What If Trump Wins and the Left Rejects the Result?

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“An explosion of violence.”

What If Trump Wins and the Left Rejects the Result?

By Ira Stoll, Special to the Sun | August 31, 2020

If you think urban rioting, looting, or “peaceful protesting” is disruptive now, imagine how much worse it may get if President Trump wins a narrow re-election victory.

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In 2016, Trump lost the popular vote by two million or three million but won states and districts worth 306 electoral votes, against Hillary Clinton’s 232. That brought marches and rallies by groups calling themselves the “resistance,” and waving “not my president” signs. It brought years of congressional and special prosecutor investigations and an impeachment vote related to the claim that Russia stole the election for Trump.

Civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis skipped the Trump inauguration, telling NBC, “I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president.”

Secretary Clinton proposed abolishing the Electoral College, as did the New York Times. A Times editorial described the Electoral College as a “living symbol of America’s original sin,” that is, “slavery.”

If Mr. Trump repeats 2016 — an electoral vote victory but a popular vote defeat — expect renewed attacks on the legitimacy of the result, along with a new round of attacks on the racist history and effects of the Electoral College. There will be complaints about voter suppression and intimidation. Expect, too, more violence in the streets.

It’s ironic, because for years Democrats have been touting the threat that Trump would somehow cling to the office, refusing to leave the White House even if he is voted out. These articles are a staple of left-wing journalism.

“What If Trump Won’t Leave?” Frances Fox Piven and Deepak Bhargava ask in the Intercept, advising readers to avoid the legal route and instead “take to the streets” with “mass civil disobedience.”

A New Yorker columnist, under the headline, “What Could Happen If Donald Trump Rejects Electoral Defeat?” concludes a best-case scenario is “no orderly handover.” A worst-case scenario? “An explosion of violence.”

This worry about Trump refusing to accept the results if he legitimately loses is conventional wisdom. I’m not aware of any precedent for it in American history, with the possible exception of the election of 1860, when John Breckenridge, who was vice president in the Buchanan administration, ran for president, lost to Abraham Lincoln, and eventually emerged as secretary of war in the Confederacy.

As some polls show Mr. Trump narrowing Biden’s lead or even winning in some battleground states, though, perhaps more people will focus on the parallel risk: the left refusing to accept the election results if Trump legitimately wins.

Relatedly, the left might portray an outcome in which Mr. Trump legitimately wins as somehow illegitimate. Protesters may take to the streets in an effort to force Mr. Trump to step down. If those protests become violent, Mr. Trump may call out federal law enforcement personnel — or even military police — to maintain order. It could end in bloodshed.

That may all seem speculative, but remember, there’s already bloodshed in the streets, and plenty of Democrats already didn’t accept the outcome the last time around.

What may be done to avoid having the outcome of a presidential election determined by “mass civil disobedience” or “an explosion of violence” rather than by the vote itself?

Republicans can help prevent it by trying to avoid doing anything that will be seen as voter suppression. Democratic leaders can prepare to concede if and when it is indeed warranted. Some people faulted the Gore-Lieberman ticket in 2000 for litigating the Florida result as long as they did, but after the Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore, Vice President Gore conceded.

Mr. Gore said in part, ”This is America. Just as we fight hard when the stakes are high, we close ranks and come together when the contest is done. …We will stand together behind our new president.”

In January 2017, Hillary Clinton attended the Trump inauguration rather than skipping it. She deserves credit for showing up, though she later said she “really tried to get out of going.” If Mr. Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris find themselves in a similar situation and display similar public-spirited grace, it will be remembered.

We all can hope that the presidential election is not close, no matter who wins. For all the complaints about the Electoral College, one of its advantages is that it has a “magnifier effect.” Judith Best, in her 2004 Political Science Quarterly article “Presidential Selection: Complex Problems and Simple Solutions,” observed that in 1992, via the Electoral College, “Bill Clinton’s popular plurality of 43 percent was converted into an electoral vote majority of 69 percent.”

Landslides have their own problems. Nixon won a big victory in 1972 but, entangled in the Watergate scandal, did not serve out his second term. Johnson won a big victory in 1964 and, challenged by the Vietnam War, chose not to run again in 1968.

The bigger the win, though, the harder it is to dismiss the winner as illegitimate — and the smaller the chance that the outcome will be dictated by a mob in the streets rather than by the rules in the Constitution.

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Margaret Borde
Margaret Borde
3 years ago

The democrats are a domestic terrorist group. They need to be put down the same way we put down ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

Alexandra
Alexandra
3 years ago

That is exactly what I am preparing for.

DTOM-✓Americanism for America
DTOM-✓Americanism for America
3 years ago
Reply to  Alexandra

There will be no “If’s”.

So be ready

Alexandra
Alexandra
3 years ago

I am getting ready.

Servite Omak
Servite Omak
3 years ago

love how the writer says “may” ,”could”, etc to deny the fact that riots will explode when President Trump wins. I would not want to be a citizen living in a democrat city thats for sure

cnynwymyn
cnynwymyn
3 years ago

Do not vote early, people! Those votes are counted as they come in. The dimokrauts use those numbers to decide how many bogus ballots they need to generate to make up for the votes they AREN’T getting.
Vote in person on Nov 3.

cedar rebellion
cedar rebellion
3 years ago

Rearrange the title by moving “What” to the end. The issue is what does the left plan when they lose in November?
Many signs pointing to a concentration of terrorists, etc., moving into the DC metro area…food trucks, logistics, assemblages flying in. Even Trump commented on it yesterday.
Reminds one of the old European putsch being set up?

Parabellum762
Parabellum762
3 years ago

The Democrats have rejected the results of the elections for the last 4 years.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  Parabellum762

Yes in thinking they’re somehow superior in their deluded self importance = which is why a total landslide in all 3 parts will be more then a set back but awaken some in the moderate middle just who’s who as to majority held ideology.
Tho the Far-Leftist shills + Marxist “useful-idiots” – both Globalist pawns will not accept they are minority losers against the will of the truly “vast silent-moral majority” which they awakened by all their evil shenanigans…!
Then $ORO$ + sons can be jailed as guilty of true sedition- impounding their billions as contraban to pay for the rest of the really strong wall needed to prevent a planned future “Red Dawn Invasion”…!

CNN sucks!
CNN sucks!
3 years ago

Lol, they still haven’t accepted the 2016 result.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  CNN sucks!

What If Trump Wins and the Left Rejects the Result?
Well the Democrats will claim that the results were ‘fixed’ and in dispute. Then they will:
✅ Delay the concession of Biden until things are ‘settled’
✅ do recounts of mail-in ballots until January 20, 2021
✅ then install Nancy Pelosi as interim President until the matter is ‘settled’
✅ force Trump to step down as President ‘temporarily’
✅ then suddenly find massive evidence of Trump ‘cheating’
✅ then install Biden as President.
THIS is all according to the Constitution, when election results are not settled by January 20.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

This would explain why Hillary strongly advised Biden to NOT concede in November 2020. Because the Democrats have a backup plan. It would also explain why Dems want mail-in voting. Even if they lose the ballot count, the results will be horribly confused, and require long delays. I also explains why the Dems promote the idea that Trump will cheat in the election, and he will refuse to step down if he loses.

In other words, the Democrats appear to have already launched this strategy. Am I being paranoid? Well you decide.

stephen5970
stephen5970
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

When-oh-when will Hillary just stop this nonsense? Time for her, Bill, Joe and Nancy to retire to some nice, quiet, retirement facility that has ankle bracelets to keep track of the mentally incompetent from wandering off. They could perhaps find a place together?

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

Hillary will never stop until she is in jail. Those two are SO DIRTY that they fear Trump with a passion. The stuff those two did to kids is so horrible I won’t repeat it here. And it went on for years.

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

“IF THEY WIN —- WE WILL ALL HANG” – HilLIARy Rotten Clinger.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  Laddyboy

Exactly, and Hillary has come close to jail a few times already since Trump took over.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Hillary should have been in prison already.
A.G. Barr lets POLITICS drive Justice.
Barr is a waste of time.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Yeah let”s hope Trump replaces Barr in the new term.

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

With Judge Jeannine – that woman would rip these clowns to shreds –

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

We’ve heard of banks being ” too big to fail ” ? How about certain criminals being to ” big ” to prosecute –

durabo
durabo
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

She has not been jailed because the US Bureau of Prisons has not yet found a supplier of orange sailcloth to assemble her prison jumpsuit

Poetcomic1
Poetcomic1
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

Nonsense? CALL IT WHAT IT IS, TREASON.

