Maybe, he's pretty old, but dudes sometimes live to be 95. Who knows? Got a Crystal Ball handy?
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I am curious as to why you think he should concede?
And what is it you like/dislike (apparently more dislike) about Harris?
I don't study politics/government/etc as much as I should so this recent election has me more interested than usual
Because he LOST. That's a good reason.
Nothing's in the Constitution that says he has to concede, but everyone else does it. And he, again, looks like a Toddler by not doing it. HE LOST. Does he have 270 electoral votes? No? Then he LOST.
Currently he has 214, not enough to be elected President again.
They are complaining about voter fraud, no evidence, no nothing. There was no voter fraud. He's an idiot.
The short answer is because Biden won and he lost. Tough though it may be for Trump to accept given Biden's dotage and apparent corruption. He still LOST. Like it or not but Biden is entitled to the same opportunity that most President elects get ; to form an effective government without unnecessary distractions.
As far as Harris is concerned , I think she is an unqualified opportunist. I also think she is a bigger phony than Hillary. Ultimately she will be more polarizing than Biden. She does not work and play well with others in the Senate. And I haven't even mentioned any of her wackadoodle policy ideas. But here is one- she has actively and explicitly encouraged rioting. Not in those words ( she's not that stupid ) but she has promoted and defended AntiFa and BLM extremism.
There is certainly evidence of SOME fraud. Signatures not matching ; dead people voting ; uncertified ballots but , But , BUT it is highly unlikely that there are enough questionable ballots in Pa. , Nevada . Georgia , Wisconsin , Michigan and Arizona to change the vote totals enough.
Let's suppose at least one of Trump's challenges is successful and a large bloc of mail-in ballots are thrown out. In Pennsylvania that is certainly possible because the Governor and the Courts changed the rules when it is the state legislature that has the sole authority to set them . And the 20 Electoral votes swing to Trump. So what ? Trump would still be 46 votes short. Where are they going to come from ? Michigan ? Highly unlikely that there are enough dodgy votes to change the outcome. Wisconsin ? Yes, more people voted than are registered but how does Trump prove that no unregistered voter voted for HIM ? He can't . Nevada ? Doubtful . Arizona ? Very possible BUT that is only 11 votes. Georgia ? Doubtful. Even rabid Trump supporters who actually KNOW about election law and recounts say his chances of changing the totals enough to flip the Electoral College are highly remote and NONE !
So why do it ? If , IF Trump is doing it to protect the integrity of future elections and get uniform rules and standards for mail in ballots then I suppose his challenges may actually be worthwhile and have a higher purpose . Other than that I do not see the point. It is just too Quixotic and potentially harmful.
Rational and long term thinking would make it obvious that Trump is creating grounds for Democrat losers in the future to refuse to accept election results that they don't like on spurious and even specious grounds. Like Max Rose is doing now. Like Stacy Abrams did in Georgia two years ago. It is a good question whether Trump is even capable of thinking like that. One of the few good things Nixon ever did in his life was to concede to JFK in 1960 despite clear evidence that Daley and the Chicago machine dug up enough dead and underage voters to give Illinois to Kennedy. He did it for the sake of the country . Trump should do likewise.
Um, Signatures won't always match. Unless you have a PHOTOCOPIER. MY signatures rarely match. Doesn't make me not me.
Show me one Dead person that voted.
Don't they just throw those out?'
There was no fraud. He's just making excuses for losing.
The FACT is, if he doesn't have 270, he doesn't get elected. He's trying to CLAIM it when he didn't WIN it. Try that at a Carnival.
Won't be getting that Plush Tiger, the Carnivaleers will TOSS YOU. You only win if you pop that balloon. No matter how much you POUT. And Trump only wins if he gets to 270. He didn't. No matter how much he POUTS. He fell FAR short. The Guy LOST. He needs to eat it, and then accept it. He won't, though. I don't think it's in him.
Sadly, I think you are right. He lacks any sense of noblesse oblige aka good grace.
LOL, I know what noblesse oblige is. I've read Le Morte D'Arthur. It's sitting on my bookshelf right now, it's a GIANT book. Probably the first piece of fiction ever written. (The Greek myths are fiction as well, but the people that wrote them firmly believed them, so it's not really fiction, it's something else).
