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lindysalsagal

(20,444 posts)
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:43 PM Nov 2020

Trump insists he'll win, but aides say he has no real plan to overturn results and talks of 2024 run

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-results-strategy/2020/11/11/a32e2cba-244a-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html

By Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker November 11, 2020 at 8:23 p.m. EST

Trump aides, advisers and allies said there is no grand strategy to reverse the election results, which show President-elect Joe Biden with a majority of electoral college votes, as well as a 5 million-vote lead in the national popular vote.

Asked about Trump’s ultimate plan, one senior administration official chuckled and said, “You’re giving everybody way too much credit right now.”

Republican officials have scrambled nationwide to produce evidence of widespread voter fraud that could bolster the Trump campaign’s legal challenges, but no such evidence has surfaced. And Biden’s lead in several states targeted by the Trump campaign has expanded as late-counted votes are reported. In all-important Pennsylvania, the Democrat now leads by more than 50,000 votes.

Trump has also raised the idea of pressuring state legislators to pick electors favorable to him, in the hope that could offer a viable path to an electoral college victory, though most of his advisers are warning against such a tactic.




Bottom line: He's a terrified toddler, and no one will make him take a time-out.
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yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
2. Most toddlers I know behave far better and they are fun, loving and compassionate. So not a good
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:51 PM
Nov 2020

comparison.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
3. I can't imagine that the REfucks are such zombies as to run tRump in '24
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:56 PM
Nov 2020

if they do they'll get exactly what they deserve

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
4. Both political parties aren't sweet on the idea of running a candidate to win as a "lame duck".
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:57 PM
Nov 2020

Trump’s Too much trouble for republicans to want to run again. I can see the GOP changing the rules, if need be to keep him out.

49jim

(559 posts)
5. I don't think he'll run again....
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:02 PM
Nov 2020

for one or for the following reasons....
1- too old
2- still mired in litigation....trying to stay out of jail
3- loses his hair (bald)....you know image is everything
4- Trump Jr announced candidacy first
5- dead

Add any reasons you can think of...

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