As the votes continue to trickle in, giving former Vice President Joe Biden a bigger and bigger lead over incumbent President Donald Trump in key states, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Donald Trump will not be a two-term president. However, as we expected, he’s being one Hell of a sore loser when it comes to actually accepting those results.
Trump has been properly obsessed with lawsuits, litigations, and court filings since Tuesday evening and it certainly seems there’s no end in sight, regardless of what the final call is.
BUT… It seems as though national security officials are just about done with Donald Trump’s antics.
According to a new report from The Daily Beast, national security officials are “horrified” by Trump’s rhetoric and behavior surrounding the election, specifically his hefty allegations of voter fraud, and are currently coming up with a plan to deal with him should he continue to refuse the results.
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It seems that Donald’s speech last night, rife with verbiage about “illegal votes” and “fraud” is what spurred officials to start thinking about what they will do if Donald continues on this dangerous path.
The report, penned by Erin Banco and Adam Rawnsley, reads:
Top national security officials say they have spent the days since the election tracking disinformation about the vote count, including Team Trump’s efforts to erode trust in the ballot tallying and reporting process. Despite working with the big social media companies to flag some of those falsities, officials say there is little they can do to prevent the president’s team from propagating disinformation in public—from Twitter to nationally televised press conferences.
With increasingly flagrant efforts by Trump to cast doubt on the vote tallies, officials are preparing for how to handle a situation in which the race is officially called for Joe Biden—and Trump refuses to concede.”
Dan Coats, Former Director of National Intelligence under the Trump administration warns that the President is skating on thin ice.
“What’s happened here in the election is that people are standing up for integrity of the vote. The public seems to be assured enough that the legitimate ballots are being counted. The result will be what the result is,” Coats explained. “Candidates can say whatever they want to say but in the end, it’s the facts that matter. The winner wins and the loser hopefully understands that with grace and accepts the loss.”
The Beast reports that these officials are attempting to plan out their course of action if Trump ultimately refuses to accept the voice of the American people.
One official stated, “Based on what we saw today on Twitter and elsewhere… there’s a chance that things get even worse and we have to be prepared.” The report added, “If that happens, according to two officials familiar with the matter, one of the options would be to have the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security make a public statement reaffirming the integrity of the results of the vote. Officials said there is no such plan currently in place but officials have discussed the possibility.”
It’s clear that everyone within this administration knows Trump will only get increasingly more difficult to deal with as the votes come in. But rest assured, those of us on this side of the fence are more than ready, willing, and prepared to drag that idiot from the White House, kicking and screaming. Bring it on.
You can read the full report here.
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