The Trump organization is asking for a "hand recount" in Pennsylvania. We know it took many days to count millions of ballots by machine. Do you have any idea of how long it would take to count millions of ballots by hand? I certainly don't! And the worst part is that counting by hand is less reliable.
We have a demagogue as president. He lies and people believe him. That's what demagogues do, and that's what the people who listen to demagogues do. When dealing with a demagogue, you must not pander to them. You must simply and calmly say, unless you provide a believable reason why our machine count of these millions of ballots done in the presence of official observers is substantially wrong to the point that it could affect the outcome of the election we are not going to recount these ballots Mr. demagogue.
In the Hillary-Trump election there was the usual bitching and moaning by democrats, and of course there was the suggestion by party stalwarts and talking heads that there might have been election fraud. But Candidate Clinton called Trump the night of the election or in the wee hours Wednesday and graciously conceded. And the next day gave a concession speech. There was no call from the Clinton campaign for a Hand Recount of millions of ballots! The outcome of the election was painfully accepted. But then Mrs. Clinton is not a dangerous demagogue and a JACKASS.
If the recount request is granted by state law, then it should be done. If it is not and there is no language for such a hand recount, it should not. This is really, really simple.