If the courts actually overturn the results of this election, this will no longer be my country

[still_one]

How can their argument to overturn the election even stand when you have Republican wins in Maine, Iowa, and South Carolina?

[bearsfootball516]

1. The courts aren't going to overturn the election.

[still_one]

6. They shouldn't. What the trump campaign is trying to do is reaching out to republicans in Congress

and push the lie that the election is illegitimate. It doesn’t make sense because there were enough republicans in other races who won, but this is extremely irresponsible and dangerous

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Can't argue with that

It may look the same, but it’d be a fundamentally different place.

[regnaD kciN]

3. If the courts overturn the results, we won't HAVE a country...

...we’ll have outright civil war.

[yardwork]

4. I don't think that is likely. There is no standing.

In 2000 the poor design of ballots in south Florida created questions about how the vote counts were tallied, leading to intervention by the courts and ultimately giving the Supreme Court an excuse to stop the counting.

There's no such issue now. The laughable conspiracy theory about sharpie pens in AZ was quickly refuted by the state's own attorney general, who is a Republican. Trump's efforts to intervene with courts in PA and MI were immediately thrown out.

Trump can tweet that there is voter fraud but unless he has some kind of evidence there's no standing for courts to intervene.

So far, all the cheating seems to be on his side, with voter suppression efforts.

[yellowcanine]

5. Not going to happen. Just stop.

[still_one]

7. You do realize that is what trump is trying to do, along with encouraging republicans in congress

to declare the election illegitimate

They are assembling their lawyers right now in Virginia, at least that is what is being reported in CNN, along with sending out email to their supporters

Santorum on CNN is pushing this bullshit based on so-called videos on the internet, which we all know are probably manipulated

They are playing with fire, and trying to cause civil unrest

In 2016 it was clear trump was a racist, sexist, and bigot, and many dismissed it.

They are telling us their game plan, and we better not dismiss it

[TwilightZone]

9. His suits have been laughed out of court.

His one "win" was allowing observers to sit four feet closer to vote counters.

Yeah, sounds like they're about to overturn the entire election. Come on....

[still_one]

10. I am waiting for any republicans in congress to come out and tell trump to just stop it

[yellowcanine]

12. Of course I realize it. But the SCOTUS will not do that. John Roberts will swear in Joe Biden in

Jan. That is how our system works. Still. I will admit we dodged a bullet though. 4 more years of Trump and I am not sure I could say that. But the best thing for us to do now is to follow Joe Biden's lead of lowering the temperature level of political discourse and not engage in idle speculation about what the SCOTUS might or might not do. That is why I say just stop. You are not helping.

[still_one]

14. I agree with everything you said, but unfortunately as long as long as trump is in the WH

it is going to be very difficult for that "temperature" to be brought down

It will be the WH that will be inciting this

As you said Biden will be trying to reach out and engaging with republicans in Congress, and we will see how that goes, but when you see Graham, Cruz, Kevin McCarthy and other major republicans going out on the airwaves pushing the administration lie of the election illegitimacy, it will be difficult because Pandora's box has already been opened

[yellowcanine]

15. That was yesterday. And note that Mitch is "no commenting." We will see what happens after the

race is called.

[still_one]

17. McConnell has come out with a very ambiguous tweet, suggesting that there are

illegitimate votes, without any evidence

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214471871

Again I am not disagreeing with your sentiment, but I am not sure there are enough "reasonable" congressional republicans who will come forward

[yellowcanine]

18. Yeah that was deliberately ambiguous but maybe he will come around when reality sinks in. Let's

hope so. We need him to help rein in Trump during the transition. And his majority is on the line with the 2 specials in GA. So he will do it for pragmatic reasons if not for ethical ones, which we know are pretty much nonexistent. Angry Biden voters in GA can take away his majority now.

[SlogginThroughIt]

13. Why are you telling this person to stop?

This is what republicans are saying!

[yellowcanine]

19. I think I have explained myself adequately. Follow Joe Biden's lead on this is what I am asking.

[TwilightZone]

8. They're not going to overturn anything.

That was always a Trump pipe dream. Why we bought into it and wasted so much time on it, I'll never understand.

John Roberts even tried to warn him. He made a very pointed, public statement that courts don't determine election rules or laws; state legislatures do. That was obviously targeted at Trump.

[still_one]

11. There is no grounds, that is for sure, but on CNN they are reporting that trump is

reaching out to republicans in congress to declare the election illegitimate, along with sending email to his supporters pushing that lie. They are also reporting that trump's legal team is assembling in Virgina to argue this

There is no doubt they are trying to cause civil unrest, and that presents some extremely dangerous prospects

[Demsrule86]

16. It won't happen.