1. Continue to discredit absentee voting by suggesting that absentee ballots are as a lesser, illegitimate form of ballot not worthy of being counted & tying absentee voting to COVID denialism.
2. Encourage opposition to counting absentee and provisional ballots. Counting ballots is now to be considered evidence of cheating. As I have said, we should expect opposition to counting & attempts to physically intimidate vote counters.
Trump will declare himself the winner on Nov 3 no matter what. “Set the predicate on Nov 3rd.”
And finally and most chillingly, the expectation that the “troops” will back him. Think the Brooks Brothers Riot by w/o the suits. And keep it going to January 20th.
Every state AG needs to have a plan to protect vote counters, to disperse armed ppl seeking to intimidate and to protect the integrity of this election. And the media should not be covering this with wide-eyed disbelief. Believe them. And prepare to tell the truth.

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