A really important column from @NolanFinleyDN (the conservative editorial page editor of the Detroit News):
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2020/11/19/trump-game-plan-invalidating-election-holding-presidency/6350322002/ via @detroitnews
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2020/11/19/trump-game-plan-invalidating-election-holding-presidency/6350322002/ via @detroitnews
"Beneath the frivolous lawsuits, the distorted claims of voter fraud and the desperate denials of reality, there's a calculated strategy the Trump camp is pursuing to steal the presidential election from Joe Biden."
"The Board of Canvassers has a constitutional duty to certify the election. This is not a matter of individual choice."
"If the state board on Monday doesn't fulfill that duty, the Biden campaign and/or other interested parties will make a beeline to the state Court of Appeals in request of writ ordering the canvassers to certify the election."
"There's no conceivable scenario in which that order won't be granted by the court, given the clarity of the law and the fact that all of the counties have certified their results."
"That's the game Trump is playing. He won't win.
"But he may succeed in tearing up the playing field."
"But he may succeed in tearing up the playing field."