girlfreddyAug 8, 2024

Biden 'not confident' of peaceful transition if Trump loses

https://lemmy.ca/post/26548548

Biden 'not confident' of peaceful transition if Trump loses - Lemmy.ca

US President Joe Biden has said he is not confident there will be a peaceful transition of power if Donald Trump loses the presidential election in November. "[Trump] means what he says, we don’t take him seriously. He means it, all this stuff about ‘if we lose it will be a bloodbath’.” Mr Trump’s comment that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses the election, made as he was talking about the auto industry in March, triggered a wave of criticism. The Trump campaign, however, said the comment was specifically about the auto industry and had been deliberately taken out of context. It sent a fundraising email which said Trump’s political opponents and others had been “viciously” misquoting him.

Show threadbstixAug 8, 2024

I predict riots regardless of who wins.

The only way to avoid it is if either side wins with a landslide, showing that the majority of the country is for the elected winner.

Show threadVarykAug 8, 2024

I doubt it. trump appears to have lost a lot of persuasive power.

If Harris wins, I’m pretty sure all the conservatives are going to slink back under rocks for the next few years.

Show threadgrueAug 8, 2024
If Harris wins, a lot of places where Trump “should have” won are going to falsely claim fraud and refuse to certify their votes, leading to another Jan 6.
Show threadfine_sandy_bottomAug 8, 2024
Yep. Guaranteed they’ve already figured out the specific people they need to put pressure on when the time comes.
Show threadgrue

Here in Georgia, I’ve got a front-row seat:

American Oversight Files Emergency Motion to Prevent Illegal Georgia State Election Board Rules From Taking Effect - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18020766 [https://lemmy.world/post/18020766] > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18018656 [https://lemmy.world/post/18018656] > > > Read About it Here [https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-files-emergency-motion-to-prevent-illegal-georgia-state-election-board-rules-from-taking-effect]

Aug 8, 2024 at 12:49pmWeb
Show threadfine_sandy_bottomAug 9, 2024

What. The. Fuck.

So they just don’t certify results they don’t like.

The three board members who voted for it – Dr Janice Johnson, Rick Jeffares and Janelle King – were praised by name three days ago by Donald Trump at an Atlanta campaign rally.

This smells like corruption.

Show threadgrueAug 9, 2024

This smells like corruption.

"The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!"

Tap for spoiler

In other words, yes, the corruption smells like itself.

That isn’t even the only ratfucking tactic in play, BTW. They’ve also streamlined the process for challenging voter eligibility, such that even out-of-state right-wing traitors can try to disenfranchise an unlimited number of GA voters (especially “urban” ones). And that’s on top of the usual shortening early voting, limiting polling places, etc.

Frankly, at this point I think it’s even odds Georgia’s popular vote doesn’t get counted, unless non-traitors wake up to the danger and start a massive poll-watching (etc.) effort.