# 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:** 422
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8439 "2021-01-07T18:56:08Z")
Donald knows by now what the media never seemed to figure out in 5 years. If he wants to remain in the WH he will have to do without a staff after 1/20. We can lock them out, fire them, maybe even subpeona them. Without his twitter account donald might starve to death. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8440 "2021-01-07T19:13:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I don’t think they’ll do it. I think the whole country needs to hold its breath and wait for Jan 20. > [@DrDeth](#): > > The guy who resigned was Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s former chief of staff,who resigned as special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland. Who isnt authorized to do anything about the 25th. It seems like who can invoke the 25th is kind of vague: > It allows the vice president, together with a “majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide”, to declare the president “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” in a written declaration. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution) ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8441 "2021-01-07T19:20:20Z")
I think so too. They should still remove him, but if he stays mostly quiet for the next 2 weeks with no more subversive phone calls, messages, speeches etc calling for a coup and “hinting” that his followers should attack, I’ll take it. I think when he visited his chaos on THEM they finally decided to privately discipline their brat. I could be wrong but time will tell. I don’t want to hear one word out of that repugnant sicko’s mouth ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8442 "2021-01-07T19:21:11Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I am seriously starting to think he will attempt to barricade himself in the WH residence on January 20. No, he has agreed to leave peacefully. Trump has finally made a concession speech, [delivered by Twitter](https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1347103015493361664). He’s suspended so he gets a friend to send it. _“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our…fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”_ What a fucking arsehole. Doesn’t even have the courage to call a press conference and deliver it in person. Still claims that he won. Still claims to be the best President. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8443 "2021-01-07T19:24:16Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > No, he has agreed to leave peacefully. > > Trump has finally made a concession speech, [delivered by Twitter](https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1347103015493361664). He’s suspended so he gets a friend to send it. Even if he actually agreed to that statement, since he didn’t post it himself, there is significantly non-zero chance that he’ll post something completely opposite later, claiming he was betrayed. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8444 "2021-01-07T19:35:29Z")
I wonder if we’ll even see Trump again before the 20th. Maybe Meadows and Milania pull a Woodrow Wilson and park a sedated Trump in the residence while they come out periodically to “relay what he said.” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8445 "2021-01-07T19:43:41Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Even if he actually agreed to that statement, since he didn’t post it himself, there is significantly non-zero chance that he’ll post something completely opposite later, claiming he was betrayed. EXACTLY!! We don’t know if trump was even behind this tweet. Nothing is too weird today. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8446 "2021-01-07T19:44:36Z")
Or they could just hire **Smapti** to write scores of fake Trump posts, all of which contradict each other multiple times; it could be a disinformation dilution campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8447 "2021-01-07T19:46:47Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > No, he has agreed to leave peacefully. In other words, he definitely doesn’t intend to leave peacefully. If he hadn’t said anything one way or another things would be a bit murkier. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8448 "2021-01-07T19:47:30Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > No, he has agreed to leave peacefully. He hasn’t directly agreed to anything. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8449 "2021-01-07T19:49:36Z")
I can just see Ivanka, helping him get dressed and saying, “Come on Daddy. Its me, your favorite child. We going for ride in the helicopter. Your clubs are already on it. Let me wipe around your mouth a little.” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8450 "2021-01-07T19:55:21Z")
Damn, don’t get my hopes up like this. I’m worried about pardons, wars, and other damage he can do. “Harmless Donald”, for any reason, would be a gift to the nation. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8451 "2021-01-07T20:20:10Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That Schumer wants the 25th Amendment rather than impeachment is just another of those “we’d like X to happen, but we want _someone else_ to make it happen” moments that the Dems so often seem to find themselves in. Yeah. For Congress to recommend the 25th is just playing Hot Potato. The Cabinet would respond with, “no, I think impeachment is the way to go.” ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8452 "2021-01-07T20:24:51Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > > [@flurb](#): > > > > I am seriously starting to think he will attempt to barricade himself in the WH residence on January 20. > > No, he has agreed to leave peacefully. > > Trump has finally made a concession speech, [delivered by Twitter](https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1347103015493361664). He’s suspended so he gets a friend to send it. > > _“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our…fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”_ > (…) I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic, but he did not agree to leave “peacefully”. The tweet says there will be an “orderly” transition at the end of the “ **greatest first term** ”. The tweet does not say what the transition will be. The tweet does not define “orderly.” It could mean 5,000 armed soldiers in front of the White House ensuring an orderly transition to the Greatest Perpetual Second Term in presidential history. My guess is that someone wrote the tweet for him, and he wouldn’t approve it until there was no mention of him actually leaving. I also agree with the posters who are reminding us that words mean nothing to Trump — that he will lie without shame about anything for any reason. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8453 "2021-01-07T20:32:35Z")
Lawyer seeks to withdraw from Trump lawsuit (yes there are still lawsuits out there) [https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/11/show\_temp.pl\_-8.pdf](https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/11/show_temp.pl_-8.pdf) > [@](#): > > the client has used the lawyer’s services to perpetrate a crime. snd the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant Brian ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8454 "2021-01-07T20:39:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > We don’t know if trump was even behind this tweet. Nothing is too weird today. A great quote from a Slate article today on the topic: “The safety line has gone slack in the cave, and we are all waiting to see what kind of thing will come back out.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8455 "2021-01-07T20:43:45Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > I also agree with the posters who are reminding us that words mean nothing to Trump — that he will lie without shame about anything for any reason. For example (my bolding): > [@Trump](#): > > After this, we’re going to walk down **and I’ll be there with you.** We’re going to walk down. We’re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We’re going walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8456 "2021-01-07T20:47:38Z")
Mike Pence is apparently attempting to inveigle himself into some semblance of respectability. Now reported that sources say if he is invited, he expects to attend Biden’s inauguration. (Respect for him won’t come from me.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8457 "2021-01-07T20:49:10Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The guy who resigned was Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s former chief of staff,who resigned as special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland Not exactly a top candidate for “Profiles In Courage II.” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8458 "2021-01-07T20:51:30Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Or they could just hire **Smapti** to write scores of fake Trump posts, Smapti has gotten good enough at his Trump impression that it’d pass the Trumping Test. No one could tell the difference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=423)