Rolling Stone: Trump Calls Biden 'Dumb Son of a Bitch' at Pennsylvania Rally

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57. He did the same thing in 2020 regarding

no attempt to reach beyond his base. He had no intention of trying to gain votes. He believed that he had the election sewed up because of his actions like removing mailboxes from street corners and dismantling Post Office mail sorters to prevent Dems from sending mail in ballots. He held rallies despite those gatherings being super spreaders. Biden did not have huge rallies. Obama held outdoor rallies for Biden with people in their cars.

Plus, Trump counted on Russian social media influencing help again and on election rigging in red communities and swing states. Part of his rage at not winning was that he thought that the election was sufficiently rigged in his favor.

Before election day, when his advisors told him that he was polling behind Biden, he did not change his tactics. Instead, as Roger Stone told people in Trump's circle (on tape), the plan was to claim a win and accuse Biden of election fraud.

So it concerns me that Trump is following the same pattern this time. To me, that means one of two things, or both. 1) Trump has people in swing states who will rig the election in his favor, or his 2020 team's breach of voting records includes a plan this time to hack into computers to rig the vote. OR, 2) Trump has another, more focused plan for a violent takeover than the J6 fiasco. That's not as far fetched as it seems. Both Malcolm Nance and Ruth Ben Ghiat say that we are at risk of another, better planned coup attempt via domestic terrorism and assassinations. The Capitol police are setting up field offices in several states to protect members of Congress from death threats.

Trump's indifference to people outside of his base is a warning sign.