1. Standard membervivify
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54274115

    US election: Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power

    US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's election.

    Earlier on Wednesday, the US president defended his decision to seek the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice before the vote to fill the vacancy left by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, saying he expects the election results to end up before the court.

    "I think this [the election] will end up in the Supreme Court, and I think it's very important that we have nine justices," the president said.

    "I think it's better if you go before the election, because I think this scam that the Democrats are pulling, it's a scam, the scam will be before the United States Supreme Court."

    Mr Trump was apparently referring again to his much-disputed claims that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud.

    Mr Trump's supporters hope his nominee, if confirmed by the US Senate, will cement a 6-3 conservative ascendancy on the nation's highest court for the forseeable future.
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    Twice as many conservative Justices, with half of them appointed by Trump. They will rule in his favor.

    Trump will remain president. I don't mean in 2020, I mean until he dies. He'll never leave.
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    @vivify said
    Twice as many conservative Justices, with half of them appointed by Trump. They will rule in his favor.

    Trump will remain president. I don't mean in 2020, I mean until he dies. He'll never leave.
    You're starting to sound as hysterical as the right wingers.

    Trump will lose by a comfortable margin and the next time you'll see him will be in the dock in a Manhattan courtroom. These nutty outbursts of his are helping to assure that result.
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    @no1marauder said
    You're starting to sound as hysterical as the right wingers.
    Are you really putting it past Trump to take an election loss to the Supreme Court? Are you honestly saying Trump would not take the results to the SCOTUS?

    EDIT: And and do you really believe it's completely implausible that *this* SCOTUS would rule in Trump's favor?
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    @vivify said
    Are you really putting it past Trump to take an election loss to the Supreme Court? Are you honestly saying Trump would not take the results to the SCOTUS?

    EDIT: And and do you really believe it's completely implausible that *this* SCOTUS would rule in Trump's favor?
    Your fear is ridiculous Trump will get blown out and the court will not support him.
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    @vivify said
    Are you really putting it past Trump to take an election loss to the Supreme Court? Are you honestly saying Trump would not take the results to the SCOTUS?

    EDIT: And and do you really believe it's completely implausible that *this* SCOTUS would rule in Trump's favor?
    We’ve already seen dead cert conservative trump appointees result in decisions that conservatives do not like.
    I’m sure in the back of Trumps dysfunctional brain this could be the plan but I think when a SCOTUS of any make up have to choose between Democracy and Trumps ego they’ll choose democracy and the future of SCOTUS as a functioning body. 🀞
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    @vivify said
    Twice as many conservative Justices, with half of them appointed by Trump. They will rule in his favor.

    Trump will remain president. I don't mean in 2020, I mean until he dies. He'll never leave.
    Actually Trump has been served defeats by the Supreme court and tweeted:

    “Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?”

    So for me at least there stays the hope that the Independent Judges won't follow Trump into all of his follies.
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    @vivify said
    Twice as many conservative Justices, with half of them appointed by Trump. They will rule in his favor.

    Trump will remain president. I don't mean in 2020, I mean until he dies. He'll never leave.
    The SCOTUS are not king makers.

    1. It is extremely unlikely that the SCOTUS would attempt to annul an election, they probably have no authority to do so anyway, and even if they did, it would not mean that Trump would remain in office. His term ends in January 2021, come hell or high water. If the SCOTUS were to annul the election, it would mean that there would be an interregnum, during which the constitutional chain of command would kick in -- meaning that the Speaker of the House would be acting president until such time as a valid election result could be ascertained.

    2. The SCOTUS might demand a re-count of some ballots, but only if there were good grounds for thinking that some were invalid, or had not been counted, or not counted correctly. This happened in Florida (Bush/Gore).
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    and the panic is getting real πŸ˜‚

    psssst.... I hear Trump has several govt agencies spying on the harris/biden campaign, and he has an insurance policy.😳
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    @kevcvs57 said
    We’ve already seen dead cert conservative trump appointees result in decisions that conservatives do not like.
    I’m sure in the back of Trumps dysfunctional brain this could be the plan but I think when a SCOTUS of any make up have to choose between Democracy and Trumps ego they’ll choose democracy and the future of SCOTUS as a functioning body. 🀞
    Fingers crossed.
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    @mott-the-hoople said
    and the panic is getting real πŸ˜‚

    psssst.... I hear Trump has several govt agencies spying on the harris/biden campaign, and he has an insurance policy.😳
    @mott-the-hoople said
    and the panic is getting real πŸ˜‚”
    Oh it’s real, we can smell it on you.
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    What Trump is clearly doing is sowing the seeds for post election violence.
    And at this point, it won’t matter who wins.
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    @vivify

    Yay! America wins again!! 6 more terms for Trump. Yay!!!
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    @mghrn55 said
    What Trump is clearly doing is sowing the seeds for post election violence.
    And at this point, it won’t matter who wins.
    it will be trumps army of zombies versus the constitution
    double tap!
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    @kevcvs57 said
    @mott-the-hoople said
    and the panic is getting real πŸ˜‚”
    Oh it’s real, we can smell it on you.
    are you a sniffer like biden?
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