You can take the threats of civil war and secession when Biden loses the election with a grain of salt. The hack who wrote this article for the New York is nothing other than fake news king Ben Smith. (Remember, Ben Smithing when he was at Buzzfeed?) Still, Smith is claiming that after Biden loses in November, not only will Biden not concede, but the West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) will succeed from the union and the official start of a civil war will begin. This is all the master plan of spirit cooker John Podesta.
| Democrats contemplating secession and potential civil war after Biden loses in November (according to NY Times) |
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The bulk of Smith’s column is devoted to the question of how the media will handle Election Night coverage, given that the result may not be known for weeks. Vote-by-mail, which many states have only recently adopted — ostensibly, to prevent the spread of coronavirus in polling places — could lead to an uncertain result.
However, buried near the end of Smith’s column is a report that Democrats have participated in a “war game” in which they considered several possible outcomes of the election.
In one scenario, John Podesta — the former chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and a leading figure in party circles — played former Vice President Joe Biden, and refused to concede the election.
The result: the threat of secession by the entire West Coast, followed by the possible intervention of the U.S. armed forces: