Current Events > Welp, RIP Democracy

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The fix is in:

https://news.yahoo.com/top-us-general-says-military-184502432.html

it doesnt matter who wins, its up to Donnie to decide who won the election.

if he loses he will refuse to leave, people will laugh at the idea of president pelosi and the likes of Susan Collins, murkowsi and Lindsay graham will be very concerned and not do shit

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Thats alright because we can count on the Secret Service. Jeez stop worrying everything is going to be okay.

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democracy still exists in normal countries nobody cares about your shithole

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pls stop overreacting

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Yeah, this doesn't seem to be much of an issue. The military is just deciding to be apolitical.

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armandro posted...

pls stop overreacting

will you repeat this statement at king trumps coronation?

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Just trust the process bro
Just vote bro
If it doesn't work it means the Dems fucked up not that trump's corruption tactics worked

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The US is not a democracy, it is a republic, and if Trump loses the 2020 election, which I highly doubt, he will vacate the office.

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Wait, I thought everyone (Ok, lets say most) do not want the military anywhere near a domestic politics issue like the election?

Looking at history and especially other countries, bad things tend to happen when the military gets involved.

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Fuparulez posted...

The US is not a democracy, it is a republic

shut the fuck up lol

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this really isnt the worry though. the worry is that after its legally decided by the courts he still refuses to leave.

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Wait, I thought everyone (Ok, lets say most) do not want the military anywhere near a domestic politics issue like the election?

Looking at history and especially other countries, bad things tend to happen when the military gets involved.

(it's not a real topic. everyone is posting in bad faith)

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Military : "we are apolitical. both sides are the same"
Trump: "lmao go ahead and hunt down our soldiers lmao. save some for me loooool"
Biden: "Uh... guys?"
Military: "boTh SiDeS aRe thE sAme"

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Doom_Art posted...

shut the fuck up lol

He isn't wrong there.

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vote for sleepy jojo

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because the secret service will remove him

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I was actually talking to my mom about this and I was telling her that I was pretty sure it's not the military's responsibility to remove him if he doesn't vacate.

That doesn't mean that they will defend him if he doesn't leave either.

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They say this but I would bet money that a) if Donald Trump loses he is going to make a lot of noise but then just leave the office like everyone else has and b) if he actually did refuse to leave, the military (or whatever appropriate organization, I guess the Secret Service) would in fact make him leave.

The military was sort of screwed with this question, they should have just said "no comment"

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CyricZ posted...

I was actually talking to my mom about this and I was telling her that I was pretty sure it's not the military's responsibility to remove him if he doesn't vacate.

That doesn't mean that they will defend him if he doesn't leave either.

That's a good point and I agree with the General's reasoning, even though I lean slight left

Mezcla posted...

Military : "we are apolitical. both sides are the same"
Trump: "lmao go ahead and hunt down our soldiers lmao. save some for me loooool"
Biden: "Uh... guys?"
Military: "boTh SiDeS aRe thE sAme"

pretty much
forgot to add -

naive people: tHe sEcReT sEeViCe
secret service: LMFAO No


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Damn_Underscore posted...

They say this but I would bet money that a) if Donald Trump loses he is going to make a lot of noise but then just leave the office like everyone else has and b) if he actually did refuse to leave, the military (or whatever appropriate organization, I guess the Secret Service) would in fact make him leave.

The military was sort of screwed with this question, they should have just said "no comment"

I fear this could turn out like Ned Stark vs Geoffrey Baratheon, the former had the right but the latter had the power


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dave_is_slick posted...

He isn't wrong there.

the concepts are not mutually exclusive

this is grade school stuff

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There are going to be a looot of disappointed delusional people who still believe in the system whenever January comes around.

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We never actually had real democracy thanks to the Electoral College which always seems to override the will of the people whenever the people properly vote against Republican scum.....
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Trump is in his 70s. I don't think it will take an army to forcibly remove him from office if he says he's not going. If he runs and locks himself in the bunker where no one can get to him, we'll just relocate the Oval Office to another part of the White House and continue on in spite of him.

"Over here is the Presidential Garden. It was first planted in..."
"Waaa-ahhhh-aahhhh!"
"What was that?"
"Oh, that's just the former president. He sometimes yells loudly from his bunker."

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Damn_Underscore posted...

They say this but I would bet money that a) if Donald Trump loses he is going to make a lot of noise but then just leave the office like everyone else has and b) if he actually did refuse to leave, the military (or whatever appropriate organization, I guess the Secret Service) would in fact make him leave.

The military was sort of screwed with this question, they should have just said "no comment"

That's pretty naive of you, if the results don't say he won he'll complain, he'll gaslight and he'll rally Republicans to get behind him as the evil violent leftists have stolen the election and as such they have to investigate until thy find out what the hell is going on, those rules that are suppose to be enforced get thrown out the window in the confusion and Trump stays president as Mitch the bitch gleefully chews lettuce, House Dems throw their hands up in inept frustration. The endscape of this is Trump says, Republicans lose Senate Trump farts out executive orders like candy.

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Southernfatman posted...

There are going to be a looot of disappointed delusional people who still believe in the system whenever January comes around.

the constitution said POTUS cant receive emoluments, but trump said lol I can and kept his hotel.

the anti-nepotism law said he couldnt appoint his relatives to WH positions, yet Javanka are everywhere.

the hatch act said the likes of scarecrow Conway and Javanka cant do commercial advertising using their government platform but there you have them selling handbags and pseudo-Hispanic canned food.

the hatch act would have prevented government employees from using the WH for campaign events yet here we are.

and people STILL believe the laws will be followed when Donnie refuses to leave?!

