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Jamastiene

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7. People keep saying, "He can't" to this and do that, because elections are really held by states, but
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:43 PM
May 2020

the reality is that he has been doing whatever he wants since taking over the country.

I cannot believe people actually think laws mean he cannot do anything he wants. No law has stopped him yet. He gets away with everything.

If those laws are not enforced, he can do whatever he wants, and he has so far.

I mean, the thing they finally impeached him on was going after Biden's son, not stealing the election using Putin and hackers in 2016. Why wasn't he impeached for that?

Think about that one for a minute. He should have been impeached on that from the get go, but was not.

If no one will enforce the laws we have in America, what good does it do to even have them?

He has been getting by with anything and everything, including stealing the 2016 election and sending ventilators and PPE to Putin while American doctors and nurses make do with homemade PPE. He has been intercepting shipments to states controlled by Democratic governors while people die. He has been hoarding up PPE that American taxpayers paid for and saying it belongs to "us" meaning it does not belong to the rest of America. We fucking paid for it. Yes, hell, it does.

Doctors have been going to hardware stores to buy garden hoses and electronic times to make makeshift ventilators.

All of these things, other than the 2016 election, Trump has done just in the last couple of months, as people lay dying. He has been doing whatever he wants and no one is holding him accountable at all for anything.

Why wouldn't he go ahead and steal the election or refuse to leave? No one would stop him. He could do it, easily, with this corrupt, lazy ass Congress. They haven't gone after him for anything so far except fucking with the Bidens. All of the stuff he has done to states, Democratic governors, even inciting violence against them and calling open season on minorities over and over again, none of it has even registered as a blip on the radar of Congress so far. They aren't doing anything to stop him.

So, why wouldn't he do whatever he wants then and steal the 2020 election too? No one would stop him. No one would do anything. All the big, bad keyboard warriors who say that cannot happen or all hell would break loose are full of shit. He'll do as he damn well pleases and no one will do a damn thing.

Congress, who are supposed to be investigating wrongdoing and our courts, who are now stacked with his appointees and right wing majorities, who could rule things he does as unconstitutional, are doing nothing to stop him and the rest of the Republicans from all of the law breaking and wrongdoing they are doing.

How can anyone, at this point, NOT think he will not try to stay in power forever? He can. Nothing is stopping him and nothing will.

Once you notice how much he has done that should have been at least spoken out against, you cannot unsee it. It lets you know, really quick, he could just stay in power as long as he wants and no one would do anything about it.

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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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