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The president was asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power, win, lose or draw. When the reporter noted that “people are rioting,” Trump replied: “Get rid of the ballots, and you’ll have a very – you’ll have a very peaceful – there won’t be a transfer, frankly, there’ll be a continuation. The ballots are out of control,” Trump said, adding, “The Democrats know it better than anybody else.”
“Well, we’ll have to see what happens. You know that. I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster,” Trump said at a news conference. And with that, the media pundits were off any running with a narrative that Trump will not leave the White House, and that he will be the first president not to honor our time-treasured tradition.
In the mean time, Hillary Clinton checks in with her personal advice for Joe: “Joe Biden should not concede under any circumstances because I think this is going to drag out, and eventually I do believe he will win if we don’t give an inch and if we are as focused and relentless as the other side is,” says Clinton. So let’s talk about the ‘peaceful transfer of power’…