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Kablooie

(19,107 posts)
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:04 PM May 2020

I'm really scared that Trump will remain president after the election. [View all]

Trump plans to corrupt and confuse the whole election system so a fair count will be impossible.
I'm sure he will actually lose by a landslide but he's going to do every illegal thing his toadies can think up to prevent the honest total from seeing the light of day.

He has an obscenely large campaign war chest that he's been building ever since he was elected.
He has the full propaganda power of Fox News at his disposal.
He's taking over the Post Office to prevent mail-in votes from being fairly counted.
He owns the intelligence and Justice departments so can order illegal activities while law enforcement looks the other way.

There will be complaints and exposés in the media, of course, but this has had very little real effect on outcomes. It's like everyone is shouting down a well.

To fight back, Democrats will be constrained by the rule of law, traditional procedures and reality while Trump is free from all of these.

It won't be a fair fight or fair election and that scares me.


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He will between November and January. RandySF May 2020 #1
dump will NEVER be my president, NEVER CountAllVotes May 2020 #2
This is truly the beginning of the end fescuerescue May 2020 #3
He'll be removed whether he likes it or not. I'm more worried that he will win the election. I know walkingman May 2020 #4
By who? Jamastiene May 2020 #9
That's a good question. If Trump claimed that the election was fraudulent walkingman May 2020 #15
I like your fantasy. Jamastiene May 2020 #17
I'd add in Moscow Mitch and Lindsay grahm I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #30
Why waste bdamomma May 2020 #36
+100000 Celerity May 2020 #20
I'm driven to remind everyone that in the American Colonies of Great Britain when diplomatic abqtommy May 2020 #5
The MAGAts think that THEY are the Colonies and the rule of law and the post Civil War America are Celerity May 2020 #23
Some of us get it. In the American Revolution the people who sympathized with the British abqtommy May 2020 #25
If he steals the office again, there will be separatist movements that form immediately. roamer65 May 2020 #34
I'm certain the DNC is having their staff of attorneys researching and writing legal memoranda no_hypocrisy May 2020 #6
People keep saying, "He can't" to this and do that, because elections are really held by states, but Jamastiene May 2020 #7
THIS. I've posted similar many times and always shouted down by folks who say it just can't happen. BamaRefugee May 2020 #10
+1000 Jamastiene May 2020 #11
+100000 Celerity May 2020 #19
+1, Trump will kill small children to win elections uponit7771 May 2020 #21
He would too bdamomma May 2020 #37
Yep, there it is ... he knows there's something that affects the kids with CV19 and he's no doubt uponit7771 May 2020 #38
+10,000 smirkymonkey May 2020 #27
We may have to drag out the republicans and force I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #32
The way the economy continues to fall apart, and dead bodies keep piling up, Trump will be lucky sop May 2020 #8
No, they were quiet when Trump implemented a no exception policy of taking children away uponit7771 May 2020 #22
So am I... I'm terrified by that. I'm more afraid that people won't turn out for Joe In It to Win It May 2020 #12
People will vote for Joe, for the same reason that people voted for Trump last time. smirkymonkey May 2020 #28
People need to bdamomma May 2020 #39
You ought to be scared. Terrified may be more appropriate. Firestorm49 May 2020 #13
He's already complaining that the Democrats want to use paper ballots so they can rig the vote. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #14
Part of me says this will never happen, but there's another part of me that says "Can you be sure?". Arkansas Granny May 2020 #16
If Red Don is willing to kill 10s of thousands to get economy up he's willing to cheat at election. uponit7771 May 2020 #18
He'll leave if he loses. JmAln May 2020 #24
We share the same feelings. ChazII May 2020 #31
If he doesn't I'm all in on secession and joining the Canadian confederation. roamer65 May 2020 #35
We have 1 good thing. MiniMe May 2020 #26
Bloomberg???? bdamomma May 2020 #40
Not him necessarily, his money MiniMe May 2020 #41
True true bdamomma May 2020 #42
I'm not always 100% sure he knows he's President? Brainfodder May 2020 #29
He never wanted this job in the first place Mz Pip May 2020 #33
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