Leonard Payne
Leonard Payne
3 years ago
Reply to  Poetcomic1

…. and hang them!

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Not at all – in todays cluster-fuc- world of ” politics ” and given what the rats have been up to for a longtime now – It makes perfect sense they would resort to any and all forms of guile and treachery to achieve their ” agenda ” Imo they are trying to stack the deck and rig the election so theres no way they can lose – imo

Michael Goldman
Michael Goldman
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

The Army said they will not be involved in taking the President out of office. Especially for Pelosi.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago

Well I hope they obey Trump as the Commander in Chief [CIC]. Unfortunately, if my prediction comes true, the legitimate CIC will be in doubt. The Acting President would technically be the CIC, if Pelosi has a legitimate claim. The big risk is that no one will know what to do. Milley and Esper look pretty snaky to me.

arthur facteau
arthur facteau
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

You’re not being paranoid, that is exactly the plan, and it’s what they have been broadcasting for a while now. Trump, however, is not an idiot, and has left them with egg on their faces a few times, and am hoping he has something in mind to do the same to them this time as well.

That being said, I don’t trust the military any farther then I can toss a tank. From Captain up, a large percentage of them are now Democrats, and while they might be brave and do well in the battlefield, they will still kiss the progressive backside. also, you remember when Obama was in office, how he removed a lot of good General Officers that were in key positions and put his sycophants in their place? Well, they are still there, and that has not changed. They were put in the Air Force, the Navy, and the Army, in charge of Nuclear Weapons, as well as high tech facilities, and he (Obama) did that for a reason. Now we know why…

Just a little while back I was reading something about a poll done in the military concerning voting. This poll showed that of all the people that responded (and I don’t remember all the numbers, but this one stuck with me) 43% said they would vote for Biden….That’s a pretty scary thought, but you have to consider that the military is full of young people that recently came out of the indoctrination camps we call schools that are full of bad teaching and have no real concept of America’s true history either. Or the true history of slavery for that matter.

All you have to do is remember how many National Guardsmen had their picture taken while on one knee in support of BLM a while back when they were supposed to be actually GUARDING AGAINST…..well, there you have it.

Again, I say, about as far as I can toss a tank…

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  arthur facteau

soetoro and his ” purges ” what a travesty – ALOT of excellent military leaders were tossed out for the lefts agenda – you don’t just pull people off the street and train them to be effective military commanders it takes years – disconcerting to say the least. Who was it Jefferson that said ” you have a Republic – if you can keep it “

Robert Ford
Robert Ford
3 years ago
Reply to  volksnut

Franklin

kgolfinghawaii
kgolfinghawaii
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

The only problem will be if the Republicans win back the house they pick potus, not piglosi. Congress gets sworn in two weeks before potus. So,even if a caretaker it might be an R. One can hope for some sanity by enough voters to take the gavel out of the pigs hands.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  kgolfinghawaii

“The only problem will be if the Republicans win back the house they pick POTUS, not piglosi.”
Yes, but the vote counts will be confused and delayed for the House and Senate as well. That means Pelosi can still claim power by January 20, no matter what the actual final House vote outcome.

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  kgolfinghawaii

We took it out of her hands and put it in an ” R ” s hands – bone – and we see how that went.He’s off trying to score on CBD – I seem to remember the weak-knee’d repubs saying if they had control of both houses – they did and pissed it away

CNN sucks!
CNN sucks!
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

You know, what you point out above is so frightening and also true. But, God will have the last word. I pray that good triumphs over evil for you all there in America. Here, in Africa, where I live, God is opening the eyes of the people like you will not believe. I know that God can do the same for America. Get on your knees and pray for your country!

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Hence the ear to ear grin on tricky hillys face as she tells china joe to under no circumstances concede –

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  CNN sucks!

You’re wrong on that one. Kamala Harris already told us what we should expect-all hell breaks loose…

https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/kamala-blm-riots-not-going-let-not/

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

In 2018 they voted in DEMS to take over Congress…..
I don’t know the outcome of 2020. Mail in voting bothers me.

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Ah yeah no shi- Don’t mean it as a PUN but its their ” Trump ” card ..

