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Author: Steve203 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: when does the rot become terminal?
Date: 02/19/26 10:57 AM
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There's nothing in the Constitution that says Trump (or anyone else) has to "accept" the results of an election for the election to be valid.

The question I would like to see in that survey is how many Repubs think their God and Savior Trump *should* ignore an election result, if he doesn't like it. God on Earth Trump has always treated elections like the "non-binding, advisory" votes on executive pay we see on proxies. I remember him in 2020, responding to questions whether he would abide by the vote of the people, with "I'll need to take a look at it". He is saying about the same thing now:

Trump Says He Will Accept the 2026 Midterm Results ‘If the Elections Are Honest’

President Donald Trump said he would accept the results of the midterms “if the elections are honest,” telling NBC’s Tom Llamas on Wednesday that if that proves not to be the case, “something else has to happen.”


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-acc...

As in 2020, I expect Trump the Magnificent and Perfect to appoint himself the judge of whether the 26 vote is "honest", or not.

Steve
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