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PoindexterOglethorpe

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21. Conceding is irrelevant.

Wed Jun 10, 2020, 11:49 PM

Jun 2020

Whoever gets the most votes -- or in the case of the Presidency, the most Electoral College votes -- wins. The loser's concession is meaningless.

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Booker says he would sooner die than allow Trump to refuse to concede the election if he's defeated [View all] highplainsdem Jun 2020 OP

He doesn't have to 'concede,' elleng Jun 2020 #1

I hope from the day he loses he also loses his Twitter account. No more dogwhistles to his base. ancianita Jun 2020 #7

I have a spare room that... lame54 Jun 2020 #2

Save the room for a different guest. But pad it first.nt Xipe Totec Jun 2020 #12

and someone out there would rather die. mopinko Jun 2020 #3

He doesn't need to concede Renew Deal Jun 2020 #4

trump has no say in who stays in the WH beachbumbob Jun 2020 #5

Nooo! I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #6

He will still have Secret Service protection. Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #10

Trump should have that revoked I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #14

I don't think it's ever been done, but I suppose Congress could hammer that out. nt Progressive Jones Jun 2020 #18

Yes that would be reasonable I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #20

If he is not in the country I think that "protection" may go away... not_the_one Jun 2020 #24

Even in prison? retread Jun 2020 #46

What if attempts by US marshalls wnylib Jun 2020 #25

😂 ooky Jun 2020 #28

They will be no match for the Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #29

Which side will Blackwater be on? wnylib Jun 2020 #37

It wont come to that. When the electoral college certifies his loss, Volaris Jun 2020 #30

The VP or President Pro Tempore wnylib Jun 2020 #38

What, The Beer Belly Brigade? murielm99 Jun 2020 #32

That's one image of RW militia wnylib Jun 2020 #39

hahahahaha obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #41

Not really serious, of course. I mean, wnylib Jun 2020 #47

Why do smart people like Booker not get it samsingh Jun 2020 #8

Trump might be able to stop the election results from being certified, if he went pnwmom Jun 2020 #16

He's not beneath a stunt like that, but it wouldn't work. nt Progressive Jones Jun 2020 #19

That does not mean he would get to stay on as President. murielm99 Jun 2020 #33

Exactly this -- at noon January 20, 2021, Trump is no longer President obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #42

no way to stop states from certifying their results, this is all conspiracy theory bullcrap beachbumbob Jun 2020 #40

Yup, and it's in thread after thraed obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #43

Exactly samsingh Jun 2020 #48

Fortunately for the nation wnylib Jun 2020 #35

Well, whatever might happen, no one's going to "allow" him. Hortensis Jun 2020 #9

Wouldn't it be funny Gymbo Jun 2020 #11

Let POUTUS lock himself in his bunker. He'll come out as Hassler Jun 2020 #13

Fuck 45 aquamarina Jun 2020 #15

Will Trump dismiss his private goons wnylib Jun 2020 #36

Did you strain your back from that stretching and twisting? obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #44

whatever wnylib Jun 2020 #49

Good. JoeOtterbein Jun 2020 #17

Conceding is irrelevant. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #21

January 20 his term ends...period...Pence too. mudstump Jun 2020 #22

Maybe we will need to use tear gas and rubber bullets to get him and his ilk out of the WH. mudstump Jun 2020 #23

Concede or not when it's over it's over Raine Jun 2020 #26

OP after OP after OP on here obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #45

He won't concede but that's too bad for him. Joe Biden will be President. LiberalBrooke Jun 2020 #27

I always feared Trump refusing to accept the election and staying in office, C Moon Jun 2020 #31

I like Booker TristanIsolde Jun 2020 #34