Posted on 11/13/2020 8:44:01 PM PST by bitt
"It's probably two weeks, three weeks" to know outcome, president says
"Never bet against me."
That's what President Trump told Washington Examiner reporter Byron York on Thursday, in his first post-election comments on the state of the 2020 presidential race.
Trump was optimistic, laying out a scenario in which he pulls out wins in key battleground states and gets to the magic number of 270 votes in the Electoral College.
"We're going to win Wisconsin," the president said in the exclusive phone interview. "Arizona – it'll be down to 8,000 votes, and if we can do an audit of the millions of votes, we'll find 8,000 votes easy. If we can do an audit, we'll be in good shape there."
"Georgia, we're going to win, because now, we're down to about 10,000, 11,000 votes, and we have hand-counting," he said, referring to a call by Georgia's secretary of state do perform a full audit on the election. "Hand-counting is the best. To do a spin of the machine doesn't mean anything. You pick up 10 votes. But when you hand-count – I think we're going to win Georgia."
Trump also presented a rosy view on North Carolina, where he leads by more than 70,000 votes. He predicts a win there unless, he said jokingly, "they happen to find a lot of votes. I said, 'When are they going to put in the new votes in North Carolina? When are they going to find a batch from Charlotte?' "
That leaves Pennsylvania (where Trump trails 60,000 votes) and Michigan (where he's behind by more than 145,000 votes).
The two big states," Trump said, adding, "They're all sort of big."
Trump then complained about the process in Pennsylvania.
"They wouldn't let our poll watchers and observers watch or observe," he said. "That's a big thing. They should throw those votes out that went through during those periods of time when [Trump observers] weren't there. We went to court, and the judge ordered [the observers] back, but that was after two days, and millions of votes could have gone through. Millions. And we're down 50,000," he said.
The president told York he has contemplated losing. "I'm a guy who realizes – five days ago, I thought, 'Maybe,'" he said. "But, now I see evidence, and we have hundreds of affidavits," referring to the testimony included in lawsuits by his campaign.
"When I asked him how quickly he might turn things around," York wrote, "he said, 'I don't know. It's probably two weeks, three weeks.'"
"He knows the situation. He has heard many people tell him it's over and time to concede. But at the very least, it is important for his most devoted supporters to see him fighting to stay in office. And he closed with a good-natured warning for everyone who has told him there is no hope: 'Never bet against me,'" York wrote.
AMEN!!!!
I’ll believe things when I see them BUT lots of odd things happening with firings by Trump, positive comments from Wood, Flynn, Powell, and maybe most of all this rare introspection by Trump in the interview. Him saying he contemplated losing just does not sound like him. Sounds fake, like playing possum. Maybe reality is what it is but something seems like some folks in Trumps circle know something we don’t. Keeping hope up
Off topic with the post’s theme. But I must inject, about the rumor Trump was in a SKIF facility on election night.
I was in Military Intelligence units and can guess why if true. They were watching the Dominion voting systems in Real Time. There is no other reason for him to be there (IMHO).
I never had anything to do with SKIF; I was a mechanic. However, I had a close drinking friend that worked in one. Before we got schnockered, he would brief me. And that was, “Never ask what he does inside.” Because, if he told me, we would both go to jail.
I am hoping, for our country’s sake, the rats got caught in the act. Please let the ‘Kraken’ be this. So help us Lord.
Yup!!
Interesting idea.
VERY INTERESTING!
And Sydney Powell might just have been there with him.
Don’t forget to tell my favorite part of that story.
The part where all the enemies are completely destroyed never to be seen again by the hand of God Almighty who taunted them and to chasing after god’s children with 1500’ of wall water on both sides of course when the wall collapsed and they were a 1000’ at the bottom of the sea with their armor on probably was a pretty horrific way to die a 1000’ deep of water well it’s pretty dark down there and the pressures pretty high I imagine some heads exploded. I’d like to see that.
Need to consider the context for this comment.
It is NOT discouraging, nor “defeatist”.
I find this very very interesting.
I remember in 1972, I think it was Jimmy the Greek who laid 1 million:1 odds on Sen McGovern defeating Pres Nixon.
I’d bet a dollar on that. That’s the most I bet. Except that one time in an Indian casino.
With hundreds of affidavits and $1.50 you can buy a cup of coffee. Have you ever noticed the Republican party can NEVER do anything difficult? Trump can, but Republicans? Not a chance. They all complain and whine, but when it comes to fighting for us, they’re paper tigers. Getting fair and validated recounts is going to be a bridge too far for those lightweights. Trump deserves so much better and it makes me sick.
SKIF of SCIF?
I needed that!
Well, Sid isn’t authorized to be in a SCIF. She’s a private attorney and I don’t believe she possesses a security clearance, I would not bank in this SCIF story bearing true fruit
+1
It is time for the mass media to put up or shut up.
The mass media should pay off on the Biden bets!
Dr.Darrell Scott wrote last night....
“I talked to the Potus this evening. His spirits were high, his resolve concrete, his determination absolute, and his confidence unshaken!”.......
If you step back and try to be calm and objective about this—compare these odds:
(1) In 2015, the odds of Donald Trump becoming President.
(2) Today, the odds of Donald Trump having a second term as President
This is still hard, but a _much_ easier road than the first road.
Everyone needs to keep this in perspective.
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