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If it's unlikely Dump will get SCOTUS to steal the election for him, what else did he receive (Original Post) diva77 Nov 2020 OP
He got points from people he doesn't give a shit about... dchill Nov 2020 #1
They voted for him. A LOT of them did. Laelth Nov 2020 #4
Might find out if he's water boarded. mobeau69 Nov 2020 #2
I can't imagine what would happen if the Supreme Court would steal it jimfields33 Nov 2020 #3
Nothing but warm fuzzies from the MAGAts. He doesn't get how any of this works, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #5
maybe some of that heritage foundation dark money to help pay off some of his debts diva77 Nov 2020 #7
They likely would have stolen it for him unblock Nov 2020 #6
trump get 'campaign contributions for his pick? empedocles Nov 2020 #8
He miscalculated StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #9
100M people had voted by Election Day and Rice4VP Nov 2020 #10
Yes, Trump I feed believed that if Biden won, it would be close enough to steal it StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #11
Barrett isn't about Trump. She never was. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #12
Agree LeftInTX Nov 2020 #14
These lawsuits are jokes Gothmog Nov 2020 #13

jimfields33

(15,462 posts)
3. I can't imagine what would happen if the Supreme Court would steal it
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:01 PM
Nov 2020

from the Democratic Party. I’m not even sure they’d do it. I think the final would be 5-4 against trump. Roberts and Gorsuch would vote with the other 3. I just can’t see them stealing it. I guess I may be naive.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
5. Nothing but warm fuzzies from the MAGAts. He doesn't get how any of this works,
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:04 PM
Nov 2020

and that because Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments they are no longer beholden to the president who appointed them. Just ask the ghost of Eisenhower about Earl Warren. Ask Nixon's ghost about Burger, Blackmun and Powell, all of whom joined with the rest of the court in holding that he had to cough up the Watergate tapes (Rehnquist recused himself because he had been a WH counsel).

diva77

(7,604 posts)
7. maybe some of that heritage foundation dark money to help pay off some of his debts
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:26 PM
Nov 2020

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unblock

(51,974 posts)
6. They likely would have stolen it for him
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:07 PM
Nov 2020

had he been able to make the election closer.

Three states is too much for them to overturn as it would involve three separate cases all going Donnie's way.

One state, they could have, and would have stolen for him.

But Donnie couldn't make it close enough for that

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
9. He miscalculated
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 10:03 PM
Nov 2020

The plan was to get one or more of these challenges to the Supreme Court where, with Barrett on board, he'd have the votes to turn a close race.

But they underestimated the turnout and the number of states Biden would win - and, very important, how effective voting and civil rights groups would be in educating voters about how to vote so that their votes would be counted. And the one case that did make it to the Court involved too few ballots to make any difference.

Rice4VP

(1,235 posts)
10. 100M people had voted by Election Day and
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 10:08 PM
Nov 2020

a good chunk of that was after the first debate and when he supposedly got COVID. Do you think that he really believed that those long lines of Black people and young people were there to vote for him?

RBG dying was another tipping point

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
11. Yes, Trump I feed believed that if Biden won, it would be close enough to steal it
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 10:15 PM
Nov 2020

And FYI, RBG died before early voting started and he got COVID before many states began voting.

He - and many other people, including plenty of people on DU - thought the race would be close enough for the Supreme Court to steal it. But, as I said, he miscalculated.

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
12. Barrett isn't about Trump. She never was.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 11:25 PM
Nov 2020

Barrett was the Federalist Society's choice, just like the last several conservative justices.

Trump's insistence that she was going to do anything for him in this election was just bluster and lies. It was never going to happen. If he actually believed otherwise - which I doubt - he allowed himself to be BS'd by the FS.

LeftInTX

(24,554 posts)
14. Agree
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 04:35 PM
Nov 2020

Also, Mitch's legacy.

She won't throw an election, but look what the Rs have won: Citizen's United, gutted the Voting Rights Acts etc. Many voting rights cases that went to the Supreme Court since 2013 were lost. Redistricting is coming up...all those court cases will favor the GOP.

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