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Response to lame54 (Reply #1)

lame54

(35,264 posts)
10. Sure, I'll spring into action...
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:03 PM
Nov 2020

I'm sure Joe's team is all over this

It's just another Trump delusion that they have to spend time and money chasing around only to prove how absurd is what in the first place

It is not being ignored but the end is predictable

C_U_L8R

(44,990 posts)
4. What is that disease called where you cannot recognize reality.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 03:56 PM
Nov 2020

Oh yes, insanity. This bozo is so inept and damaged, they should just cart him out now.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
8. This is why the game McConnell is playing is so damn dangerous
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:01 PM
Nov 2020

Being mealy-mouthed about accepting the election results in order to save the Georgia seats. People have been reading all sorts of subtexts in to what he’s saying, but it’s clear he’s feeding Trump’s delusions to save his own ass.

Despicably craven.

Ace Rothstein

(3,144 posts)
13. McConnell isn't playing a game.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:10 PM
Nov 2020

They aren't trying to save the Georgia seats, they are trying to steal the election.

11. Correction: THEY (the Republican Party) are in the process of committing a coup.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:05 PM
Nov 2020

It doesn't matter to them whether they destroy America or even the entire world, so long as they are the ones who end up with permanent power. I think McConnell's speech yesterday proved that.

Trump can't do it by himself; he has to have the help of the entire GOP. That's why virtually no Repugs will congratulate Biden on his win. Even after every one of the states have certified their votes the Repugs will find some other reason to question the validity of the election and keep Trump in the WH.

However there are more of us than there are of them. And we're more determined to protect our Constitution.

Arkansas Granny

(31,507 posts)
12. My mind says that he will be leaving office, but that knot in the pit of my stomach has returned.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:07 PM
Nov 2020

Is he just trolling us? Why does it seem that Republicans are going along with this? Are they just trying to humor him until the day he has to be dragged out of the White House kicking and screaming?

If someone had told me that this would ever happen in the US, I would have laughed in their face. Now it's playing out before our eyes.

CincyDem

(6,338 posts)
14. Of course he is. You think that fence around the WH is just for show.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:10 PM
Nov 2020

It just always amazes me when I say this for friends, they look at me and say "nah - he would never do that". I'm like what f'ing world have you been in for the past 4 years. Every damn day you say "he wouldn't do that"...he does it AND MORE.

I worked for a guy like him and a good friend's ex is exactly like him...believe me there is nothing on god's green earth he will not sacrifice to maintain his narcissistic supply...it is more important than money, more important than family, more important than country and in fact, likely more important than oxygen. He's like your worst junkie nightmare craving that next hit...what will he sell, who will he hurt, what will he steal for that next hit.

Think about it in the context of "what will you do as the last step to avoid death?" Movies like 27 Hours (cut your arm off) or Alive (cannibalism)...they all seem like science fiction to those of us never in those situations. And we all watch saying "I would never do that". I certainly do...but I also realize that when I'm looking down the pipe at my last breath, it's likely I will do things I've never imagined for that next breath.

That's where DJT is...and if he's not there yet, he can see if from here. There is nothing he will not burn down for that next hit of adulation.

Don't ever underestimate where the bottom is because normal folks probably can't see that deep. But it's way way down there, that's for sure.

Hanzzy72

(51 posts)
16. I'm worried that they will go down this road.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:15 PM
Nov 2020

But if they do I have faith that the American people won't tolerate it....at least the ones that voted for Joe. I fully expect Trumps nutbag supporters to back this coup.

NCDem47

(2,248 posts)
17. Trump's motto: Fake it until you make it.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 04:22 PM
Nov 2020

They are NOT GOING TO GIVE AN INCH until January 20.

And it will drive us mad. It's meant to.

Chainfire

(17,471 posts)
19. This is all so crazy, WTF is wrong with our country?
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:53 PM
Nov 2020

Trump wants to pretend that the election didn't happen and the Republicans won't call him out on it.

Violent or not, this is a coup in progress.

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