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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 10:27 AM Oct 2020

The Nation: To Stop Trump Stealing the Election, Democrats Must Do These 3 Things

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thenation.com/article/politics/stop-trump-steal-election/tnamp/

Good article...highlights of three actions needed:

First: Joe Biden must not concede unless and until a complete and fair count of every ballot cast shows conclusively that he is the loser.


Second: Democratic governors must appoint Biden electors if Republicans make it impossible to count every ballot before the Electoral College votes on December 14, or if Republican state legislators appoint fraudulent Trump electors


Third: Congressional Democrats must play hardball by using every political, procedural, and legal tool available to them to exclude Trump’s electors from states where he didn’t win the popular vote—or where Republicans attempted to prevent a full count.


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The Nation: To Stop Trump Stealing the Election, Democrats Must Do These 3 Things (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2020 OP
agreed empedocles Oct 2020 #1
K & R liberalla Oct 2020 #2
this is assuming we won't know on Election Day. barbtries Oct 2020 #3
If Biden is the projected winner on election night, he Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2020 #5
I doubt he can do so effectively, barbtries Oct 2020 #8
Great article bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #4
Yes, they really have thought about the angles. Somehow Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2020 #6
Yes I hope they do it- all three Meowmee Oct 2020 #7
Hopefully our lawyers are sympathico Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2020 #9
Yep Meowmee Oct 2020 #10
The most important mercuryblues Oct 2020 #11
100% true. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2020 #12
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
5. If Biden is the projected winner on election night, he
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:54 PM
Oct 2020

Could still fight it right? And screw with electors?

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
8. I doubt he can do so effectively,
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 03:12 PM
Oct 2020

because each state holds their own election. The only states that he would have a chance at are those that are run by republicans, and if the outcome is that clear, I don't see them going out on that ledge.

i believe that if the outcome is clear on election night, all trump can do is make noise. he may incite some violence, but i do not believe that he will be able to change the outcome of the race.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
4. Great article
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:39 PM
Oct 2020

"January 6, ordering the sergeant at arms to remove Mike Pence and the Republicans from the House chambers in order to indefinitely delay the counting of Electoral College votes until Trump concedes, and organizing protesters to physically shut down the Capitol with nonviolent civil disobedience in order to prevent fraudulent Electoral College votes from being counted."

But Pence, in the new Congress, is named President of a joint meeting of House and Senate for the tabulation of EC Votes. So removing Pence is sure to spark a squabble.

And while the Biden Campaign's lawyers have the courts covered, I wonder if they're gaming this out too? Because this seems likely where we're headed.

I wouldn't bet on the American People accepting dictatorship.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
6. Yes, they really have thought about the angles. Somehow
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 02:00 PM
Oct 2020

Can't imagine our current leaders doing much of this. But I would love to be surprised!

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