Panicked Democrats are planning to flood social media and tv airways if former President Donald Trump declares victory “earlier than all votes are counted,” in line with a report from Reuters.
The report cited six Democratic Celebration and Harris marketing campaign officers, who mentioned they plan to struggle Trump’s declaration of victory within the courtroom of public opinion.
“We’re sadly prepared if he does and, if we all know that he’s really manipulating the press and trying to govern the consensus of the American folks … we’re ready to reply,” Harris instructed ABC on Wednesday.
Reuters reviews, “She gave no particulars of these preparations, however six Democratic Celebration and Harris marketing campaign officers mentioned the preliminary struggle in opposition to any early Trump victory declare would happen within the courtroom of public opinion. They plan to flood social media and tv airwaves with calls for that each one votes be counted earlier than victories are declared.”
“As quickly as he (Trump) falsely declares victory, we’re able to stand up on TV and supply the reality and faucet a broad community of people that can use their affect to push again,” a prime official with the Democratic Nationwide Committee instructed Reuters.
A Harris marketing campaign official additionally instructed reporters on a press name that they “absolutely count on” Trump to prematurely declare victory.
It may take days or even weeks for all votes to be counted — particularly when factoring in mail-in voting.
The New York Occasions reports that key swing states Nevada and Arizona “may take days” to depend ballots.
The newspaper famous that in Arizona, “officers are actually required to depend and report the variety of ballots dropped off on Election Day earlier than starting to course of them. And within the state’s largest county, Maricopa, there are such a lot of contests that the poll is 2 pages, which suggests extra paper to tabulate. Officers there mentioned full outcomes may take 10 to 13 days.”
In Nevada, “postmarked ballots are allowed to reach as much as 4 days after the election, on Nov. 9, and voters have till Nov. 12 to handle errors with their ballots.”