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Where Things Stand: Behold The Spectacle

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 05: Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speak to the media about a court order giving President Trump's campaign access to observe vote counting operations on November 5, 2... PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 05: Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speak to the media about a court order giving President Trump's campaign access to observe vote counting operations on November 5, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With no winner yet declared in the presidential election, attention is focused on the outcome of a few remaining swing states. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) MORE LESS

November 5, 2020 1:39 p.m.

President Trump warned us before the election that, as early and mail-in ballots were tabulated and key states shifted blue, he was going to falsely claim that his victory was being stolen. And he warned us he would send his lawyers in to prevent that supposed theft.

But we didn’t know it was going to look like this.

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