The campaign to flip the election

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Will anyone stop the president’s attempts to overturn the election? Revisiting the iconic album documenting John Lennon’s last years. And, where tourists go for fake coronavirus test results.

With most legal options exhausted, President Trump is now using the power of his office to overturn the election by claiming baseless allegations of voter fraud. White House bureau chief Philip Rucker reports on the president’s attempt to stay in office.

National arts reporter Geoff Edgers revisits John Lennon’s last album on the 40th anniversary of its release.

Fake coronavirus test results are hitting the black market. Shannon McMahon discusses the tourists paying top dollar for them.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	Hello, Hayon.
0:08.0	Here's the Elizabeth from the Washington Post.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Beth Ryan,
0:11.0	heard of the Washington Post.
0:12.0	Glory, Artony, over at the post.
0:14.0	I'm...
0:15.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:20.0	It's Friday, November 20th.
0:24.0	Today, the president's escalating attacks on democracy.
0:28.0	John Lennon's most revealing album.
0:30.0	And the COVID test black market.
0:35.0	This has been an extraordinary week in our democracy.
0:42.0	Because we have, in President Trump, an executive who's using the power of the presidency,
0:48.0	the awesome powers of his office, to try to overturn the results of the election,
0:53.0	to effectively try to stay in power despite the clear will of the people, of the voters.
0:59.0	That's Phil Rucker, White House beer chief for the post.
1:02.0	He's been reporting on all the ways the president is attacking the results of the election.
1:09.0	He placed a phone call earlier this week to a Republican member of the Wayne County Board of Canvacers,
1:16.0	the election official in Wayne County, Michigan.
1:19.0	That's the largest county in Michigan by population. It's the home of the city of Detroit.
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