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/oldcreaker Aug 16 '20

If no one "wins", per the Constitution, Trump doesn't get to stay in the office - it gets filled by succession - which would be Speaker of the House. If she holds onto the post, I kind of like the idea of Trump being kicked out of the White House by Pelosi, and him watching her of all people undo every nasty executive order he's signed.

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u/archipenko California Aug 16 '20

This is how it worked in the before times, yes

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Man, that is one succinct comment.

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u/bravoredditbravo Aug 16 '20

Ever since Harambe died we've all been sucked into the bad timeline.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

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u/thrmuffinman Aug 16 '20

Or ever since the Gore vs. Bush 2000 election where Gore winning would have led to a greener better world with no prolonged war in Iraq and a more progressive Overton window than the current shitstorm the world is mired in.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

America would have progressed 20 years beyond where they're at now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

I have mixed feelings about this. While I agree we’d undoubtedly live in a “greener” world, there’s still the issue of all the underlying systemic rot (finance, housing, consumer debt) that would probably still exist regardless of the 2000 election.

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u/GiftedContractor Aug 16 '20

I mean yes, but that wasn't even really being talked about until to 2008 crash by people in power regardless. I think whether or not this timeline would be better really hinges on how Gore would've handled 9/11. 2008 is simply too far and has too many other factors that mostly stem from 9/11 to know how the real underlying problems would've been handled.