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First Speaker

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11. He may well try. He will not succeed...

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:05 AM

Dec 2020

...the military has already strongly indicated it will follow our constitutional processes. Trump only has a handful of militia trash on his side, if it hits the fan. I'm not underestimating the danger to our democracy he poses. A third of the country is going to swallow his poison of a "coup", and we are going to be in Weimar territory going forward--the GOP's Stab-In-The-Back myth. But he cannot actually prevent his leaving on Jan 20...

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He's not trying to leave the White House in shambles... [View all] edhopper Nov 2020 OP

My father more or less had that attitude b/c he was 90+, not well, widowed, and no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #1

Sorry you edhopper Nov 2020 #4

So sorry you had to go through that. catrose Nov 2020 #5

I blame his 2nd wife for mine. Ligyron Nov 2020 #9

he's not going to leave Demonaut Nov 2020 #2

He will have edhopper Nov 2020 #3

in our reality, he is not in our reality Demonaut Nov 2020 #6

On Jan. 20th at 12 pm, actual reality will impinge on his delusional reality AdamGG Nov 2020 #7

he will not leave, he will do ANYTHING to stay in office Demonaut Nov 2020 #8

He may well try. He will not succeed... First Speaker Dec 2020 #11

who has control of special ops Demonaut Dec 2020 #12

Doesn't matter who they report to edhopper Dec 2020 #13

you hope, as I do Demonaut Dec 2020 #14

Do you think if Biden calls the Marines in edhopper Dec 2020 #15

Yep. That's when he turns back into the proverbial pumpkin. calimary Nov 2020 #10