Sort of. He clearly expected until March to just have to walk up, say "the economy's great", and let that roll him back into office.
That base is a real problem though. They truly believe the only way Trump will lose is if Biden cheats and steals the election, and when that happens if their patriotic duty to oppose Biden and restore Trump through any means necessary.
While I think there is a portion of his base who thinks that, I don't think that represents the majority of his base. I think MOST his base is all talk. If militias and what not become a problem, I still think that the FBI+ State Guard would respond. State Guards are under the control of governors, thus can be deployed without needing permission of the president. The National Guard is also controlled by Congress. They would not need the US military to respond, as they have other forces designated for that.
Here's a worry though - State Guard are controlled by governors, sure. There are 26 Republican governors, and 24 Democratic ones. Lets say civil unrest gets bad and Illinois calls up their state guard to put down right-wing terrorists groups. What happens when the Missouri state guard is called up to stop the Illinois state guard? Cross the border and impose Missouri rule over Illinois?
It would be an unlawful order for the Missouri State Guard to be called up to fight the Illinois State Guard. The State Guard would have to refuse the order or they would be guilty of treason against the United States. That would then involve the feds and congress can take control over the National guard. The photo I posted above of the national guard escorting children to school in Arkansas, that was after the federal government had to order the national guard to step in due to the Arkansas governor calling up the State Guard to prevent the children from entering the school. National guard overrules State Guard. Congress at that time could take control over the National Guard and order the State Guard to stand down. They did back then, and I would assume they would now. Technically the State Guard is supposed to only follow state orders, but when they are either going to be committing treason against the US or stand down, they usually stand down.
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So if you're going to complain about things not being REAL, you're throwing stones in a glass house.
Nah. They can talk tough, but if Trump loses the election they'll scream and moan, then suck it up and grumble. In the long run someone needs to deal with all this shit otherwise the USA eventually will have a meltdown, but I don't think it's there yet.
You read the entire article cited there instead of just "wiki" right?
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But that's my problem. I'm from Missouri. Born and raised and still live here. I wouldn't trust Governor Parson with a glass of water, let alone the state guard, let alone trust that state guard.
They're going to throw Trump out of power with "GoGo bands, salsa dancers, artists, cultural workers", are they?
Even if your governor is as bad as Arkansas Governor in 1957, Congress, the state and national guard likely have more sense than he does. They did in 1957 and chose to do what the feds said real quick, they were in no position to go up against US military. They might be brave, but I don't think they are stupid. The US military wouldn't be involved with removing Trump from the white house, the sergeant at arms and The Secret Service would do that, but they sure as hell could be involved with a rogue state declaring war on another state, which is EXACTLY what Missouri would be doing if they ordered their state guard to attack Illinois state guard. I don't think the state guard would follow the unlawful order.
LMAO! Yea, this group of tree huggers looks so menacing.
That won't happen. what will happen is that trump tries to fudge the numbers, and depending on the results, worst case, it gets decided by the supreme court, and by congress. There will probably be an increase on terroristic violence from the losing side, and possibly some revenge violence from the other. But it won't escalate to full blown civil war. Not right away, atleast. In the end, the situation will be decided by who takes the senate. The senate is more important then the presidential race, arguably.
I agree about the Senate and the Supreme Court. He has a few other tricks up his sleeves, where he could cause calamity on election day or while they are counting the votes like Roger Stone did in Florida during Bush/ Gore fiasco by encouraging militias and trump supporters to cause problems, and his plans with his legal challenges but I seriously doubt anything stupid enough to have stated literally using US or State military against one another. All these crazy militias OTOH are a wild card though.
For fuck sakes if you really want Trump to leave, then just do a general strike, it's not complicated.
But a bunch of tree huggers, salsa dancers and gogo bands partying there is far more entertaining.
Source please.
He's not having packed massive rallies in the middle of a pandemic. Which is a sign he's taking it seriously and not trying to endanger peoples health for his own adoration.
Ask 48.2% of voters how they felt in 2016 about Trumps chances. Imagination is irrevlent.
That article said votes were counted for a week, not votes were cast for a week. Accuracy in counting is a good thing.
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