US Politics Mega-thread - Page 2804

On October 29 2020 10:25 WombaT wrote:
Does the sitting President have to attend an inauguration or do they just concede and thats them done?

On October 29 2020 09:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Whether he likes it or not, he'd lose power on Inauguration Day. Biden would become president, regardless of where he's sworn in or even if there's no public display.

On October 29 2020 10:30 Shingi11 wrote:


While I agree what happens when Biden wins and the electors vote for Biden. In the three months time Trump disagrees and says he won but california shipped illegals everywhere to vote 30 times and that is why he lost so it does not count.

Then his 3 cronies that he put on the SCOTUS agree with him say he won.

Who takes office on the 3rd

On October 29 2020 10:25 WombaT wrote:

4 years ago I made a Facebook post in the early hours of the morning that prior polling data and early exit data indicated Trump was done and I was away to bed to return tomorrow to mock the MAGA hat wearers. The next day was not especially enjoyable, especially with the hangover.

Does the sitting President have to attend an inauguration or do they just concede and thats them done?

For the second time in one day on Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected a Republican attempt to block a state’s extension for the receipt and counting of mail-in votes beyond Election Day. This time, the case involved President Donald Trump’s campaign in North Carolina.

The ruling fell hours after the high court declined to grant an expedited hearing to Pennsylvania Republicans challenging a three-day window to process mail-in ballots that trickle in after Nov. 3.

In both cases, newly minted Justice Amy Coney Barrett declined to participate, while fellow Donald Trump appointee Brett Kavanaugh said nothing. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch would have granted a Supreme Court audience in both cases, only to be outvoted by the court’s liberal wing and chief justice.

On October 29 2020 11:53 Danglars wrote:
Trump didn’t appoint activist justices. Don’t worry about the Supreme Court somehow voting to make Trump “win the election.” That’s resistance porn, and masturbating to it isn’t healthy. They’ll generally not favor sudden changes to election law made by judges (should be a duhhhh).

Recall that Bush vs Gore revolved around a Democrat-leaning state Supreme Court that wanted only recounts in areas that were likely to pick up additional votes for Gore. It never was an example of handing the election to one candidate or another; it was to stop a bad process once the votes were in.

I’d appreciate a little less doomsday Trump plus SC tomfoolery in this place.

On October 29 2020 11:48 GreenHorizons wrote:
What's weird for me to think about is if Trump does lose and leaves. he won't have been "the worst president ever" or even in our lifetime. Bush will have definitely been worse imo and rehabilitated by Democrats.

On October 29 2020 11:48 GreenHorizons wrote:
What's weird for me to think about is if Trump does lose and leaves. he won't have been "the worst president ever" or even in our lifetime. Bush will have definitely been worse imo and rehabilitated by Democrats.

On October 29 2020 12:36 plasmidghost wrote:

To be fair, he forced the RNC to foot the bill. Not exactly a good sign for him, granted, but he's not abandoning the state completely

On October 29 2020 12:52 Mohdoo wrote:

I think this perspective doesn’t appreciate the cultural damage that may take generations to heal. Think about how people on this forum talked about trump in early 2014/2015. Seeing them describe him as remotely ok shows a bizarre level of cultural damage.

On October 29 2020 13:16 Shingi11 wrote:


II guess but the RNC is already broke and they are not going to be able to match what biden is pumping into the state. ITs such a critical state for him.




For me i think trump is going to be so much worse then bush for just how much he has divided the country( and republicans for enabling him). Look at the country today, lots of republicans want to do physical harm top dems. They see them as the literal enemy who wants to end them. No we did not like each other after bush but we where not after each others blood. Maybe we where always headed here since republicans and democrats have grown so far apart in the ideals but he defiantly accelerated it x1000

Look at the country today, lots of republicans want to do physical harm top dems. They see them as the literal enemy who wants to end them. While democrats see republicans as the literal enemy who wants to end them. democrats see republicans as the people that are actually killing them and betraying the country.

On October 29 2020 14:05 Danglars wrote:

They see them as the literal enemy who wants to end them.

How exactly is this different than how Democrats have been portraying Republicans and Trump for years now? Seriously, Nancy Pelosi is up there on capitol hill calling Trump/Republicans "domestic enemies of the state" (as her party continues to filibuster votes on Coronavirus aid packages in the Senate), and the repeal of the individual mandate was gonna kill millions, and net neutrality was gonna kill millions, and Trump's pandemic response already killed hundreds of thousands ...
Perhaps your quote should read

Let's get a little truth in advertising if the real point-behind-the-point is Republicans are actually doing all this stuff, but for Democrats, well they're doing it too, but with more aplomb and "they have better reasons" for dividing the country "because it's more real!!!"