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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

Keep in mind the example of Miles Taylor.

“Senior official” doesn’t actually have to mean senior official. And it just gets worse from there. “Aides” and “advisers”? No doubt some Trump-hating low level nobodies trying to hurt the President.


61 posted on 11/12/2020 9:29:28 AM PST by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why is it that EVERY ONE of these bogus news articles have multiple contributors? Plausible deniability?


62 posted on 11/12/2020 9:33:11 AM PST by Shethink13
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Don’t fall for the propaganda that their sources are actually close to the President.


63 posted on 11/12/2020 9:39:32 AM PST by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: Shethink13

Overall quality of “journalists” has gone downhill. That’s one factor. It’s why you can see multiple names on the simplest of stories that require no research.

Another is that if a “journalist” provides info from an “anonymous source” that is used in an article authored by another, even if it’s just one little part of a massive piece, it’s standard to identify that “journalist”. This is designed to reassure the public that everything is on the up and up, but it really does nothing of the sort. “Anonymous sources” can be janitors, after all, and that’s assuming they aren’t being totally made up, which has happened several times.


64 posted on 11/12/2020 9:51:37 AM PST by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Trump insists he will be proven the winner, but aides say he has no serious plan to overturn election

If he believes he will win then why would he have a plan to overturn it?

65 posted on 11/12/2020 9:53:51 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ha ha ha ha Oh you’re killing me,stop I can’t breath Go away fake news swine, go away!


66 posted on 11/12/2020 10:52:53 AM PST by jmaroneps37
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To: Salvavida

Trump is NEVER without a plan.


67 posted on 11/12/2020 12:37:08 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He has no serious plan to overturn election.

As he has said many times I’m not telling the enemy what I will do.


68 posted on 11/12/2020 2:21:46 PM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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