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.
It’s better in fact because there won’t be much of a transition. All you’re doing is giving the vice president your presidency dumbass. These old people, bro.
If the domestic terrorists attack again just put them in the ground this time. Easy peasy.
I see a lot of handwringing about this, like "Oh, even if Harris wins they’ll just attempt a coup again!"and it’s like OK, and? Your solution to them stealing an election is to let them win it legitimately instead?
Yeah, voting isn’t a magic pill that solves everything. You still gotta wake up the next day and do the work.
Isn’t it kind of his job to make sure there is?
Not his job to control an unabashed pathological liar from lying… again. And not even convincingly!
Yeah.
So he just lets congress get overrun again by a violent insurrection while taking the votes. Cuz that’s not his job… no sir-e.
That’s not what I said… so… no.
I can’t control what you do just like can’t control me. It’s on Donny to control himself and not insight another potential coup. No one can force the little cry baby to act like an adult. He has to do that himself.
All Biden can do is try to mitigate the consequences of another 80 year olds tantrum
No. The danger here is GOP-controlled states refusing to certify a Trump loss, and the Federal government/Biden doesn’t have any power over that.
refusing to certify is one thing, and isn’t necessarily violent.
if the transition of power is not peaceful, that’s an entirely different manner, and yes Biden has the power to deal with that.
Of course he has the power to deal with it.
But I think any sane person would hope that he isn’t put in the position to need to deal with it.
Yes, but there’s only so much he can do. Of course there are things he can do to prepare for violence, both directly and in coordination with state governors. That said, if people want to protest, they’re going to protest. The way things are, there’s a fine line between maintaining the peace and oppression. Republicans have, for years, been laying the groundwork for the oppression argument. It’s easy to say, “who cares” to that, but if enough people think they’re being oppressed by the government, things will get more violent.
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Biden can literally guarantee the peaceful transition of power to Harris. Whatever he chooses to do is an official act, right? So do whatever it takes to put down any bullshit, Joe.
How on earth can Biden guarantee that Trump supporters won’t get violent? The one best suited to do that is Trump, and we know from past experience that he is going to do the exact opposite.
I never once said he could guarantee they won’t get violent. Does anyone read on this instance?
Does anyone read on this instance?
Maybe read what Biden said? And then you can be among those who read on this instance.
I think this is ultimately the difference between now and 2020. The fox isn’t guarding the hen house.
What third party are you fucking talking about? Republicans are the only ones making overt threat of violence.
A part if me wants to see the chaos that ensues after he’s defeated. I just hope nobody dies
