(CNN) — Behind the scenes, Democrats are preparing to confront President Donald Trump if he loses the election next month to Democrat Joe Biden — if Trump claims that the result is rigged, refuses to engage in a peaceful transition or tries to challenge the result through the courts, Congress or statehouses.
The Biden campaign and congressional Democrats are strategizing together to wage a post-election response to Trump on two fronts — anticipating both a legal challenge and a messaging war — as Trump’s attacks on the election have only intensified while he’s lagging in the polls two weeks ahead of Election Day, with voting already underway. Outside groups are also mobilizing to try to blunt any efforts to dispute the vote count after November 3.
Trump has repeatedly made baseless claims that the election will be fraudulent and stolen from him, saying, “The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.” The President has also refused to say that he will accept a peaceful transfer of power. Though he said at Thursday’s NBC News town hallthat he wants there to be a peaceful transfer of power, he again suggested he would not agree to it at a rally in Michigan on Saturday.
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