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Vindictive Trump Seeks to Undermine Biden

November 22, 2020 at 2:26 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Dan Balz: “Judging by his actions, Trump appears to have a motive other than overturning the election. He is determined to cripple Biden’s presidency even before it becomes official. No defeated president has ever undertaken such an audacious and anti-democratic act. There are short-term and longer-term consequences that could deeply affect Biden’s ability to govern.”

“This is a mean-spirited effort on the part of the president to gum up what should be an orderly, nonpartisan process.”

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