[Liam-]

Trump attacking another black woman? Shocking

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Trump attacking another black woman? Shocking

But She Attacked him First.

[The Slim Reaper]

Arista fighting for Trumps honour.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by arista

But She Attacked him First.

Did she mention his name? No.

She’s allowed to tell people to vote, it’s very telling though that she says to reject hatred and people naturally assume she’s attacking Trump, is shows what people really think of him

[The Slim Reaper]

I think he's got you there, Arista.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Did she mention his name? No.

She’s allowed to tell people to vote, it’s very telling though that she says to reject hatred and people naturally assume she’s attacking Trump, is shows what people really think of him

NO
she attacked Trump years ago
First

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by arista

NO
she attacked Trump years ago
First

Ah, so he’s a petty bitch that holds grudges, got it

[bots]

Originally Posted by arista

But She Attacked him First.

john mccain hasn't been attacking trump much since he died, but it hasn't stopped trump attacking him

[Kizzy]

How anyone can talk down trumps obvious play for autonomy is unbelievable. .. Surely even the reddest necks won't go for that in the US?

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

How anyone can talk down trumps obvious play for autonomy is unbelievable. .. Surely even the reddest necks won't go for that in the US?

Of course they will, as long as the person in charge hates the same people they do

[arista]

[Liam-]

[Kizzy]

What I don't understand is why there's even the 'will you accept the decision' question anyway... if he is voted out of office he ceases to be chief in command of the army doesn't he? So he will simply be removed from the white house.

[bots]

even if he contests the election and it goes to court, his term ends in january, if there is no agreed president by that time, the speaker (probably Nancy) runs the country until a new president is installed. The term isn't extended to take account of a court battle

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

What I don't understand is why there's even the 'will you accept the decision' question anyway... if he is voted out of office he ceases to be chief in command of the army doesn't he? So he will simply be removed from the white house.

Pretty sure that it's until the next person is sworn in. Once the next person is sworn in, then he can be removed physically as none of the services are answerable to him. He does have the period between the election and signing day where he has powers to do all manner of crazy stuff, like forcing martial law as the easiest example, to try and make sure the next person can't be sworn in.

[bots]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Pretty sure that it's until the next person is sworn in. Once the next person is sworn in, then he can be removed physically as none of the services are answerable to him. He does have the period between the election and signing day where he has powers to do all manner of crazy stuff, like forcing martial law as the easiest example, to try and make sure the next person can't be sworn in.

executive orders can be over turned the moment his term ends by the speaker if there is no current president

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

executive orders can be over turned the moment his term ends by the speaker if there is no current president

He may not have to use executive orders, there are constitutional procedures he can use.

[Kizzy]

But don't the Dems run Congress? he won't get any laws passed will he?

[The Slim Reaper]

Dems hold the house, R's hold the senate and the court, 3 out of the 9 justices will owe their seats directly to him by the time the election comes around. 6-3 advantage to R's.

[bots]

there are certain non permanent things he can do unilaterally without needing to go to congress ... it all depends what the new shape of the houses are after the election

[The Slim Reaper]

It's actually pretty crazy that this is even a discussion. People wonder how germany ended up where they did; watching the US and UK today is how. Rights are being continually eroded, and laws are being increasingly ignored.

[Tom4784]

These next few months will determine the course of democracy worldwide. If Trump loses the election and manages to keep the presidency, then that will be noted by his peers all around the world. When Trump won the presidency in 2016, you soon saw Jair Bolsonero's rise to power in Brazil along with Racists and fascists gaining prominence in many western countries of which they had little to none before, if he holds onto power by ignoring the election, others will follow suit, or at least try to.

Donald Trump must be stopped.

[The Slim Reaper]

Good news.

[Tom4784]

Yes, that's good, but I do think that the republicans will soon ignore it if they get a whiff of Trump potentially getting away with remaining in power. They refused to hold him accountable in the impeachment hearings so if he can remain in power then they'll probably bend over backwards to keep it that way.

[The Slim Reaper]

If there's one thing R's love more than trump, it's their senate cash cow.

Some of those senators will be up for reelection in the mid terms in 2022, doesn't guarantee anything but it makes it a lot less likely they support trump in doing crazy stuff, when he'll do that on his own. Where it gets murky is the effort to delegitimize any voting.

Although if I remember correctly from bush/gore, I think all that goes through the house, not the senate.