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Trump insists he will be proven the winner, but aides say he has no serious plan to overturn election
The Washington Post via SF Gate ^ | November 11, 2020 | by Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker , The Washington Post

Posted on 11/12/2020 8:01:07 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday on Twitter, "WE WILL WIN!"

But, in fact, the president has no clear endgame to actually win the election - and, in an indication he may be starting to come to terms with his loss, he is talking privately about running again in 2024.

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.

Still, the absence of evidence and of a comprehensive and realistic plan to overcome Trump's significant deficit and secure him a second term have not stopped some of the leading figures in the administration and the Republican Party from amplifying the president's misinformation about the election outcome.

Trump has been spending his days largely on the phone, calling advisers, allies and friends. The president has been "trying to find people who will give him good news," one adviser said.

That official, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly recount sensitive internal conversations.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; election2020; journalism; media
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The election isn’t over so there is nothing to “overturn”.


41 posted on 11/12/2020 8:33:22 AM PST by Tejas Rob
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To: BiteYourSelf

*ouch*


42 posted on 11/12/2020 8:35:45 AM PST by null and void (This time, there is no next time.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

all he has to do is to be able to PROVE some of the statistical improbabilities in the vote were caused by overseas interference. Thats all

Then the state legislatures have to elect the electors.


43 posted on 11/12/2020 8:36:42 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: libh8er

You cant overturn something thats hasnt been established. Jo Jo Biden has only been called by the press.


44 posted on 11/12/2020 8:36:43 AM PST by phs3 (MAGA - Winning a little more every day!!!)
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To: Moonlighter

He cant look heavy handed in the use of his federal powers.


45 posted on 11/12/2020 8:38:35 AM PST by phs3 (MAGA - Winning a little more every day!!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Democracy dies in darkness and WaPo is running around turning out the lights as fast as they can.


46 posted on 11/12/2020 8:38:41 AM PST by joshua c (President Elect joshua_c. Hey if Joe can do it.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Lying scum media. Pure propaganda.


47 posted on 11/12/2020 8:41:26 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: billyboy15

I’m gonna agree with you. Especially since it took three staff writers to write the article.


48 posted on 11/12/2020 8:41:32 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: libh8er

Do you suppose they’ll ever do an article about the president with an actual on the record name and their position? Hasn’t happened yet.

Hell I can make up any story accusing anyone of anything at all using a friend close to the person who spoke only if they could remain anonymous.

The aide they talked to likely hasn’t even met the president in person.


49 posted on 11/12/2020 8:42:23 AM PST by allwrong57
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To: Army Air Corps

Bigfoot.


50 posted on 11/12/2020 8:43:01 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Believe nothing written by the corrupt media...nothing. Liars lie...that is what they do. Our Free Republic is in the balance.


51 posted on 11/12/2020 8:45:44 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: libh8er

Yes, why not name them.


52 posted on 11/12/2020 8:46:11 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: libh8er

The more by lines the more likely it’s fake.


53 posted on 11/12/2020 8:47:04 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No plan? Look at Michigan data studies!!! Here’s a massive scandal that yields a plan:
https://youtu.be/Ztu5Y5obWPk


54 posted on 11/12/2020 8:54:31 AM PST by cookcounty (Susan Rice: G Gordon Liddy times 10.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
Translated into English:

When you have a far Left newspaper (Washington Post) release an article written by multiple reporters (three) that has no named sources (except anonymous)......

......then the article is Fake News.

Guaranteed.

55 posted on 11/12/2020 9:00:50 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How in the ^^#%%# does the President still have anyone around his White House after four years that still talks like this?!?


56 posted on 11/12/2020 9:01:39 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Dr. Pritchett; All
".... How in the ^^#%%# does the President still have anyone around his White House after four years that still talks like this?!?...."

Answer? He doesn't. This is 100% Fake News.

57 posted on 11/12/2020 9:08:17 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: metmom

Especially these “aides,” if they are not entirely made up by the writers


58 posted on 11/12/2020 9:08:20 AM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole; you had so much to offer, did you offer your soul?)
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To: libh8er

The Band-Aid(es)


59 posted on 11/12/2020 9:09:13 AM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That doesn’t even sound like Trump, not in the slightest.


60 posted on 11/12/2020 9:20:44 AM PST by Salvavida
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