Not going to debate on the politics but lies do not need to be spread. Re Wisconsin:
https://fox11online.com/news/electio...-wrong-numbers
“One Twitter user wrongly claimed "fraud" and said that only 3,129,000 people were registered to vote in the state. That was the voter registration figure right before the 2018 midterm elections. But as of 7 p.m. on Sunday, the Wisconsin Elections Commission reported 3,684,726 registered voters.
And that figure -- well above the 3,239,920 votes that were cast -- does not include people who might have registered to vote on Election Day.
In other words, no fraud at play, just social media posts that relied on outdated numbers.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission received "a lot of calls" about the false rumors, said the state's top elections official Meagan Wolfe.
"Wisconsin does not have more votes than registered voters," Wolfe said. "Share the facts, rather than speculation or rumors."
Thank you Kamiliam. My point was that it doesn't matter. Even if it were true how is Trump going to prove that any "unregistered" voters only voted for Biden and not him.
This is part of the problem. Trump is relying on unsubstantiated anecdotes which are NOT proof. More importantly , he can't understand how he could be up by as much as a few hundred thousand votes after the polls closed and then lose a state after the mail-in votes were counted. Very simple - HIS voters tended to show up and vote in person and Biden voters mailed it in. In fact his voters were told NOT to vote by mail. I don't see his challenges going anywhere except maybe in Pennsylvania where the Governor and the Courts DID change the rules usurping the function and power of the state legislature. The U.S. Constitution is very clear. The state legislatures make the rules so long as they themselves do not violate the Constitution in some way.
For a number of reasons Trump ought to concede. The lone caveat is if , If ,IF he is simply trying to set uniform rules for mail-in voting. He is NOT going to overturn the results in enough states to win the Electoral College. The SCOTUS does NOT want to decide the election. Bush v. Gore is not one of their better decisions. They want to avoid a repeat.
Even if there is some sort of miracle and Trump somehow pulls out a win ( and I do not believe it is at all possible ) then what ? If you liked this Summer's riots you will love the ones we would see if the Courts got too involved and decided the election. Even if Trump "won" the country would lose.
You should charge for your essays. I do. Without fail.
Good natured ribbing, though.
Write all you want.
Also, state laws cannot violate federal law. Voter disenfranchisement could potentially be considered violation of the Constitution or of federal law. Regardless, the number mail-in votes received after Nov. 3 are not enough to change the results of the election. There were about 7,500 votes received after election day. Biden won PA by more than 40,000 votes.
All this boils down to the fact that most of the American people do not want his ass for another 4 years and so he got voted out. Plain & simple , fair & square. I'm extremely happy Biden essentially won the white house. We need someone who's gonna actually help get this pandemic under control finally. Trump didn't do a damn thing for anyone during his run.
I saw a video somewhere I’ll see if I can find n link it
That said trump campaign allegedly used some texting service to mass text all these random numbers about how they should protest vote counts and to donate money to the recount fund.
If this is accurate....
It Sounds like something a narcissistic person would do.....send out some peasants to do the dirty work then charge them money
Oh god, he infuriates me. He keeps up and we have our own Putin.
Good luck with that. We will see but I wouldn't get my hopes up.
Under Biden we will probably see more and stricter lockdowns. Perhaps you should ask the folks in Europe how that is working out for them ?
Just on the economic front, under Trump and BEFORE Covid there was record low unemployment serious increases in real wages. Biden will be a pushover for China. They have dirt on him , his brother and Hunter.
Please define "voter disenfranchisement " . If the state legislatures set rules for eligibility ; registration and verification then that is NOT disenfranchisement so long as it is not discriminatory.
Just as Trump needs PROOF to show dead people voted ; or people voted twice or their ballots came in too late or were tampered with ; those claiming "voter suppression" have to prove it. So far they have not.
They still gotta eat though....my understanding is pro bono is only like a very small percentage of most lawyers casework (unless they are trust fund lawyers or ambulance chaser/slip n fall type lawyers where they can work 'free' on the front end cause they know with certainty they'll get paid on the back end)
Working for Trump for free/warm n fuzzies has got to be the dumbest thing ever especially during a pandemic.
But eh! If his supporters want him to win this shows how thirsty they are.