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Ah yeah no shi- Don’t mean it as a PUN but its their ” Trump ” card ..

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

Your’re both saying the same thing only worse this time til WE stop it cold…!

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

why i’m re-arming

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

Don’t know what you are referring to regarding ‘That is exactly what they did last time.’

You may want to read (and listen) to what Harris said regarding how the Black Lives Matter movement will not and should not stop the mayhem they are spreading throughout the land (in the link I provided).

That did not happen after the election of 2016.

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

I won’t go back and forth with you. Just prove it!

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

I won’t go back and forth with you. Just prove it!

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  CNN sucks!

Yeah they still can’t come to grips that all their malfeascence did’nt guarantee the outcome they planned/conspired on ..

AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
3 years ago

Trump did win in 2016,….. and the Leftist violence has been accepted as the new normal, especially in Blue Democrat strongholds that allow rioting and looting for Social Justice!!
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Philip
Philip
3 years ago

Everyone needs to seriously calm down. Democrats are genuinely lazy by default, G-d bless them. It’s only the funded ones that are a real threat. We got them. There is a paper trail. We know who they are and who is bankrolling their stupid punk a**es. Have faith. They really aren’t smart.

WadeBaker
WadeBaker
3 years ago
Reply to  Philip

It does seem ‘rioter’ has become a career for many of these people.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  WadeBaker

Yes and its because of a fat $ORO$ paycheck + get out of jail card- SO FAR…lol…!

WadeBaker
WadeBaker
3 years ago

They’ll never blame themselves of course, but if republicans win majority of both houses of congress on top of a Trump victory, it will also be harder for them to claim they were cheated somehow.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  WadeBaker

That is the goal politically for the best outcome which can not easily be downplayed by the Far-Leftist…moderates will grumble.
Tho full blown Marxist’s may well need to be taken into hand then…!

Fount
Fount
3 years ago

We need to create a penal colony to send all these degenerate radical communists. I suggest somewhere like Iwo Jima. We cannot allow this anti-American scum to live amongst us. They are a blight upon the land, poisoning our lives.

They must be arrested, convicted and sent to the penal colony- never to return. That includes the Marxist teachers and professors who created these monsters. They organizations and corporations that fund these radicals must also be held to account. The NBA, NFL, etcetera, must all be brought down. Stop watching sports that support and encourage treason.

We must demand action. This is an insurrection, a revolution, and no one is taking action. William Barr is all bark and no bite, a toothless wonder. He talks a good game, but there’s no action. He allows a judicial mutiny and does nothing. Obviously, Chief Justice Roberts is one of the conspirators and he is left in place to continue the judicial conspiracy.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  Fount

The Senate is precarious and Esper and Wolf don’t support him on this. I question whether Barr would support him – he gives great speeches but lets POLITCS drive JUSTICE.. Trump seems to be trying to avoid impeachment again if the swamp rises up against him right now. Roberts is another mess. It’s all just a matter of time with all these forces against you….

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

* So glad to see you’re OK = folks were worried about you…!

“matter of time” before?…yes will be rough if before WE make it better = “no man knows the day or the hour” so WE must carry on for the good + righteous way of things set before us.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  Fount

Buy them their own country to ship to “one way” = likely 20-30 million of’em hardcores…!

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  mtman2

They’ll likely kill each other off or starve for incompetence.

Jan Favre
Jan Favre
3 years ago

Just declare insurgency state and suppress Leftism.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  Jan Favre

Which is exactly what they are = lazy thankless wannabe’s…!

MAS
MAS
3 years ago

If the Democrats violently resist it will mark the end our Republic, probably the goal. Buckle up it’s going to be bumpy ahead…

James Randolph
James Randolph
3 years ago

THE MOB is already armed, and enraged. Look at BLM-ANTIFA today … Portland, Seattle, Chicago, NYC ..
TRUMP wins – outrage, riots, looting, arson. murder …. the status quo…
TRUMP loses – outrage, riots, looting, arson. murder …. the status quo…

EXTRAPOLATE … Where does this end?

At some point, lawlessness (the action) will cause VIGILANTISM (the opposite reaction).
… The federal government will INTERVENE, with martial law declarations.

At some point, lawlessness (the action) will cause GOVERNMENT TYRANNY (the opposite reaction).

