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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher told it like it is tonight. There is no stopping republicans now [View all]Cha
(296,848 posts)18. JHC.. Maher needs to read THIS..
"Trump Can't Just Refuse To Leave Office"
Although written in June, a few months doesn't change anything. Not if, but when Joe Biden wins....
Trump Cant Just Refuse to Leave Office
We have a lot of things to worry about in the next eight months. This isnt one of them.
By Fred Kaplan
June 01, 20201:54 PM
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.
On the dot of noon, the nuclear codes, which currently allow Trump to order and authenticate a nuclear attack, expire. The officer who has been following him around everywhere with the footballwhich, contrary to popular belief, is not a button or a palm print but rather a book filled with various launch codesleaves. If Trump and whatever lackeys stay with him prevent the officer from leaving, another officer, holding a backup football, would join Biden at the inauguration ceremony.
By the same token, the entire U.S. military establishment will pivot away from ex-President Trump and salute President Biden. The principle of civilian control is hammered into American officers from the time theyre cadetsand the 20th Amendment of the Constitution states, The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of Januaryno ifs, ands, or buts.
More at:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/trump-election-refusal-leave.html
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14131670
Although written in June, a few months doesn't change anything. Not if, but when Joe Biden wins....
Trump Cant Just Refuse to Leave Office
We have a lot of things to worry about in the next eight months. This isnt one of them.
By Fred Kaplan
June 01, 20201:54 PM
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.
On the dot of noon, the nuclear codes, which currently allow Trump to order and authenticate a nuclear attack, expire. The officer who has been following him around everywhere with the footballwhich, contrary to popular belief, is not a button or a palm print but rather a book filled with various launch codesleaves. If Trump and whatever lackeys stay with him prevent the officer from leaving, another officer, holding a backup football, would join Biden at the inauguration ceremony.
By the same token, the entire U.S. military establishment will pivot away from ex-President Trump and salute President Biden. The principle of civilian control is hammered into American officers from the time theyre cadetsand the 20th Amendment of the Constitution states, The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of Januaryno ifs, ands, or buts.
More at:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/trump-election-refusal-leave.html
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14131670
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Bill Maher told it like it is tonight. There is no stopping republicans now [View all]
GusFring
Sep 2020
OP
I found it more sad than funny. ACA gone. Roe v Wade gone. More money in politics.
GusFring
Sep 2020
#4
Trump will definitely leave peacefully..here is why..... If Trump refuses to leave there will be
Stuart G
Sep 2020
#14
Basically agree. I really don't think he cares. I never thought he wanted presidency,
Hoyt
Sep 2020
#17
Actually Maher was misinformed about the electors in states like Pennsylvania. The legislators
still_one
Sep 2020
#7
Maher is such a mixed bag! I seem him as entertainment maybe, dark in nature to just
Thekaspervote
Sep 2020
#9
He has apologized many times for that, said he learned his lesson never to vote third party.
betsuni
Sep 2020
#34