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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trumps term expires at noon on January 20, 2021[/quote]

This.  Then if he has not conceded and either the litigation continues or we have a tie in the Electoral College, i believe will we have what’s known as a contingent election.  Apparently this has a few types, two of which are discussed here.  If you’re really into it, I’m sure there are some more detailed academic articles and you could always read the Constitution.

If the litigation remains pending, then I believe Pelosi (or her successor) becomes President temporarily. By contrast, if we have a tie in the Electoral College, then I think Democrats have a problem because the House votes for President, with each state’s delegation getting one vote.  Republicans control more state delegations than Democrats, so they’d have more votes and would protege this Trump.   But don’t take my word for certain because I’m just beginning to read up on this myself.

https://ballotpedia.org/Who_is_the_president_if_election_results_are_unknown_by_January_20,_2021%3F_(2020)[/quote]

I’m pretty upset about the shat Trump is doing but this right here is why I believe McConnell and others are eventually going to walk Trump out.  Let’s be clear, if Trump tries to steal the election, we will see multiple slates of electors for the same states.  If Trump tries to steal electors, the electors will stop being counted.  They’re done by state in alphabetic order.  AZ is the third state to be counted.  If the count stops there then we would have a President Pelosi.  Trump CANNOT take power in a second term without Pelosi allowing it.  This has never been an issue before because the loser has always accepted the will of the people BUT Trump is risking not only losing power but having a very angry President Pelosi for the next two plus years coming after his butt.  He’d do much better with Biden.[/quote]

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