Posted on 11/27/2020 8:27:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In a sharp reversal of earlier comments to reporters, President Trump on Friday said that he'll only leave the White House if Biden can prove the election wasn't fraudulent.
"Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous “80,000,000 votes” were not fraudulently or illegally obtained," tweeted Trump, adding "When you see what happened in Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia & Milwaukee, massive voter fraud, he’s got a big unsolvable problem!"
Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous “80,000,000 votes” were not fraudulently or illegally obtained. When you see what happened in Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia & Milwaukee, massive voter fraud, he’s got a big unsolvable problem! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2020
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President Trump took questions from reporters on Thursday evening for the first time since Election Day. And after confirming a few days ago via Twitter that he would tell the GSA to formally begin the transition process, the president confirmed to a group of MSM journalists that he would formally surrender power to Biden should Trump's rival win the Electoral College vote.
During the scrum, Trump took about 25 minutes to rehash a series of allegations his legal team has so far made while saying flatly that Biden couldn't have done as well as he did without "fraud".
Reporters of course leapt at the opportunity to ask all kinds of salacious questions: Trump was asked if he’d physically leave the White House if the Electoral College affirms Biden’s victory - Trump replied "certainly I will, and you know that.”
After a round of antagonistic questions, Trump started lashing out at various states for dropping the ball and ruining his chances at a second term, while reiterating that this was "a rigged election...at the highest level".
Trump slammed Georgia’s Republican secretary of state - who penned an op-ed slamming Trump and his supporters - as an “enemy of the people.” He added that he would soon stage a rally in Georgia, where voters return to the polls in early January for a pair of runoff Senate races that will determine control of the Upper Chamber.
Finally, Trump repeatedly returned to questioning Joe Biden’s raw vote total, insisting the Democrat couldn’t have done so well as compared to previous Democratic candidates, although population growth historically drives growth in voting numbers while 2020 led to a particularly charged political atmosphere.
“This is not a candidate that can get 80 million votes,” he said of Biden. “The only way he got 80 million votes is through a massive fraud.”
Trump declined to say if he’d attend Biden’s inauguration, as is the custom for an outgoing president. “I’ll be honest, I know the answer, but I just don’t want to say it yet,” he said, before adding that it's "not right" that Biden has already started picking his cabinet.
Both Trump and Biden stayed close to home for the Thanksgiving holiday. The inauguration for Biden (assuming he does win the EC) would take place on Jan. 20.
The burden of proof has now shifted to Biden based on near irrefutable fraud. If the MSM and the DNC wanna waltz around the sh*t pile in front of them then Trumps has proved his case legally and morally.
I see that the President is still throwing bones to the press....and they go crazy. When will they learn?
And how is this going to change the narrative, which is Trump is making baseless claims about election fraud? You think that suddenly they're going to start saying "Hey, maybe there is fraud"? Really? All this is going to do is point out that Trump has to prove fraud and he doesn't done that yet.
Will the MSM take the bait? I’m not so sure.
I am. They won't, not in the way you want.
Trump has built a prima facie case that the election was conducted fraudulently.
Now Biden must rebut it.
President Trump is right.
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I wholly believe in the idea the election was stolen from Trump but isn’t he demanding Biden has the responsibility of proving a negative?
I’ve read here several times that the 1.8 million figure is in error. That is the number of ballots sent out during the primary.
Uh no he doesn’t.
The president was speaking loosely.
RE: The Electoral college will vote. That will be it.
Yep, OJ Simpson got acquitted, therefore what follows? He’s innocent?
PA repub Mastriano just said on Bannon’s show that the repubs are going to push for a resolution, which does not require the governor’s signature, to select Trump electors.
WI ballot audit ought to be done today or tomorrow and repubs already have 200,000 bad ballots set aside.
GA is going to depend on lawsuits. There’s a lawsuit in AZ. Lawsuits in MI. Lawsuits are slow though, especially if they have to go all the way to the SC. 2 1/2 weeks isn’t much time.
On the other hand, this 2 1/2 weeks is going to seem really long to us.
While the president’s statement is not really accurate I guess you could defend it on the ground that the electing must be accepted by states, courts and Congress.
But the reported votes being what they are, and I mean reported by the states, it is the president who has to demonstrate the election needs to be overturned or the vote totals changed.
The media has been part of the ongoing coup against Trump from the beginning. You are right.
I wish the Trump team would concentrate on the most glaring things about this election and Trump would do well to talk only about them and tweet only about them. You can say there is more, but now is NOT the time to speak in generalities.
How were more mail-in ballots returned than were sent?
How did the numbers change so drastically after they said they were stopping the count and poll watchers left?
Concentrate on the big ones and force the media to address them specifically.
There was massive fraud. All kinds of fraud. However, the media is mentioning the low hanging fruit allegations and dismissing them out of hand while ignoring the big ones.
Pick the most easily proven and hammer them. Continue contesting everything in court, but manage the message!
“if Biden is certified and has enough EVs he will become Potus, but the legal fight over fraud will not stop. What if those allegations are ultimately proven to be true (weeks or months later) - what is the remedy then?”
Gaining a veto proof majority in both the House and the Senate in the 2022 mid terms would be a huge step.
What is the legal standard and who decides?
Is a certification based on fraud valid? What happens if states do so?”
With all of the litigation, accusation, speculation and allegations flying about, may I (seriously) ask...with time rapidly running out...what happens now?
You are missing a crucial point about preponderance of evidence: when a police officer cites you for speeding, and you claim you weren’t, who is most likely to prevail before the judge?
Trump’s attorneys have put forth a mountain of evidence showing the fraudulent votes. Now Biden needs to refute those allegations or risk having those votes thrown out.
Gonna be a lot of machines that will have to be destroyed before that can happen. Our version of smashing blackberry phones.
Stop lying to people and telling them that the claims are baseless.
The evidence is clear it is preponderant and people who continue to discount multiple sworn eye witness testimony after it has been presented under oath in multiple venues, are on the fraudulent side of this election.
Unless there has been widespread destruction of evidence, I would think evidence to prove or disprove would be fairly easy. We know there were votes counted and recorded, there is a paper and digital trail. How can this not be a slam dunk for Trump?
I sure hope Trump won the military vote. He got the police vote.
These two groups are good to have on his side if there is turmoil.
Yes sir! You are spot on. We win here or it is over. A fraudulent election can never be accepted. The traitors must be destroyed!
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