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Hekate

(90,667 posts)
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:37 PM May 2020

We will be stuck with Trump until January 20, 2021--if we win in November. PLEASE stop saying...

...he will be gone or stopped in his tracks in November. Nearly everyone uses the November date, and the problem is that if he's a lame duck that interval will be a political eternity and as much of a nightmare as we are experiencing now.

Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest. Thank you for listening.



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We will be stuck with Trump until January 20, 2021--if we win in November. PLEASE stop saying... (Original Post) Hekate May 2020 OP
It's the time between the election and inauguration that worries me the most. cos dem May 2020 #1
Well, it's a good thing we have the House leftieNanner May 2020 #6
Dems will have the House regardless, so, we should be fortunate there. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #9
If he loses in a fair election, he will be far worse than Bevin was in KY. roamer65 May 2020 #2
You are absolutely right. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #3
You're right, Hekate. Thank you for saying it. Glorfindel May 2020 #4
Too right, Hekate.. Mahalo for the brutal, Cha May 2020 #5
At least Ft. Knox is still well guarded. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #7
It was emptied 2 1/2 years ago. GemDigger May 2020 #13
You're right. elleng May 2020 #8
And Mitch will also do as much damage as he can, even if he's voted out and even tblue37 May 2020 #10
... sheshe2 May 2020 #11
You see those thugs protesting I fear that is what we will dealing with if he loses. That stupid doc03 May 2020 #12
Those protesting customerserviceguy May 2020 #14
Thanks, all Hekate May 2020 #15
Good point. cwydro May 2020 #16

cos dem

(903 posts)
1. It's the time between the election and inauguration that worries me the most.
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:39 PM
May 2020

Republicans have been dry-running the lame-duck agenda in North Carolina, Wisconsin, and other states that change over to Democrats. Don't think they won't try it at the federal level too.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
6. Well, it's a good thing we have the House
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:43 PM
May 2020

And we need to keep it in November and take the Senate. They take office on January 3, which means the Federal shenanigans will be limited, legislatively. Wisconsin etc. had fully Republican legislatures and their lame duck governors to sign the toxic laws to limit the incoming D Governors. Trumpie won't have that option. He can still fuck a lot of things up in those few months though.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
9. Dems will have the House regardless, so, we should be fortunate there.
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:49 PM
May 2020

Now pardons? He's gonna go hog wild.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
2. If he loses in a fair election, he will be far worse than Bevin was in KY.
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:40 PM
May 2020

I expect pardons of mass murderers like the Unabomber.

Cha

(297,187 posts)
5. Too right, Hekate.. Mahalo for the brutal,
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:41 PM
May 2020

grim reminder. But, it is the reality that we'll have.

tblue37

(65,340 posts)
10. And Mitch will also do as much damage as he can, even if he's voted out and even
Sat May 2, 2020, 08:51 PM
May 2020

if Democrats take the senate.

doc03

(35,328 posts)
12. You see those thugs protesting I fear that is what we will dealing with if he loses. That stupid
Sat May 2, 2020, 10:28 PM
May 2020

pos will try to incite violence.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
14. Those protesting
Sun May 3, 2020, 01:47 AM
May 2020

safety measures today will gladly take up arms to follow Trump when he tries to break this nation up after he has to leave office. Divide and conquer is all that Trump knows how to do, I fully expect him to try it upon leaving the White House.

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