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SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:19 PM Sep 2020

The press needs to stop asking trump if he will accept the election and ask the military instead

Go ask the generals if Biden is sworn in and trump still says he is president who will you salute?

Ask the secret service if they will escort Trump out.

I know a thousand posters swear that’s what’ll happen but I have seen zero quotes from those who have the power to force Trump out on January 20th

The press needs to ask them and not Trump will they recognize the results of the election.

That’s who we must hear from.

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Sogo

(4,986 posts)
2. January 20, 2021, noon. It's over. At that point we have the next President.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:22 PM
Sep 2020

If it's Biden, at that point they ALL take orders from him.

It's really not that difficult to understand....

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
4. Have they said so?
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:24 PM
Sep 2020

I haven’t seen them say that

You saying it doesn’t mean shit.

Sorry.

It’s as simple as that

elleng

(130,865 posts)
6. Wrong, the CONSTITUTION says that,
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:34 PM
Sep 2020

no ONE has to do so.

The 20th amendment to the Constitution specifies that the term of each elected President of the United States begins at noon on January 20 of the year following the election. Each president must take the oath of office before assuming the duties of the position.

Response to SoonerPride (Reply #4)

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
11. Yeah. Those are just "norms", and we KNOW what the turd has done to "norms"...
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:46 PM
Sep 2020

I would hope everyone would fall in line, but I'm not holding my breath.

One of our problems is that there are a LOT of his supporters in the military, and every security force we have, down to the lowest police. THEY may not be willing to go back to the "norms" established in the past.

If they can't, PURGE THEM.

Phoenix61

(17,002 posts)
17. That is not a "norm." That is a clearly spelled out
Sun Sep 27, 2020, 12:27 AM
Sep 2020

constitutional rule. There’s no wiggle room there. The military will follow the commander in chief and when Biden wins and is sworn in he will be the commander in Chief.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
16. Do you trust 45 & his goons to follow the law?
Sun Sep 27, 2020, 12:10 AM
Sep 2020

All they’ve done is break the law in broad daylight for the past 4 years.

And they’re preparing to fuck up the election sideways from various directions.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. We need to just forget this issue. Bernie Sanders all but laughed in
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:24 PM
Sep 2020

Bill Maher’s face for promoting the “he won’t leave crud.“

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
5. Yeah. No he didn't answer the question.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:25 PM
Sep 2020

What plans?

He refused to answer.

It was a pathetic dodge.

I want proof that the rules will apply

Who will force him out ?

Have they said they will?

Bernie didn’t say shit.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. The "plans" depend on how badly trump is beaten and how the
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:34 PM
Sep 2020

Senate looks. More importantly, I don’t think he refuses to leave when the time comes. He’ll play to his base, and enjoy getting Democrats all upset at first, then he’ll sort of sulk and hide when he can, then he’ll leave after he’s cut deals for future revenue like on FOX, giving rallies, signing autographs for white wingers, and worse.

The “plan” won’t take that long to develop, if it’s needed.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
12. So the "plan" would include giving him a platform for continuing to destroy this country,
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:58 PM
Sep 2020

JUST to get him out of the White House? What a pathetic bunch of wimps WE are.

The ONLY "plan" offered, should be whether or not he gets a can of gold spray paint for the toilet in the corner of his cell.

If he, and his supporters are not dealt with in a way that they KNOW their little charade is at an end, we will NEVER be rid of him, or them. They will trot out two scoops Jr., or ISKANKA, and continue the show. From Saudi Arabia, if necessary.

There should be no plan. He leaves the White House and goes directly to a holding cell, for treason, and money laundering. Letitia, NYAG can handle the spawn.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
15. He'll never be convicted by a jury for any crimes in office.
Sun Sep 27, 2020, 12:09 AM
Sep 2020

There will always be a white winger, or two, to hang any jury.

PSPS

(13,591 posts)
7. Sorry, but we don't "ask the generals" in this country. Perhaps you're confused.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:34 PM
Sep 2020

But thanks for your concern!

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
18. I am sure he has.
Sun Sep 27, 2020, 03:19 AM
Sep 2020

Are you loyal to me?

He has all his lackeys sign loyalty pledges.

He has fired or run off generals with integrity and replaced them with his yes men.

So yeah, someone better fucking ask them.

Because “this country” may not be the country you think it is.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
10. He is a sadistic sociopath and we need to be prepared
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:45 PM
Sep 2020

from every angle and level. This is not a rational person. He is dangerous and can and will do anything. Listen to psychologists, listen to people like his niece. He’s in control of what he wants you to see, where and when—it’s all a big game to him.

Forensic psychiatrist Bandy Lee, author of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, writes, “We are facing a democide of genocidal proportions, because we have handed power to someone who is anti-human in psychology. When criminality combines with mental pathology, this kind of large-scale violence becomes possible. This bottomless need to place his own psychic survival above any protection of the public should rather be a warning. This means he would be equally inclined to destroy the nation or the world—which he has the power to do—if he were to feel humiliated from the loss of an election, for example.”

mountain grammy

(26,619 posts)
13. I agree
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:59 PM
Sep 2020

I think he’s very dangerous. When he sat down with the California governor and the others, he laughed at them. He never laughs, but when California is in flames, he laughs. This is a dangerous and evil man..

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