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Yall are delusional. The secret service will escort him out. Everything is going to be okay lol.

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Well... that ain't good.

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Zero_Destroyer posted...

the concepts are not mutually exclusive

this is grade school stuff

No shit, it's a democratic republic. Your point?

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tremain07 posted...

That's pretty naive of you, if the results don't say he won he'll complain, he'll gaslight and he'll rally Republicans to get behind him as the evil violent leftists have stolen the election and as such they have to investigate until thy find out what the hell is going on, those rules that are suppose to be enforced get thrown out the window in the confusion and Trump stays president as Mitch the bitch gleefully chews lettuce, House Dems throw their hands up in inept frustration. The endscape of this is Trump says, Republicans lose Senate Trump farts out executive orders like candy.

yes. There a track record of this type of action from trump:

• he said he would ban Muslims TEMPORALLY until we could figure out whats going on. The ban was permanent
• he said he would end green cards TEMPORALLY because of COVID - theyre still banned
• he appoints a lot of cabinet positions as acting position so they are temporary and he can circumvent the confirmation process, but in truth they are permanent.

he will probably say he will temporarily stay as president until they figure out the Democrat fraud and never fucking leave


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TopKekBro posted...

pretty much
forgot to add -

naive people: tHe sEcReT sEeViCe
secret service: LMFAO No

what makes you think the secret service wouldn't remove him?

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So if he loses the election and refuses to leave the white house what is the big deal. He won't he the president he will just be an ex president chilling in the white house. He won't have the power of the president and the military will side with who ever won the election.
I think it would be cool imagine you are a tour of the white house and Donald Trump is just chilling in some random room in sweatpants and that presidential jacket he wears watching fox news munching on a big mac.

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Quicksilver posted...

So if he loses the election and refuses to leave the white house what is the big deal. He won't he the president he will just be an ex president chilling in the white house. He won't have the power of the president and the military will side with who ever won the election.
I think it would be cool imagine you are a tour of the white house and Donald Trump is just chilling in some random room in sweatpants and that presidential jacket he wears watching fox news munching on a big mac.

the military pretty much said bOtH sIdEs to this, they would stay neutral and they would not listen to Biden or pelosi.

why would the SS NOT side with the sitting prez? Its not like joe will show up to the WH and they will open the doors for him


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Choco posted...

democracy still exists in normal countries nobody cares about your shithole

If we turn into a dictatorship we might end up invading your nation though. It can still impact you

The military said it sees no role in resolving a disputed election but once it is no longer disputed then they can do something.

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Stop all this fear mongering about Trump not leaving the White House if he loses.

Is he's really dumb enough to try something like that, even I'm gonna recommend he be executed on sight.

Hornswoggled posted...

Is he's really dumb enough to try something like that,

Who are we talking about?
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Hornswoggled posted...

Stop all this fear mongering about Trump not leaving the White House if he loses.

Is he's really dumb enough to try something like that, even I'm gonna recommend he be executed on sight.

Even if that was his original plan, he'll probably not want to do it anymore, just because you keep saying he will.

He's petty like that.

TopKekBro posted...

the military pretty much said bOtH sIdEs to this, they would stay neutral and they would not listen to Biden or pelosi.

why would the SS NOT side with the sitting prez? Its not like joe will show up to the WH and they will open the doors for him

Because ultimately he is no longer president come January 20. And no one wants the military involved, it sounds like a response to Twitter and reddit speculators

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The military has no place in this. Why would the military be a part of this?

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Quicksilver posted...

The military said it sees no role in resolving a disputed election but once it is no longer disputed then they can do something.

This

Some people are dumb as fuck

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

The military has no place in this. Why would the military be a part of this?

i never said they should. But now we know they will bOtH sIdEs this.

say he says there was fraud and he will stick around until we can figure out what happened, what next?

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They're doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. The military is not the arbiter of Congress.

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TopKekBro posted...

i never said they should. But now we know they will bOtH sIdEs this.

say he says there was fraud and he will stick around until we can figure out what happened, what next?

What "both sides"?

The military's oath is pretty clear - support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic.

Forcefully removing a president due to a legally contested election is not part of that oath. It's supposed to be an apolitical organization.

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TopKekBro posted...

i never said they should. But now we know they will bOtH sIdEs this.

say he says there was fraud and he will stick around until we can figure out what happened, what next?

Then the officials whos job it is to actually take him out of the white house will do their job

its really not that hard to understand

when theres a domestic call to 9/11 they typically send in the people whos job it is to check in on shit like that

they dont call the military

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TopKekBro posted...

i never said they should. But now we know they will bOtH sIdEs this.

say he says there was fraud and he will stick around until we can figure out what happened, what next?

Then Pelosi takes over once his term ends until it's resolved?

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Samurontai posted...

Then the officials whos job it is to actually take him out of the white house will do their job

its really not that hard to understand

when theres a domestic call to 9/11 they typically send in the people whos job it is to check in on shit like that

they dont call the military

did you read my previous posts here?

did the people supposed to prevent or enforce violations to the hatch act do their job? What about the people supposed to prevent or enforce violations of the emoluments clause or anti nepotism law?

why would this be any different? The emoluments clause is in the constitution, by the way


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