Kayleigh McEnany says President Trump will break his post-election silence "at the right moment."
“Right now he’s letting this litigation play out,” she she said this morning, referring to the Trump campaign’s election-related legal challenges. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
McEnany said Trump was "letting his lawyers take the lead on this while he stays hard at work for the American people on Covid and other matters" politi.co/3kpVuIm
When asked about this weekend's MAGA events in D.C. McEnany said she expected the turnout to be "quite large."
"He has 72 million people who love him, who want to show up and support him. His base is strong," she said. politi.co/3kpVuIm
McEnany also responded to reports that Joe Biden isn't being given access to presidential daily briefings.
"All laws are being followed with regard to an expected transition, though we expect to continue on as the Trump Administration," she said. politi.co/3kpVuIm
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Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in Georgia in one of the closest results of the 2020 election, flipping a rapidly changing state that has been a solid piece of the Republican electoral map for decades politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
Trump held onto North Carolina by a narrow margin after both parties targeted it as a key battleground politi.co/38Gwfzm
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• Louisa Terrell, the former executive director of the Biden Foundation, is also in the mix politico.com/newsletters/pl…
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There are two different ways of looking at how change happens in American politics. Some people put the emphasis on “top down,” while others think the better way to ponder long-term trends in government is “bottom up.” politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
One reason it will take a good long time to make sense of the 2020 election is that the results look very different — almost contradictory — when viewed from top-down versus bottom-up. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
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