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Last Checked Dec. 15, 2020

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Tue Nov 24 16:47:31 +0000 2020

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Maybe that's OK. "We don't know *how* the election might be stolen, but Trump has expressed a lot of dangerous ideas and parts of the system haven't been tested, so we need to keep our guard up". That's totally reasonable. But there's a fine line between vigilance and panic. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 24, 2020

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Namely, there was a lack of precision to many of them; they didn't explain the mechanisms by which the election would be stolen. Often they were a bit Underwear Gnomes-ish: 1. Trump wants to steal the election 2. ???* 3. ELECTION STOLEN * Or "THE COURTS!!" — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 24, 2020

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Which was always an implausible plan that was extremely unlikely to succeed. To the extent that's the scenario people were banking on, it does look like an overreaction. There was never any explanation of the doctrine or pretext that courts would use to stop the count. — PolitiTweet.org

Jon Walker @JonWalkerDC

This is embrassing. It was all public. The Trump plan was to sue to stop the count of legal cast votes to stay ahea… https://t.co/dkZlNgSkoI

Posted Nov. 24, 2020

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