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marie999

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25. What laws do you think he could enact without congressional approval

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #23)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 03:55 PM

Jun 2020

that would affect elections held by the states?

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Huge fence? Private police?? Trump is preparing for a violent battle in November. [View all] cbdo2007 Jun 2020 OP

Well... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #1

Joe Biden will be sworn in as the next POTUS vlyons Jun 2020 #2

Presuming he lives that long. Odoreida Jun 2020 #8

Agree, Vlyons. The next president is sworn in January 20 at noon. Hortensis Jun 2020 #36

What private police? Kaleva Jun 2020 #3

There are no private police DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #4

I agree with you. Kaleva Jun 2020 #6

Heavily armed men who refuse to identify themselves G_j Jun 2020 #16

So, no private police then. Kaleva Jun 2020 #24

Speculation G_j Jun 2020 #29

If the election is stolen, crowds will fill the streets of DC. Hortensis Jun 2020 #5

When Biden wins (optimistically), how long will he wait before he takes down the fence. no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #7

Trump won't give him the satisfaction, they will be taken down ahead of time Shermann Jun 2020 #14

I don;t buy into all the conspiracy theories, we still have laws and people who seriously beachbumbob Jun 2020 #9

Which Trump ignores and is allowed to ignore at every turn. The guy who ran a fake charity using uponit7771 Jun 2020 #11

I could less what trump thinks or do. He has gotten away because he was able to bribe and bully his beachbumbob Jun 2020 #12

K&R, I do NOT believe the number of people who think Trump can't *IN EFFECT* cancel the election uponit7771 Jun 2020 #10

Im not I any way saying he will cancel the election... cbdo2007 Jun 2020 #13

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #15

Im pretty sure it wont just be 1000 BW thugs... Squidly Jun 2020 #17

How can he cancel the election marie999 Jun 2020 #18

Wow ... I even put asterisks around the phrase *in effect* and a strawman is still proffered. Damn uponit7771 Jun 2020 #21

I have mild cognitive impairment. marie999 Jun 2020 #22

In effect means by other means, he doesn't have to cancel the election just enact laws Barr will ... uponit7771 Jun 2020 #23

What laws do you think he could enact without congressional approval marie999 Jun 2020 #25

The one he just enacted on Washington but without the state governor's approval uponit7771 Jun 2020 #27

The Constitution marie999 Jun 2020 #28

Trump showed all that was meaningless the military did what he wanted uponit7771 Jun 2020 #30

The military did very little. marie999 Jun 2020 #31

They did something and that was enough uponit7771 Jun 2020 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author marie999 Jun 2020 #34

What did he order them to do that was unconstitutional. marie999 Jun 2020 #35

Actually, it's his prison now. ananda Jun 2020 #19

I envision that somewhere in his final exit from the White House there Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #20

He likes to plan ahead. kentuck Jun 2020 #26

We literally elected the president of the Hunger Games. Initech Jun 2020 #33

Yep, it's terrifying. Especially if he gets thousands of MAGAts in there too that will make the cbdo2007 Jun 2020 #37