C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
‘Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that if he does not win the Nov. 5 election, he will cry fraud and not accept the results - just as he did four years ago when he lost to Democratic President Joe Biden.
“If I lose - I’ll tell you what, it’s possible. Because they cheat. That’s the only way we’re gonna lose, because they cheat," Trump said at a Michigan rally in September.
A refusal by Trump to accept a victory by Democratic rival Kamala Harris could throw the United States into political instability at a time when the country is already deeply divided.
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One key difference this time is that Trump does not have the presidential levers of power that he did in 2020. And new state and federal laws have been put in place to make it more difficult to influence election results.’
Trump likely to challenge any election loss. His options have narrowed
That doesn’t mean, of course, that Trump and Republicans won’t try again to overturn the election outcome or otherwise interfere with the process.
“If I lose - I’ll tell you what, it’s possible. Because they cheat. That’s the only way we’re gonna lose, because they cheat," Trump said at a Michigan rally in September.
A refusal by Trump to accept a victory by Democratic rival Kamala Harris could throw the United States into political instability at a time when the country is already deeply divided.
[...]
One key difference this time is that Trump does not have the presidential levers of power that he did in 2020. And new state and federal laws have been put in place to make it more difficult to influence election results.’
Trump likely to challenge any election loss. His options have narrowed
That doesn’t mean, of course, that Trump and Republicans won’t try again to overturn the election outcome or otherwise interfere with the process.