# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 340
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6793 "2020-11-22T21:15:33Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I expect he’ll go “on vacation” and just kind of happen not to be there on January 20. He will go to Mar-a-Lago after the electoral college vote and won’t return. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6794 "2020-11-22T21:15:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I bet he even gets sworn in again. Heh, that never crossed my mind, and in keeping with everything else, such a shenanigan wouldn’t surprise me in the least. When first hearing about construction of the inauguration dias/platform/whatever thre hell you call it, I immediately wondered if $45 (no more “cent” key anymore ☹ ) would try to somehow misappropriate it for his use _and his use only_ kinda thing. As a certain accordian-miming statesman once said, we’ll see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6795 "2020-11-22T21:19:46Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I doubt Trump will let it come to that. I expect he’ll go “on vacation” and just kind of happen not to be there on January 20. I wonder if his personal effects will get thrown out on the curb? I think it’s more likely that when he departs sometime before January, he will take with him not only all his personal property, but a lot of government property, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6796 "2020-11-22T21:37:19Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > (ETA: And when did “Sidney” become a girl’s name? As in Sidney Powell, one of Trump’s lawyers.) That was Neve Campbell’s character’s name in _Scream_, a quarter-century ago… ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6797 "2020-11-22T21:41:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He will host a rally as a counter-inauguration. I bet he even gets sworn in again. Hmmm… it would be entertaining to watch Kavanaugh and Barrett fight it out over who gets to do the “honors.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6798 "2020-11-22T21:43:23Z")
Seriously, though - is there any legal penalty for swearing someone into a position they’re not qualified for? Can you arrest a judge for doing it? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6799 "2020-11-22T21:44:24Z")
Instead of having the Inauguration on the National Mall, this time Trump can have it at the Mall of America. They have plenty of escalators he can ride. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6800 "2020-11-22T21:51:20Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > He will host a rally as a counter-inauguration. I bet he even gets sworn in again. > > Hmmm… it would be entertaining to watch Kavanaugh and Barrett fight it out over who gets to do the “honors.” It’ll be Neil Gorsuch. Kavanaugh will be too drunk and Barrett will be otherwise engaged sacrificing a chicken to Christ under a full moon. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6801 "2020-11-22T21:52:53Z")
I’ve got such a visual from all that and I can’t stop giggling. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6802 "2020-11-22T22:12:48Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Hmmm… it would be entertaining to watch Kavanaugh and Barrett fight it out over who gets to do the “honors.” I don’t think they’ll do it. It’s probably impeachable if Justices can be impeached(I don’t know the process on this). In all seriousness, I think he’d find someone like Franklin Graham, but a hypocrite preacher who has a justice-of-the-peace type certification to swear him in. I’m getting sick even thinking about it. I swear, I think he’ll at least hold a rally on January 20. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6803 "2020-11-22T22:23:20Z")
> As stage exits go Donald Trump’s departure was something of a whimper, the US President [leaving the top table of global G20 leaders](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/21/politics/trump-g20-saturday-sessions/index.html) to play golf. > > Trump has been out of kilter with the global mood since he first took office preaching his “America first, fair, not free trade” brand of nationalist isolationist hubris. > > Now, as his time in office draws to a close, despite his [refusal to publicly accept the reality](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/20/politics/trump-conspiracy-theories-election-2020/index.html)of the US election results, the combined unspoken message from the world’s leaders is: don’t let the door hit you on the way out. > > The virtual summit for leaders of the world’s richest nations is being hosted by Saudi Arabia. Its stated aim is to pull countries together to combat Covid-19, accelerate testing, treatment and vaccines for all, while helping poor nations cope with the pandemic’s economic impact. > > Evidence of the shifting attitude toward the outgoing US administration came from the lips of Saudi’s Minister of Investment, Khalid al-Falih. “When the world needed leadership [to combat Covid-19] there was none,” he said. The G20 had stepped up because some nations “turned inwards towards nationalism.” Al-Falih didn’t mention Trump by name. He didn’t need to; his audience understood. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/world/trump-g20-riyadh-robertson-analysis-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/world/trump-g20-riyadh-robertson-analysis-intl/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6804 "2020-11-22T22:29:37Z")
Gorsuch has signaled (along with Roberts) that he aint trumps bum boy. Kavanaugh certainly is, of course. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6805 "2020-11-22T22:29:45Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Al-Falih didn’t mention Trump by name. I don’t understand this. Why still tip-toeing around? NAME the bastard! Saudi Arabia has nothing to fear from Donnie’s base, do they. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6806 "2020-11-22T22:32:48Z")
Because diplomacy still exists in the world. Trump’s schoolyard taunting and name-calling may have greatly embarrassed the US and alienated its allies, but it hasn’t changed the nature of international diplomacy. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6807 "2020-11-22T22:33:26Z")
I shoulda used that (non-existent) sarcasm tag, I see… I meant it as a joke. 🙂 ETA: I do think you’re right, though. He’ll definitely have a rally. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6808 "2020-11-22T22:46:20Z")
cross posting from the Sidney Powell is Insane Thread: [Trump’s team is distancing themselves from her.](https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1330638702062825472) “She’s not our lawyer.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6810 "2020-11-22T23:54:15Z")
I’ll wildly hazard to guess that Al-Falih wants to do the ole soft-shoe in order to keep cozy enough relations for providing safe harbour for 45 cents’ impending “vacation”. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6811 "2020-11-23T00:47:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > …I don’t think they’ll do it. It’s probably impeachable if Justices can be impeached(I don’t know the process on this)… Yes, they can: > **[Samuel Chase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Chase)** > > Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Continental Association and United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. In 1804, Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions, but was acquitted the following year by the Senate and remained in office. He is the only United Sta > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > Al-Falih didn’t mention Trump by name. > > I don’t understand this. Why still tip-toeing around? NAME the bastard! Saudi Arabia has nothing to fear from Donnie’s base, do they. Because, God forbid and saints preserve us, he could be President again on Jan. 20, 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6812 "2020-11-23T02:01:02Z")
Aye; that what I think he’ll do too. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6813 "2020-11-23T02:26:12Z")
One Republican is rumored to be voting no to the vote certification tomorrow in Michigan. We don’t know what the other Republican is going to do, but the last two Republican governors(Engler and Snyder) are adamant the vote should be certified. I predict it is a 2-2 tie and goes to the Supreme Court of Michigan, which remains Republican until Jan 1. I have no idea what will occur from there. They could order it certified(the right move) or do something else. All of this is a ploy just to make it seem like the vote is in doubt. Biden won by 150,000 votes in Michigan. In 2016, the Dems certified the 13,000 vote win by Trump immediately. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=341)