 For months there has been this fear that Donald Trump would not accept the results of the election and Predictably now that Joe Biden is leading seems as if he is on the cusp of clenching 270 electoral votes Donald Trump is doing what we all expected him to do not accept the results of the election and cryfowl Claim that he's actually the winner and Joe Biden is only in the lead Because the Democrats committed fraud now I'm gonna explain to you how Donald Trump is trying to steal this election now That's the worst-case scenario at a minimum. He at least wants to have some sort of Damage control so that way if he does lose he didn't lose because of his own failure He lost because the Democrats cheated but if he can somehow use this claim of fraud to tilt it in his Direction, that's what he wants to do now Of course, this has been a months-long effort by Donald Trump to lie about mail-in ballots and claim that they will lead to fraud And there is two reasons why he's been claiming that mail-in ballots will lead to fraud the first reason is so that way in the event a Red Mirage did happen and it did well He can declare victory and claim that all of the mail-in ballots that are coming in that heavily favor Joe Biden That is evidence that Democrats are cheating now It's not necessarily a shocker that more mail-in ballots favor Joe Biden after four months He told his supporters who believe him that mail-in ballots lead to fraud So why would they want to vote by mail after you told them not to trust mail-in ballots? So it's not surprising, but I mean this is all part of the plan now the second element He appointed postmaster general Louis DeJoy to control the US Postal Service Now what this means is that he can use his crony to slow down the process Slow down the delivery of ballots give himself the advantage Make sure that his voters know not to vote by mail because all of those Democrats that are gonna vote by mail We're gonna slow down that process make sure that their ballots don't get delivered on time So it was a months-long ploy that contains two elements him lying and prematurely declaring victory when he wasn't in the lead yet when he didn't have enough electoral votes to claim victory and to absolutely crippling the US Postal Service to make sure that mail-in ballots aren't Effective so we're gonna talk about his attempt to steal the selection in two parts The first is him using the red mirage to declare victory So last night this is what he said when he had not been declared the winner But because it appeared as if he was in the lead well to him That warranted him claiming victory This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election So our goal now is to ensure the integrity For the good of this nation. This is a very big moment This is a major fraud in our nation We want The law to be used in a proper manner So we'll be going to the us supreme court We want all Voting to stop We don't want them to find any ballots at 4 o'clock in the morning and add them to the list. Okay It's it's a very sad It's a very sad moment to me. There's a very sad moment and We will win this and as far as I'm concerned, we already have one So what he's basically saying is I'm ahead right now Stop the counts because he knows that if the count continues if we count all of the mail and ballots Well, those are going to heavily favor Joe Biden because he told his supporters not to vote by mail So he's saying I don't want the votes to be counted Now he also took to twitter to double down on this claim of fraud saying how come every time they count mail and ballot dumps They are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction. They are working hard to make up 500,000 vote advantage in pennsylvania disappear ASAP likewise michigan and others We are winning pennsylvania big But the pa secretary of state just announced that there are millions of ballots left to be counted So he's insinuating that it's weird and nefarious That as more and more of these mail and ballots get counted well, Joe biden tends to overtake him But this shouldn't be weird after four months. You have told your supporters don't vote by mail mail and ballots lead to fraud So if they don't trust this system, then it shouldn't be a surprise to donald trump that more democrats who are less likely to believe him Are going to vote by mail, but he knows exactly What's happening? this is all part of the process because you know He is using this his diminishing lead to cry fraud about mail and ballots And use some sort of legal fight to at least slow down the process And now we have this news as ap reports trump's team is suing pennsylvania and michigan And asking for the counting to be halted until his campaign officials gain access to the process And he's seeking a recount in wisconsin So his best hope here is to try to slow down the process But what he's hoping for with regard to pennsylvania at least is to invalidate lots of ballots Because before he was able to confirm his supreme court nominee. Amy cony barrett to the supreme court Well, it was a 4-4 decision. They were gridlocked And basically what they determined is that ballots that come in after november 3rd that are postmarked for november 3rd Those are counted Now knowing that those are mail in ballots that would heavily favor joe biden This was not good for donald trump who wants to stop those votes from being counted So now he's trying to create a legal battle that goes quickly to the supreme court In hopes that amy cony barrett will now end the gridlock and vote in his favor 5-4 so that way any ballots that were received in pennsylvania late They don't actually get counted, which means he's trying to actively invalidate ballots Now while all this is taking place while his legal team tries to at least slow down this process His supporters are doing exactly what he wants them to do exactly what we expected them to do Because as nbc news reporter explains large animated crush of stop the count protesters are trying to push their way Into tcf hall in detroit where ballots are being counted. They're being blocked by guards at the door Pizza boxes are pushed against the window