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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYTimes: Pelosi worries Trump won't give up power if he loses re-election by small margin
In an interview with the newspaper this week, the Democratic leader expressed worry over a scenario where Trump would not accept the election results if he were to lose re-election by a slim margin, the Times reported.
"We have to inoculate against that, we have to be prepared for that," Pelosi told the newspaper Wednesday.
Pelosi told the Times she had worried that Trump would "poison the public mind" and "challenge each of the races" if Democrats didn't win by an overwhelming majority in 2018.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/04/politics/nancy-pelosi-trump-2020-election-impeachment/index.html
JI7
(89,289 posts)rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Usually the moving out process occurs during the inauguration itself, and moving in follows immediately; very well-organized.
AND the Incumbent attends the inaugural (as they've until now been CIVIL.)
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)elleng
(131,457 posts)I'd even be willing to send him off to wherever in a U.S. helicopter!
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)and I hate all the hate.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)This makes her sound ignorant, doesn't it??
elleng
(131,457 posts)Do want to read about her discussion with NYT, if that's what it was.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/politics/nancy-pelosi.html?
*Do not get dragged into a protracted impeachment bid that will ultimately get crushed in the Republican-controlled Senate, and do not risk alienating the moderate voters who flocked to the party in 2018 by drifting too far to the left.
Own the center left, own the mainstream, Ms. Pelosi, 79, said.'
lame54
(35,359 posts)We are under completely new rules and I am so glad she's being realistic as to the craziness that may go down
Baitball Blogger
(46,786 posts)It sounds duplicitous. Like her real intent is to put progressives in check. Like progressives and minorities haven't dealt with that strategy our entire lives.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)I don't like it.
Also, as someone else said, it plants the seed of the idea into the national conversation.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,021 posts)If he's still trying to occupy the White House at that time, he'll be trespassing on government property and the federal marshals can haul his ugly orange ass right out the door. Preferably in handcuffs.
Salviati
(6,009 posts)... because I'm not a fascist thug.
Dan
(3,590 posts)The police shouldnt be so gentle....good for goose therefore good for gander (hope have that right).
walkingman
(7,711 posts)Nuggets
(525 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)He will be the star of the most watched YouTube video of all time.
spooky3
(34,537 posts)DUers have pointed out, there is an easier solution to that problem.
elleng
(131,457 posts)to show the world what a king he is.
We the People will get him OUT of the White House.
JEEZE, I HATE this crap!
PatrickforO
(14,608 posts)obey the law and lead him out in cuffs if necessary.
What I worry about is the Supreme Court ruling for Trump if he disputes a close election. The the issue would truly be clouded.
Duppers
(28,134 posts)And that's a great possibility.
JI7
(89,289 posts)Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)Here's hoping he's rendered penniless as well.
With Melania hoping to move on to Putin. Hehe.
JI7
(89,289 posts)make him go in front of the cameras and attack the US and other shit.
he would have no choice.
WheelWalker
(8,960 posts)Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)I see what you did there.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)Aw......sweet dream!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)until trump leaves.
Madam Speaker shouldnt buy into the BS. They said the same about Obama.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)I hope the people who curate and care for priceless objects pay close attention during that transition time.
Count the silverware, too.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)LibFarmer
(772 posts)Let's turn Texas blue
Baitball Blogger
(46,786 posts)Discriminated against by a group of people that feel entitled and superior is a valid observation? Cuz it sounds like our votes are worth only a percentage of the white republican vote.
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dflprincess
(28,095 posts)About U.S. marshals showing up at 12:01 pm on January 20, 2021 and frog marching him away.
Dem2theMax
(9,662 posts)Cholesterol. Lots and lots of cholesterol.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I know most people would like to see justice carried out, but personally I just want him gone from the face of the earth. I never want to see or hear from him again. He is the stuff of my nightmares.
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)Its quaint reading post after post about the laws and norms of the transition of presidential power.
Donny has shown laws and norms mean nothing to him. I think Pelosi is wrong on one count. It doesn't matter if he loses by a significant margin or a small one. Hell, he lost by nearly three million votes, and he routinely calls the '16 election one of his greats victories.
Say we don't impeach him for the many laws and norms he and his campaigned violated. Do you honestly think he'll step down after we let him get away with those multitudes of crimes?
I could be wrong about him, but the notion that he respects the will of the American people is laughable.
Duppers
(28,134 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,315 posts)Bet he'd leave by helicopter in the middle of the night before the Inauguration.
Vinca
(50,336 posts)In fact, try to visualize the normal transition of power and see if you can picture Dear Leader standing respectfully watching his successor take the oath. It's not going to happen. He's either going to leave in a huff before the ceremony and hold a competing rally somewhere or he's not going to leave at all.
ecstatic
(32,814 posts)makes sense, at this point. Why would you work with a criminal dictator wannabe?
triron
(22,031 posts)triron
(22,031 posts)coeur_de_lion
(3,690 posts)So no one can say, it was too close to call and demand recounts.
I don't think she's worried about him leaving the White House so much as she's worried about him claiming victory even if he loses, and tying up the election in court for months or years after it's over.
He'll want to take it to the Supreme Court etc.
I'm sorry but I agree with her.
I imagine she also wants a landslide so she can rub his nose in it. Let him feel the rejection of this country.