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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:30 PM Nov 2016

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If tRump refuses to concede...

...ignore him.

There...simple.

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If tRump refuses to concede... (Original Post) SHRED Nov 2016 OP

Yep, turn the TV to ESPN or the Weather Channel. tonyt53 Nov 2016 #1

Or, better yet, Arkansas Granny Nov 2016 #2

Is concession a rule? rickford66 Nov 2016 #3

Concession is irrelevant. longship Nov 2016 #4

That is what I always understood. rickford66 Nov 2016 #7

He would look like what he is. longship Nov 2016 #9

No. The Electoral College certifies the election Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2016 #13

Agree. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2016 #5

And then Cokie Roberts can TrishaJ Nov 2016 #6

It would get interesting Separation Nov 2016 #8

What he thinks matters not Gman Nov 2016 #10

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

1. Yep, turn the TV to ESPN or the Weather Channel.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:31 PM

Nov 2016

Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)

2. Or, better yet,

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:31 PM

Nov 2016

Lock him up, lock him up, lock him up.

I know that won't happen, but I'd love to give him a taste of his own medicine.

rickford66

(5,524 posts)

3. Is concession a rule?

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:48 PM

Nov 2016

Ignoring him makes sense and should provoke some entertaining behavior from Deadbeat Don. I for one will enjoy the melt down.

longship

(40,416 posts)

4. Concession is irrelevant.

Reply to rickford66 (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:52 PM

Nov 2016

It is a polite way of endorsing the rules of our democratic republic.

The elected president is the elected president no matter if the opponent(s) concede.

There.

rickford66

(5,524 posts)

7. That is what I always understood.

Reply to longship (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:58 PM

Nov 2016

I doubt it will be 2000 all over again. Trump will look foolish if not conceding.

longship

(40,416 posts)

9. He would look like what he is.

Reply to rickford66 (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 06:02 PM

Nov 2016

A childish boor.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)

13. No. The Electoral College certifies the election

Reply to rickford66 (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 07:10 PM

Nov 2016

Once that is done, the Constitution says that whoever (whomever??) they select is the next President. The armed services are sworn to defend the Constitution (against all enemies -- foreign and domestic). The opposition is free to say what they want; write what they want; and protest peacefully. They are also free to avail themselves of any legal remedies offered by the courts. However, they are not free to engage in insurrection or attempt to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

5. Agree.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:53 PM

Nov 2016

TrishaJ

(798 posts)

6. And then Cokie Roberts can

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 05:53 PM

Nov 2016

do what she did to Al Gore in 2000 and insist on knowing WHEN he is going to concede.

Separation

(1,975 posts)

8. It would get interesting

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 06:01 PM

Nov 2016

If Mike Pence concedes and trump does not. I wonder how that would be spun in the news?

Gman

(24,780 posts)

10. What he thinks matters not

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 06:10 PM

Nov 2016

It doesn't change the outcome of the election and it doesn't change the constitution.

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