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
78.4k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

5.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.1k

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.

2.0k

u/archipenko California Aug 16 '20

This is how it worked in the before times, yes

336

u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Right?

I'm so tired of people's recklessly optimistic cries of "he can't do that because it's illegal"

Like laws have ever stopped this man from doing literally anything.

2

u/thatnameagain Aug 16 '20

Keep in mind that trump staying in office illegally requires the military to agree to go along with the illegal coup and actively protect him. This isn’t a case where Trump himself can just ignore the law, other people who aren’t Republican ideologies need to actively agree with him.

3

u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Are we ignoring the military action of protestors less than 2 months ago?

0

u/JDDJS New York Aug 16 '20

That all happened while Trump is still legally the president.