NYTimes: Pelosi worries Trump won't give up power if he loses re-election by small margin

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(CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is concerned President Donald Trump will not voluntarily step down unless Democrats win by a "big" enough margin in 2020 that he doesn't contest the results, the New York Times reported Saturday.

In an interview with the newspaper this week, the Democratic leader expressed worry over a scenario where Trump would not accept the election results if he were to lose re-election by a slim margin, the Times reported.

"We have to inoculate against that, we have to be prepared for that," Pelosi told the newspaper Wednesday.

Pelosi told the Times she had worried that Trump would "poison the public mind" and "challenge each of the races" if Democrats didn't win by an overwhelming majority in 2018.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/04/politics/nancy-pelosi-trump-2020-election-impeachment/index.html

[JI7]

1. didn't Lawrence Odonnell say secret service would force him out ?

[elleng]

4. They will.

[rusty quoin]

10. Once the new is sworn in?

[elleng]

11. Yes.

Usually the moving out process occurs during the inauguration itself, and moving in follows immediately; very well-organized.

AND the Incumbent attends the inaugural (as they've until now been CIVIL.)

[rusty quoin]

16. I cannot imagine Trump attending the inauguration.

[elleng]

17. Fine with me if he doesn't, and

I'd even be willing to send him off to wherever in a U.S. helicopter!

[rusty quoin]

28. That's all I want, to get him out of our lives. I hate the people who put him there.

[elleng]

29. YES,

and I hate all the hate.

[Grasswire2]

13. How is it that Pelosi doesn't understand that his term ends at the moment the new Potus is sworn in?

This makes her sound ignorant, doesn't it??

[elleng]

18. She surely knows that, and nothing ignorant about her.

Do want to read about her discussion with NYT, if that's what it was.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/politics/nancy-pelosi.html?

*Do not get dragged into a protracted impeachment bid that will ultimately get crushed in the Republican-controlled Senate, and do not risk alienating the moderate voters who flocked to the party in 2018 by drifting too far to the left.

“Own the center left, own the mainstream,” Ms. Pelosi, 79, said.'

[lame54]

24. She sounding ignorant?...

We are under completely new rules and I am so glad she's being realistic as to the craziness that may go down

[Baitball Blogger]

36. Sadly, yes.

It sounds duplicitous. Like her real intent is to put progressives in check. Like progressives and minorities haven't dealt with that strategy our entire lives.

[Grasswire2]

42. Good. You get it.

I don't like it.

Also, as someone else said, it plants the seed of the idea into the national conversation.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. On January 20, 2021 at 12:01 p.m. he will become a private citizen.

If he's still trying to occupy the White House at that time, he'll be trespassing on government property and the federal marshals can haul his ugly orange ass right out the door. Preferably in handcuffs.

[Salviati]

32. I hope the marshals are careful with his head when they stuff him in the back of the car...

... because I'm not a fascist thug.

[Dan]

33. Actually as Trump indicated

The police shouldn’t be so gentle....good for goose therefore good for gander (hope have that right).

[walkingman]

3. I hope he does refuse to leave - I've been waiting on someone to perp walk him for a long time.

[Nuggets]

9. Wouldn't that be nice 😀. Nt

[Flaleftist]

5. Okay. Drag him out of the White House in handcuffs kicking and screaming.

He will be the star of the most watched YouTube video of all time.

[spooky3]

6. At this point, that is a problem I would prefer to have, over the current problems. As several

DUers have pointed out, there is an easier solution to that problem.

[elleng]

7. He won't 'will not voluntarily step down' under any circumstances,

to show the world what a king he is.



We the People will get him OUT of the White House.


JEEZE, I HATE this crap!

[PatrickforO]

8. US Marshals and Secret Service will

obey the law and lead him out in cuffs if necessary.

What I worry about is the Supreme Court ruling for Trump if he disputes a close election. The the issue would truly be clouded.

[Duppers]

44. Exactly!

And that's a great possibility.

[JI7]

12. I think Trump may try to escape to Russia

[Grasswire2]

15. But Russia won't want him once he has no power.

Here's hoping he's rendered penniless as well.

With Melania hoping to move on to Putin. Hehe.

[JI7]

20. they might use him for propaganda purposes

make him go in front of the cameras and attack the US and other shit.

he would have no choice.

[WheelWalker]

26. Here's hoping he's rendered. Period.

[Grasswire2]

43. hahahaha!

I see what you did there.

[Grasswire2]

14. I'm dreaming of him being cuffed on the steps of the Capitol.

Aw......sweet dream!

[Hoyt]

19. Fine, leave him in the White House with no aides. Let the new Prez run things elsewhere

until trump leaves.

Madam Speaker shouldn’t buy into the BS. They said the same about Obama.

[Grasswire2]

22. I'm a little worried about the national treasures in the WH.

I hope the people who curate and care for priceless objects pay close attention during that transition time.

Count the silverware, too.

[Hoyt]

38. "Count the silverware." Good point.

[LibFarmer]

21. Then let's beat him with a large margin

Let's turn Texas blue

[Baitball Blogger]

23. Sooo, can we all agree that our impressions that we are

Discriminated against by a group of people that feel entitled and superior is a valid observation? ‘Cuz it sounds like our votes are worth only a percentage of the white republican vote.

[dflprincess]

27. A friend and I were spinning fantasies today

About U.S. marshals showing up at 12:01 pm on January 20, 2021 and frog marching him away.

[Dem2theMax]

30. I'm still rooting for the KFC to win.

Cholesterol. Lots and lots of cholesterol.

[smirkymonkey]

41. Same here.

I know most people would like to see justice carried out, but personally I just want him gone from the face of the earth. I never want to see or hear from him again. He is the stuff of my nightmares.

[rogue emissary]

31. This is a perfect reason why we need to impeach Donny.

Its quaint reading post after post about the laws and norms of the transition of presidential power.

Donny has shown laws and norms mean nothing to him. I think Pelosi is wrong on one count. It doesn't matter if he loses by a significant margin or a small one. Hell, he lost by nearly three million votes, and he routinely calls the '16 election one of his greats victories.

Say we don't impeach him for the many laws and norms he and his campaigned violated. Do you honestly think he'll step down after we let him get away with those multitudes of crimes?

I could be wrong about him, but the notion that he respects the will of the American people is laughable.

[Duppers]

45. +100

[no_hypocrisy]

34. An arrest warrant from NYS delivered to Trump on January 21, 2021.

Bet he'd leave by helicopter in the middle of the night before the Inauguration.

[Vinca]

35. It's frightening this is a real fear, but it is. No one would be surprised.

In fact, try to visualize the normal transition of power and see if you can picture Dear Leader standing respectfully watching his successor take the oath. It's not going to happen. He's either going to leave in a huff before the ceremony and hold a competing rally somewhere or he's not going to leave at all.

[ecstatic]

37. Impeach the MF. It's the only strategy that

makes sense, at this point. Why would you work with a criminal dictator wannabe?

[triron]

40. I think you can leave off the last word.

[triron]

39. Pelosi should worry more about whether the next election will be decided by Putin again.

[coeur_de_lion]

46. She wants a landslide

So no one can say, it was too close to call and demand recounts.

I don't think she's worried about him leaving the White House so much as she's worried about him claiming victory even if he loses, and tying up the election in court for months or years after it's over.

He'll want to take it to the Supreme Court etc.

I'm sorry but I agree with her.

I imagine she also wants a landslide so she can rub his nose in it. Let him feel the rejection of this country.