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>the question will be, after four years, will they abdicate their power or concentrate it? You honestly think that's a question? Power corrupts. You saw Trum
by NickC25 2y ago
>the question will be, after four years, will they abdicate their power or concentrate it?
You honestly think that's a question?
Power corrupts. You saw Trump, who in 2016 said he'd get everything done so he'd see no need to run again, he'd have Made America Great Again. He then tried to rig the 2020 election so he could stay in power, despite saying "if I lose the election you'll never hear from me again", and 4 years later, here we are.
These people are here to entrench themselves permanently.
- seabass-labrax 2y agoI know that Trump was something of a bad loser when Biden was elected, and that he encouraged the riots on Capitol Hill, but I had not heard (from the media media here in Britain) that he attempted to rig the election. Could you provide a source for this please?
- vitus 2y agoPossibly a reference to the fake electors plot [0], although there was also the phone call to the Georgia secretary of state asking him to find 11,780 more votes [1], the pressure he applied to his VP to reject the election results [2], the subsequent Jan 6 riot that disrupted the certification... At least some of these were covered by BBC [3, 4]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_fake_electors_plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_fake_electors_plot [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Raffensperger_phone_call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Raffensperger_ph... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence#Vote_counting_and_storming_of_the_Capitol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence#Vote_counting_and_s... [3] https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55524838 https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55524838 [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55559172 https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55559172
- seabass-labrax 2y agoThank you, vitus!
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- kentm 2y agoHe also tried to get the DoJ to label the election as suspicious. Don’t have an immediate reference for that but it was surfaced by the Jan 6 committee.