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Where Things Stand: Concrete Plans To Challenge The Election

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President Donald Trump walks off Marine One at the White House after spending the weekend at the G20 Summit on June 30, 2019. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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August 14, 2020 12:57 p.m.

Like any good manipulator, President Trump has been signaling for weeks that he plans to be very mad about the election. The preemptive complaints about mail-in voting, the race-baiting, the showy displays meant to signal law-and-order — he’s building a sturdy base narrative to stand on when things don’t go his way in November.

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