As Byron York, in The Washington Examiner (August 13, 2020), notes, some members of the "Resistance" are now speculating that (1) Trump will lose the general election in November (which, in itself, is not an unusual conjecture); (2) he will refuse to leave office on January 20, 2021; and (3) he has amassed a private army, which will clash with the US Army, when the latter tries to remove him from office.
Alternatively, he notes that some journalists have concocted a scenario in which Trump actually wins, but Biden "refuseto accept the result in hopes that the military would side with him against the president."
In either case, there would be considerable bloodletting--our own version of the Civil War.
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Bull.As Byron York, in The Washington Examiner (August 13, 2020), notes, some members of the "Resistance" are now speculating that (1) Trump will lose the general election in November
This phrasing makes it sound like liberals are planning to cheat.No, when Trump loses the election.
This phrasing makes it sound like liberals are planning to cheat.
No, that's the GOP attempting that. Closing down polling sites, launching an attack on Mail-In voting, putting a Crony in charge of the USPS who undercuts its capabilities, turning off functioning sorting machines all to impact Mail-In voting while we are in a global pandemic. The GOP hates America, that much is clear at this point.
No, when Trump loses the election he'll fight it for some time, try to slow things down through courts and bog down the system with recount requests. But come January 20th, he'll leave.
No, that's the GOP attempting that. Closing down polling sites, launching an attack on Mail-In voting, putting a Crony in charge of the USPS who undercuts its capabilities, turning off functioning sorting machines all to impact Mail-In voting while we are in a global pandemic. The GOP hates America, that much is clear at this point.
How sure can we be at this point of that and how sure can we be that there won’t be a constitutional cluster**** of epic proportions.
Remember, around 40% of the population right now, is either vocally supporting or approving by their silence the clear and transparent attempt to rig the election.
I used to think if it wasn’t close, then it probably was not a possibility.
But if it’s close, or if it’s found that Trump lost overwhelmingly because he didn’t do quite enough to stop mail ballots and enough got there to make his loss possible and he cries foul.
The Senate does not change hands and senate republicans once again, in fear of backlash from his moronic supporters, stand by his attempt to stay in office.
I’m not saying he can necessarily successfully stay in office, but to say at this point we won’t see something spectacularly insane is ignorant of what we have seen already.
Because here’s the thing about Trump that keeps coming true.
Tomorrow.
Will.
Be.
Worse.
Universal mail-in voting is not the national norm.
Liberals are launching an attack on voting procedures we’ve had in place, for our own protection, for over 200 years.
Why would anyone not be able to swing by a polling location if it were kept open for two weeks to avoid overcrowding?
Universal mail-in voting is not the national norm.
Liberals are launching an attack on voting procedures we’ve had in place, for our own protection, for over 200 years.
Why would anyone not be able to swing by a polling location if it were kept open for two weeks to avoid overcrowding?
Why would anyone want to stand in crowded lines for hours in increasingly harder to get to polling locations when they can just mail in their ballot?
I think we are already there.
It's just more of a slow-motion train wreck right now.
Just look at the comments of Trump supporters in this thread and also the comments of Trump supporters on this forum in other threads. I have yet to read criticism of Trump interfering with the operations of the USPS in order to win.
The Trump cult appears intent on destroying the Republic.
You all are the ones trying to change the established system of voting. If there is any kind of a Civil War, it’s on you, not us.The only reason you and other Trump supporters oppose is it is that you know if more people vote it's more likely that Trump will win. That's the bottom line. And it's not okay. And I think you guys are launching our country in the direction of a Civil War..
The polling locations don’t have to be crowded. We can keep them open for two weeks.
If there are widespread reports of ballots being lost or fraudulent activity, it will be nearly impossible for the winning candidate to govern. Which is why we’ve had in person voting for over two centuries.
The GOP has been closing polling places.
And we're in a pandemic.
And States have been moving to mail-in systems and they work perfectly well. Why would anyone want to stand in crowded lines for hours in increasingly harder to get to polling locations when they can just mail in their ballot?
Absolutely! Why would anyone want this? (Wisconsin's primary).
As Byron York, in The Washington Examiner (August 13, 2020), notes, some members of the "Resistance" are now speculating that (1) Trump will lose the general election in November (which, in itself, is not an unusual conjecture); (2) he will refuse to leave office on January 20, 2021; and (3) he has amassed a private army, which will clash with the US Army, when the latter tries to remove him from office.
Alternatively, he notes that some journalists have concocted a scenario in which Trump actually wins, but Biden "refuseto accept the result in hopes that the military would side with him against the president."
In either case, there would be considerable bloodletting--our own version of the Civil War.
Comments?
Colorado has run a mail-in system for several years to great effect. We used to have steam engines too, but have moved to diesel, gas, and electric engines because they are better. Given the shrinking physical polling locations and the pandemic, mail-in voting make sense. And since it works and increases voter turnout, it's a superior method. There's no reason in 2020 that we cannot have a mail-in system.
With all due respect, whenever I suggest keeping polling locations open for two weeks, to eliminate crowds, I hit a wall with the liberal crowd.
Which makes me suspicious that this isn't all just about COVID safety.
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