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brooklynite

(94,475 posts)
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:58 AM Oct 2020

Trump may just keep campaigning after Election Day

Source: Politico

Even if there isn’t a clear winner the day after the election, President Donald Trump may still take his MAGA message on the road.

Top surrogates for the Trump campaign have been told to keep their Novembers clear for potential campaign events. And Trump campaign advisers said not to rule out the possibility Trump continues his rallies even as election officials continue to count ballots after the Nov. 3 election, according to a campaign surrogate and two Trump advisers.

With the possibility that there might not be a clear winner on election night in key swing states like Pennsylvania and North Carolina, the campaign has discussed putting Trump and his family on the road to give a morale boost to supporters and let the president fire off about the election to crowds.

“Don't miscount the fact that Trump will continue to do rallies while they're still counting votes,” said one adviser to the Trump campaign.



Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/30/trumps-maga-roadshow-ballots-tallied-433720
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Trump may just keep campaigning after Election Day (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP
Still working on that herd immunity. Walleye Oct 2020 #1
Last gasp of adulation? Fomenting trouble? soothsayer Oct 2020 #2
Fomenting trouble... Zoonart Oct 2020 #4
+ 1 nt pazzyanne Oct 2020 #32
Fomenting trouble, probably inciting violence. Mike 03 Oct 2020 #10
That's most Rebl2 Oct 2020 #23
"Campaign" to incite violence. TryLogic Oct 2020 #50
YEP! Rebl2 Oct 2020 #63
The festivus tour - Phase 1 Layzeebeaver Oct 2020 #44
It's all he's done as President. It's all he knows. BKDem Oct 2020 #21
And, of course, tweeting in the wee hours of the night Mad_Dem_X Oct 2020 #60
Not like he plans to do any real work. n/t forgotmylogin Oct 2020 #22
Torchlight Parades Codifer Oct 2020 #56
Will there be a collection plate? underpants Oct 2020 #3
orange asshole's daily to do list NRaleighLiberal Oct 2020 #5
Our only hope is that in the wake of a tremendous loss, his attention Mike 03 Oct 2020 #12
He is totally going to continue having rallies. Squinch Oct 2020 #6
He is not going to stop until he is dead or in prison. King_Klonopin Nov 2020 #65
He loves to campaign but hates to govern... nt mitch96 Oct 2020 #7
Bingo secondwind Oct 2020 #8
Yep. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #16
He loves the adulation of the crowd... narcissistic asshole that he is.... me,me,me.... nt mitch96 Oct 2020 #37
Clearly he doesn't know how to do anything else FakeNoose Oct 2020 #62
He continues to misuse taxpayer funds dlk Oct 2020 #9
Creditors waiting for him at the gates to WH. Got to stay in field and NCjack Oct 2020 #43
Exactly dlk Oct 2020 #64
He's gotta kill a few more supporters muriel_volestrangler Oct 2020 #11
Yup, sums it up. BlueWavePsych Oct 2020 #61
Trump thrives on the adulation. I think he is going to get very depressed Maraya1969 Oct 2020 #13
laughable beachbumbob Oct 2020 #14
He wants to continue to fuel fascist insurrection. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2020 #15
It will all be over by Tuesday @ 9 or 10 PM Botany Oct 2020 #17
South Carolina? That would be impressive. n/t Laelth Oct 2020 #26
S.C. is 35% African American and 12% Hispanic and Harrison has a 2 point lead of Lindsey in the ... Botany Oct 2020 #36
Let him. mwb970 Oct 2020 #18
I guess at one of the rallies chriscan64 Oct 2020 #19
That is just sick....the man needs help, for he is very, very ill. ashredux Oct 2020 #20
Remember to bill him for Air Force 1, the gas, the cops... Kid Berwyn Oct 2020 #24
He's got nothing better to do. Laelth Oct 2020 #25
he's working to change the second half of that sentence ..... n/t getagrip_already Oct 2020 #29
Distraction to cover for his and his children as they prepare to cstanleytech Oct 2020 #27
The energy of the crowd is what sustains Trump. patphil Oct 2020 #28
If trump keeps it up, I'm sure Biden and other Dems will respond accordingly. trump's Goodbye tour Hoyt Oct 2020 #30
The Media should dubb these events.... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #31
this llashram Oct 2020 #33
He will continue to do rallies as long as he has crowds and media attention. LiberalBrooke Oct 2020 #34
Agreed. n/t Mad_Dem_X Oct 2020 #59
until the inauguration peacebuzzard Oct 2020 #35
He will likely hold a separate rally during the inauguration -- maybe even elsewhere in DC. He KPN Oct 2020 #53
It occurred to me that, God forbid, he gets himself another term, tanyev Oct 2020 #38
If he doesn't hang on, then perhaps it's a 2024 campaign. David__77 Oct 2020 #39
Trump Farewell Tour!! aeromanKC Oct 2020 #40
See- I read that as "Trump may just keep COMPLAINING after election day" packman Oct 2020 #41
SMDH iluvtennis Oct 2020 #42
In the end, that is what he is: colorado_ufo Oct 2020 #45
I'm sure putin told him bluestarone Oct 2020 #46
Asshole thief Traildogbob Oct 2020 #47
Sore loserman Bayard Oct 2020 #48
And the level of stupidity continues to rise. Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #49
Hmmmm... Who was that guy with the mustache who kept holding rally's after he was in office? world wide wally Oct 2020 #51
If this happens, I hope there is a subsequent thorough investigation into how this traveling clown KPN Oct 2020 #52
When is the media going to cut off his mike - figuratively speaking. They dont need to report on Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2020 #54
his cult rallies barbtries Oct 2020 #55
A platform for his continued Stochastic Terrorism. cayugafalls Oct 2020 #57
Why doesn't he just go home & grow a beard? JohnnyRingo Oct 2020 #58

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
21. It's all he's done as President. It's all he knows.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:55 AM
Oct 2020

Hobbies: Watching TV and being the center of attention.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,013 posts)
5. orange asshole's daily to do list
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:09 AM
Oct 2020

TV
golf
unhealthy junk food
lie
tweet (the lies)
rallies (all lying)
own the libs
undo Obama
incite criminal activity

some "president'

what will change after he loses?

nothing (for him)

a whole lot of repairing damage (for us)

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
12. Our only hope is that in the wake of a tremendous loss, his attention
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:29 AM
Oct 2020

will suddenly turn towards his pending legal woes. Maybe with all that document shredding and forgery and meeting with attorneys he will forget to destroy what's left of the country.

King_Klonopin

(1,306 posts)
65. He is not going to stop until he is dead or in prison.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:55 AM
Nov 2020

Even if he loses, which is most likely, and Biden is inaugurate without any backlash,
Trump is going to set up a tent across the street from the Capitol building where he
will heckle, blather on, Tweet, and incite his minions -- just for the attention.

Our hope is that SDNY actually convicts him of crime(s) and sends him to prison, or
he chooses to defect to Russia and seek the protection of Pute-Daddy, his pimp.

FakeNoose

(32,613 posts)
62. Clearly he doesn't know how to do anything else
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 04:03 PM
Oct 2020

Also it's a great way to bill the government for activities at his own hotels and resorts.



dlk

(11,538 posts)
9. He continues to misuse taxpayer funds
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:20 AM
Oct 2020

Deadbeat Donnie just keeps on grifting. It’s all he knows how to do.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
43. Creditors waiting for him at the gates to WH. Got to stay in field and
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 11:49 AM
Oct 2020

keep the grifting in motion.

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
13. Trump thrives on the adulation. I think he is going to get very depressed
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:31 AM
Oct 2020

when people stop fawning all over him. Or maybe he'll do something dangerous to get attention.

He is a dangerous man.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
14. laughable
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:33 AM
Oct 2020

no working the refs in counting votes in the allotted time period each state has but since he aint interested in actually BEING president, keep him busy and running up the charges to his campaign which will be likely in the hole any way and then the RNC is saddled with the debt

Botany

(70,480 posts)
17. It will all be over by Tuesday @ 9 or 10 PM
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:46 AM
Oct 2020

Last edited Sat Oct 31, 2020, 12:05 PM - Edit history (1)

My dream sweep of pick ups, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, and Ohio.

Also one of the Great Plains states too. Farmers got hammered by Trump's trade war
with China. Kansas?

Botany

(70,480 posts)
36. S.C. is 35% African American and 12% Hispanic and Harrison has a 2 point lead of Lindsey in the ...
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:50 AM
Oct 2020

.. senate race too.

mwb970

(11,356 posts)
18. Let him.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:47 AM
Oct 2020

He can put on all the COVID concerts he wants to after he loses. Don't make no nevermind to me.

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
19. I guess at one of the rallies
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:48 AM
Oct 2020

he will announce that it is for 2024 not 2020. The rallies will continue, but at least the FBI will know where to find him.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
25. He's got nothing better to do.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:58 AM
Oct 2020

It’s not like he’s President, or anything, in charge of running the most powerful government on the planet.



-Laelth

patphil

(6,158 posts)
28. The energy of the crowd is what sustains Trump.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:12 AM
Oct 2020

He literally drinks in their energies. A modern day vampire, like so many who are addicted to the roar of the crowd.

Take this away and he will wither. So there is no way he can stop now.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
30. If trump keeps it up, I'm sure Biden and other Dems will respond accordingly. trump's Goodbye tour
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:28 AM
Oct 2020

won't accomplish anything, but it will keep the ignorant white wingers occupied.

getagrip_already

(14,679 posts)
31. The Media should dubb these events....
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:30 AM
Oct 2020

The Loser Tour 2020........

How delicious it would be if the NYT's ran a headline: "Worlds DUMBEST leader embarks on Loser's tour"......

llashram

(6,265 posts)
33. this
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:42 AM
Oct 2020

aberration continues to astound. If it appears the vote for Biden/Harris is overwhelming, this menace to civil society will try to start something we won't recover from this time as the citizenry of basically United states. Undeclared civil/class/race warfare among our citizens has been threatening for generations. Boom. The advisors to the Orange Menace are working overtime to cloud and impede these upcoming results.

LiberalBrooke

(527 posts)
34. He will continue to do rallies as long as he has crowds and media attention.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:46 AM
Oct 2020

That feeds his ego. As soon as he is ignored by either, he will stop.

peacebuzzard

(5,158 posts)
35. until the inauguration
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:48 AM
Oct 2020

this ass will rally with his idiots; he will cry and whine until the devil takes him away.

KPN

(15,641 posts)
53. He will likely hold a separate rally during the inauguration -- maybe even elsewhere in DC. He
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 01:12 PM
Oct 2020

won't go away on his own.

tanyev

(42,541 posts)
38. It occurred to me that, God forbid, he gets himself another term,
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:57 AM
Oct 2020

he would have to claim that he was entitled to a third so he can keep campaigning for four more years. It's the only thing he really enjoys about being Presidunce.

Traildogbob

(8,705 posts)
47. Asshole thief
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 12:22 PM
Oct 2020

He pays no taxes, but will use millions of our taxes and our plane to have Klan jamborees until Jan. No relief for working class as pandemic explodes but this cash flow is fine. Remember this South Carolina, Graham said over his dead body will workers get help, and Kentucky, no money at all for working and dying people, gotta pack courts with judges that support this waste of our money. Your GOP.

Bayard

(22,035 posts)
48. Sore loserman
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 12:37 PM
Oct 2020

Sour grapes. I'm sure there are plenty of analogies. Still hoping the Supremes will overturn the election.

Maybe he'll crowd surf off to prison.

world wide wally

(21,739 posts)
51. Hmmmm... Who was that guy with the mustache who kept holding rally's after he was in office?
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 01:04 PM
Oct 2020

Adolf something, I think

KPN

(15,641 posts)
52. If this happens, I hope there is a subsequent thorough investigation into how this traveling clown
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 01:08 PM
Oct 2020

show was financed.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
54. When is the media going to cut off his mike - figuratively speaking. They dont need to report on
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 01:29 PM
Oct 2020

every little belch and utterance - its not news. His hogging all or most available air time is at the expense of other voices not getting heard.

barbtries

(28,787 posts)
55. his cult rallies
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 01:43 PM
Oct 2020

are what keep him breathing. #ETTD

i really had to laugh though, at the thought of him doing rallies even after he's lost the election.

cayugafalls

(5,639 posts)
57. A platform for his continued Stochastic Terrorism.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 02:17 PM
Oct 2020

He will incite violence with these rallies.

Someone please haul this asshole off to jail now...

JohnnyRingo

(18,622 posts)
58. Why doesn't he just go home & grow a beard?
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 03:14 PM
Oct 2020

That's what most candidates do when they lose.
He's so stuck on himself.

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