While We Wait

BREAKING: Donald Trump

— Windsor Mann (@WindsorMann) November 6, 2020

I don't know, but it sure seems to me like not calling the race when the outcome is obvious in states like PA and NV gives the president more time to spout misinformation.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 6, 2020

President-elect https://t.co/gv1wqWrZbE

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) November 6, 2020

A+ tweet, as the kids say.

Sad! https://t.co/a2RfG9Gwru

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) November 6, 2020

“He will never have another good day.”

The rest of Trump’s life in a single brilliant tweet: https://t.co/ARFnqnkjYz

— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) November 6, 2020

Same. One person close to Trump told me that they’re all but expecting the president to “boycott,” in their wording, a Biden inauguration lol https://t.co/mVihXhdDpj

— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) November 6, 2020

This is really important. The Trump-held media property idea has never gone away and since Tuesday his allies are talking about it in earnest > https://t.co/b69L3e2Fil

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 6, 2020

I think some people don't understand Trump's past (the "King of Debt" is the king of bankruptcy) or his future (what do you do when you can't pay your debts, and NYState starts making serious inroads on criminal investigations? Who wants to loan money to a prisoner?)

Desperate WH Staffers: “Jared, you have to tell him.”

Jared : “New phone. Who’s this?” https://t.co/tt5N5DfMrK

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2020

And from across the Pond, analysis of Trump's suits to win in the courts:

“They all seem to have no merit whatsoever,” said Joshua Douglas, a law professor at the University of Kentucky who focuses on elections. “I think the goal is to sow discord and distrust and undermine the people and the integrity of the election. I think giving them additional airtime just plays into that theory.”

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“It could be reflex. On most people, if you hit their patellar tendon with a small rubber mallet, you get a knee jerk. With Trump, it’s possible that if you hit his patellar tendon with a small rubber mallet, you get a lawsuit,” said Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

“It could be a misguided sense that this sort of litigation will cast enough doubt on the election process that it somehow ends up in a declaration by the courts that undoes the will of the people (in the event that the count doesn’t go his way),” he added. “I think there are a lot of missing steps between filing a lawsuit and that final declaration.”