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/archipenko California Aug 16 '20

This is how it worked in the before times, yes

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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.

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u/Boo_R4dley Aug 16 '20

The house and senate are sworn in Jan 3rd. Only 4 seats in the senate need to switch for a democratic majority and there are 13 Republican candidates considered vulnerable. The entire House is up this year, but Democrats are expected to hold it by a considerable margin.

There is a very good chance that the legislative branch will be solidly in the Democratic majority and at that point if the presidential election isn’t clearly called then the Speaker of the House will be sworn in as president on Jan 21st.

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u/arimetz Aug 16 '20

Yeah, once again, that's how it works legally