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Carl Bernstein: Trump preparing to call midterm elections 'illegitimate' if Democrats take power
Washington Examiner ^ | October 21, 2018 03:06 PM | Claude Thompson

Posted on 10/21/2018 3:51:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Journalist Carl Bernstein said Sunday that President Trump has discussed ways to challenge the results of the midterm elections if the GOP's grasp on power slips.

During an appearance on CNN, Bernstein said his sources relayed this information to him on Friday, warning that Trump has talked about a disruption campaign if the results are close but have the Democrats taking control of the House or Senate.

"I talked to people ... in touch with the White House on Friday who believe that, if the congressional midterms are very close and the Democrats were to win by five or seven seats, that Trump is already talking about how to throw legal challenges into the courts, sow confusion, declare a victory actually, and say that the election's been illegitimate," Bernstein said after being asked if Trump's challenge to fraudulent voters was a form of voter suppression.

"That is really under discussion in the White House," he added.

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


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To: E. Pluribus Unum
While he probably believes the 2016 results are illegitimate.
41 posted on 10/21/2018 4:15:48 PM PDT by dougiefresh
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There internal polling shows a dem blood bath just preparing the narrative


42 posted on 10/21/2018 4:17:28 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Demo_rats illegally vote and then say there is no voter fraud. Demo_rats create votes out of thin air when they work as poll workers but only when the election is close but then say there is complete integrity in the voting prcess.

Leftists, I mean demo_rats, lie. That is what they do folks. Please vote now and always at every election. We must keep them out of power.

JoMa


43 posted on 10/21/2018 4:18:58 PM PDT by joma89
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Figures a Never Trump Globalist rag like the Examiner would peddle the senile rantings of nothing Carl B .

The Examiner owners are huge DC Globalists.

44 posted on 10/21/2018 4:19:42 PM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I ALWAYS liked his On The Waterfront.
45 posted on 10/21/2018 4:20:45 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Leonard Bernstein has passed away, sadly. Carl Bernstein is still with us. Leonard was never my favorite conductor, Leopold Stokowski was my favorite. Carl probably couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. He is not much better at dealing with typical Democrat hypocrisy, namely legitimacy of election results in this case.


46 posted on 10/21/2018 4:28:11 PM PDT by Richard Axtell (So, this is the Third World! What happened to the first two?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Trump preparing to call midterm elections ‘illegitimate’ if Democrats take power”

Much the way Hillary did when the Republicans took power? That way, Carl?


47 posted on 10/21/2018 4:30:03 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Do not discount anything in which Donald Trump is involved." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sure Carl. He’s gonna declare martial law and frog-march us all into gas chambers. Got it.


48 posted on 10/21/2018 4:33:05 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey Carl - Your antics took down the most famous foreign policy President in history - Richard Milhous Nixon!


49 posted on 10/21/2018 4:36:03 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Founding Father

Founding Father wrote:

Fake Propagandist Carl Bernstein....

Oy, vey! Bernstein was not a fake propagandist, he was a TRUE, genuine, card-carrying propagandist!

He considers his sorry self to be a GREAT propagandist. GRRR!

In 2012, Carl Bernstein spoke at a rally of People’s Mujahedin of Iran, an opposition Iranian organization that had previously been listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States, reportedly receiving a payment for his speech.

People’s Mujahedin of Iran? Really? Hmmm.

Not only do they pay in American dollars, but if you really suck-up hard enough, you will be awarded full access to the Iranian Royal Livestock Yards, as well as many unspeakable abominations which will never be revealed...


50 posted on 10/21/2018 4:37:28 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wasn’t Bernstein just caught in a lie about Trump’s ex lawyer, Michael Cohen? And his lawyer, Lanny Davis had to take the whole thing back, but Bernstein and his employer, CNN, won’t?

Hey Carl, I don’t trust you nor believe you.

However, if the democrats and media try to cheat, I expect them to be indicted, convicted, and then jailed.


51 posted on 10/21/2018 4:38:42 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good omen. They predicted that Trump would declare the 2016 election illegitimate after Hillary won, and look how that turned out. Keep playing Nostradumbass, Carl.


52 posted on 10/21/2018 4:41:47 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Richard Axtell
Leopold Stokowski was my favorite.

Oh, I absolutely loved Bugs Bunny acting as him in that cartoon.


53 posted on 10/21/2018 4:44:20 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Berstein has dementia.... and he is absolutely, positively the ugliest man on TV.


54 posted on 10/21/2018 4:49:33 PM PDT by Conserv (U)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just find the voter fraud.


55 posted on 10/21/2018 4:54:58 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Texas Eagle

A quart a day can embalm a body for years.


56 posted on 10/21/2018 4:57:35 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If Trump claims the election was illegitimate it’ll be because it was....


57 posted on 10/21/2018 4:58:11 PM PDT by papertyger (Trump, A president so great, that Democrats who said they would leave America if he won, stayed!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

carl bernstein is nothing more than a liar who makes anti-trump shite up from whole cloth ... the reality of the matter is that the Dems and their lapdog media are already setting up their after-their-loss excuses, all of which are conspiracy theories and none of which are laid at the feet of their own failings ...


58 posted on 10/21/2018 5:33:48 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: papertyger

nice cover for any planned election fraud!


59 posted on 10/21/2018 5:33:56 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Democrats, the party of sedition, subversion, revolution, and invasion. Illegitimate is FAR too kind a word. Copperheads, traitors,and the like are far more accurate. And they need to be treated as such!


60 posted on 10/21/2018 5:44:36 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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