Trump planned to prematurely declare victory as early as 4 months before Election Day 2020, Jan. 6 committee claims https://t.co/kyXoKNNgsy

— Insider Politics (@insiderpolitics) October 13, 2022

Trump Consulted His Diet Coke Valet About How to Overturn Democracy, New Book Alleges https://t.co/ucukQtTTdz via @RollingStone

— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) September 12, 2022

NEW: "I'm just not going to leave": Former President Trump repeatedly told aides following his 2020 election loss he would remain in the WH rather than let Biden take over, according to reporting provided to CNN from the forthcoming book by @maggieNYT https://t.co/w2kNstOmUP

— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) September 12, 2022

Q: Will you commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election?

TRUMP: "We're gonna have to see what happens." pic.twitter.com/Dzj7Q9ZJqv

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 23, 2020

Do not forget the peaceful transfer of power, the taxes, the White Supremacy issue and what Trump is really about. Please read and share: @BulwarkOnline https://t.co/p7BUodaAqw

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) October 4, 2020

"If you did not know that Joe Biden was getting close to 270, Donald Trump just provided all the proof you will ever need." pic.twitter.com/urOeCrbzHr

— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) November 6, 2020

President Trump just spoke at the White House, as key states continue to count votes.
Shep has the facts: “What the President of the United States is saying, in large part, is absolutely untrue.” #Election2020 https://t.co/E6DBt6OodD pic.twitter.com/HVa87qUCzB

— Last Call (@LastCallCNBC) November 6, 2020

Trump has told people he has no intention of conceding the election even if his path to victory is effectively blocked. Trump-world is becoming concerned that someone is going to have to reckon with him that this race is coming to an end — but who?https://t.co/ZuaPgD7phx

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 6, 2020

ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from Trump's White House address, where he made an unfounded accusation that the election was being stolen from him. Network anchors said they needed to correct falsehoods being disseminated by the president.https://t.co/GiykuQgxgk

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 6, 2020

Trump's speech tonight was the most dishonest of his entire presidency.

Here's my fact check of 19 of the false or misleading claims he made in it: https://t.co/7vV5y2bUj3

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2020

CBS News has learned that President Trump does not plan to concede even if Joe Biden declares victory in the coming days, @weijia reports https://t.co/igISEfbXCS pic.twitter.com/0KJPrdCeN6

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 6, 2020

None of the lawsuits the Trump campaign had brought in battleground states appeared to be gaining traction in the courts, and none seemed likely to give President Trump the edge he would need in the states that will determine the election outcome.https://t.co/dAsnis4XPO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 7, 2020

President Trump has told confidants he'll declare victory on Tuesday night if it looks like he's "ahead," according to three sources familiar with his private comments. https://t.co/akLlm3zlBR

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) November 1, 2020

Walmart pulls guns and ammo from store displays, citing potential "civil unrest" https://t.co/VzKLL4EZ1O pic.twitter.com/1SP4o0eY22

— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 30, 2020

Non-2016 voters are steadily increasing as a share of the electorate, now at 25.3% of all ballots cast. That's 13,734,744 voters. pic.twitter.com/eYoyIOZ4Lt

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) October 25, 2020

Well, this isn't good: Fewer than half of voters think a peaceful transition of power is likely is Biden wins.https://t.co/tTcuBl19T8 pic.twitter.com/d8pIc3iZJN

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) October 6, 2020

“The Atlantic reported that a Trump campaign legal adviser said this effort would be framed as protecting the will of the people.” That’s of course a lie: this effort, whose constitutionality will be challenged, hijacks the people’s will. https://t.co/Ao6lAkvlyJ

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) October 6, 2020

“Donald Trump’s debate performance almost seemed designed to undermine confidence in the democratic [election] process,” @JohnAvlon says as Trump questioned the legitimacy of the election during the debate and refused to say whether he would concede should he lose. #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/Sw6lRjmHKy

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) September 30, 2020

Thread on preparing for potential local violence on Election Day. The purpose of this is to tell you all what to expect in days ahead; sometimes we are not transparent enough on planning and preparedness and what it looks like. This may be long. But hopefully helpful. 1/

— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) October 25, 2020

When you survey the last two years of US politics, the number of ways Trump has tried to use the government to corrupt the election is just staggering. Not only that, but all his schemes keep blowing up in his face. I detailed eight such failures here:https://t.co/rGnVBqIhhp

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) October 7, 2020

New: Senate unanimously passes @Sen_JoeManchin’s resolution calling for a peaceful transfer of power, saying “there should be no disruptions by the President or any person in power to overturn the will of the people of the United States.” pic.twitter.com/Dl1VtDzl5v

