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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
4. Isn't this cut and dried?
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 02:58 PM
Nov 2020

Article Two, Clause One: "He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years"

"Refusing to step down" isn't a thing. His term expires after four years, and he didn't win re-election. So he can refuse to leave the White House, and he can continue to call himself the President, but according to the Constitution he won't actually be the President.

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