Agreed. Trump said he would concede if the electors voted for Biden.
That’s not my understanding. He said he’d leave the White House. He never said he’d concede.
“Trump said he would concede if the electors voted for Biden.”
As I’ve pointed out earlier, those were not HIS words. Those words were in a question he was asked.
He replied, “Certainly I will... but there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th” of January.
In other words, he was referring to the ENTIRE process of certifying, voting, transmitting, counting, objecting, etc.
The fight for retaining this office is not over until January 20. And if it does come to a vote in the House (one vote per state) and this duty is not fulfilled by March 4, the Vice President (elect) would assume the presidency. Since these are decided simultaneously, the only point here is that the inclusion of this date implies the current president stays in office until the issue is resolved, even AFTER January 20.
The problem is that, short of open war, there are not many remedies to election fraud if the electoral votes are not disqualified by January 20. Since there is a remedy provided to Congress, I am doubtful the Supreme Court would move to decertify any electoral votes certified and transmitted by the states.
If I was Mike Pence and very brave, I’d add a step between the opening and counting of votes by shredding and burning the ones where open fraud has been proven. Then I’d defy anyone to do anything about it.
It’s not over now. It won’t be over Monday. Regardless of who is sworn in on January 20 (assuming this happens), there will be war.
In my opinion, the best outcome will require calling in the troops before January 20, under Marshall law.