# Please tell me I am a fool

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999 "2020-11-19T23:31:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999/44 "2020-11-20T16:23:31Z")

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> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#):
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> ETA: OP, you are a fool. Trump’s lawsuits are getting tossed everywhere. All will be well. 🙂

It’s not about the lawsuits anymore. Giuliani’s crack legal team has moved on to the court of public opinion, while Trump is pressuring elections officials responsible for certifying the vote and hoping to get state legislatures to overturn the popular vote. All is not well. 😟

> [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/575):
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> The Washington Post is not sugarcoating this crisis. Note that this is not an opinion piece. [Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-power-of-presidency-to-try-to-overturn-the-election-and-stay-in-office/2020/11/19/bc89caa6-2a9f-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html)

From the linked article:

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> After courts rejected the Trump campaign’s baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud, the president is now trying to remain in power with a wholesale assault on the integrity of the vote by spreading misinformation and trying to persuade loyal Republicans to manipulate the electoral system on his behalf.

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