How Biden can force dRumpf's hand in regards to him leaving office.

[Imallin4Joe]

Assuming Joe wins which of course would make the orange felon a lame-duck President.

It's simple..

To the orange felon..
How you act in the lame-duck era of your illegitimate presidency will determine whether you will be prosecuted or to what extent.

Provide a peaceful and smooth transition or you will be prosecuted.


on edit
(and no, I'm not suggesting deal-making for prosecuting the multitudes of Trump crimes)

[Baitball Blogger]

1. As of this morning, he's playing golf in his Virginia resort.

So, maybe we can distract him by paying his golf fees for the next two months?

[exboyfil]

2. No deals

Put pressure on Pence.

You should know by now that working with Trump is a zero sum game. The only way you win is to not play.

[Freddie]

3. Unpopular opinion here, but I agree

Offer him immunity from prosecution in exchange for a peaceful transition.

[CincyDem]

10. Nope.

I don't believe he get the federal government to do anything as damaging as would be our failure to bring him to justice. If we don't, we are simply saying to the next autocrat-wannabe...go for it.

I'm sure he can order damaging events/activities, I just don't think they'll get acted on. The "he's still my president" thing will only reach so far.

Just one man's opinion.

[empedocles]

13. Yes

[empedocles]

14. traitor iss is so important - and needs to be developed, and the public made aware

of its horrible implications

[getagrip_already]

5. uhhhm, no, HELL NO!

We need to pass legislation making it blatently illegal for a potus to 'threaten" people with the power of the doj.

The doj should act on any and all crimes in their jurisdiction, but WITHOUT potus influence.

We aren't trump.

People, other than joe, can make it clear that failing to leave peacefully would be a federal crime and leave it at that.

[we can do it]

7. No the fucker needs to die in prison.

[Statistical]

8. Hell no. He will not longer be the President come Jan 20th.

If he is still in the WH at that time he is trespassing and an active threat to the President. Send in the cops to drag him out in chains.

No deals, no bargains, no threats. This isn't dumpy decision. The people have spoken.

[L.Pharmstrong]

9. It's not Biden's responsibility.

Let the Secret Service will deal with it. If need be, they can call in the Marines or a SEAL team. The SEALs have some experience rooting out dictators from spider holes and extracting terrorists from fortified compounds. Trump won’t be an issue.

Biden should focus on his Transition so he can hit the ground running and immediately address the Pandemic.

No deals for Trump. As a practical matter, a federal pardon would not insulate Trump from State charges, so it may be a non-issue. He needs to be imprisoned. If he is not prosecuted, he will continue to incite his base to violence and insurrection. Fuck him.

[brush]

11. Joe Biden has no say over whether the New York state AG or...

Manhattan DA pursue charges against trump once he's out of office.

AND THAT'S A GOOD THING because that MFer deserves to do plenty of time.

Someone should've told him "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime."

[solara]

12. Dear dONALD tRUMP- ICYMI for your staff who keeps their eyes on DU

I know you want the world to think you're King of America and that you are calling the shots.. but truth is.. you are not either of those things:

A concession is not required, it's a courtesy. It's not necessary for the losing candidate to concede for the winning candidate to be seated & the losing candidate is not obliged to concede once defeat has been conclusively demonstrated. We just expect a concession speech because it has been a civilized part of our elections for years.

Truth is, dONALD, you can stay in your bunker pouting (until Jan 20) and not say one word of concession, and Joe Biden will still be sworn in as President on Jan 20

(You can continue pouting for as long as you want, just not in the People's House.. (The White House)



(edit: added words I left out)

[empedocles]

15. Joe holds the power here. Why give in?

[solara]

16. No one's giving in

Lots of people think Joe can't be President unless trump concedes. I was just reminding anyone who believes that fantasy that Joe holds the power.

[empedocles]

17. I was agreeing with you, adding on

[I try to keep Rachel in mind here, to be very clear - I sometimes get too conversational]

[solara]

18. Sorry, guess I misunderstood your post

Thanks.

[empedocles]

19. My fault

[KatyMan]

20. Fact: Trump will no longer be President on Jan 20

If he claims he is it will carry no more weight than if I declared myself Emperor of Texas today. No bargains. A big part of the reason we're in such a mess is that whole looking forward not back thing. Have to show the Rs that consequences exist.

[SidDithers]

21. No. Biden should pretend that Trump doesn't exist...

Don't congratulate him on a race well fought.
Don't work with him in transition.

Just go about filling posts in the Biden Admin, and begin reversing everything Trump did by Executive Order.

Sid