Here is the whole interaction on Youtube:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=pompeo+transition+of+po wer&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dpompeo%2btransition%2bof %2bpower%26FORM%3dHDRSC4&view=detail&mid=FA4C2A7D675 16A8E52D5FA4C2A7D67516A8E52D5&rvsmid=E30229A53A7217856B2 AE30229A53A7217856B2A&FORM=VDQVAP

If every state had a results site like Vermont then it would be VERY difficult to claim fraud. Has anyone had a look at the granularity? I saw this referenced on Colbert. They even have all the write in candidates down to incorrect spellings.

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BULLSHIT.  And it's clear you like to pretend the orange one won.  HE LOST. BY A LOT!

He doesn't say that they are currently preparing for a transition.  He claims that *if* there is a transition, it will be a smooth one.  It sounds like to me like he's saying that any such preparations will only begin after the Electoral College has voted.

Also, I would dispute the notion that he's "clearly joking" with his statement about a second Trump term.  In what way does he indicate he is joking?  It's true that he smiles slightly after he makes the statement, but he also smiles slightly and even chuckles while making his statement that "There's a process, the Constitution lays it out pretty clearly."  And I don't think anyone would argue he's joking when he says that.

Pompeo is certainly smart enough to know there will be no second Trump term.  He's just engaging in the same sort of enabling behavior as other Republicans, something that is probably politically advantageous but terribly destructive in the way it undermines faith in the insitution of voting. 

It's apt that he invokes the delayed results of the 2000 election as an example of how a transition can be smooth even if results are delayed.  By all accounts, that transition was not at all smooth.

I agree with your point about Pompeo being smart enough to know there will be no second term, which is why I think its likely there is more transition prep happening behind the scenes than we are aware of.

I think Republicans generally agree with the notion that Trump has the right to challenge the results, and that is all Pompeo is saying here.  In fact, that is what I hear from most Republican politicians (with a few exceptions)  I think very few people believe there is a realistic chance of the election being overturned.  

To the extent there are enablers, the obvious ones are conservative media pundits.  They are the ones pushing large scale conspiracy theories.  If you want to accuse them of undercutting the public's faith in the election results, you would get no argument from me.

I would also lay some of the blame on Biden.  In the first debate he was asked point blank: "Will you urge your supporters to say calm while the vote is counted?  And will you pledge not to declare victory until the election is independently certified?"  Biden's answer was: "Yes. Here's the deal.  We count the ballots. And as you pointed out, some of these ballots in some states can't even be opened until election day.  And if there's thousands of ballots its going to take time to do it."  Clearly Biden has not stood by his commitment.  None of the states have certified their counts yet.  Most are not even done counting.  

If Biden did what he said he was going to do, Pompeo and others wouldn't be in the position of having to justify why Trump hasn't conceded yet.

A lot of these legal challenges may be resolved by the time the election results are certified.  Some suits have already been dismissed.  A few were dropped voluntarily after the causes for apparent "glitches" were found to have reasonable explanations. 

Yes the 2000 transition was more difficult than normal, but we are still a month away from the time when Gore conceded.  If Trump hasn't conceded by mid December, then we'll have a problem.  I just don't think there is a crisis on hand concerning the transition of power today.