The Trump campaign is preparing to limit voting irregularities and battle Democrats should the president win and the election be contested, sources close to the issue said.
“Republicans will be ready to make sure the polls are being run correctly, securely, and transparently as we work to deliver the free and fair election Americans deserve,” a Trump 2020 campaign official said.
A campaign coalition, Lawyers for Trump, is chaired by the Texas and Arkansas attorneys general, a former White House ethics attorney, and more than eight current and former state attorneys general signed on as advisers.
“Democrats are working to shred election integrity measures one state at a time, and there’s no question they’ll continue their shenanigans from now to November and beyond,” Trump 2020 general counsel Matthew Morgan told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “The Trump campaign is fighting to ensure every valid ballot across America counts as we work to deliver the free and fair election Americans deserve. Republicans are preparing every day for the fight and will be ready on Election Day and after.”
Democrats, too, have raised concerns. “We are sounding an alarm and saying that this is a very real possibility, that the data is going to show on election night an incredible victory for Donald Trump,” Hawkfish CEO Josh Mendelsohn told Axios, pointing to what he called a “red mirage,” where the outcome on Election Day differs from the full vote count.
“They’re already mobilizing,” said one former White House official of the Democrats. “They already have the mobilization in place. Now, all they need to do is intensify it. And they will be able to intensify it on the basis of the claim of some kind of electoral fraud scenario that they move into the court. It is going to be a coordinated effort. There’s going to be pending court action, but that will happen in conjunction with massive demonstrations and a full-court press in sympathetic media outlets.”
“I think Trump should call on his people to flood the Capitol and to make their presence known well, physically,” this person said. “Get all the truckers, get all the motorcycle people, get everyone there, and make their presence felt.”
The person added: “Barring a clear landslide for Biden, it’s going to be a disputed case with chaos, with mass protests in the street.”
