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Republicans need a designated conceder
Barring a radical twist of fate, the biggest uncertainty of the election now seems to be which number will be higher: total accusations of sexual assault against Donald Trump, or total electoral votes for him. But even if he is crushed badly on Nov. 8, Trump has signaled he is not likely to give a concession speech. So Republicans should be prepared to do it for him.
They need at least one “designated conceder” and maybe more.
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On election night 2012, Trump responded to Mitt Romney’s loss in an Electoral College landslide in a series of tweets calling for a revolution. There was no real threat of millions taking to the streets to demand Romney’s Participation Award (that is, the presidency) because like all of his modern predecessors, he immediately gave a stiff yet gracious concession speech.
By contrast, even before the release of the infamous Access Hollywood video, Trump was losing and threatening the peaceful transfer of power that Richard Nixon called the way in which “we celebrate the unity that keeps us free.” Historians say this could be a first.
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“If she’s in office, I hope we can start a coup. She should be in prison or shot. That’s how I feel about it,” Dan Bowman, a 50-year-old contractor, told The Boston Globe. “We’re going to have a revolution and take them out of office if that’s what it takes. There’s going to be a lot of bloodshed.” It doesn’t help when Trump supporters make comments like “I would have to be a moron” to say the elections in Philadelphia and Chicago will be fair, as Rudy Giuliani did Sunday on CNN.
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USA Today
They need at least one “designated conceder” and maybe more.
....
On election night 2012, Trump responded to Mitt Romney’s loss in an Electoral College landslide in a series of tweets calling for a revolution. There was no real threat of millions taking to the streets to demand Romney’s Participation Award (that is, the presidency) because like all of his modern predecessors, he immediately gave a stiff yet gracious concession speech.
By contrast, even before the release of the infamous Access Hollywood video, Trump was losing and threatening the peaceful transfer of power that Richard Nixon called the way in which “we celebrate the unity that keeps us free.” Historians say this could be a first.
....
“If she’s in office, I hope we can start a coup. She should be in prison or shot. That’s how I feel about it,” Dan Bowman, a 50-year-old contractor, told The Boston Globe. “We’re going to have a revolution and take them out of office if that’s what it takes. There’s going to be a lot of bloodshed.” It doesn’t help when Trump supporters make comments like “I would have to be a moron” to say the elections in Philadelphia and Chicago will be fair, as Rudy Giuliani did Sunday on CNN.
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USA Today
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