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Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:56 AM Sep 2020

Eric Trump: President would concede election 'if he got blown out of the water' by Biden

Ok, now let him define 'blown out of the water'. And I wonder what his daddy's response was to this.

Eric Trump told a crowd of his father's supporters at an event in Las Vegas that President Donald Trump would concede the election “if he got blown out of the water” by Democratic nominee Joe Biden after the president had cast doubts on a peaceful transfer of power once the race is decided.

“I think my father’s just saying listen, if he got blown out of the water, of course, he’d concede,” Eric Trump said at the Thursday event, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “If he thought there was massive fraud, then he’d go and try and address that.”

There is no evidence of massive voter fraud and election experts have repeatedly noted that if fraud happens, such as a recent case in New Jersey in which a new election was called after allegations of mail-in ballot fraud, it is easily found. But the president's comments still caused consternation among constitutional and election experts.

Nine states and the District of Columbia plan to send ballots in the mail to all registered voters. Of those states, only Nevada is considered a swing state where Biden holds a six-point lead. In other states, such as Michigan and Florida, voters have to request an absentee ballot in order to vote by mail.

More at
https://news.yahoo.com/eric-trump-president-concede-election-004800626.html

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Eric Trump: President would concede election 'if he got blown out of the water' by Biden (Original Post) Siwsan Sep 2020 OP
They all cover for his severe mental illness and ignorance of the law by saying he meant NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #1
Do Trumpers ever stop to realize that the man who "speaks his mind" Arkansas Granny Sep 2020 #2
"Blown out" 150 million to zero. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #3
Brings back fond memories of Dumbkirk/The Battle of Lake Travis Blue Owl Sep 2020 #4
What Trump really meant to say keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #5
When you have to have your own spoilt brat child speak for you, you are a loser. Doodley Sep 2020 #6
Poor Gums is always a day late and a dollar short nt COLGATE4 Sep 2020 #7
Bull Puckey! Believe Eric Trump! I'd rather eat rusty nails. Firestorm49 Sep 2020 #8
No, he intends to use a "blown out of the water" scenario as evidence of cheating lettucebe Sep 2020 #9
Bingo. Siwsan Sep 2020 #10
He leaves no matter what if he loses Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2020 #11

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
1. They all cover for his severe mental illness and ignorance of the law by saying he meant
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:08 AM
Sep 2020

something other than what he said. That's one way to know that those who surround him have become sick in the way they've adapted themselves to the chaos around them. Not normal. Not now. Not ever.

Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)
2. Do Trumpers ever stop to realize that the man who "speaks his mind"
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:10 AM
Sep 2020

always needs someone to come out and explain what he really meant?

lettucebe

(2,336 posts)
9. No, he intends to use a "blown out of the water" scenario as evidence of cheating
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 12:28 PM
Sep 2020

No matter which way the wind blows, he'll claim fraud, cheating, etc. He did this in 2016, then was shocked to find he'd won by loophole.

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
10. Bingo.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 12:32 PM
Sep 2020

My hope is if the numbers LOOK like anything close to a blow out, he will skedaddle for what he believes will be a 'save haven'. In his warped mind, Pence is left holding the bag and he (trump*) escapes infamy. Of course, that's impossible.

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