First time offenders will just be arrested, never to return home.
Think … China, Cuba, Russia, Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Uganda …every authoritarian society…
Society will demand law and order, but experience government abuse.

We either return to CONSTITUTIONAL rule of law … or we choose anarchy-vigilantism or tyranny.
History does not seem to offer any moderate alternatives ..

Racinrick
Racinrick
3 years ago

I don’t see it even being close. Major cities are being hollowed out by rioting. The overwhelming number of Americans do not support the riots. BLM approval is plunging now that it is recognizable as a socialist take-over. Sports are obliterated. People do not want this, now Dems are effectively saying that violence will increase if Biden is not elected. People have already figured out that it will increase anyway. Most Americans are in the lock and load mentality, just waiting for open season to be declared on rioters.

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  Racinrick

“BLM approval is plunging now that it is recognizable as a socialist take-over.” Doesn’t matter-approval or not-chaos and terror will only intensify. Kamala Harris just confirmed it two days ago…

https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/kamala-blm-riots-not-going-let-not/

CNN sucks!
CNN sucks!
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

Kamala thinks she’s God – that’s why she pushes that narrative. Let’s see how big she is when God does step in. She’s using the fear factor – don’t fall for it. Don’t fear the violence that’s coming, be prepared.

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  Racinrick

Just make sure you have plenty of ammo –

stephen5970
stephen5970
3 years ago

So if Trump wins 63 senate seats and 334 Electoral votes, with 3.7 million more voters, will the Dems concede? Nope. And the riots will continue.

Dorothy Svelmoe
Dorothy Svelmoe
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

SAD!!!!!!!!!!

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

Kamala Harris already confirmed it herself…

https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/kamala-blm-riots-not-going-let-not/

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

We may not hold the Senate. It’s a tight race with nutty Susan Collins, and two faced Lindsey Graham and Mitch O’Connell.

Eventually and especially if Trump gets four more years, he may have to take his chances not getting support from Esper or Chad Wolf and use the Insurrection Act.

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

He should use it now – but its too close to the election –

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

stock up ammo

Bill
Bill
3 years ago

We’ll know the wingnuts from the rest by their real reactions to PDJT’s re-election.
And, he won’t have to worry about being re-elected, either. So he can exercise his C-in-C powers to clean up the commies. The left will go nuts, in either case.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  Bill

lol…exactly and then the Righteous can hold sway legally for 4 + more? yrs…!

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

There will be violence like you have never seen before if Trump wins.

Mail-in voting could delay 2020 ballot count for months,
making Nancy Pelosi (acting) president?

Professor Lawrence Tribe of Harvard floated a new rationale behind Democrats’ push for mail-in voting, invoking the 20th Amendment as the scheme’s foundation.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/mail-in-voting-could-delay-2020-ballot-count-for-months-making-nancy-pelosi-president

Über-left Harvard law professor Lawrence Tribe let the cat out of the bag with this tweet.comment image
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It could be a repeat of Al Gore’s hanging chad story, with lawsuits and Soros-funded state and county officials unwilling to certify any election results. Democrats have been preparing for this scenario. I am not a lawyer and lack the needed knowledge on this kind of a scenario.

CNN reported, “Joe Biden’s campaign is assembling hundreds of lawyers nationwide to monitor potential voting issues as part of its extensive voter protection efforts heading into the general election.” There will be mass confusion.

Enter Professor Tribe’s prediction. Section 3 of the 20th Amendment.

If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

Or could this be the scenario using the 12h Amendment ?

if the PSA (Presidential Succession Act) may not apply since Pence is on Trump’s ticket. would the 12th Amendment apply in a contested election with all the chaos going on ? Then each each state delegation for the House of Representative gets one vote to choose the President. If a state has more than one Representative, the delegation must choose one representative to represent the state. Congress is dominated by Democrats and I don’t know if that will change. The Senate is dominated by Republicans and who knows who will have the majority in January or if they have any influence.

12th Amendment

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-12/

Either way this could be a nightmare scenario!

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

“There will be violence like you have never seen before if Trump wins.’

Whether he wins or not, there will be violence like we’ve never seen before. Kamala Harris, herself, guaranteed it.

https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/kamala-blm-riots-not-going-let-not/

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

Totally agree and should have stated that too!

