POTUS/General Election Thread 2020 + Aftermath

[Montmorency]

Starting to?

On the other hand, Trump still has approximately 463 hours in which to finally become President.

I know I said approximately, but at the time of posting I somehow overlooked that there were two full days remaining in 2020. Happy New Year.



Holy shit, I saw an incredible thought experiment proposed regarding the unconscionable infinitude of the President's constitutional pardon power. The idea is, a President could issue an ultimatum to Congress that he will effectively legalize murdering them, Purge-style, in federal spaces, unless they initiate/complete a Constitutional amendment process to delimit the pardon power. Another illustration is the point that pres-elect Biden could, reasonably, bruit free pardons for anyone willing to eliminate Donald Trump or any of Biden's political enemies. Of course, broadly speaking the making such pronouncements or the attempt to follow up on them would ipso facto be activity subject to criminal (to say nothing of civil) penalties. But Donald Trump's administration has clearly established that the justice system doesn't give a crap about corrupt or otherwise criminal abuse of the pardon power, so...




Also, Rasmussen Polling appears to have formally declared fascist affiliation.

Come January 6th:

(Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything. - Stalin)

"Come January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence will be presented with the sealed certificates containing the ballots of the presidential electors.

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At that moment, the Presidency will be in his hands.

And there is nothing stopping Pence, under the (plenary and unappealable) authority vested in him as President of the Senate, from declining to open and count the certificates from the six disputed states.

If they are (as more than 70% of Republicans believe) certificates from non-electors appointed via voter fraud, why should he open & count them?"

If the votes of all 7 contested states are registered as zero, President Trump will have 232 votes, Joe Biden will have 222.

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If they are (as more than 70% of Republicans believe) certificates from non-electors appointed via voter fraud, why should he open & count them?"

If the votes of all 7 contested states are registered as zero, President Trump will have 232 votes, Joe Biden will have 222.

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Very cool sentiments for a polling firm to stake out.


From the pardons thread:

When Collins, from the Buffalo area, became the first member of Congress to endorse Trump in 2016, he declared: "Donald Trump is the individual as president that can lead this country and reclaim our great state and provide a bright future for our children."

Can't they help paraphrasing the 14 Words?

Fourteen Words, 14, or 14/88, is a reference to the 14-word slogan "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children",[1] followed by the less commonly used "Because the beauty of the White Aryan woman must not perish from the earth." The 8s represent the eighth letter of the alphabet (H), and "HH" stands for "Heil Hitler." [2] The slogans were originally coined by American white supremacist David Lane,[3] a founding member of terrorist organization The Order,[4] and serve as a rallying cry for militant white nationalists across the globe.[5]