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 24, 2020

Trump just declared once again on Fox News that the outcome of the election cannot be legitimate if he loses. This is the third time he's made this claim explicit. Yet the political media just seems to largely tolerate it. That's insane. New piece:https://t.co/6eGo2DizV1

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 15, 2020

Asked whether he would “commit here today for a peaceful transferral of power after the November election,” President Trump demurred, passing on a chance to call for a calm and orderly election process. “We’re going to have to see what happens,” he said. https://t.co/xzJV1qbDoM

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) September 24, 2020

Imagine a narrow Trump loss. He screams fraud. Barr suppprts him by claiming to have detected efforts by China, Antifa, and other enemies of the people to steal the election. Violence erupts. SCOTUS gets involved….

This is a nightmare scenario. https://t.co/yFVKCzydpR

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) July 6, 2020

Trump is already crying fraud with absolutely no proof and could use the days after the election to stoke hysteria, rage, and violence among his supporters, write Frances Fox Piven and Deepak Bhargava. https://t.co/Vu32VyAq5A

— The Intercept (@theintercept) August 12, 2020

Trump depends on the loyalty of white southern women to win re-election – but some are questioning old alliances: https://t.co/Ryg4LJRCm9

— Stephanie McCrummen (@mccrummens) March 1, 2020

"Trump's strategy to stay in office" via @TheHillOpinion https://t.co/vbt2YQXDfq pic.twitter.com/VbX1HBq1hu

— The Hill (@thehill) May 27, 2020

Donald Trump's eternal lying spree has arrived at the subject of Joe Biden. My latest video breaks down some of Trump's most egregious recent nonsense about his opponent: https://t.co/cS8WwNJL4n pic.twitter.com/uzEHMVPhPY

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 17, 2020

CNN’s @jaketapper: “It is pretty clear there is a profound empathy and decency gap between Pres. Trump and Joe Biden. … A politician bereft of empathy and decency, that’s someone by definition who is willing to literally do anything, to sink to any depth, to win.” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/kAmEa6annv

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) August 23, 2020

Years after Trump pushed a conspiracy theory about Barack Obama, he's now "promoting a baseless, disproven, and racist conspiracy theory" about Kamala Harris.
"It was as ridiculous then as it is now."

On Trump's latest birtherism tactics, @andersoncooper is #KeepingThemHonest. pic.twitter.com/KXaKF0NuPs

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) August 14, 2020

In case you missed it from this morning, I did this piece for @USATODAY with Bernard Schwartz on why it is essential the Dems win big in November and the reasons we can't take our foot off the gas until then. https://t.co/G0JmmQg9Mp

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 31, 2020

Trump won in 2016 arguing we had nothing to lose. He proved that so wrong. – The Washington Post https://t.co/F91xGZ5pAH

— Michael Gerson (@MJGerson) July 16, 2020

Trump says that if reelected, he'll pursue permanent cut to payroll taxes that fund Social Security, Medicare https://t.co/hzuxU4AwSq

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 9, 2020

a president’s re-election vote usually approximates his approval rating

but Trump has unusual problem reflecting impact of his behavior: his vote in Biden matchups lags behind his approval

Fox News pollster: “i haven’t seen a gap of that magnitude”https://t.co/7BPg53G1YU

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 10, 2020

Trump was shown internal polls that had him losing to Biden — so dire that he berated campaign manager Brad Parscale and threatened to sue him (though it's not clear how serious the litigious president was). Quite a scoop by @jdawsey1 –> https://t.co/6S36zSBXmN

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 29, 2020

There was little evidence Trump’s campaign has a message, a strategy or even a realistic map. Other than ineffective nickname (“Sleepy Joe”) that does not work if the incumbent is himself looking long in the tooth, Trump has no plan to defeat Bidenhttps://t.co/Hne8ww1g6M

— Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) June 22, 2020

This is just another example that @realDonaldTrump is the worst manager America has ever seen. Don, you got conned … by your IT guy. pic.twitter.com/x5i7GRqEYb

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 20, 2020

Here’s what 80 Supreme Court cases look like, laid out on the floor — 80 partisan, 5-4 Supreme Court decisions clearly favoring a big Republican donor interest, all since Roberts became chief justice in 2005. pic.twitter.com/W7B0LUqz64

— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) April 14, 2020

Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him https://t.co/q0Kid1eSv0

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 25, 2020

NRSC memo to GOP Senate candidates: “Don’t defend Trump, other than the China Travel Ban — attack China”

Maybe the smart GOP political play wasn’t to tie downballot Republicans so closely to Trump? Too late for backtracking now…

Sign of the times.https://t.co/WwUZ78OSnU

— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) April 25, 2020

Trump's campaign is concerned about losing support in several key swing states, particularly Florida and Wisconsin, according to five current and former campaign staffers who spoke to The AP. There are also growing worries about Arizona and Pennsylvania. https://t.co/5sloBKfPmz

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 18, 2020

"I'd vote for a tuna fish sandwich before I'd vote for Donald Trump again."

