women voters, young voters.
Our democracy works when we do the work and we did that this Election SZN.
It’s not over.
Every vote needs to be counted because we have a democracy for the people, BY the people.”
And Ariana Grande re-shared her previous post that basically summed up what we’re all
thinking: “Count every MF vote.”
It’s important to remember that every single registered American over the age of 18 has
the right to have their vote counted no matter how they decided to submit their ballot, as
long as it was turned in before voting deadlines.
For any election vital to the future of our country, please do NOT let false claims deter
you from heading to the polls as your voice and your vote MATTERS… seriously guys, don’t
let anyone tell you otherwise!
To see why Kim Kardashian was recently accused of voting for Trump, you can click right over
here to watch another Clevver video.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Trump’s attempt to stop the votes in
some states down here in the comments.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys.