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Showing Original Post only (View all)What if the orange menace loses but refuses to concede? [View all]
Here's a nightmare scenario:
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/how-trump-could-lose-the-election-and-remain-president/?fbclid=IwAR1cEYrrlWDWr4q4Cdhs6agYk86gI5LVZJIDqe_hMW8gLYQiuyEGu_-5ucs#.XlxJIG-ngdk.facebook
"At the end of his congressional testimony in February, Michael Cohen, Donald Trumps former fixer, floated a nightmarish possibility.
Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, Cohen said, I fear that if he loses in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.
Cohens comments may seem hyperbolic, but they are worth taking seriously. In the aftermath of 2018, Trump told reporters, Republicans dont win, and thats because of potentially illegal votes. In a 2016 presidential debate, Trump refused to say whether he would accept defeat. Ill keep you in suspense, he declared. Since that election, Trump has routinely said that his popular vote defeat was the product of millions and millions of illegal ballots. Now, facing potential legal jeopardy from ongoing investigations into hush-money payments and any number of apparent financial crimes, he might reasonably conclude that staying in office is the only way to avoid being indicted."
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