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 Bidens 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 Bidens official victory is less a question of if than when.
But even some of the presidents 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.
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TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)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.
AZ8theist
(5,339 posts)William Seger
(10,742 posts)How about unless *some* evidence surfaces? Trump's paranoid delusions are only evidence of his mental illness.
SergeStorms
(18,898 posts)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)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!