Why would any reporter or anybody else ask Trump

[cyclonefence]

if he was going to "accept" the results of the November election if he lost? As if it's up to him whether the election was valid. "I'll have to see." Kiss my ass.

By asking him this we give him a chance to encourage his supporters to make trouble when he loses, and we reinforce his insane belief that his "acceptance" has anything to do with it.

[LakeArenal]

1. Media wants that horse race. Scandal. Drama.

[enough]

2. So right. NT

[safeinOhio]

3. If the polls get any worse for him

no one will buy what he is trying to sell.

[malaise]

4. Great post

Who the fuck cares how he feels after he loses

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Yeah. This is something that comes up here on a regular basis.

Since when is "accepting" the results of election optional?

I tend to feel quite enraged anytime anyone here or elsewhere in my life suggests that Trump won't leave the White House. I feel pretty certain that the Secret Service will, if necessary, remove him bodily.

Perhaps the thing we should most be worried about is that sometime between November 3 2020 and January 20, 2021, that he will leave in the middle of the night, taking all of the china and silverware with him.

[Sogo]

6. He's already making off with a big chunk of the Treasury

from the half-trillion in the COVID bailout package. Just why is it that Mnuchin and he won't say who gets that stimulus money???

[TeamPooka]

16. I trust the Secret Service to do their job here. I know trump will leave when he loses....but

I do not think his ego and brain will let him attend the inauguration like he's supposed to.
He cannot survive that humiliation

[MiniMe]

7. By asking him that, you make him think that is acceptable, and it isn't

[unblock]

8. Yet another way the media eagerly plays into a right wing agenda

The most charitable interpretation is that they're quite content with being used to further a right ring agenda.

More likely, they're an active part of pushing it.

This sets up donnie challenging the elections legitimacy if he loses. It also sets up donnie using force to "ensure a fair election".

Like how they never question if a Republican career is over no matter how big the scandal, whereas that's almost the first thing they talk about when a democrat is involved.

[2naSalit]

9. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

10. It's not his decision.

It's ours. If he loses, he's out. He has no political power and he has no say in the matter.

[PoliWrangler]

11. Exactly correct

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I actually thought they enjoyed helping Trump climb out on that limb

He can never say the MSM wasn't deferential. They gave him every chance to be humble. He's made his own bed. He thinks it a bed of privilege, but supporters of the rule of law and the Constitution have other ideas.

[bringthePaine]

13. ace!

[BarbD]

14. Why indeed. There's a slew of better questions:

1) What about the bounty on U.S. Troops?
2) What about adequate testing for the virus?
3) What about his "secret" police?

Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here and stay in the moment. There is enough of the Republican agenda to be anxious about. It is only July. We have a long way to go.

[Duppers]

17. 👍👍

[zentrum]

15. Good points.

[raccoon]

18. K&r nt

[JI7]

19. Exactly, Instead of asking him about Russia paying for American Soldiers to be Killed , About him

wishing Scumbag Ghislaine well and many other things.