I know there are some people here who believe that the election was rigged. With that said, this view conflicts with the outcomes in the house and the senate. Dems fell well short of expectations here and basically met expectations for the POTUS. The hanging chads from 2000 only involved one state and about 500 votes. Today, the administration is questioning outcomes in many states with thousands of votes in each state. PA is up to about a 50,000 advantage for Biden.
Even through Biden appears to be the winner, I cannot see Trump conceding to him. While there is no legal requirement to concede, a transition is being held up. Your guess is as good as mine as to what will happen here. Out of the following possibilities, which would you choose?
A) Trump concedes and the transition to the Biden team starts
B) Trump takes his law suits to the supreme court and wins the cases and gets a second term
C) Trump tries to arrange a deal that would give him immunity from future prosecution in exchange for a smooth transition
Low probability alert: D) Trump resigns and leaves the country.
Election was rigged!! Biden got more real votes and more fake votes than Trump!! Dead and alive have spoken wrongly because they did not choose Trump!! No way net 76 electoral votes can clearly indicate a winner unless it's for big daddy Trump!!
On January 20th, he'll either leave or be escorted out.
This is just embarrassing at this point.
We have never escorted out a POTUS. How would that work?
On 12PM EST on January 20th, the current Presidential term ends and the new one begins. The current president loses access to Air Force One, the White House, etc. He is no longer the head of state or the commander in chief. The Secret Service would remove him like any other person in the White House who is not welcome.
Most importantly, this is all automated. Trump doesn't have a choice in the matter.
Still, it won't come to that. This whole "refuse to concede/fraud" thing is part ego trip, part rallying cry for the Georgia run offs. Trump can't stand losing and Republicans need their base fired up to turn out to vote in Georgia.
I truly hope it doesn't come to that but it'll be fun to see that loser forcefully escorted out and everything
Read an opinion (unpartisan and trustworthy major foreign source) that it might be a tactic to cut a deal for immunity.
You know DJT and his businesses (not his children, but DJT himself) supposedly made a lot of money abusing his power. I mean he "made" all the Secret Service agents and foreign diplomats stay at his hotels. Who knows how else he used his presidential powers to make bunch of money for himself?
Why don’t you try to escort him out and get your ass beat by a 70+ year old man who will leave self tanner marks all over your face.
I would honestly be more concerned that he'll try to eat me.
Lol ok keyboard warrior
Biden doesn't need Trump to concede for transition to start. He only needs the GSA to confirm him as the winner.
Yes but the GSA, at least at this point, will not do it.
More of a can't at this point than "will not". The GSA needs each state to certify their votes before they can confirm the winner. PA is just about there and has to have it done by the 24th
If it's the case..
"Resign" might have been a better word choice here.
Votes are still being counted...
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