Donald Trump

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Mob mentality? Ganging up on people?

We tend to gang up on bad posts.

Stop making them.

 

[Scottyboi]

IF both candidates were incapacitated by mid October would that mean their VP choices would take over as the candidates?

FBI will be watching you haha.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

IF both candidates were incapacitated by mid October would that mean their VP choices would take over as the candidates?

I have no idea.

What if Trump wins the vote in November but is convicted of insurrection in December? Can he be sworn in?

 

[JASR]

If you're not thick skinned the cult can be hard work, post through it and understand the views on here are not the norm in real life.

eh?

The norm (ie >50%) of the US population, is that Trump is a dick.
What we Brits/others think about Trump is pretty irrelevant, in the context of actual Voting him in, but we can influence.

 

[TinFoilHat]

FBI will be watching you haha.

*Waves at Agent reading this remotely*

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Mob mentality? Ganging up on people?

'Mob mentality'?

My reply was DIRECTLY addressing your post. There was zero consultation or collaboration with any other poster.

If I post something daft, I'd expect more than one poster to give me shit for it, and on reflection I'd probably deserve it.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I have no idea.

What if Trump wins the vote in November but is convicted of insurrection in December? Can he be sworn in?

Good question.

I think technically section 3 of the 14th Amendment would not allow him to become president, so they would have to rerun the election. There could be a question mark over the wording of the amendment, but that would have to be argued upon prior to him being sworn in, because at that point all bets are off.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Good question.

I think technically section 3 of the 14th Amendment would not allow him to become president, so they would have to rerun the election. There could be a question mark over the wording of the amendment, but that would have to be argued upon prior to him being sworn in, because at that point all bets are off.

This is where it gets messy as I dont think they can re run the election - the dates are hard wired. 14th amendment says 'no person can be' so he should not be sworn in. But what then? I think it would move to the VP?

This is a very real prospect of where it would end up.

 

[Totnes Blue]

I don't class myself particularly tribal on any stage of the political spectrum and certainly don't feel aligned to what (I perceive) to be tribal left or right wing politics as I feel like both can get you into a cult like mindset. However, how anybody (never mind half a country) can seemingly vote for this utter lunatic is beyond mental. The man, by every sense of the definition is a narcissistic sociopath who has literally just attempted to overthrow a democratic election. Something people in Ukraine are fighting so desperately for, something our previous generations of the west fought so desperately for, rights to live in democratic societies no matter how imperfect they sometimes are. And half of the electorate in the united states are considering voting for a man with such utter disdain for those rights! It makes you want to give up.

This,in a nutshell.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

This is where it gets messy as I dont think they can re run the election - the dates are hard wired. 14th amendment says 'no person can be' so he should not be sworn in. But what then? I think it would move to the VP?

This is a very real prospect of where it would end up.

And do you honestly think Trump wouldn't pick a VP who hadn't already agreed to pardon him should it come to that?

The whole thing is is a shit show.