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In reply to the discussion: I am no longer worried. [View all]crickets
(25,983 posts)32. trump can't refuse to leave. It'll be fine.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/trump-election-refusal-leave.html
So its the morning of Jan. 20, 2021. Trump doesnt meet President-elect Joe Biden and his wife in the White House driveway, nor does he attend the inauguration on Capitol Hill. Instead, he proclaims, as he has many times by this point, that the election was a fraud (he has set the stage for this with his false claims about mail-in ballots), and at noon, instead of acceding to the transfer of power, Trump proclaims that the swearing in was FAKE NEWS and that he remains the president.
Here is what would happen next.
Here is what would happen next.
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The canyon below me is filled with smoke right now, making it difficult to breathe. Protestors?? No.
niyad
Sep 2020
#13
I'm worried about the 'Journalists' and media outlets who over report because ratings.
Tommymac
Sep 2020
#26
There has been real long lasting damage to Chicago. But, it's from organized crime looting
mucifer
Sep 2020
#19
I worry that, if he loses, Trump will inspire protests from his devotees...
thesquanderer
Sep 2020
#20
If Trump steals it, there would be a lot of angry people, that's for sure.
subterranean
Sep 2020
#28
im not worried about the peacful protesters , its the home grown kooks that i am worried
AllaN01Bear
Sep 2020
#22
"Even if there were 500 militia groups in the US, they could not take down the country."
yuiyoshida
Sep 2020
#24