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@pcgeek11 needs to read Mya Angelou
“When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”
“When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”
That won’t be the scenario though - the scenario will be that the outcome of the election is disputed and Trump will be saying he actually won and this is a coup.Should Biden win, worst case scenario Trump refuses to leave the WH, is irrelevant. Biden will be sworn in, and although Trump may physically try to barricade himself in the WH, he'll have zero power. Biden will. Biden could easily directly tell the secret service to remove Trump.
Trump says really stupid things sometimes. But this whole scenario is unrealistic, IMHO.
This is an extremely plausible scenario.Here's one scenario I could find plausible:
On election night Trump is ahead because of Repubs showing up at voting booths in greater numbers than Dems.
Trump (wrongly) claims victory.
Days or maybe week/s later, Biden is declared the winner and Trump goes ballistic, claiming the election was rigged.
You are forgetting the possible standoff between Biden's SS and Trump having Kemp's and DeSantis's National Guard surround him.Should Biden win, worst case scenario Trump refuses to leave the WH, is irrelevant. Biden will be sworn in, and although Trump may physically try to barricade himself in the WH, he'll have zero power. Biden will. Biden could easily directly tell the secret service to remove Trump.
Trump says really stupid things sometimes. But this whole scenario is unrealistic, IMHO.
SO.....Well they didn't Need to say it. He was prompted to comment on it by the House Armed Services Committee.
From the link:
In written comments sent to Congress, Milley said “I believe deeply in the principle of an apolitical U.S. military,” and promised to respect the peaceful transition of presidential authority under the Constitution.
Milley was answering questions raised by two Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee, Reps. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, who were worried by Trump’s recent politicization of the military and efforts to use it to quash nationwide anti-police protests.
Trump admitted that he may not accept the election results, and floated the idea of postponing the election because of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to speculation that he could try to stay in office past his term.
Joe Biden said in June that if Trump refused to accept the election results, he was “absolutely convinced soldiers [would] escort him from the White House with great dispatch.”
In mid-August two retired Army officers who served as lieutenant colonels in Iraq wrote an open letter to Milley, saying “if Donald Trump refuses to leave office at the expiration of his constitutional term, the United States military must remove him by force, and you must give that order”; the letter was criticized in the defense community as provocative and impractical.
Imagine being so silly as to think the guy who says he may not accept the election results may not accept the election results.
Mark my words - if the election result shows that Trump lost, he WILL, with 100% certainty, claim it was rigged. The only difference between a close and not close result is if the result is not close, he may ultimately back down. Either way, unless he wins, he is going to say it was rigged.
You morons who are saying otherwise deserve to be humiliated when you are proven wrong. It will be a small consolation but I'll take it.
The one thing I'm sure of is that Trump will no longer be President at 12:01 PM, Jan 20, 2021 if he doesn't get 270+ EC votes. He literally has no control over that. Or maybe he has something else in mind, like his new "Transition to Greatness" might indicate.
Mark my words - if the election result shows that Trump lost, he WILL, with 100% certainty, claim it was rigged. The only difference between a close and not close result is if the result is not close, he may ultimately back down. Either way, unless he wins, he is going to say it was rigged.
You morons who are saying otherwise deserve to be humiliated when you are proven wrong. It will be a small consolation but I'll take it.
How is it the Democrats are stirring up conspiracies when Trump himself said if he loses the election is rigged? And based on Trump's history what makes you think it's outside the realm of possibility Trump wouldn't try to stay?
I can say based on Obama's history and integrity if he lost in 2012 there was 0% chance he would have tried to stay.
I have to agree with the troll on ignore in this case. It’s all political hogwash on both sides. Dems definitely wanted to get the general on the record.
But for pcgeek to discount Trumpity Dumpity statement about possibly not recognizing the election results as a joke is stupid. I don’t expect the orange baby to not leave the WH on January 20. But him attempting to fight this is just going to rile up his base and the division between sides is going to be even worse than it currently is.
Imagine being so silly as to think the guy who says he may not accept the election results may not accept the election results.
No you’re a troll because you live under a bridge.I didn't say he wouldn't protest the results ( which he has every legal right to do so ) if there are any signs of abnormal voting going on. Much as they did with the Bush / Gore election with the hanging chads.
I said if he loses he is going to leave. All the rest is just fear mongering and silly.
Oh and screw you I'm not a troll just because I have a different perspective.
Mark my words - if the election result shows that Trump lost, he WILL, with 100% certainty, claim it was rigged. The only difference between a close and not close result is if the result is not close, he may ultimately back down. Either way, unless he wins, he is going to say it was rigged.
You morons who are saying otherwise deserve to be humiliated when you are proven wrong. It will be a small consolation but I'll take it.
that quote should be swapped.@pcgeek11 needs to read Mya Angelou
If it comes down to one or two swing states with close results, he can tie up those states' certifications in court long enough to throw the vote to the House where he'll win because the repugs have more state delegations and each state gets one vote. That is the scenario which worries me.
That's a tough proposition. The whole thing in Florida in 2000 was highly peculiar as was the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. Contests that close are extremely rare. I doubt that any state will have a margin so slim as to hinge on funky ballots. The SCOTUS intervened in Florida long before a court battle could delay the results, anyway. I doubt they'll put up with Trump trying to discredit the election, either.