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What if Trump won't accept defeat?
Politico ^ | August 22, 2016 | Eli Stokols

Posted on 08/23/2016 7:44:30 AM PDT by Trump20162020

As their nominee unravels, Republicans worry where his scorched-earth, rigged-election rhetoric leads the GOP and the country.

Donald Trump is on track to lose in November and to refuse to accept the legitimacy of that Election Day result. That’s a problem not just for Hillary Clinton but for both political parties and the country. For everyone, really, other than Donald Trump.

By hiring Breitbart News’ Steve Bannon, a media provocateur in his own image, and accepting the resignation of the man who was supposed to professionalize him, Trump is signaling the final 78 days of his presidential campaign will be guided by a staff that indulges his deeply held conspiracy theories and validates his hermetically sealed worldview.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


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KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; politico; propaganda; trump
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The Tokyo Rose media says Trump should just surrender now, it's over, he's lost, why doesn't he just drop out and the country unite behind Hillary Clinton right now?

I know they have no shame, but how can they even write articles with a straight face again if Trump wins?

1 posted on 08/23/2016 7:44:30 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Don’t worry... he wont have to


2 posted on 08/23/2016 7:45:40 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Trump20162020

What a crazy idea for an article. What if Trump won’t accept defeat???

Turn it around; what if Hillary won’t accept defeat??


3 posted on 08/23/2016 7:45:48 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Trump20162020

He should demand a recount BEFORE the November 8 election. He’ll have plenty of offers for help.


4 posted on 08/23/2016 7:45:55 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Trump20162020

“hermetically sealed worldview”

Is that Lib-Speak for not a globalist?


5 posted on 08/23/2016 7:47:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Trump20162020

What if the establishmedia won’t accept defeat?

Pray America wakes


6 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:03 AM PDT by bray (#NeverLevin)
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To: Trump20162020

If Gore can do it....


7 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:14 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Trump20162020

Al Gore was unavailable for comment, as he probably has a Chinese back rub scheduled.


8 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:16 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Trump20162020

What horsesh**


9 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:26 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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Donald Trump is on track to lose in November

Why read this garbage from Politico?

10 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:26 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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“As their nominee unravels, Republicans worry where his scorched-earth, rigged-election rhetoric leads the GOP and the country”
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Excuse me, writer, author what ever you think you are...where do you think that Trump is ‘unraveling’????

As a person that works on his campaign, both locally and nationally, we are just as busy now as we were when he put his campaign together over a year ago...

You CAN NOT believe anything the media tells you, if you don't hear it from Mr. Trump's mouth, don't believe it...they are on full ‘election mode’ for the Butcher of Benghazi...totally....SMH!!!

11 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:28 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: Trump20162020
Standard Leftist Projection.

12 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:39 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Trump20162020

Do you mean what if the people won’t accept Hillary stealing the election?


13 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:39 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Trump20162020

This is speculation about Trump not accepting defeat after the election is over. Note that the last two nominees cut this sort of thing off by accepting defeat prior to the election.


14 posted on 08/23/2016 7:48:46 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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I can see a civil war coming in America no matter who wins. A “yuge” train wreck is coming and it won’t be pretty. Americans will not stand for a stolen “election” and that’s just what the commie “democrats” are trying to do. Clintoon needs to win to have access to everything in the government in order to clean up the Obama and Clintoon “legacies”.


15 posted on 08/23/2016 7:49:04 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: Trump20162020

sorry. the last guy that wouldn’t accept his ass kicking was al gore.


16 posted on 08/23/2016 7:49:23 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Trump20162020

Boy you think you’ve seen all the crazy, low flying dung they can throw at Trump and now you get this? I’d almost rather see the cliche alien story. Or paranormal is hot, why not that?


17 posted on 08/23/2016 7:49:40 AM PDT by navymom1
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The meme in the first 4 words. Unravel is the word of the day.

Delusional cretins of the media.


18 posted on 08/23/2016 7:50:23 AM PDT by A message
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As their nominee unravels, Republicans worry where his scorched-earth, rigged-election rhetoric leads the GOP and the country.

With any luck, his rhetoric leads to the destruction of the GOP/JV wing of the Uniparty.

19 posted on 08/23/2016 7:50:29 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Trump20162020

If you think it’s hard to picture Trump giving a concession speech, have you tried imagining Hillary doing it?


20 posted on 08/23/2016 7:50:32 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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