This week, Jeffrey Toobin wrote for The New Yorker about the legal issues we are likely to face surrounding the election, and on Wednesday morning The Atlantic published an article by Barton Gellman about the ways that Trump might try to cast doubt on and even steal the election.
There will be an orderly transition just as there has been every four years since 1792.”ĭiscussion surrounding the election’s fairness and legitimacy has been in high gear since the President began attacking voting by mail, baselessly claiming that it was likely to be fraudulent. The Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, refused to answer reporters’ questions on Thursday, but tweeted, “The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th. Some, such as the former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, defended him others, such as Senators Marco Rubio and Susan Collins said, without mentioning Trump, that both the election and any transfer of power would be peaceful. There will be a continuation.” Earlier that day, he predicted that the election results “will end up in the Supreme Court,” and made clear that he wants to confirm a new Justice quickly in order to secure a favorable ruling, saying, “I think having a four-four situation is not a good situation, if you get that.” On Thursday, various Republicans commented on Trump’s statements. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump refused to promise a peaceful transfer of power should Joe Biden win the election, telling reporters, “We’re going to have to see what happens,” and, “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.” He added, “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful-there won’t be a transfer, frankly.
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