Comment on If Trump wins the election thru fraud how can the democrats refute it and prove they won? Or will it just be like another Jan 6 and four years of whining like Trump?

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• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We already had four years so technically we would only get another four.

  Until SCOTUS says the constitution isn’t constitutional and gives him a literal crown.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s the scary part. They’ll gladly approve his term limit extension.

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    • kitnaht@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s how Putin did it; probably the guy guiding all of this.

      They have term limits over there in Russia as well, but they have interpreted it as “only allowed X years in a row”…so Putin installs a crony for 1 session every X years, and then magically wins the votes by a landslide every other time.

      That’s what they’ll end up doing. They’ll ‘interpret’ it as consecutive terms, and we’ll get 8 years of Trump, then 4 of Vance, then 8 of Trump, etc.

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      • chetradley@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Your scenario implies Trump lives to 98, and unless the preservatives in big macs are the key to longevity, I doubt he makes it that long.

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      • pound_heap@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Russian Constitution literally had this phrase “A same person cannot be a President for more than two terms in a row”, so it was already opened for an interpretation they did. This actually had changed for just “two terms” in 2020, but provided another excuse for Putin to be elected.

        Anyhow, in US Constitution the 22nd amendment says that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”, so there is no room for interpretation. Even conservative SCOTUS would not do that.

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    • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean it’s literally right there in the Constitution without room for interpretation. If the Supes pretend to just throw that acids then we’ll have an actual civil war on our hands.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He’s been saying that if he wins, nobody will ever need to vote again.

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• mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • benignintervention@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve been saying this exact same thing. Trump is a raging moron and I fear the intelligent demagogue that follows him more than I fear a second trump presidency (although a second trump term might guarantee the former)

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    • Atom@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not much consolation, but I do take a little solace in the fact that nearly all of the Trump-wannabes have crashed and burned on the ballot. So far, it seems like only Trump can pull of Trimpism. His ego won’t let him name a successor, so when he goes, there will be a MAGA void to fill and it might be difficult for a single person to fill it.

      Will Trump’s natural death free us from right wing extremism? Absolutely not. But will one savvy politician gather all the support trump has? Not immediately, that’s for sure. When he’s gone, I bet 40% of his base will believe he’s still alive and the deep state is hiding him somewhere while Desantis-Cruz-Vance, etc are false prophets. I mean, Vance was supposed to be the savvy MAGA guy, and look how well liked he is.

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      • kitnaht@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, the whole “Cult of Personality” thing is solidly in Trumps hands - because look at him: The guy never backs down off of a lie. He can’t. He won’t. No other republican has had the bravado to be that stupidly bold.

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      • eronth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He doesn’t need to name a successor. His followers just need to be convinced that he named one.

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  • militaryintelligence@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d bet any amount of money that within the next few elections a republican will fly a flag with an obscure white supremacist rune on it

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m hoping it’s a painful death, it’s already slow as fuck. he’s such an ugly person, deep inside.

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  • mjhelto@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t threaten me with a good time!

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• IndustryStandard@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And then Jared Kushner touring with Democrats in 2040.

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