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.
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!”.......
Our wonderful first lady said when Trump mentioned he wanted to run in 2016.....”If you do you’ll win”....
I’m riding on her statement this time as well.......
For me, this scene from Tombstone is how I see 2016 when Donald J. Trump showed up in our little bar.
And now we are just one or two bitch slaps away from when he tells ‘em:
“You gonna do something or just stand there and bleed?”
And then he and we all will throw them out.
Everywhere he goes in DC, it’s been the same scene ... sooner or later.
Love this guy, Trump.
Because bugs Biden stole the Eludium 235 Space Modulator?
Vegas doesn’t abide attempts to swindle it. Try it at your own peril.
God bless you, President Trump.
We appreciate all that you have done and all that you do for America.
God bless you, President Trump.
We appreciate all that you have done and all that you do for America.
Like a movie.
Of course POTUS has contemplated this ... how could he not?
But I think the consequences for his supporters and the country he loves is what strengthens his resolve to stop the steal.
Your tag line cracks me up!
She does not inspire confidence when she says such silly things.
He’s only human, Look at how he gets treated all the time, even he’ll feel like that sometimes. Important thing is he thought and did not speak it.
Seems that way. Also, he tweeted out complaints about Georgia, and asked why others aren't doing anything about it.
Let's keep in prayer. This is all up to the Lord.
Within two weeks the election results in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia will have been certified. Within three weeks the election results in Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin are certified. When the election is certified then the electors are chosen. Trump's team is probably going to have to work faster than that.
Do you know what the Kraken is?
The hand count is rigged, the observers are woefully inadequate.
All the President needs to do at this point is to show foreign interference in the elections. This is thanks to the last four years of the media bleating about foreign interference in the 2016 elections
At that point most state legislatures will consent to vote their own slate of electors-provided they hear from us all.
He doesn’t even have to prove WHO. There are plenty of statistical anomalies. If they can be proven to have originated offshore-BINGO -the state legislature will NOT certify the vote if they are AWARE their constituents know
In this case what is the Kraken going to be?
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve - Isoroku Yamamoto
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