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lindysalsagal

(20,440 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:07 PM Nov 2020

As states press forward with vote counts, Trump advisers privately express pessimism about heading o

Source: WAPO

As states press forward with vote counts, Trump advisers privately express pessimism about heading off Biden’s win

By Amy Gardner, Tom Hamburger, Jon Swaine and Josh Dawsey November 10, 2020 at 8:13 p.m. EST

Six states where President Trump has threatened to challenge his defeat continued their march toward declaring certified election results in the coming weeks, as his advisers privately acknowledged that President-elect Joe Biden’s official victory is less a question of “if” than “when.”

But even some of the president’s most publicly pugilistic aides, including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and informal adviser Corey Lewandowski, have said privately that they are concerned about the lawsuits’ chances for success unless more evidence surfaces, according to people familiar with their views.

Trump met with advisers again Tuesday afternoon to discuss whether there is a path forward, said a person with knowledge of the discussions, who, like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions. The person said Trump plans to keep fighting but understands it is going to be difficult. “He is all over the place. It changes from hour to hour,” the person said.

In the states, Democratic and some Republican officials said they have seen no evidence of fraud on a scale sufficient to overturn the results. “There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud,” one GOP official in Georgia said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-challenges-state-count/2020/11/10/45148fac-2378-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html

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As states press forward with vote counts, Trump advisers privately express pessimism about heading o (Original Post) lindysalsagal Nov 2020 OP
Everybody knows it's over. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #1
Courtroom: "Are there any ACTUAL fraudulent ballots?"... AZ8theist Nov 2020 #4
"unless *more* evidence surfaces" ?! William Seger Nov 2020 #2
THIS Talitha Nov 2020 #5
Or, more evidence.... SergeStorms Nov 2020 #7
'privately' is the problem. elleng Nov 2020 #3
The Courts must assert their independence and fight frivolous lawsuits. pfitz59 Nov 2020 #6

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
1. Everybody knows it's over.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:21 PM
Nov 2020

They're all just going through the motions. In the end, none of it is going to matter.

If we're lucky, they'll alienate some voters we might need in Georgia in January.

William Seger

(10,742 posts)
2. "unless *more* evidence surfaces" ?!
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:22 PM
Nov 2020

How about unless *some* evidence surfaces? Trump's paranoid delusions are only evidence of his mental illness.

SergeStorms

(18,898 posts)
7. Or, more evidence....
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 01:35 AM
Nov 2020

is manufactured. TrumpCo. just wants to get as many allegations of cheating in the news as possible. After a few news cycles they'll have what they want: "Proof" that election fraud occurred (even though it's all false) that their brain-dead cult can scream about and rail about on Facebook and Twitter, because that's where the real election takes place.

elleng

(130,152 posts)
3. 'privately' is the problem.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:25 PM
Nov 2020

When did the repugs visit Nixon in the WH, and tell him 'it's time for you to go?'

'In 1974, Goldwater and Rhodes told Nixon he was doomed'

https://www.azcentral.com/story/azdc/2014/08/03/goldwater-rhodes-nixon-resignation/13497493/

AHA, the GOOD OLD days!

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