Re: Al Gore suggests military will remove Trump from office if he won't concede on election night
BeamMeUpScotty <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:16:58 -0400
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On 8/27/20 9:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote: > When the Supreme Court resolved the 2000 presidential election in favor > of George W. Bush, former Vice President Al Gore conceded defeat — > something he doesn't believe President Trump will do if he loses to Joe > Biden in the Nov. 3 election. > > In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, Gore, a Democrat who served as > Bill Clinton's vice president, accused Trump of "attempting to put his > knee on the neck of democracy" by attacking mail-in ballots and > absentee voting. > > “He seems to have no compunctions at all about trying to rip apart the > social fabric and the political equilibrium of the American people, and > he’s strategically planting doubts in advance,” Gore said. He called it > a "despicable strategy." > > Gore narrowly lost the 2000 election to Bush, but the results remained > in limbo for more than a month after Election Day, when the > conservative-majority Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against Gore's request > for a Florida recount (Bush won the state by just 537 votes). > > Gore, who won the nationwide popular vote but lost in the Electoral > College, conceded the election to Bush on Dec 13. > > "It turns out there’s no intermediate step between a final Supreme > Court decision and violent revolution," Gore said. "It seemed to me > that respect for the rule of law and respect for the needs of American > democracy were the orders of the day. > > He added: “You can always explore the option of dragging something out, > tearing the country apart, mobilizing partisans against one another in > the streets and all of that, but it was not a wise course for our > country." > > If Trump lost the election but refused to accept the results, Gore said > he believes the military would intervene. He noted that under the > parameters of the Constitution, Trump's last day in office is Jan. 20, > 2021. > > “It’s important to say that it’s really not up to him. I hear people > saying, ‘Well, would he accept that decision?’ Well, it doesn’t matter > because it’s not up to him," he said. "Because at noon on January 20th, > if a new president is elected… the police force, the Secret Service, > the military, all of the executive branch officers, will respond to the > command and the direction of the new president.” > > Millions of Americans are expected to vote by mail this November due to > the coronavirus pandemic, increasing the chances the winner of the > presidential race won't immediately be known on election night. State > election officials in several key battleground states have warned it > could take days to count all of the votes. > > Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that mail-in voting would > allow for widespread fraud, which he reiterated Monday during the > Republican National Convention. > > However, Ellen Weintraub, commissioner at the Federal Election > Commission, and other voting experts, have said that voting by mail is > safe and secure. > > So far, nine states — a majority of which are run by Democratic > governors — have said they intend to mail ballots to all voters. The > Wall Street Journal published a guide to mail-in voting nationwide. > > Trump has not said whether he will accept the results of the November > election. > > "The president has always said he'll see what happens and make a > determination in the aftermath. It's the same thing he said last > election," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said during a > briefing last week. > > An aggregate of polls by RealClearPolitics shows Biden leading Trump, a > Republican, by more than 7 percentage points nationally. > > -- > "It took a worldwide pandemic. It took a 35% plunge in the stock > market. It took quarantining. It took many small businesses closing. It > took canceling practically everything, to bring the USA economy back to > the Obama high mark." > > > > When TRUMP wins the Leftists will go nuts and their only option will be to try to assassinate TRUMP. I predict there will be several attemptsby Democrats and their violent proxy groups. -- *That's Karma* https://assets.infowarsmedia.com/videos/71b3de41-422e-4d59-bf6a-cd85798f863c.mp4