MSNBC Live Blog: Get your schadenfreude fix here: magat campaign worker tears

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/live-blog/2020-11-06-trump-biden-election-results-n1246707/ncrd1246764#liveBlogHeader

Hallie Jackson, Monica Alba, Carol E. Lee and Shannon Pettypiece

14m ago / 10:28 AM EST
Trump campaign defiant, but 'deflated' feeling creeping in

The defiant public posture from the Trump campaign belies the “deflated” feeling among campaign staffers. There’s apprehension about a dayslong wait for a concession that may never come.
Aides stop getting paid Nov. 15. They are worried about what happens with legal battles that go nowhere. And then, there’s the question of who will give the president the reality check about where this race stands. In the words of one person close to the White House: “Apparently no one’s willing to tell King Lear the truth.”

At campaign headquarters in Virginia, the younger staffers are ready for a fight in the courts, but the more seasoned veterans know Trump has likely lost and there is a very, very narrow path left, according to a person close to the campaign. People aren’t to the point of crying and comforting each other, but they aren’t high-fiving either, the person said. Most staffers are still coming to work, but don’t have anything to do, so they are sitting at their computers refreshing results pages.

Campaign manager Bill Stepien hasn’t made any remarks to staff yet this morning. “I think it’s over, probably goes to the courts in some form and then chips fall where they fall," an outside adviser said.

[genxlib]

1. If you are worried about how your leader reacts

Maybe he shouldn't be your leader

[Baked Potato]

2. Just this part alone will make a great scene in the movie.

[NJCher]

3. refresh your nuts off

it'll be the last of your taxfunder-paid refreshes.

[brooklynite]

4. Your title is overeager...

People aren’t to the point of crying