He always said there would not be a transition. There would be a continuation... (Reply #24)

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Thu Jan 14, 2021, 11:54 AM

Kahuna (27,153 posts)

24. He always said there would not be a transition. There would be a continuation...

The president had been asked by a reporter if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power, “win, lose or draw.”

When the reporter noted that “people are rioting,” Trump replied: “Get rid of the ballots, and you’ll have a very — you’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly, there’ll be a continuation.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/23/trump-wont-commit-to-peaceful-transfer-of-power-if-he-loses-the-election.html

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32 replies	Author	Time	Post
I still can't get over the fact that Trump literally tried to overturn the election after he lost [View all]	DemocratSinceBirth	Jan 14	OP
It was such a wildly incredible plot that even after it happened nobody can believe it	Walleye	Jan 14	#1
Sounds like just the entree that Putin ordered. nt	woodsprite	Jan 14	#2
"What did they think would have happened".......	MyOwnPeace	Jan 14	#3
Shocked at the lengths he's gone thru but not surprised	onetexan	Jan 14	#4
It's a great point that the media jumps directly over	underpants	Jan 14	#5
We underestimated just how genuinely evil trump is.	Paladin	Jan 14	#6
Fixated on his loss	Yonnie3	Jan 14	#7
There's so many things I can't get over.	Cracklin Charlie	Jan 14	#8
I say this every day	NJCher	Jan 14	#9
It's almost as surpising that major segments of "the business community" went along	Tom Rinaldo	Jan 14	#10
So much of our economy is knowledge based	DemocratSinceBirth	Jan 14	#12
Very true	Tom Rinaldo	Jan 14	#21
On right wing sites they envisioned left wing riots	DemocratSinceBirth	Jan 14	#23
Clearly he believes 'tis better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven.	unblock	Jan 14	#11
I can't even imagine how they thought that it would work	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 14	#17
The biggest problem is that capital would flee.	DemocratSinceBirth	Jan 14	#19
Businesses can and do operate under dictatorships (i.e. China)	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 14	#26
The thing that holds this whole edifice together.	DemocratSinceBirth	Jan 14	#27
I can't get over the fact that so many elected officials were willing to help him.	Arkansas Granny	Jan 14	#13
We need a deep cleaning in this country	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 14	#18
How do you cleanse away the stark racism that exists in our country today.	CTyankee	Jan 14	#28
I obviously don't have any answers and not saying there are any easy answers to be sure	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 14	#29
I find comfort in my adult children and their children who are being raised in a righteous	CTyankee	Jan 14	#31
I keep thinking about who would be the original architect of this idea.	NQCowboy68	Jan 14	#14
I'd say that he thought that he'd be the absolute ruler, dictator of USA	dmkinsey	Jan 14	#15
He should be slapped in irons, arrested and thrown in Leavenworth for his trial for treason	Baclava	Jan 14	#16
Cui Bono, Tovarisch? (Nt)	FreepFryer	Jan 14	#20
There's always been a strong isolationalist streak in the US	Retrograde	Jan 14	#22
He always said there would not be a transition. There would be a continuation...	Kahuna	Jan 14	#24
I find it shocking that there wasn't more opposition to him during campaign.	David__77	Jan 14	#25
Yeah, they just realized Trumpism is bad for business, not got any more virtuous...	CTyankee	Jan 14	#30
Especially with Repubs being the party of big business.	radius777	Jan 14	#32

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