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Will Democrats use the nuclear option to blow up the election?
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/516207-will-democrats-use-the-nuclear-option-to-blow-up-the-election ^

Posted on 09/13/2020 1:02:36 PM PDT by therightliveswithus

Imagine waking up the morning after the election this November with an unclear result. Suppose that Donald Trump fails to capture the popular vote by a wider margin than he did in 2016 and loses several states he carried that year. With a slim majority in states like Florida and Pennsylvania, he could still garner 270 votes from the Electoral College.

But would Democrats accept such an outcome? There is a substantial chance that legislatures in blue states could effectively overturn the results of the election through a means available in the Constitution. This “nuclear option,” as I call it, has never been tried before but could bring the nation to its knees.

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


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To: therightliveswithus

when I see an article like this, it means the democrats know that Trump will win and they are trying to figure out the best way to resist another 4 years to try to stop his agenda.


21 posted on 09/13/2020 2:33:07 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: The Antiyuppie

Well, the fact is the Romanovs did not go into hiding; they were taken into custody by the Bolsheviks, imprisoned first at the Alexander Palace then moved to Siberia, where they ultimately ended up at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinberg, where they were murdered.


22 posted on 09/13/2020 2:45:02 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: LIConFem

If that’s their plan, that I would suggest that there wouldn’t be a hole deep enough for them to hide in.

Why’s that?


23 posted on 09/13/2020 2:51:41 PM PDT by tsowellfan (https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
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To: Bayan

If they try it there will be real blood in the streets.


I have my doubts about that. I’m hoping the left is winning militarily because the other side is simply keeping their powder dry but we’ve also witnessed the very few that decided to protect themselves either with their car or otherwise end up being charged with murder while the terrorist thugs are considered the victim.


24 posted on 09/13/2020 2:55:34 PM PDT by tsowellfan (https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
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To: tsowellfan

You hope a Marxist military coup is successful??


25 posted on 09/13/2020 3:11:06 PM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept)
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To: LIConFem

I can make them a big hole. I own an excavator and I’ll do it for free.


26 posted on 09/13/2020 3:11:11 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Remember Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.)
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To: Parley Baer

And lots of toilet paper.


27 posted on 09/13/2020 3:15:33 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Remember Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.)
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To: LIConFem

You hope a Marxist military coup is successful??


The question is from me. “Why is that”?

Nope, just was not sure where you were going with that statement. Since you did not answer the question I will only be able to reply with my assumption of what you meant.

Seems like the marxist military coup is claiming more lives and the few patriots that try to defend themselves either with their car or other means are sitting in a jail cell awaiting murder trials while the marxist thugs have become the “victims” and those defending themselves are sitting in jail.

Just before reading your comment I saw this video of rioters laughing after two cops were shot in California and YES it brought doubt in my mind whether or not people are just keeping their powder dry until after the election or if they fear the government tossing into prison for protecting themselves and their family

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1305226390854279168?s=20

You okay with that?


28 posted on 09/13/2020 3:28:13 PM PDT by tsowellfan (https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
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To: Alberta's Child

Michigan’s GOP Legislature is not a whole lot better than a dem run legislature.... They are all bush league pubs


29 posted on 09/13/2020 3:30:45 PM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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To: therightliveswithus

I tried to read the article. Pop-ups all over the place and some audio I can’t locate so I can turn it off.


30 posted on 09/13/2020 5:25:33 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Drew68

If need be, they’ll run ballots off in their printers.


31 posted on 09/13/2020 5:26:30 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: therightliveswithus
WWFD (What Would Fee Do)


32 posted on 09/13/2020 5:59:23 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kiryandil

Who is this pretty Fee lady you refer to?


33 posted on 09/13/2020 6:04:12 PM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: JerseyDvl
Fiona Glenanne, famous for asking Michael Westen [Burn notice]:

"Shall we shoot them, Michael?"


34 posted on 09/13/2020 6:19:45 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: LIConFem

Democrats Issue Veiled Threat, Vote For Joe Biden Or Cities Burn, Say They Will NOT Concede To Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be60iWavSek


35 posted on 09/13/2020 6:29:49 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: therightliveswithus

Be ready for a bunch of rat activist judges (like from the S. NY district) trying to overturn the votes in several key states.

....and will Judge Roberts sell us out again?


36 posted on 09/13/2020 8:59:54 PM PDT by Swirl
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