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duforsure

(11,882 posts)
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:41 PM Dec 2020

What will trump try next when the SCOTUS rules against him,

First he'll suggest he has powers he doesn't have, then try to block everything declaring martial law, or something he can corruptly use, which will be stricken down quickly, then he'll get states to protest threatening violence, or allow an enemy to in someway attack us.

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What will trump try next when the SCOTUS rules against him, (Original Post) duforsure Dec 2020 OP
I am afraid he will start a war. n/t murielm99 Dec 2020 #1
That wouldn't help him. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #7
Wait for joint House/Senate count of votes exboyfil Dec 2020 #2
That's the last desperate move they have. 2naSalit Dec 2020 #22
I believe he will rile up his cult. Siwsan Dec 2020 #3
Next up, his toadies in congress will object to the electors vlyons Dec 2020 #4
THIS Saboburns Dec 2020 #21
If it gets to that point. He needs to be arrested. LiberalFighter Dec 2020 #5
I'm worried SC will not rule against him. Can't worry but one thing patricia92243 Dec 2020 #6
They'll rule against him StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #9
He'll fire Amy Coney Barrett StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #8
IMHO matt819 Dec 2020 #10
Where are the Erik Prince Mercenaries?? Captain Zero Dec 2020 #13
Hard-core pressure-campaign on Republican-controlled legislatures. Laelth Dec 2020 #11
I Hear People Say they Hope He Drops Dead on the Spot Skraxx Dec 2020 #12
I will Timewas Dec 2020 #16
I pray for Donald every night. Saboburns Dec 2020 #20
1) try to bribe electors, then 2) challenge electoral college delegates in Congress andym Dec 2020 #14
Sort of like guessing Wile E Coyotes next... jcgoldie Dec 2020 #15
I'm still envisioning a Tony Montana resolution. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2020 #17
Re-enactments of Preston Brooks caning Charles Seward no_hypocrisy Dec 2020 #18
He will do all of that. Saboburns Dec 2020 #19

2naSalit

(86,061 posts)
22. That's the last desperate move they have.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 03:27 PM
Dec 2020

If they start organized violence, there will be some interesting responses.

Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
3. I believe he will rile up his cult.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:45 PM
Dec 2020

Things could very well get very frightening in some part of the country. I live in a VERY Blue district, which doesn't make me feel safe. It actually makes me feel like it might make us a target area.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
4. Next up, his toadies in congress will object to the electors
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:45 PM
Dec 2020

Lots of grandstanding BS speeches, but that tactic will also be a butt show fail.

patricia92243

(12,590 posts)
6. I'm worried SC will not rule against him. Can't worry but one thing
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:51 PM
Dec 2020

at a time. We need to hear from them way before Monday when the vote is.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
9. They'll rule against him
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:53 PM
Dec 2020

If they thought there was any merit to this case, they would have taken the Pennsylvania case.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
10. IMHO
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:54 PM
Dec 2020

He'll "activate" the proud boys, whom he had previously directed to stand back and stand by. BTW, that wasn't a a misstep. That was a directive. As was the call for Russia to release Hillary's emails.) In the likely event of being turned away by SCOTUS, he will call on them to take action. Will he be more specific? Maybe, maybe not. But the implication will be clear. Take action against the governors and Democratic leaders in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and against senior Democratic legislators in the House and Senate.

As Keith Olberman and others have observed, this is stochastic terrorism. Frankly, I think it will go beyond into actual terrorism. This is sedition. And I'm sure the lawyers here and elsewhere can come up with any number of statutes he would be violating. This is terrifying enough. What could be worse, you ask? Pence and republicans generally will fall in line behind him.

Or I'm delusional/just plain nuts after four years of this crap. Others have suggested that he'll slink away. Maybe he'll use the likely response from the Supreme Court as the impetus to get on a plane and decamp to a non-extradition country.



Captain Zero

(6,714 posts)
13. Where are the Erik Prince Mercenaries??
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 02:03 PM
Dec 2020

That were recently contracted for service in "African Operations"?

I see him fomenting riots and putting it down with martial law which he leaves in place to declare himself president for the emergency. He's already fortified the white house perimeter too.

If those Mercenaries are anywhere in the US. I'M WORRIED.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
11. Hard-core pressure-campaign on Republican-controlled legislatures.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:58 PM
Dec 2020

Many have already signed on to the idea that Biden/Harris stole the election. As such, he will argue that Republican-controlled legislatures should RESTORE the true will of the people and appoint Republican electors, no matter what their state’s fraudulent and certified election totals may be.

-Laelth

Skraxx

(2,965 posts)
12. I Hear People Say they Hope He Drops Dead on the Spot
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 01:59 PM
Dec 2020

Not me of course. I would never say such a thing. But I hear a lot of people say that.

Timewas

(2,174 posts)
16. I will
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 02:05 PM
Dec 2020

The only thing I would rather see than him dropping dead would be him in an orange jump suit and cuffs.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
20. I pray for Donald every night.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 02:49 PM
Dec 2020

And I'm an avowed atheist. But I pray, sincerely, every night for Donald.

And since my prayers haven't come true yet. I keep praying my prayer.

Every damn day.

andym

(5,441 posts)
14. 1) try to bribe electors, then 2) challenge electoral college delegates in Congress
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 02:04 PM
Dec 2020

Both stories have been reported. I suppose bribery which is probably illegal could work on a few-- imagine $10M for a vote. But politics is like religion, most Biden electors are not bribeable and the Trumpers won't offer that much. Moreover, the SC ruled against faithless electors during the summer.

When Congress meets Jan 6, all it takes is one Representative + Senator to force votes--which they will lose.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
19. He will do all of that.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 02:45 PM
Dec 2020

Agreed.

The point of posting this isn't to spread fear. IRS to warn what's coming.

None of shit this will work.

But rest assured it going to happen.

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