2020 Elections

[mamselle]

Any hope for the Lincoln project?

M.

[sprout]

Anyone else starting to wonder what will happen if Trump loses in November and refuses to step down or acknowledge the legitimacy of the election?

[writingprof]

Anyone else starting to wonder what will happen if Trump loses in November and refuses to step down or acknowledge the legitimacy of the election?

I'm more interested in his lame-duck period.  Those of us who like controversial pardons should be in for a good time. 

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

Anyone else starting to wonder what will happen if Trump loses in November and refuses to step down or acknowledge the legitimacy of the election?

Civil War? More chaos than we currently have?

[mahagonny]

Anyone else starting to wonder what will happen if Trump loses in November and refuses to step down or acknowledge the legitimacy of the election?

Civil War? More chaos than we currently have?

Yes. It's likely.

[Parasaurolophus]

A legitimate question from the other thread:

Where is Joe-I-got-arrested-trying-to-visit-Nelson-Mandela Biden?

[mamselle]

Anyone else starting to wonder what will happen if Trump loses in November and refuses to step down or acknowledge the legitimacy of the election?

I asked that question last fall.

M.

[quasihumanist]

What if Trump goes on TV and says "All good Americans should make sure these protests end immediately by any means necessary"?

Am I being paranoid, or should I really make sure I have a full tank of gas and various essentials in my car so that I can get out of my red state on a moment's notice?

[Larimar]

Anyone else starting to wonder what will happen if Trump loses in November and refuses to step down or acknowledge the legitimacy of the election?

I asked that question last fall.

M.

Yep, I'm wondering.

What if Trump goes on TV and says "All good Americans should make sure these protests end immediately by any means necessary"?

Am I being paranoid, or should I really make sure I have a full tank of gas and various essentials in my car so that I can get out of my red state on a moment's notice?

I really hope he doesn't say anything like that.


Larimar

[apl68]

What if Trump goes on TV and says "All good Americans should make sure these protests end immediately by any means necessary"?

Am I being paranoid, or should I really make sure I have a full tank of gas and various essentials in my car so that I can get out of my red state on a moment's notice?

Yes, that's what you need to do.  The Republican National Committee, with funding from the Koch Foundation, has been secretly organizing militia forces all over the nation's red states with instructions to begin targeting all people of color, immigrants, college professors, etc. as soon as the word is given.  You've only got a few days left to flee before the balloon goes up.


I'm not sure I see what the difference is between this sort of paranoia and the notorious social media posts going the rounds claiming that George Soros or whoever is funding mobs of Antifa anarchists to loot and burn.

[spork]

Here's a fucked up congressional race: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/12/denver-riggleman-gay-wedding-314746.

[nebo113]

Here's a fucked up congressional race: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/12/denver-riggleman-gay-wedding-314746.

Ah yes.....drive through in a church parking lot. 

[spork]

Here's a fucked up congressional race: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/12/denver-riggleman-gay-wedding-314746.

Ah yes.....drive through in a church parking lot.

Riggleman's out.

[nebo113]

Here's a fucked up congressional race: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/12/denver-riggleman-gay-wedding-314746.

Ah yes.....drive through in a church parking lot.

Riggleman's out.

And Goode is awful.

[Treehugger]

Anyone else starting to wonder what will happen if Trump loses in November and refuses to step down or acknowledge the legitimacy of the election?

I was worried about that too, but apparently Trump has said that if he loses the election, he will leave the WH peacefully. Of course, there might be some "controversy" over what "lose the election" means, but the truth is that Trump realizes he doesn't have the military on his side (a big first step in any coup attempt) and the optics of having him physically escorted out of the WH would look pret-ty bad .... and Trump really cares about optics.

Frankly, I am more worried about the coronavirus at this point.