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There's that reckless optimism again.
Donald Trump's National Security Advisor was working as a foreign agent while sitting in on classified national security briefings, and lied about it to the FBI. He was prosecuted and **convicted** of this in federal court.
The only defense against gross abuses of power like this, or the Ukraine deal, or the pardoning of Roger Stone, are US voters voting the president and republican senators out of office. But since the president controls the post office, and the post office controls the issuing of ballots, there's no way to stop him.
Comment by TrumpWillLoseIn2020 at 16/08/2020 at 19:45 UTC
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"There's no way to stop him" is hyperbole.
Comment by ndstumme at 16/08/2020 at 17:33 UTC
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I don't see how that refutes their point.
Yes, Trump has accomplished a lot of bullshit. He did that because he held the title of President, and those who respect the constitution had their hands tied by that constitution.
But as soon as the constitution says he's done, they have no reason to play along anymore.
Comment by thatnameagain at 16/08/2020 at 18:25 UTC
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Doesn’t have much to do with what I said. If the vote is successfully suppressed that’s a big problem. The way to stop him is to encourage people to vote in person in swing states as well as to push states to quickly change laws allowing for ballots to be counted after Election Day based on postmark.
The issue I was addressing was what happens if congress certified the results in favor of Biden but Trump simply refuses to accept the results.