Biden will have the final say on how Trump is removed if he refuses to concede: report

[Wicked Blue]

Raw Story
Published 43 mins ago on November 6, 2020
By Sky Palma

In an article for McClatchy this Friday, Tara Copp tackled the question of how the military would handle a potential situation where President Trump refuses to leave office. According to her, “it’s not up to him.”

“The 20th Amendment states that the power of the presidency, and with it command of the armed forces, will transfer to the president-elect on Jan. 20,” Copp writes. “Both current and retired uniformed and civilian defense officials are stressing that the military has no role in that power transfer and will not intervene.”

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According to Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at Cardozo Law School professor Deborah Pearlstein, it will be up to Joe Biden to decide which law enforcement branch, such as the U.S. Marshals or Secret Service, would be tasked with getting Trump to vacate the White House.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/biden-will-have-the-final-say-on-how-trump-is-removed-if-he-refuses-to-concede-report/

[Thekaspervote]

1. Thx for posting ..bookmarking

[elleng]

2. "it's not up to him."

“The 20th Amendment states that the power of the presidency, and with it command of the armed forces, will transfer to the president-elect on Jan. 20,”

[grumpyduck]

3. Get the SWAT team

(or whatever it's called) from a supermax federal prison.

[bearsfootball516]

4. It's a popular talking point here on DU, but I think his departure will be uneventful and quiet.

He doesn't want the embarrassment of being dragged out. Either the night before inauguration or the morning of, he and Melania will quietly slip out of the White House, board Marine One and be out.

[Turin_C3PO]

6. Probably.

But I put nothing past this moron.

[cayugafalls]

8. Could Marine One's door malfunction? I'm asking for a friend...

[Bradshaw3]

13. Agree

Drumpf is a coward at heart and his gang of enablers will find some candy covered lies to lure him out. He'll still have his rallies and be treated like an elder statesman by the RW press and of course keep grifting.

[LuvNewcastle]

19. I don't think he'll be there that late.

He's got to resign the presidency and get Pence to give him a pardon before his term expires. He won't be able to get a pardon for the state crimes, so I think he'll at least want to be assured that he doesn't get prosecuted for federal crimes. He might even leave the country and live elsewhere for the years he has left. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

[bluestarone]

5. I think RUMP has two choices

Head first or ass first

[torius]

6. A big hook

like in The Gong Show.

[Wicked Blue]

9. It could be sweet if, on the night of Jan. 19

people with bullhorns and loudspeakers could mass near the White House and shout

"YOU'RE FIRED"

[KPN]

11. Why do I think that is very likely to actually happen?

[AllaN01Bear]

15. id like to have a jacket that has glow in the dark paint and yell

jarjarvanka , and the jacket would say" i dont care , do you".

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Get the toughest bouncer in Scranton to toss him out.

[gratuitous]

12. Think of how lazy Trump is (transition)

At the best of times, Trump just doesn't like to work very much. He will get down to cases if there is a substantial gain in the offing. But working to help someone else, putting in effort to smooth the way for the next fellow? Anathema to Trump.

He's going to be petty and small to the very end and beyond.

[Hamlette]

14. I like Obama's solution: Cut off Twitter and cable TV in the WH and Trump won't last an hour.

[Wicked Blue]

23. LOL

[usajumpedtheshark]

16. Maga's approach to castle doctrine - shoot him

[Buckeye_Democrat]

17. How about SEAL Team 6? nt

[roamer65]

18. He will dump transition work on Pence and slink out via Marine One the AM of Jan 20.

[meadowlander]

22. Earlier than that I think.

As soon as he's exhausted all his lawsuits, he's going to be on a plane to Dubai. No reason why he can't "executive time" remotely.

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. He'll probably fly off to Mar-A-Lago on the morning of the 20th

and spend the inauguration tweeting about how much bigger his crowd was.

[meadowlander]

21. Good thing Trump staffers got those quotes for crocodiles and snakes.

Could come in handy :-D