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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden can save America [View all]jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)Where we part is this, " ....if and when Trump acts contrary to the limits it places on him". I have no doubt that Trump or his minions will violate the constitution at nearly every turn, and I also have no doubt they will use extra-legal means to quell citizen's resistance to their unconstitutional acts.
So it comes to this:
1> we can do nothing and allow the transfer of power on the vague hope we survive and do better at the polls in 2026. What are the odds that free and fair elections will restore sanity, really?
2> we pre-empt Trump's ascension, the sitting president installs a temporary governing body comprised of those elected officials who appreciate the threat Trump actually poses, arrest, try, convict and imprison the guilty, including the propagandists
3> we wait until the transfer is made, realize the error and then fight to temper Trump's excess without a single bit of effective constitutional support to aid a just cause and no real chance of anything but wasted sacrifice
4> it's too late and doesn't matter anymore
Henrik Ibsen, "The Enemy of the People" last scene, "....the majority is only right when it does right..."