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20 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
You listen to @ValerieJarrett & frankly, she sounds naive.

Jarret: The Prez is contributing to conspiracy theories that are undermining confidence in the election.

These are the people who make it into the room where it happens w Biden.
2. I'd love to find out that some time in Biden's inner circle there has been a briefing & real-time following of the 3+ month plan that Trump, Barr, and McDaniel have executed, piece by piece. I've documented it in real-time. Certainly, it's possible they pretend to be naive
3. to it in public. But no one in Biden's orbit, including @ValerieJarrett , but certainly not limited to her, seem to appreciate the extent to which the Republican Party is willing to go here. They aren't having a tantrum. They aren't placating Trump. They are willing to take
4. this as far as it can go. I know that sounds alarmist, but literally every single thing I said they'd do (the GOP) they've done and none of it was stuff people thought they'd do. I think Trump is fine w pushing this all the way to violence. And he is not playing a supporting
5. role- he is the main character. He has been doing things for months to set this power grab up. We really need to see media, analysts, pundist, becoming much more aggressive in their assessments of Trump and McConnell's behavior.

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