Even if Trump gets another four years, he is just temporarily putting off the inevitable. He does what he can but he is not our Savior.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

True Felix – tho Americans were Providentially Blessed to hold off world tyranny WE shouldn’t now roll over because spoiled thankless + deluded Atheist Marxist’s are having $ORO$ paid tempertantrums right…?

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

Right only now it’ll be OK to shut the $ORO$ paid cowards down.

James Jones
James Jones
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

“Very interesting” – from the good old days of Arte Johnson and Laugh-in. So what are the possible scenarios we are looking at:

1] Given that literally everything is coming to a head – that “they” have thrown all but the kitchen sink into world events, and that their ‘agenda’ is now more exposed than ever – that this ‘exposure’ and the ‘best-before-date’ of some of their projects, has created a ticking clock of sorts (picture a cornered, wounded animal)— the outcome of this election becomes inconsequential and America’s final rendering explodes after the results are out.
2] Given that literally everything is coming to a head – Trump wins hands down and cleans out the entire swamp (no leaven left) – he rebuilds the economy, not Wall Street, not the elite rich – he restores America to her foundations and puts God back into the public square, reversing decades of moral decay and institutional brainwashing. The ‘protesters’ accept defeat and all go home quietly. He defeats the ‘demoralization’ agenda…he defeats the ‘destabilization’ agenda…and he avoids the ‘crisis’ stage.

When ‘they’ persuaded Trump to shut down the economy (as did nation after nation) over this virus scare and to agree to mountains of stimulus (debt), they won. The seeds of economic catastrophe were planted and a ‘bill’ to the people that can never be paid back, was cemented in place. It will become the last tool needed to subdue the people by the surrendering of ownership of all vital financial entities…ultimate financial power – “I care not who makes its laws, let us have control over the nation’s money.”

AND, all this happening against the backdrop of converging biblical prophecy in perfect harmony with the promise of an end, just as we see unfolding in world events everywhere.
What clearer picture can there be that God fully intends to make good on His promise to end this age of man and usher in His earthly reign, just like He said He would.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  James Jones

Right – tho Jesus stated –
“No man knows the day or the hour- not even the Son”

Means WE continue as good workman ’til the end of the age’…

There’s 7+billion other’s God cares about = America is ALL holding this world together for 79 yrs.
The bigger picture’s mission before us is to double down then for the truly Right and better cause while WE can…!

James Jones
James Jones
3 years ago
Reply to  mtman2

The ‘day or the hour’ statement by Christ, was never intended though to keep us in the dark and not be mindful of the ‘season’.

In Rev.3:3, He admonishes those who will not watch and says to them, “Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you”. Very similar language to that used in Math.24 where that first ‘day nor hour’ statement is given, but here we see in Rev. the call to be watchful or mindful of God’s unfolding plan…to know His will as expressed through world events as they align with scripture and prophecy.

By the harmony of these events with scripture, God is saying to us that not only MAY we know the times through careful study of His word, but that He WANTS us to know what He’s doing so that we can both pray in accordance thereof and to be about His business in full respect and knowledge of the precious little time remaining.
That ‘business’ of course retains some similarity to what has always been the call, but it also demands an ‘adjustment’ as we understand more and more. As an example, we would not continue just filling sand bags on the beach if we knew that a tsunami was approaching – we would adjust our response…we would continue the fight, but with a different goal in mind.

To continue to fight to restore America then becomes a fight by man for man. It would ignore the knowing of what is God’s will for our times and replace it with man’s efforts. The fight needs to shift its focus from the nation to the individual…to bring as many to the knowledge of Christ as possible while we are still here.

The time for the nation is past… God called us to repent and we collectively said, “no”. His judgement is coming and it cannot be stopped. The massive spiritual and physical entities of Rev. are in the latter stages of forming and the pathway to their completion is set. Once America goes down, the rest of the prophecies/world events begin the final unfolding…do we then continue filling sand bags or do we get people to Higher Ground; do we arrange deck chairs or do we focus on the Life Boats.

If it were not that literally everything is coming to a head with the backdrop of prophecy declaring its harmony with it, then all of this post would be counter to God’s will and rightfully ignored. But if it all is, as it appears to be, then the end of this age is at hand and His return is imminent.
Maranatha

Bobtrhn
Bobtrhn
3 years ago

We old folks that collect Social Security better hope Biden doesn’t win. Nancy has already said there will be no Social Security. She needs the money to buy her ice cream.

