Trump Says He'll Give Up Power if Electoral College Backs Biden
Last edited Fri Nov 27, 2020, 02:47 AM - Edit history (1)
Source: Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said hell relinquish power if the Electoral College affirms Democrat Joe Bidens win, but he signaled he may never formally concede defeat, and may skip the Democrats inauguration.
Trump fielded questions from reporters on Thursday for the first time since his election defeat, speaking at the White House after a Thanksgiving teleconference with members of the military.
He rehashed for about 25 minutes a series of allegations his legal team has so far made but provided little or no evidence for -- and thus hasnt raised in court appearances -- while saying flatly that Biden couldnt have received 80 million votes from the American people.
The defiant and occasionally conspiratorial exchange in the White Houses diplomatic room included a brief acknowledgement of the reality facing him. When Trump was asked if hed physically leave the building if the Electoral College affirms Bidens victory, he replied, certainly I will, and you know that.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-hell-give-up-power-if-electoral-college-backs-biden/ar-BB1boyzF?li=BBnb7Kz
Excellent. We don't want to see your ugly grifting face at Joe Biden's inauguration.
Squinch
(51,040 posts)LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,941 posts)Who keeps asking him that question?
lastlib
(23,322 posts)Why would anybody even ask the question whether he would relinquish power?? The US Constitution says that on Inauguration Day, his power is gone, PERIOD. New guy gets the job--PERIOD. If Shitgibbon is still in the White House at 12:01 pm 1/20/21, he is an unwelcome guest, so we drag his lard-ass out--PERIOD.
certainot
(9,090 posts)33taw
(2,448 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)cstanleytech
(26,334 posts)Of course what I really expect is that he will be on a flight out of the country on his last official day in office because he and his children will be facing a number of potential legal problems that could very well see them wearing orange.
SharonAnn
(13,780 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)Let President Obama take his place.
captain queeg
(10,273 posts)ResistantAmerican17
(3,838 posts)elleng
(131,197 posts)skip the Democrats inauguration.
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)Like insulting people who disagree with him.
Progressive dog
(6,921 posts)when it happens.
I sure as hell hope that he doesn't show his face at the inauguration.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)underpants
(182,949 posts)Nothing better to do, like with the family?
rso
(2,273 posts)Thats mighty generous of him.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)This cant stand. This stupidity just screams Reform!
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,600 posts)so his successor will have the opportunity to put together his government unencumbered.
Trump is a traitor who is destroying the country and democracy. He is not a patriot. Neither are his followers.
raccoon
(31,127 posts)torius
(1,652 posts)Phi Beta Kappa. Not many people know that.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,532 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,600 posts)as the legal one is going on. He'll then proclaim that he's the "real president," and be a thorn in Biden's side -- enabled by the traitors in the Senate -- for the next four years. He'll throw a monkey wrench into every program Biden is pursuing, using the same army of lawyers and specious lawsuits he has used post-election.
Trump is going to be the cockroach of democracy until he dies.
Initech
(100,108 posts)Ishoutandscream2
(6,664 posts)or very incapacitated, ie dementia, stroke, etc.
Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)the Secret Service dumps him and his box of stuff on the curb.
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Initech
(100,108 posts)Oscarthegreat
(121 posts)When my dog makes the sounds indicating he wants his treat he is more coherent than the infantile nonsense that comes out of this moron's mouth. Listening to him is as incomprehensible and experience as listening to some lunatic speaking in tongues.
disalitervisum
(470 posts)The occupant doesn't leave the office. The office leaves the occupant. There's nothing for the occupant to relinquish.
And rest assured, the unspoken part of the sentence, "certainly I will and you know that," is -- "...I will behave like the most monstrous spoiled six-year old brat who has ever lived, the likes of which nobody has ever seen."
Tiger8
(432 posts)Trump will show up at the Inauguration if Limbaugh thinks of something hurtful or diminishing for the Bidens......anything to give the MAGAts a good laugh at the expense of America.
Iggo
(47,577 posts)Everybody else says it, too.
Because that's how it works.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)NT
marble falls
(57,353 posts)djacq
(1,634 posts)"The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate."
Not Trump's choice, it's the choice of 80 million American Voters
dawg day
(7,947 posts)He thinks he'll get the electors to vote for him?
EndlessWire
(6,573 posts)He still thinks he has a pathway through the EC.
If we watch the EC reelect Trump, we will have Civil War 2.0. Bank on it. Someone is whispering in his ear.
Richard D
(8,800 posts). . . a part of me was hoping to see him dragged out.
shrike3
(3,816 posts)You do it when you lose an election. And if you don't do it voluntarily, it'll be done for you.
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)bringthePaine
(1,733 posts)OnlinePoker
(5,727 posts)iluvtennis
(19,882 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,925 posts)He is a waste of oxygen and water. He is at all times an ongoing virulent threat to anyone and anything living on this planet. Toxic Waste has more soul and Garbage more appeal.
Lock him up.
(6,946 posts)cayugafalls
(5,646 posts)Warpy
(111,382 posts)I hope state AGs are on the lookout for a lot of new accounts being opened in tax havens. The information isn't easy to trace but it is possible.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Thats just darn decent of him..........
Did a light bulb 💡 go off somewhere?
twodogsbarking
(9,844 posts)you have to flush more than once.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)As a fraud if they go Biden.....
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)He has no say in the matter. He can't give up what he doesn't have.
Wannabe King Donald thinks he is sole owner of the Presidency, and is just doing us a personal favor by leaving, after we righteously kicked him to the curb at the polls.
twodogsbarking
(9,844 posts)and never grew up. Stop catering to him.
bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)maybe a little tear gas will improve your disposition
Martin Eden
(12,879 posts)Watch what he does more than what he says.
Edwcraig
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Yeehah
(4,597 posts)His power is vacated on January 20 no matter what he does.
Aussie105
(5,444 posts)Suggesting he has powers he actually doesn't have.
And the MSM are still giving him oxygen. Why?
Anyhow, how much power does the Electoral College have to say voters got it wrong, and Trump stays in the White House?