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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hope the Biden campaign is ready for when trump declares victory & immediately
steps on trump's strategic ploy to be the perceived winner by near concurrently declaring victory himself, so that the coverage is the same.
I hate it. It shouldn't matter, but that fed into public perception with W.
This shouldn't be this way, but this is partly what Hillary was talking about.
Concede no ground. Fuck them up. Take it to them.
Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)Networks call the race ...not Trump.
marybourg
(12,631 posts)in their state. All else is entertainment.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)And Lard Butt has at least one inexplicably heavily viewed network in his back pocket.
Sad, but true.
lame54
(35,287 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)No one outside of the die-hards will care what he says.
themaguffin
(3,826 posts)TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)If the AP and all the networks call it, no one is going to listen to his whining. This is especially true if it's the blowout it looks like it very well may be.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)tinrobot
(10,895 posts)Something simple, like: "We're confident about the numbers, but are waiting for all the votes to be counted. Anyone who declares victory early is not respecting the will of the voters."
themaguffin
(3,826 posts)TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)I approve this message.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)What is his idea of him being ahead? 20 points behind, 10 points behind, 5 points behind, or 1 point ahead?
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Leads as they count mail in ballots early and those counts will hit minutes after polls close. Realistic biden could declare victory using trumps logic by 9pm....when you understand when votes are counted, and numbers released, nothing favors trump in Ohio, Florida, Arizona and even Texas. The only hold ups will be Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and they may not even matter. Take a breath and chill.
themaguffin
(3,826 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)8 or 9 pm (central time)
Clearly fogged in
(1,896 posts)I wonder if the results are consistent still?
C_U_L8R
(45,001 posts)We all know Trump will do audaciously stupid stuff but I have a feeling he might run for cover in the face of real defeat. It truly comes down to whether we even knows what reality looks like.
ooky
(8,922 posts)they report vote totals and declare Biden the winner.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)make the calls based on 40 or 50% of the vote count, sometimes more, sometimes less.
Like 2 or 3 counties in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania that are bellweather for outcomes of the entire state with under performance or over performance.
ooky
(8,922 posts)helpisontheway
(5,007 posts)deactivate his accounts for the night.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)I feel pretty confident they are ready and probably expecting this nonsense from trump.