Michael Goldman
Michael Goldman
3 years ago

This is not speculative. Demoscum already have discussed states seceding from the country, Civil War(which people on these boards have discussed if Biden cheats and wins) and maybe worse. There could be another virus. There is a story that China is increasing their nuclear capabilities. They already own the democratic party, and demoscum don’t give a damn about the lives of legal American Citizens. What could come next is not out of the realm of possibility.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

China is also having business meeting with local governors and others to continue doing business with them and circumvented dealing with the WH. China wants US dependent on them. They want to control us economically through dependence as they do in other countries. They offer cheap products and cheap labor. Cash strapped stated can hardly resist that. It is true that if Biden cheats a win, China will own us.
Those bigger than expected orders with China for farmers has to be handled
carefully. They are open minded to who is dependent on them.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

China is also having business meetings with local governors and others to continue doing business with them and circumventing dealing with the WH. China wants US dependent on them. They want to control us economically through dependence as they do in other countries. They offer cheap products and cheap labor. Cash strapped stated can hardly resist that. It is true that if Biden cheats a win, China will own us.

Those bigger than expected orders with China for farmers has to be handled
carefully. They are open minded to who is dependent on them.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Yes tho realize Trump has more then hampered the Chi-Coms he’s has crippled them.
They’re now desperate to cause his loss….means they could collapse 1st.
This would be a Globalist UN nightmare for China now as their “go to” model was Stalin 100yrs ago til Reagan broke them.

Atheist Marxism has been their “go to” tool of this worlds manipulating monetary overseer’s ((“the money changers”)) to break the Christian West all along.

Make no mistake about it this is the ultimate Earthly clash between Good vs Evil til the ultimate player’s are openly revealed in Christ’s Holy War to defeat Lucifer’s strangle hold on this fallen world…!

2 Thessalonians 2
THE GREAT APOSTASY
1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Fast
13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

IamBob
IamBob
3 years ago

Kamala Harris already answered that question (herself) straight up…

https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/kamala-blm-riots-not-going-let-not/

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  IamBob

Yes but it won’t help them this time once 1,000’s are jailed in Max or shot dead if they start fire fights…4 yrs of no more concessions to paid lawless tantrums for they are cowards once facing either consequence listed above.
ie = the rest then told to get a real job…lol…!

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
3 years ago

This being America and the Constitution still in effect, they will just have to learn to bear their loss as philosophically as they know how, like big boys and girls.

John Blow
John Blow
3 years ago

“AMERICAN CIVIL WAR” ……….again?

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
3 years ago
Reply to  John Blow

Volunteer Ready!

Jesse W. Brogan
Jesse W. Brogan
3 years ago

The other side of this is Democrats bailing out rioters – recycling the violent. It looks like there are not enough to sustain the violence if a few of the worst are in jail. Then there are only a limited number of strongholds where there is sufficient manpower to sustain violence. Perhaps we, as a people, are not that violent in our political disdain of one another.
I expect a lot more yelling and screaming, not any serious revolution outside of the news cycle, trying to convince the many people they have frustrated and deceived that they really are America.

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago

Yes these are well paid lazy + indoctrinated lowlife dupes.

Erik Volm
Erik Volm
3 years ago

easy solution,…casualties cant get “bailed out” so lets help them avoid prison altogether? 🙂 saves the courts prison system and the hospitals time an money! win win

Steve
Steve
3 years ago

There is NO such thing as the Popular Vote. It is a false construct. When you vote you are voting for the elector that will attend the Electoral College.

The “Popular Vote” was addressed by having the House of Representatives where representation is based on the number of people. The Senate gives EACH STATE equal representation in the Senate.

If the “Popular Vote” were ever to occur then the U.S. would be run by the Left Coast (CA, OR, WA) and the I-95 Corridor (The East Coast) and major cities. Middle America, Fly Over Country would be along for the ride, never represented again, and basically told to shut up, pay your taxes, send us our food because we know better than you.

