(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Biden is on Guard Against Trump's Election Theft [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-08-07 Political Wire reported a short clip from Biden’s prerecorded CBS interview with Robert Costa as its Exchange of the Day COSTA: Are you confident that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in January 2024 [sic]? BIDEN: If Trump loses, I’m not confident at all. He means what he says. We don’t take him seriously. He means it. All the stuff about if we lose, there’ll be a bloodbath, it’ll have to be a stolen election. Look what they’re trying to do now in the local election districts where people count the votes, or elected, or, putting people in place in states that, they’re going to count the votes, right? You can’t love your country only when you win. There’s a real nice quote in there: “You can’t love your country only when you win.” But the big takeaway I got from this exchange is that the President is fully aware of the Republican game plan to try to steal the 2024 election by manipulating the vote count (as well as by voter suppression and other tricks). And he intends to use the full legal powers of the federal government to make sure the count is honest in spite of them. Yes, we’re all nervous about Republican shenanigans. Rachel really put a scare into me last Monday when she pointed out that three members of the Georgia elections board — the “neutral” arbitrator that certifies the election there — were praised by name at Trump’s Atlanta rally. And Trump is barely campaigning; he has one rally planned this week, in deep-red Montana — that’s a sign of his confidence as well as his laziness. (That, plus he doesn’t want to have to see small audiences, much less take real questions or face a real debate.) He’s acting and talking like the fix is in. But here’s the deal, folks. Dark Brandon is onto him. This is the Joe Biden who while still in the process of concluding he had to give up running for a second term was nimbly handling the final details of the biggest prisoner/hostage swap with Russia since the Cold War. This is the same Joe Biden who led our recovery from Covid and overall has been one of the most successful presidents since FDR. This is the guy that Trump and his minions really do believe is “Sleepy Joe” who can’t get out of bed in the morning without written instructions and a map. Don’t expect the President to say too much. Unlike Trump, Biden knows better than to telegraph his punches. But do expect him to be planning for it. Also, Biden will have help in safeguarding the election. Let’s say that as of right now the battleground states are Arizona, Georgia (yes, Georgia may be in play), Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. State governor SOS Arizona Dem Dem Georgia Rep Rep Michigan Dem Dem Nevada Rep Dem North Carolina Dem Dem Pennsylvania Dem Rep Wisconsin Dem Dem In all these states but one, at least one of the major officials responsible for ensuring a fair election are Democrats. The exception is Georgia, but these are the same officials who refused to help Trump steal Georgia’s votes in 2020. I can’t say whether they will be able to repeat that honest performance in 2024, given Trump’s agents in place, but I expect they’ll put up a fight which will expose the steal. None of this is to say we should let down our guard and stop being nervous. It does say we shouldn’t panic. Dark Brandon and the forces of good are on guard. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/7/2261488/-Biden-is-on-Guard-Against-Trump-s-Election-Theft?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/