As White House aides cower in the corner drawing straws over who will inform the bossman he's lost, the Biden campaign isn't losing any sleep over Donald Trump's intention to refuse to concede the election.
“As we said on July 19th, the American people will decide this election," said Andrew Bates, Biden's director of Rapid Response, in a statement. "And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.”
The Biden campaign was responding to multiple reports that Trump has no intention of conceding the election even when it becomes clear he has no path to victory.
"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?" tweeted CNN's Kaitlan Collins. Collins further reports that Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and other aides "have not attempted to bring Trump to terms of what’s happening and have instead fed his baseless claim that the election is being stolen from him."
Newsflash: Everyone still working at the White House is a spineless wonder. Hey, here's an idea: How about just letting the whizzes at Fox News handle it? They seem up to the task.
Okay, back to reality: Would a concession be nice and helpful in healing our democracy? Sure. But we all knew that if and when Trump was booted from office by the will of The People, he'd sooner burn it all down than leave peacefully.
"Nobody I have spoken to on the campaign or in the White House believes that Trump would ever publicly acknowledge a loss, even long after the election is certified," tweeted Axios reporter Jonathan Swan.
Yep. Trumper will go to his grave insisting the election was stolen out from under him because Georgia and Pennsylvania weren't called for him when he was up with 50% of the votes reported. Seriously, has the guy ever even watched returns come in? Because Trump's unhinged tirade from the White House briefing room on Thursday displayed a level of ignorance that is, frankly, irreconcilable with the bare basics of how elections are called.
That said, Trump really did the Biden campaign a favor when he unleashed that attack on the fundamentals of our democracy just before a stretch of hours when Biden would blow by Trump in the Pennsylvania count and even edge ahead of him in Georgia. Team Biden no longer has any obligation to wait for a concession speech from Trump because one obviously isn't coming. When the race is finally called for Biden, he can simply move ahead with his victory address to the country.
In fact, Biden has been pitch perfect throughout this entire time of uncertainty—exuding confidence, counseling patience, and preempting Trump at every turn. The only way to handle a bully like Trump is to never give an inch—thus the "trespasser" designation. If Trump's going to trash our democracy, then he may as well be treated like the garbage he’s spewing.
And just imagine Trump's pique when he realizes the center of the media universe has shifted to Biden and his transition team just as soon as this race is called.