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kairos12

(12,872 posts)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 05:29 PM Aug 2016

Drumpt's Prediction of a Rigged Election Sets the Stage for Possible Civil Unrest

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/02/trump_s_rigged_comments_are_the_most_dangerous_thing_he_s_said_yet.html
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rump’s latest allegation (rigged election) is, in the words of the usually staid Associated Press, an “unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate,” one that could “threaten the tradition of peacefully contested elections and challenge the very essence of a fair democratic process.” Trump has laid the groundwork for only two possible outcomes in the eyes of his most passionate supporters: He wins the presidency, or he has it stolen from him. Anyone wondering what the worst-case scenario would be in the event Trump loses to Clinton need only look to the dark picture painted late last week by Roger Stone, one of Trump’s longtime political advisers.

During an interview with Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos, Stone suggested that Trump begin talking “constantly” about the possibility of a rigged election, advice the GOP nominee appears to be taking to heart. “He needs to say for example, today would be a perfect example: ‘I am leading in Florida. The polls all show it. If I lose Florida, we will know that there’s voter fraud,’ ” Stone said. “ ‘If there’s voter fraud, this election will be illegitimate, the election of the winner will be illegitimate, we will have a constitutional crisis, widespread civil disobedience, and the government will no longer be the government.’ ”

Drumpt would rather see the streets burn then admit he lost the election through a legitimate democratic process. He will avoid the "loser" status at all costs, to others.
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Drumpt's Prediction of a Rigged Election Sets the Stage for Possible Civil Unrest (Original Post) kairos12 Aug 2016 OP
Nonsense. Half the eligible voters don't vote leftstreet Aug 2016 #1
How many Rancher Welfare Bundys could a Drumpt Defeat Spawn? kairos12 Aug 2016 #2

leftstreet

(36,112 posts)
1. Nonsense. Half the eligible voters don't vote
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 05:55 PM
Aug 2016

That leaves..what...1/4th at the most of eligible voters who might possibly vote for Trump?

No one really cares

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