to obstruct the view It's tense and here's a video of what's happening Now remember even though we know that donald trump's claims of fraud were expected and are false They believe donald trump donald trump is saying that these mail-in ballots They're fraud, you know, I was I was in the lead at first and all of a sudden They seem to be finding more ballots for jel biden. There's something nefarious is going on So when he says that they believe him they're there because they genuinely believe That this election is being stolen from donald trump and this isn't the only place where this is happening You see other people lashing out Feeling as if this election that donald trump claims he won is being stolen before their very eyes So even though you and I might know that when donald trump talks about how fraudulent mail-in ballots are He's blatantly lying his supporters trust him And they are reacting how we would expect someone to act if they genuinely believed That an election is being stolen that this is a coup But in actuality This is all donald trump's attempt To delegitimize this election and hopes that he can win somehow use this legal process To stop the counts which is tough to do when they're already almost finished Or at least invalidate as many ballots as possible in pennsylvania if amy coney barrett doesn't fact You know rule his way if this reaches the supreme court But all of this like this attempt to invalidate and delegitimize this election This was just a backup plan because really what trump has been wanting to do Is basically destroy the us postal service using his crony louis de joy This was his main plan and as the washington post reports nearly seven percent of ballots in us postal service sorting facilities on tuesday Were not processed on time for submission to election officials According to data the agency filed wednesday in federal court potentially leaving tens of thousands of ballots Caught in the mail system during an especially tight presidential race the postal service reported the timely processing Which includes most mail handling steps outside of pickup and delivery of 93.3 of ballots on election day Its best processing score in several days But still well below the 97 target that postal and voting experts say the agency should hit the postal service processed 115 630 ballots on tuesday a volume much lower than in recent days After weeks of warnings about chronic mail delays of that number close to 8 000 ballots were not processed on time A small proportion But one that could factor heavily in states such as michigan and wisconsin Which do not accept ballots after election day and could be decided by a few thousand votes Earlier tuesday u.s district judge emet sullivan Of the district of columbia had ordered the postal service to sweep 12 postal processing facilities that cover 15 states for ballots But the agency rebuffed that order and said it would stick to its own inspection schedule Which voting rights advocates worried was too late in the day for found ballots to make it to vote counters The directive came after the postal service disclosed that more than 300 thousand ballots nationwide could not be traced Those ballots received entry barcode scans at processing facilities But not exit scans the agency said the likelihood of that many ballots being misplaced was very low Mail clerks had been ordered to sort ballots by hand in many locations and items that were pulled out for expedited delivery Were not given an exit scan. So in addition to them not delivering these ballots in time They are reporting that 300 thousand ballots across the country Are just lost take a look at this map as you see in pennsylvania, arizona, florida Thousands of ballots were reported missing in these states crucial battleground states And again, this does not include the ballots that were not delivered on time These are just the ballots that are missing and as a result of this louis de joy is uh in trouble because as nbc news legal analyst glenn kirchner reports judge solovan is hauling usps back into court at noon on november 4th to address its apparent non-compliance with his court order of paramount importance Getting 300 000 ballots delivered to joy's crimes must not be allowed to thwart delivery in counting of all ballots So what we are seeing is the culmination of a months-long strategy by donald trump to use mail-in ballots To try to steal this election or at least tilt it in his favor number one you make sure that your postmaster general Who is loyal to you? Make sure that those ballots don't get out on time or at least not all of them get out on time Which means that democrats who disproportionately are more likely to vote by mail will be harmed by this And for the ballots that do get delivered on time Assuming they weren't lost you try to halt the process like stop them from being counted. Literally. That's what his team is trying to do Now they may not be able to do it. I think maybe legally they know they can't really do that So they're just trying to slow down the process slow it down so they can try to figure out what to do next Slow it down and say we need to get our observers in there because currently this looks really fishy This is exactly what we expected what happened. It's basically the worst case scenario playing out before our very eyes Trump is trying to delegitimize this election and he's working his supporters into a frenzy to where they are now showing up To the places where ballots are being counted and demanding that those ballots not be counted because they believe That this is a fraudulent process This is really dangerous If joe biden does in fact clinch 270 trump is trying To make it seem as if he did not win legitimately And that's not great for a country who is incredibly polarized and divided currently So this is trump's plan. He wants to steal the selection or at a minimum delegitimize the results And this is a direct attack on democracy. We'll call it what it is. It's an attack on democracy You could support the humanist report at patreon.com Slashed humanist report But trust me i'd have way more supporters at patreon if that was my podcast Sad