The reckless disregard of the truth, the law and the Constitution by the President and the overwhelming cowardice displayed so graphically by the lapdogs of his political party have caused me to reluctantly start considering a nightmare scenario. I will be sincerely grateful to anyone out there who can soothe my fears, by explaining why this can’t really happen.
If looks as if Trump will face prosecution for his numerous crimes when his term in office is finished, won’t he at least consider refusing to accept a defeat at the polls? Recall that he said that he would not commit to accepting the outcome of the 2016 election if he lost, and he was not the incumbent with control of the Executive Branch of the United States government at that time.
Consider the following situation: the election of 2020 is reasonably close , with the Democrat winning the popular vote by, let’s say, 51-49%. Do anyone seriously think Trump would not instantly go on all the networks to rant that the election was stolen by the Democrats? Do you think Sean Hannity & Co. would act responsibly and urge the Trump zombies to accept the outcome of the election? Or, just perhaps, would they repeat and amplify his nonsense? We can expect Lindsey Graham and the rest of the spineless jellyfish caucus in our Congress stepping up to protect the Constitution and the rule of law, can’t we? Hah, ha, just kidding.
Now I have another poser: who, exactly, is going to evict Trump, if he squats in the White House and simply refuses to surrender the Presidency. The Secret Service? Congress? The Capitol Police? To who would this particular Constitutional duty fall? The Framers did not anticipate this question would ever arise, or if they did, they did not provide any mechanism in the Constitution to enforce the outcome of a presidential election. Suppose the Democrats got an injunction from the Supreme Court telling Trump to go. The Executive Branch controls & directs all Federal law enforcement and military power under the Constitution; so how would such an order be enforced?
Perhaps somebody will explain to him that no President has ever done such a thing before that it would be far outside the established political norms and… Well, that sentence is going nowhere.
Who is going to tell the Beloved Leader to his face, that he must go? Ivanka? Especially if the White House has been surrounded by thousands of AK47-wielding MAGA nitwits who have come to Washington to protect the Greatest President of All Time from a coup by the Democrats.
I welcome anyone who tell me exactly why I can stop worrying about this, and go back to brooding over global warming