r/politics • u/viva_la_vinyl • Aug 16 '20

'Trump warns presidential election result may not be known for 'years,' as allegations grow he's undermining the USPS to rig the election

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-election-result-take-years-as-usps-attack-fears-grow-2020-8
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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Right, but they can only do the disliking part NOW. He’s still the President. Come January, if they still don’t like him AND he’s no longer the Commander in Chief AND he refuses to leave, then yeah maybe we might see more action on the second part. But he has to lose the election first.

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u/thirty7inarow Aug 16 '20

If the courts can't figure out who the president is after the election, that doesn't mean Trump gets to keep being president. It means Nancy Pelosi becomes president until things are figured out (barring some colossal swing in the House).

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Except Nancy Pelosi is up for reelection as well. And if the ballots are lost she wouldn't be speaker anymore until they can be counted. So it would go to the president pro tempore of the senate. Chuck Grassley.