RE: 2020 US election - The fat lady is warming up in the wings
11-13-2020, 06:44 AM (This post was last modified: 11-13-2020, 06:48 AM by GethN7.)
11-13-2020, 06:44 AM (This post was last modified: 11-13-2020, 06:48 AM by GethN7.)
Since I seem to be in the position of devil's advocate at times, I'm going to propose a counter-argument to "Biden is preparing for the worst since Trump is cutting him out of transition help".
Trump is conceding absolutely nothing because he's convinced Biden is not the legit winner and he will be the legit winner once all the fraud, if any, is winnowed out. That's the obvious part.
The not so obvious part is that even if Trump thought he stood a reasonable chance of being overturned and cast out for Biden, he has no good reason to even humor Biden, it would be a tacit admission of defeat to even bother, and Trump of all people is not going to do that. Further, Trump is far from the only president who left their successor high and dry.
Woodrow Wilson's administration left Harding nothing to work with. Hoover stiffed FDR the same way. Essentially, Trump being an ass and not conceding Biden anything on transition is not unique, crosses party lines, and has been done before by equally spiteful people on both sides of the aisle.
Finally, because honesty demands it, Biden has not actually "won" yet. Until the electors make their final call, Biden is just shuffling deck chairs on the hypothetical ship of state until the electors make their actual votes. Whether that ship will float with Biden as captain or is the Titanic and Biden sinks before getting a chance will be decided when the electors vote and not before.
Trump is conceding absolutely nothing because he's convinced Biden is not the legit winner and he will be the legit winner once all the fraud, if any, is winnowed out. That's the obvious part.
The not so obvious part is that even if Trump thought he stood a reasonable chance of being overturned and cast out for Biden, he has no good reason to even humor Biden, it would be a tacit admission of defeat to even bother, and Trump of all people is not going to do that. Further, Trump is far from the only president who left their successor high and dry.
Woodrow Wilson's administration left Harding nothing to work with. Hoover stiffed FDR the same way. Essentially, Trump being an ass and not conceding Biden anything on transition is not unique, crosses party lines, and has been done before by equally spiteful people on both sides of the aisle.
Finally, because honesty demands it, Biden has not actually "won" yet. Until the electors make their final call, Biden is just shuffling deck chairs on the hypothetical ship of state until the electors make their actual votes. Whether that ship will float with Biden as captain or is the Titanic and Biden sinks before getting a chance will be decided when the electors vote and not before.