Is this a coup?

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🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The quiet pessimism lurking inside the White House. How Joe Biden plans to tackle an “existential threat to humanity” – climate change. And how to reclaim your sense of time during this … time.

White House reporter Josh Dawsey on what’s going on behind the bold claims from the president and his allies that he will stay for four more years.

President-elect Joe Biden stands poised to launch the boldest climate change plan of any president in American history. Climate reporter Juliet Eilperin combs through his plans and explains what could stand in his way.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:10.0	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:11.0	Hi, this is Ella Hayes, Ella Hayes.
0:13.0	I'm with the Washington Post.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm routine powers.
0:19.0	It's Wednesday, November 11th.
0:24.0	Today, what the president's allies are saying behind the scenes.
0:28.0	Biden's plans for the climate and how to reclaim your sense of time.
0:37.0	So, Josh Dossi, White House reporter for the post.
0:40.0	I am asking this as a serious question.
0:43.0	Are we seeing the beginnings of an attempted coup in this country?
0:51.0	Well, I'm sorry to say.
0:53.0	You talk to folks around the president.
0:55.0	They say no.
0:57.0	They say that he just wants to keep pushing this for a few more days.
1:01.0	That he wants to delegitimize the election so he never has to say publicly that he lost.
1:08.0	And that he will leave on January 20th.
1:11.0	Unless some sort of massive widespread fraud evidence emerges.
1:15.0	But obviously, there's a lot of concern out there from Democrats and Republicans alike.
1:20.0	That what has been a time-tester tradition in this country that when the election's over,
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