Prediction: he loses the election, declares it null and void

[superpatriotman]

Due to ‘rampant radical socialist leftist voter fraud’

Boom! President for life.

Don’t think it can’t/won’t happen? Think again.

Name ONE standard or law he has been held to. I’ll wait.

[Scurrilous]

1. ...

[JenniferJuniper]

2. He'll die;

probably sooner rather than later.

But I agree, he's gotten away with everything else.

[smirkymonkey]

40. That is my greatest wish.

I'm not religious, but I pray for it every day.

[Celerity]

43. he already has his successor sussed out

[liberaltrucker]

70. So that's what the kids are calling it these days

[trueblue2007]

55. Guillotine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lapfog_1]

3. hard to believe that we will depend on SCOTUS Roberts

for the swing vote to physically remove the oranus from the White House... but there we go.

[superpatriotman]

6. The only upside to this era

Is we can now see clearly all the things in the Constitution that need to be fixed.

[lark]

63. Which actually means - we are totally fucked!

Roberts will side with Russian Repugs for anything to do with drumpf because he's a total rw sell out liar, who only occasionally, when it doesn't involve the presidency, will actually side with the law while most of the time being a destroyer. If we are relying on him, well, then it's welcome to the fascist Nazis and good bye America.

[Polybius]

4. He can say that all he wants

But does he have the power to do it?

[Bettie]

33. Who has stopped a single thing he's tried to do thus far?

Does anyone have the power or the will to stop him?

[Polybius]

35. Federal judges have stopped plenty of his agenda

Staying in power would be the worst by far.

[Bettie]

64. He's had to hit the pause button

but very little has been fully kept from happening.

[Hoyt]

5. Let's just beat him. I'm not worried about speculation about what might happen afterwards.

[Sneederbunk]

10. +1

[uponit7771]

19. After he said he's going to cheat?! "Just beat him" how? tia

[Iwasthere]

24. Exactly!

[bearsfootball516]

7. Presidential elections are run by the states.

He can declare it null and void all he wants, but there’s no teeth behind it.

[elleng]

9. Zacly

[superpatriotman]

11. The humanoid has spent his whole adult life in court

There’s no reason to expect that has changed. And btw, the judiciary has gone full right wing.

[bearsfootball516]

13. What you're saying literally doesn't make any sense.

The power for him to do that literally doesn’t exit, it belongs to the states.

[superpatriotman]

18. And you think he cares why?

He is a lawbreaker. He wants to be a dictator. His base and the entire repuke party are with the program.

[stopdiggin]

51. can "declare" what he wants

but you really expect that Congress and the Supreme Court are going to void an electoral college win because Trump says so? Not buying it.

[LenaBaby61]

37. While even I'm hoping for the BEST come November 2020--for a Dem to win the Presidency...

But who'd have thought that the fat fascistic, racist, sexually abusing, narcissistic, ignorant, treasonous, America-hating clown would be installed into the Oval office like he was? Hillary Clinton was robbed. END OF STORY.

Now, there were several people--Including several pundits, a few friends and myself who were alarmed when MoscowMitch pretty much threatened Pres. Obama about telling the American people about ruskie interference and if he did that, Moscow would run with the meme that he (Obama) was putting his thumb on the scales for Hillary, and Pres. Obama backed down because he didn't want to be seen as interfering into the 2016 GE, and if you believe what many also thought: That Hillary would win. Anyway, I remember Malcolm Nance being SO alarmed about the steady/rapid rise in authoritarianism/right-winged extremism/racism running rampant enough in Europe, and putin's meddling everywhere, that he wrote a book about it before it happened:



Yeah, Moscow did bow enough to throw that election security pittance of $250 Million into protection of our 2020 elections, but WILL that lying, treasonous, racist, now allowing Pres. Obama to place 2 Supers onto the SC piece of shit actually ALLOW that small pittance to be used to actually protect the US 2020 GE?

[elleng]

8. No such authority exists;

Presidential election is conducted in each of the states (+ DC, Puerto Rico, etc.) and the numbers in the electoral college will determine the winner.

