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2020-08-26 Home Front: Politix
Hillary Clinton to Biden: Don't concede if the election is close
[Politico] Hillary Clinton is predicting Donald Trump's reelection effort will be a messy affair, and the former Democratic candidate has some advice for Joe Biden: If the race is close, don't concede.

Speaking with Jennifer Palmieri for Showtime's "The Circus," Clinton said Trump would likely try to take the election by going after absentee voting. She emphasized that even a small margin of votes can have major consequences, harking back to her experience winning the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes and still losing in the Electoral College.

Democrats, she said, should be ready to fight if the results come back too close to call.

"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," Clinton said in an excerpt posted Tuesday.

Clinton's remarks were in response to Democrats' monthslong suspicions that Trump would try to contest a loss. In April, Biden predicted Trump would try to delay the election, only to have the president openly flirt with the idea months later (Republicans and Democrats alike have shot down the idea).

Biden said in July that Trump would try to "indirectly steal" the election by attacking mail-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post reported at the time.

During the Democratic National Convention, Clinton said Trump would try to "sneak or steal" his way to a second term in office. She urged voters to swell polls with "overwhelming" turnout to ensure there is no room for doubt.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Joe Biden should not concede under any circumstances

Which is quite different from the spin being peddled in this (and other) columns saying don't concede 'if it's close'.

It's also funny that she appeared sober on a show called "The Circus" - she's been doing her part making this a circus for four fucking years now.
Posted by Raj 2020-08-26 01:12||   2020-08-26 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought America told her to go home about four years ago.
Posted by gorb 2020-08-26 01:15||   2020-08-26 01:15|| Front Page Top

#3 She and her party want an outright civil war.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-26 06:00||   2020-08-26 06:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Her's was not a close race. Hopefully, his won't be either. The filth and corruption that is the Clintons; their last day on this old ball should be one of splendor and grand celebration. Parades, marching bands, raucous merriment and thanksgiving.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-26 06:48||   2020-08-26 06:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Biden's Ukraine corruption is there for all to see.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-08-26 07:12||   2020-08-26 07:12|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ The drug-addled Hunter, lacking any capacity for original thought, was only doing what he and his father had observed others get away with. The huge sums of money and salaries for doing nothing are, once again, indicators of potential state (intelligence community) sponsorship. Much like the Jeffrey Epstein affair, there has been a noticeable lack of digging and investigation. Or perhaps I'm just imagining things again.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-26 07:18||   2020-08-26 07:18|| Front Page Top

#7 still losing in the Electoral College. BY MILES
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-08-26 07:22||   2020-08-26 07:22|| Front Page Top

#8 when you can't win, cause as much chaos as possible
Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-08-26 07:36||   2020-08-26 07:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Even though I thoroughly enjoy the ongoing spectacle, you have to wonder at just how much self awareness an individual can, well, lack. Here we have Exhibit A, the most smartest-est, perfect-est, noble-est, wise-est womyn that ever lived I tells ya.

The 'wife' of a governor and 2 term president, secretary of state and multiply failed presidential candidate, and nobody ever explained the Electoral College to her. Comedy gold right before our very eyes.
Posted by Cesare 2020-08-26 08:24||   2020-08-26 08:24|| Front Page Top

#10 She won around 63-64 counties BP, out of the 3,100 or so in the nation. So, ~2%.

That's why they don't like the electoral college system.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-08-26 09:58||   2020-08-26 09:58|| Front Page Top

#11 #6 It is not your imagination.
If one fishes in a small pond,small fish will be caught.
Posted by crazyhorse 2020-08-26 10:32||   2020-08-26 10:32|| Front Page Top

#12 I no longer see any humor in this type of insanity.

All it does is disgust me, and scare me when I see how many "followers" this attitude has.

P2k is correct they want an all out civil war. Losing the first one wasn't enough.

Turn LA etc into prisons and don't allow any escape. Nothing goes in, nothing comes out.
Posted by AlanC 2020-08-26 12:04||   2020-08-26 12:04|| Front Page Top

#13 This play has already been used by Stacey Abrams in Georgia.
Posted by Chris 2020-08-26 12:46||   2020-08-26 12:46|| Front Page Top

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