PFAW Member,
Axios reported this week that President Trump has told confidants he's ready to declare victory on Tuesday night with vote counts still in progress across battleground states like Pennsylvania…
“Trump's team is preparing to falsely claim that mail-in ballots counted after Nov. 3 — a legitimate count expected to favor Democrats — are evidence of election fraud.”
Insiders close to the president have said Trump has privately described his plan “to walk up to a podium on election night and declare he has won.”
You know and I know, that’s not how this works. Trump doesn’t get to choose when the election is over, especially if there are votes still being counted.
The New York Times reports today that Trump’s public efforts to set the stage for outrage and disbelief among his supporters if he loses are being encouraged by yes men on his staff who are assuring him that he has the Electoral College in the bag.
It’s all nonsense. The Biden-Harris campaign has every reason to feel confident today and, while he could still win, the idea that Trump has anything locked up is hogwash.
That’s why, no matter what Trump says tonight, Joe Biden must not concede until all the votes are counted and the actual, legitimate results of the presidential election are in.
Thank you for everything. Let’s fight with everything we have until it’s done (and won)!
– Ben Betz, Digital & Organizing
Sources:
"Trump's plan to declare premature victory" Axios, 11/1/20
"As Election Day Arrives, Trump Shifts Between Combativeness and Grievance" The New York Times, 11/2/20
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