it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reelected and it will be my duty to so cooperate with the president elect. it will be my duty. lincoln sealed that memo and asked his cabinet secretaries to sign it, sight unseen. he asked them to make the same commitment he did, to accept defeat if, indeed, defeat was the will of the people. to uphold the rule of law. to do what every president who came before him did and what every president who followed him would do, until donald trump. donald trump lost the presidential election in 2020. the american people voted him out of office. it was not because of a rigged system.