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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:12 PM Aug 2016

What if Trump won't accept defeat?

What if Trump won't accept defeat?
As their nominee unravels, Republicans worry where his scorched-earth, rigged-election rhetoric leads the GOP and the country.
By ELI STOKOLS 08/22/16 05:01 AM EDT

Donald Trump is on track to lose in November and to refuse to accept the legitimacy of that Election Day result. That’s a problem not just for Hillary Clinton but for both political parties and the country. For everyone, really, other than Donald Trump.

By hiring Breitbart News’ Steve Bannon, a media provocateur in his own image, and accepting the resignation of the man who was supposed to professionalize him, Trump is signaling the final 78 days of his presidential campaign will be guided by a staff that indulges his deeply held conspiracy theories and validates his hermetically sealed worldview.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-concede-succession-227252
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What if Trump won't accept defeat? (Original Post) workinclasszero Aug 2016 OP
Many of them never accepted Obama as President tbe last 8 years MattP Aug 2016 #1
True and Trump was one of them! workinclasszero Aug 2016 #3
But McCain and Romney did democrattotheend Aug 2016 #7
He and the extremists will become even more marginalized. stopbush Aug 2016 #2
Well,remember he said, Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #4
I'm not as concerned about him, as I am his lunatic followers Siwsan Aug 2016 #5
A refusal to concede will further discredit Trump and Trumpism among the broad swath of the KingCharlemagne Aug 2016 #6

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
7. But McCain and Romney did
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:32 PM
Aug 2016

They might have sniped at him after, but both conceded on election night. Which in 2008 felt really weird to me, having first gotten involved in politics around the 2000 election when I was in high school. The idea of one candidate winning, the other conceding, and everyone going home in one night felt strange in 2008.

stopbush

(24,378 posts)
2. He and the extremists will become even more marginalized.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:16 PM
Aug 2016

Probably a good thing.

The Trump candidacy is taking on a "mouse that roared" aspect - emphasis on mouse.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Well,remember he said,
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:56 PM
Aug 2016

"I'am not losing money on this". You know darn well his Campaign will file a BK the day after the Election. With his known Character Traits,he is not going away quietly. He will stomp his feet and whine to high hell,but this is a I got the money Baby,screw you.

Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
5. I'm not as concerned about him, as I am his lunatic followers
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 02:44 PM
Aug 2016

These are people who are reality challenged, have way too much time on their hands, and way too few points in their IQ scores. I don't want the behavior we see at his rallies spilling out onto the streets.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
6. A refusal to concede will further discredit Trump and Trumpism among the broad swath of the
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:07 PM
Aug 2016

American electorate. This is no worse than the time when the John Birch Society and its heirs held some influence among the right.

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