Remember when Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, warned us, “I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power”?
Trump just told the whole country that he might not “accept the results of the election” if he loses in November.
In 2016 he wouldn’t commit to even the principle of a peaceful transition of power.
We very literally have a president who is telling us that he will not commit stepping down if he loses the election.
Keep in mind that Trump is guaranteed to lie and claim he was “treated unfairly.”
His lies about his campaign being “spied on” were thoroughly debunked by the Inspector General Report issued by Horowitz. He’s still at it, and he’s definitely going to claim that Biden “cheated.”
Trump lied about voter fraud in the 2016 election that he won. He will certainly lie about an election he loses.
It’s time to recognize that we have a despot in the White House, and to think about what we can do to preserve our democracy.
- Make sure the press and elected officials take this threat seriously.
- Get military commanders and personnel to commit to protecting the Constitution and our democracy.
- Prepare for the B.S. Attorney General Barr is sure to be shoveling from the D.O.J.
- Make sure Trump’s electoral defeat in November is overwhelming, so no patriotic American can question the legitimacy of Biden’s presidency.
- And other, probably more important, things I’m not thinking of.
I know it seems absurd. But the man has literally just told us that he might refuse to step down peacefully. No president in the history of our country has ever said such a thing.