The latest ad from Republican Voters Against Trump just might work, @paulwaldman1 writes: https://t.co/U9eQxZXC8a

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) May 29, 2020

In key states, Republicans incumbents’ approval has tumbled and Democratic challengers have out-fundraised them.@JRubinBlogger has the latest: https://t.co/jMCV8jRXYA

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) April 19, 2020

This president’s behavior the past several days has ratcheted up the sense that his only real commitment is, even now, to winning, @kathleenparker writes https://t.co/lFEvhETOnr

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) April 18, 2020

In the midst of campaign season, it’s important to look squarely at what’s at stake. This article speaks to one of the disturbing long term trends that we as voters and citizens need to expect our government to address. https://t.co/m49rbES0i6

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 10, 2020

Budgets are a reflection of our values

In anticipation of Trump’s budget rollout this week, a thread looking back at his previous budgets. Time and time again, he’s advocated for cuts that hurt those in need, including his own supporters

These are not American values. 1/10 pic.twitter.com/93bBDu3msf

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) February 9, 2020

On Trump’s To-Do List: Take Back The Suburbs. Court Black Voters. Expand the Electoral Map. Win. https://t.co/7fVclPV3hB

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) February 9, 2020

Are Trump supporters claiming victory in the impeachment fight? @jordanklepper went to a Trump rally to find out: https://t.co/eF2JuvtTZr pic.twitter.com/uEKXVadmkJ

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 8, 2020

"Most people fully expected the Republicans in the Senate to do exactly what they did," @CharlesMBlow writes. "However, it is still a strike against the country and the Constitution." https://t.co/ijEEkhauci

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) February 6, 2020

CNN’s @brianstelter says impeachment has reinforced two competing “information universes” that are “coexisting uneasily.” pic.twitter.com/3Dl1o0mjep

— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) February 2, 2020

Here's a list of the first-term Senate Republicans who are up for election in 2020 and who were preceded in office by Democrats:

– Gardner (CO)
– Tillis (NC)
– Ernst (IA)
– Sullivan (AK)
– Cassidy (LA)
– Daines (MT)
– Cotton (AR)
– Rounds (SD)
– Capito (WV)

— TheValuesVoter (Also on Threads and BlueSky) (@TheValuesVoter) January 31, 2020

Legal expert @benjaminwittes “There's no remedy… other than electoral punishment” for GOP Senators who blocked #Trump #SenateImpeachmentTrial witnesses https://t.co/ae4LyRlPEZ via @amjoyshow

— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) February 2, 2020

From the Editorial Board:

Republican senators who voted against witnesses have rendered the trial a farce.https://t.co/RPKvDsAorg pic.twitter.com/shzKMS6NQW

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 31, 2020

It will take at least 270 electoral votes for a presidential candidate to win the 2020 election.

I break down the Road to 270 with @SteveKornacki here: https://t.co/BY5XwvZgvJ

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 30, 2020

#LiesTrumpHasTold
He’s going to eliminate the national debt in eight years. And cure cancer. And cure AIDS.
(Really. And we owe $3 trillion more now than when he came to office).https://t.co/8hkmH8JjpThttps://t.co/V5sEsQ581D

— TheValuesVoter (Also on Threads and BlueSky) (@TheValuesVoter) January 18, 2020

‘He’s definitely for our country. He’s not about himself.’ — Here’s why Trump supporters are sticking by the president, in their own words pic.twitter.com/722FTmAHoa

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) January 4, 2020

Allowed to vote… pic.twitter.com/wR6S7VP4ox

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 2, 2019

Census data projects red states will gain more congressional power in 2020 https://t.co/okZihtNzKg

— Stef Kight (@StefWKight) December 30, 2019

Trump supporters at the president's rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania tell CBS News their thoughts on impeachment and the possibility of his removal: "It would become the second Civil War." https://t.co/jPUmfWREbX pic.twitter.com/bzT0v9oaWN

— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 11, 2019