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ForgedCrank

(3,106 posts)
23. I'll put
Mon Mar 4, 2024, 05:22 PM
Mar 2024

up $1,000.00 to anyones for favorite charities that this won't happen.
If he wins (and I don't think he will), he will leave office on Jan 20th at the end of his term no matter if he likes it or not. That's my bet.
We beat this idiot with votes, not hyperbole and court cases. We do it the old fashioned way, and we do it right.
This stuff has really gotten out of hand. There will be no dictator even if he tries, the powers separation prevents this.

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Yeah because last time he lost by 8 million votes he just left office, oh wait... onecaliberal Mar 2024 #1
And the time before that, when he lost by 3 million votes... Mister Ed Mar 2024 #4
We need to get rid of the Electoral College. n/t EndlessWire Mar 2024 #6
A constitutional amendment, ratified by 2/3 of the states, will do that. Mister Ed Mar 2024 #8
Three-fourths. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2024 #27
Thanks. n/t Mister Ed Mar 2024 #39
As I say angrychair Mar 2024 #34
I point that out as well DVRacer Mar 2024 #38
I agree, but it isn't going to happen due to the polarization of today's society. patphil Mar 2024 #33
oh c'mon mopinko Mar 2024 #5
This time he is not in office Bev54 Mar 2024 #31
Do we know if Benedict Donald returned all of those top secret documents he stole? gab13by13 Mar 2024 #2
You're right... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #3
No one thought that he'd win in 2016 EndlessWire Mar 2024 #11
Yes, yes, and yes, AND... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #16
"The answer is we MUST win in November." J_William_Ryan Mar 2024 #7
i would agree that any conviction before the election helps us, but... garybeck Mar 2024 #12
none of the confederates were "convicted of sedition" rampartc Mar 2024 #42
Joe Biden beat him even before there was January 6th and 91 federal indictments. Aristus Mar 2024 #9
...AND the media. dchill Mar 2024 #25
What if he wins? lame54 Mar 2024 #10
If he ForgedCrank Mar 2024 #14
Less than half plus... lame54 Mar 2024 #15
He wouldn't win on a popular vote... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #17
It wouldn't be 4 years MadameButterfly Mar 2024 #18
I'll put ForgedCrank Mar 2024 #23
Your level of optimism is breathtaking. niyad Mar 2024 #32
It's our ForgedCrank Mar 2024 #40
Or conscious, aware, vigilant, and having learned our lesson during his niyad Mar 2024 #41
He'll appoint the generals (and some more Judge Cannons) MadameButterfly Mar 2024 #35
the seperation of powers is a high school conceit. rampartc Mar 2024 #43
I suspect he will be greeted with impeachment resolutions the day he's sworn in. lastlib Mar 2024 #26
You think he'll let Congress remain in session long enough MadameButterfly Mar 2024 #36
It was a bit of a Hail Mary to begin with. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2024 #13
While I don't think Trump should be allowed on the ballot MadameButterfly Mar 2024 #19
Abbott would've tossed him from the ballot over the border in a heartbeat had this stood AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #21
I don't think he expected them to rule he is immune, he just wanted them BlueKota Mar 2024 #28
Well Said Aepps22 Mar 2024 #20
It's not the Base who might be influenced by a conviciton MadameButterfly Mar 2024 #37
Worst thing about the SC's decision is Trump will spend the next eight months saying he was "exonerated." sop Mar 2024 #22
Totally agree & Joe needs to get the young vote Joinfortmill Mar 2024 #24
Taylor Swift will help there. padfun Mar 2024 #30
My reaction to this ruling is pretty much "meh." ShazzieB Mar 2024 #29
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