November election

Sent.

“Dear Senator Rubio,

Dear Senator, it is time to call on President Trump to concede and cooperate with the President Elect, for the good of the country, and to ensure the national security. I believe Republicans know this is right thing to do, without further delay.

Below you find the precedent set by President Lincoln, who, with the fate of the Nation at stake, prepared a memorandum should he have lost the election in 1864, as the Civil War neared its turning point.

President Lincoln feared would lose the 1864 election in the crucial final year of the Civil War and the Union cause be lost forever. Lincoln wrote a “blind memorandum”- a sealed envelope- declaring his intention if he lost:

“Executive Mansion
Washington, Aug. 23, 1864.
This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.
A. LINCOLN

Lincoln was prepared to concede if he lost the election. He won decisively, 212-21 in the electoral college.

It is the template for the Republican Party, straight from the chief.

I write from California on an issue that affects every citizen of the United States.

Sincerely,
James Koehneke