Here is link from Slate which is Far Left publication. It shows what will happen if the Popular Vote ever comes to be. Click on the blue box “Coasts” and then click anywhere else in the map and you will see what I just wrote about and why Middle American is screwed.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/10/population_map_use_our_interactive_map_to_figure_out_how_many_flyover_states.html?via=gdpr-consent

jbaviera
jbaviera
3 years ago

How will it be any different than the last time?

Erik Volm
Erik Volm
3 years ago
Reply to  jbaviera

more violence only difference

CARRENO  BARTOX
CARRENO BARTOX
3 years ago

SO – WHAT PAMELA ?!

The decisive battle will be either bloodless or very bloody.
Either way, it’s inevitable.

The “silent majority” of US citizens should prepare themselves mentally and physically for the worst and arm themselves to the teeth.

No mercy for the communist marauders of the Antifa, BLM, the bestial Democrats and their mercenaries!

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  CARRENO BARTOX

This is true for anticipating their loss by Harris encouraging violence as a their clear answer by causing continued harm thru planned devisive anarchial sabotage to undermine the nation for division = there is a higher calling in OUR Godly awakened response not just “killing out of equal hatred”…!

Just image IF “We the (real)People” ever allowed the Far-Left ~ now clearly Marxists~ to ever disarm us…!
* For “Just being armed holds the evil doer at bay” Thomas Jefferson

“If you have no sword buy one” – Jesus –>
* tho He also added “Put the sword in its place for those who live by the sword die by the sword”

ie – There’s a time + place for retaliation only those of Faith fully understand correctly and it cannot be for pure vengeance…

As with Abe Lincoln’s responce to Union victory – “Play Dixie”
Tho then he was murdered to allow the very banksters he feared and warned of to get a foothold by 1871…!!!

durabo
durabo
3 years ago

The Armed Citizen will enforce the results of the election

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
3 years ago

Then there will be civil unrest and Trump will bring out the National Guard. The patriots are armed and ready!

WarEagle82
WarEagle82
3 years ago

I fully expect Democrats to engage in numerous criminal plots to steal the election. Voter fraud, riots, endless recounts, refusing to concede, accusations of Russian, Chinese and Martian election interference, you name it. They don’t believe in elections. The farce in 2000 should have proven that.

Poetcomic1
Poetcomic1
3 years ago

What if Trump loses? An explosion of violence in the streets.
What if Trump wins, but barely? An explosion of violence in the streets.
What if Trump wins BIG? An explosion of violence in the streets.

Jane_Dowe1366
Jane_Dowe1366
3 years ago
Reply to  Poetcomic1

I’m armed and have plenty of ammo for self-defence.

danE DanE
danE DanE
3 years ago

JESUS SHOWED ME, The “END POINT” is eternal HELL for ALL UNBELIEVERS, and eternal LIFE with Jesus for ALL BELIEVERS!!! True DEATH is being SEPARATED FROM YOUR CREATOR!!!
PREPARE TO MEET THY CREATOR!!! JESUS IS COMING!!! BELIEVE ON HIM!!!
SEE bethelchurchmo.com, or Gene Kim, or Robert Breaker both on youtube, FOR MORE IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO AVOID HELL!

Leonard Payne
Leonard Payne
3 years ago

The “left” has already stated they will “burn this country down” if Trump wins.
Arm up – you’re going to need them.

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago

” WE WILL STAND TOGETHER BEHIND OUR NEW PRESIDENT ” Much different time then – than now – Thanks in large part to the clintons,bushes,soetoro –

Robert Kahlcke
Robert Kahlcke
3 years ago

Get over this BULL FECES, there is no one alive today that was a SLAVE.
NO ONE IS OWED ANYTHING, GET A FORNICATING JOB. Period

Jane_Dowe1366
Jane_Dowe1366
3 years ago

Excuse me, but Trump DID NOT lose the popular vote! It was proven that there were around 3 million illegal votes! There were double votes, votes cast by illegals and votes cast by dead people. I doubt the voter fraud from these groups were voting for President Trump

Jeanne Ballard
Jeanne Ballard
3 years ago

Biden will forget and concede

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
3 years ago

When Trump wins the rivers of salty tears will flow into a tsunami.
Keep your ammo close????

jerrys
jerrys
3 years ago

Should the democrates, through massive cheating steal the election “We the people” reserve the right to institute the prosecution, trial and punishment for any and all officials that are working against the interests of the American Constitution.

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