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Topic	I am cracking up at all these outlandish stories about 'Oh he's not gonna leave'
CyricZ 09/25/20 11:41:37 AM #44:	So TC is for some reason continuing a discussion started two days ago with the posting of this article. Antifar posted it here. I posted it on 261: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/ If there's a decisive Biden win on Election Night, we will likely avert these "outlandish stories" that TC is talking about. Without a leg to stand on, neither Congress nor the SCOTUS will back him. Trump will refuse to concede (note that this is not a question), but Biden will be sworn in on Inauguration Day. Problem is this is not a normal election cycle. We're in the midst of a pandemic and an unprecedented amount of mail-in ballots, which will be tallied late. They always are tallied late, and we're going to be getting a LOT more of them this year. Unless you've been staring at a brick wall for the last several months, you'll know that Trump has been doing everything he can to delegitimize mail-in ballots. He has said in public and very specifically that the result should be declared "on Election Night". There is a possibility as precincts start reporting that there could be a "red mirage", an appearance that Trump will have more votes going into the close of Election Night. If that happens, then things get interesting, and by interesting, I mean freaking scary. The Interregnum (the time between Election Day and Inauguration Day) has the potential to be where Trump plays his dirtiest cards, which can include attempting to declare mail-in ballots as fraudulent and not to be counted, which can be done because not all of them are filled correctly. There could be some shit done with electors, which would be influenced by the local legislature and governors. It's a long article, and there's a long list of things that could happen, some of which Trump has said he will do. Others have been contacted (yes, people who are not Trump), like Republican Party leaders in various states, and none have said that any option is off the table. So in short, TC is downplaying a legitimate threat. --- CyricZ <cite>CyricZ posted [p:945066620] in I am crack... [t:78998723]...</cite> <quote>So TC is for some reason continuing a discussion started two days ago with the posting of this article. Antifar posted it here. I posted it on 261: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/ If there's a decisive Biden win on Election Night, we will likely avert these "outlandish stories" that TC is talking about. Without a leg to stand on, neither Congress nor the SCOTUS will back him. Trump will refuse to concede (note that this is not a question), but Biden will be sworn in on Inauguration Day. Problem is this is not a normal election cycle. We're in the midst of a pandemic and an unprecedented amount of mail-in ballots, which will be tallied late. They always are tallied late, and we're going to be getting a LOT more of them this year. Unless you've been staring at a brick wall for the last several months, you'll know that Trump has been doing everything he can to delegitimize mail-in ballots. He has said in public and very specifically that the result should be declared "on Election Night". There is a possibility as precincts start reporting that there could be a "red mirage", an appearance that Trump will have more votes going into the close of Election Night. If that happens, then things get interesting, and by interesting, I mean freaking scary. The Interregnum (the time between Election Day and Inauguration Day) has the potential to be where Trump plays his dirtiest cards, which can include attempting to declare mail-in ballots as fraudulent and not to be counted, which can be done because not all of them are filled correctly. There could be some shit done with electors, which would be influenced by the local legislature and governors. It's a long article, and there's a long list of things that could happen, some of which Trump has said he will do. Others have been contacted (yes, people who are not Trump), like Republican Party leaders in various states, and none have said that any option is off the table. So in short, TC is downplaying a legitimate threat. --- CyricZ</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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