[superpatriotman]

12. I won't patronize by asking if you've been paying attention

Nt

[elleng]

15. Thanks for NOT patronizing.

[stopdiggin]

52. yeah. appreciate that "not patronizing" thing (nt)

[GulfCoast66]

47. DC an PR have no say in the election.

Other than that you are correct.

[elleng]

48. D.C. residents have no representation in the United States Senate.

The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1961, entitles the District to the same number of electoral votes as that of the least populous state in the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

[pangaia]

14. I agree.

But we must go after REPUBLICANS. THEY are the traitors !! Every last one of them..

WHERE is the DNC, or whomever runs things? There should be ads, interviews, videos. I don;t know EVERYTHING ... they need a PR person. I mean ANYBODY could run a media campaign against republicans and their traitorous behavior-- how about the head of SKIPPY PEANUT BUTTER advertising !!

And tell the dumb, sleeping public what is happening and why !!!!

[LonePirate]

16. He can't declare it null and void. It's declared by the 50 states and DC.

He may not lick the results if he loses; but if he does, he loses all of his power and is evicted from the White House at 12:00 PM on January 20, 2021.

[ooky]

30. Where, if he loses, I don't expect him to still be on Jan. 20, 2021.

I expect him to slip out of the country, ahead of time, to avoid prosecution for his crimes.

[lastlib]

39. I'll be there to help haul his fat ugly carcass OUTA there! if necessary

[vlyons]

17. It won't matter what he says or does

There will be a Federal judge somewhere, maybe RBG or Merrick Garland or Elena Kagin, or someone, who will swear in the next duly elected President elect. First order of business, fire Barr and appoint an acting AG until confirmation process for the next cabinet.

Swearing in doesn't have to be a big inaugural production on the capitiol steps. I remember when Sarah Hughes swore in LBJ on a plane carrying JFK's coffin.

[Midwestern Democrat]

20. Nothing short of a military coup would allow Trump to remain in office for one minute beyond noon on

1/20/21 if he lost re-election next November.

[herding cats]

21. Never. Gonna. Happen

Let's be thinking adults here, m'kay?

[Sewa]

22. Great another doomsday prediction

Stop you’re scarring the children. Don’t worry the aliens from another planet will save us.

[sweetloukillbot]

56. Not as creative as the one yesterday

Where he gave permission to North Korea to nuke California so he could cancel the election...

[Codeine]

23. Stop.

Not gonna happen.

[solara]

25. Reminder: Trump can be impeached more than once

and I believe he can even be impeached after the election, no matter who wins, (which will be the Democrat of course)

Wouldn't that be funny? trump loses the election by massive popular and electoral votes and then gets impeached (again)

[Skittles]

26. America is stronger than Donald Fucking Trump

[smirkymonkey]

41. Sorry Skittles, but not so sure about that.

We have seen nothing yet to prove that is true. He is running roughshod over our nation's laws and traditions and I don't see it getting any better.

[Celerity]

44. +10000

[Skittles]

45. certainly it would be better if we had better leadership

but in the end, America will prevail over Donald Fucking Trump

[smirkymonkey]

46. I honestly hope so.

I really do.

[Fiendish Thingy]

27. He can say or do whatever he wants, but come 12 noon on January 20, 2021

After the Electoral College has cast their ballots and Congress has certified the election, the Chief Justice will swear in the new president, regardless of what Trump says or does. What mechanism would he use to stop the inauguration?

[NanceGreggs]

32. He'll claim that his own inauguration ...

... drew more attendees, and therefore his shit-show shouldn't be cancelled because it got higher ratings!

[Arazi]

66. I'm guessing the Secret Service and US Marshals have formed a plan to physically remove him

If he won't vacate the White House, the duly sworn-in President will be ushered inside as the ex-president is physically removed as a trespasser

[Downtown Hound]

28. LOL.

Exactly what do you think will happen if he does that? Get real. You think that the nation and the world would just sit idly by and let that happen?

