By Michael Brendan Dougherty
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Earlier tonight Joe Biden addressed his supporters from
Delaware. He said that he believed they were on the way to victory, and was
looking forward to the ongoing count.
In brief remarks from the White House, Donald Trump
escalated, saying that he believed he’d won, and alleging improprieties aimed
at depriving him and his supporters of an earned victory. This was met
immediately by rebuke in the media across almost the entire spectrum. Lawyers
are getting involved presently.
I would expect that, sometime after the sun rises, Joe
Biden will appear and match or exceed Trump in response, likely alleging that
Trump’s statement and intentions are aimed at stealing the election.
Recall that many city blocks across the country were
boarded up before Election Day began.
The only off-ramp from further escalation is a clear and
legitimate electoral result from counting the ballots.
The effect of a delay in counting sets a hard “number” on
the board in states such as Pennsylvania. It’s the number of votes that Biden
will need to overtake the Election-Day lead of Donald Trump. Pauses in the
counting will, infallibly, make the closing of that gap seem more suspicious,
since that number was hung on the board for a period of time before all the
ballots came in.
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