from the Olympic locale , an enormous platform and significant ratings lift . This year , that ratings shot in the arm could be even more critical , as Today is ahead of ABC ’s Good Morning America in the 25 - 54 demographic for the season . ( The Games will also mark the debut of Billy Bush during Today ’s 9 a.m.
Its inevitable reports of “ irregularities ” will provide the predicate for Trump to claim fraud . That , in turn , will prompt reactions like that already heard from a Trump supporter at a Mike Pence rally last week . After raising the specter of rigging , she said : “ If Hillary Clinton gets in , I myself , I ’m ready for a revolution , because we ca n’t have her in . ” After a thousand cable broadcastscontact.mediastatement.naof that moment , Putin surely was still smiling . And the revolution ? Putin understands that Washington is not Kiev ; mobs are unlikely to mass in front of the White House or Congress .
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