“Mark, he can’t possibly think we’re going to pull this off. That call was crazy, right?” I asked, looking for reassurance. The president had pressed Raffensperger to “find” the nearly twelve thousand votes that would have put him ahead of Biden. Mark shook his head and replied, “Cass, he knows it’s over. He knows he lost, but we’re going to keep trying. There are some good options out there still. We’re going to keep trying.” Pat Cipollone appeared in Mark’s doorway and said, “That call was not good.” Pat was also dialed in to the call.