[sarisataka]

29. He has exactly as much power to do that

As Congress or SCOTUS had to 'redo' the 2016 election.

[Kaleva]

31. You have some info that everyone in government and the military would go along with this?

[Ms. Toad]

34. Please stop. This is the same kind of crap

The Republicans were spewing about Obama. Spewing it here makes us look as foolish as they looked.

[NanceGreggs]

36. Utter nonsense.

If he refused to vacate the WH on January 20, 2021, he'd be physically removed - kicking, screaming, possibly in handcuffs - or a straight-jacket, if necessary.

[mokawanis]

38. He may scream all that on Twitter, but he'll leave the WH

I don't know why people persist with this weird idea that he'll refuse to stop being President. He'll have NO CHOICE if he loses the election.

[smirkymonkey]

42. Do you really think so?

Have you observed his behavior over the past two years? He doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do.

[stopdiggin]

53. yes. really think so

he loses the electoral vote and hes gone. further, I don't see that he has any allies in this (imaginary) coup. maybe Stephen Miller and Falwell Jr can hold a sad little parade somewhere? just so the rest of the country can laugh.

[Kaleva]

58. He could wander the halls of the WH but who would listen to him?

Everyone in the military has sworn to obey the lawful orders of the president and that would be the person Justice Roberts administered the oath of office to.

[NCLefty]

49. I'm not sure everyone goes along with him on that. People hate him. No one outisde of his 40%

would be fine with giving up what America is for him.

[andym]

50. He could declare a national emergency

and then prevent the electoral college from meeting by force. GOP states might even go along with him. Could this happen? I hope not, but especially if he's facing indictments he may feel cornered and try. He's not one to be concerned about consequences and already has stated he could get away with murder.

[stopdiggin]

54. not going to happen.

and all of these absurd schemes and scenarios just feed the lunatic fringe. let's be better than the Alex Jones crowd.

[bearsfootball516]

57. Thank you

[Retrograde]

71. The EC meets in 51 different locations

each state’s and DC’s meet separately, making it hard to suppress their votes. And if the Republicans decide to sit it out - well, wouldn’t that make for a bigger Democratic vote?

[lanlady]

59. Nah. He'll just tweet-storm a bunch of crap

and act ungraciously toward the incoming president (refuse to meet her or him at the White House, smear the walls with orange face paint) and spend the years to come denigrating Democratic presidents on Twitter and questioning their legitimacy. And the post-Trump media will dutifully report every bat-shit crazy thumb-fart. As long as he's alive, this country will be on edge.

[bearsfootball516]

65. Tranditionally, the president-elect shadows the sitting president in Nov, Dec and Jan

To learn how to be president. If it ends up being Biden, he wouldn't need to. He learned more from being in the Obama White House than he'd ever learn from Trump.

[elocs]

60. It's not that I don't think it would happen, I know it won't happen.

It makes for a good movie or novel though and conspiracy buffs love that kind of stuff.

[Vinca]

68. I thought a batshit crazy president was a good plot for a movie or a novel . . .

[malaise]

61. If he's still in the WH for the 2020 elections

he'll be moved out of the WH and suddenly croak - anything is better than prison

[Ilsa]

62. What about the electors? They don't have to vote

according to their state's election outcome, do they? Could trump corrupt them? Threaten them?

[Staph]

67. Maybe I'm a fool, but . . .

I'm counting on the Secret Service to ride to the rescue. Their loyalty is to the Office of the President, not to a specific person holding that office. If the election results say that Trump has lost the election and that the Democratic candidate has won, I can see the Secret Service calmly and efficiently escorting Trump et al. out of the building.

The men and women of the Secret Service see the occupants of the White House up close and personal, warts and all. I can not imagine that there are a lot of starry-eyed Trumpistas within the group.

[maxsolomon]

69. Prediction: he tries that, Americans WILL hit the streets.

That's a line in the sand.

[roamer65]

72. That would be destroying the compact between the states.

That compact is called the Constitution. If he pulls a coup d’etat, then the compact is null and void and the states are free to leave.