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50 Shades Of Blue

(9,978 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:29 AM Jan 2021

Trump Pledges an Orderly Transition to a Biden Presidency

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/trump-offers-assurance-of-orderly-transition-to-biden-presidency

President Donald Trump, minutes after Congress certified President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College Victory and hours after Trump supporters broke into the Capitol, pledged “an orderly transition.”

“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” Trump said in a statement posted on Twitter by his aide Dan Scavino early Thursday morning.

Trump’s statement came as staff resigned and as congressional allies abandoned him in the aftermath of a mob of his supporters laying siege to the Capitol on Wednesday.
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Trump Pledges an Orderly Transition to a Biden Presidency (Original Post) 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2021 OP
Too late for that. n/t LuckyCharms Jan 2021 #1
Not quite if people read the full context still_one Jan 2021 #2
BWahahahahaaaah.... spanone Jan 2021 #3
That ship has sailed exboyfil Jan 2021 #4
We'll see. AleksS Jan 2021 #5
Bullshit durablend Jan 2021 #6
Exactly. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2021 #11
No, he didn't. Jirel Jan 2021 #7
i dont give a rats ass i just want him GONE and i dont care how samnsara Jan 2021 #8
I don't care how... handmade34 Jan 2021 #15
I do not trust nor believe shithole . . Iliyah Jan 2021 #9
This is the problem gab13by13 Jan 2021 #10
Barn door, horse ... AirmensMom Jan 2021 #12
Bullshit! 25th amendment now!!! RobertDevereaux Jan 2021 #13
No. He continues to spread propaganda about the election even with this statement. No. NoRoadUntravelled Jan 2021 #14
Too late. N/T FeelingBlue Jan 2021 #16
Not good enough. Ilsa Jan 2021 #17
He said there would be an orderly transition, but did not say a transition to a BIDEN presidency! LaMouffette Jan 2021 #18
That's not a PLEDGE! GeorgeGist Jan 2021 #19

Jirel

(2,018 posts)
7. No, he didn't.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:32 AM
Jan 2021

That was written by an aide. They’re scared and doing damage control. They don’t speak for The Beast. Assuming he isn’t in a padded cell, he’ll be right back at it today.

gab13by13

(21,313 posts)
10. This is the problem
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:33 AM
Jan 2021

in governing by Tweet. How do we really know that statement came from Trump?

Another day 1 move by president Biden should be to bring back the daily press conferences.

AirmensMom

(14,642 posts)
12. Barn door, horse ...
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:33 AM
Jan 2021

sore loser needs to be locked up for all the damage he has done. I don't care if it's a prison or mental hospital, just so he is there for life.

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
14. No. He continues to spread propaganda about the election even with this statement. No.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:37 AM
Jan 2021

His followers have been shown to be dangerous because the are so are easily swayed to insurrection by him. He must be removed from office and censured. He must not be allowed to communicate with his minions. He is dangerous.
Congress must act and remove him from office immediately.
Congress knows this. They have at their disposal unlimited experts regarding the occupants mental health and his potential impact on national security. We are in danger as long as he is in office.
Congress must act to remove him from office now.

LaMouffette

(2,028 posts)
18. He said there would be an orderly transition, but did not say a transition to a BIDEN presidency!
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:51 AM
Jan 2021

I don't see this statement by Traitor Trump as a concession at all. This seemed to me like another sly dog-whistle to his followers.

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