Trump Says He ‘Never Even Thought Of’ Delaying The 2020 Election

[cervantes]

@jonney_5

@cervantes

@pluckyinky

This ain’t happening. He doesn’t have the power to do so. Beyond that, his term ends on 1/20/2017 and then Pelosi becomes president if one hasn’t been elected or reelected.

When does Pelosi’s current House term end?

Couple weeks before the presidency

Yes.

 

@daveyjones64

I haven’t seen that rule. I was under the impression…and your quote from wiki backs it up…that she is Speaker until this Congress’s term is ended. Which would be in January 2021 I believe.

Yes, Congressional sessions expire (and begin) on January 3 of every odd year.

[mnnmnnm]

The question they really should be asking is “do you have the power to delay or cancel the Nov election?”

[jonney_5]

@bankerpup

States can hold elections to elect congresscritters, so the House and Senate don’t have to be impacted at all.

Sure, but POS’s like Kemp would use federal cover to cancel both Senate elections and appoint Repubs, especially with the wind blowing in the Blue direction.

I think constitutionally the Presidential election will have to happen.

Everything else I don’t trust when it comes to Republican governors. And NY opened the door yesterday.

[cervantes]

@mnnmnnm

The question they really should be asking is “do you have the power to delay or cancel the Nov election?”

To get him on the record as saying he (knows he) does?

[trumpdog]

Was he being sarcastic?

[cervantes]

@trumpdog

Was he being sarcastic?

Yes, from moment one, when he took the oath of office.

[isaacbnyc]

“I never considered it, but now that you mention it…”

[mnnmnnm]

More importantly to get other people on the record with if they’re ok with that.

[cervantes]

@mnnmnnm

More importantly to get other people on the record with if they’re ok with that.

Senators from Maine, for example!

[alyoshakaramazov1]

Biden got him to lie again publicly, on an extremely important topic.

That’s likely Biden’s intention. He’s smart.

[jw1]

@daveyjones64

But without elections in November, there would be zero Members present. So no quorum.

ETA: The scales have fallen from my eyes.

[jinnj]

the Senate situation is different in that 2/3 of the Senate remains in place - because of staggered 6 year terms.
based on the pure mechanics of just subtracting all senators with expiring terms … majority goes to Dems … Leahy rises to top .

… but this process cold be manipulated if a few “red states” did some sort of " work-around" and “elected” GOP senators…

[mnnmnnm]

Fundementally we know he’s crazy pants and unstable. I think it’s real important to find out where the true bottom is with the Republican party. Are they gonna ride this into the ground? Or do they have at long last any sense of decency?

[cervantes]

@mnnmnnm

I think it’s real important to find out where the true bottom is with the Republican party.

@cervantes

This comment could only come from a person with a much better soul than mine.

 

[mnnmnnm]

@jw1

A term of Congress begins whether or not an election is held (yes?). The new Congress would be sworn in made up of the existing Members from the previous Congress (yes?). This Congress would be able to meet and create a quorum-- by way of a majority of those remaining Members of the House.

My intuition is that the Founders would have foreseen a situation where if an election could not be held (war on US soil, for example)-- that the government would not dissolve based on terms ending. Leads me to believe it was the reason the Speaker position could be held by a non-elected individual.

A worthy concept to distill down to its reality IMHO.

It seems like it’d be a question for the USC, but they’re not sure if they have any power to decide anything of importance.

[squirreltown]

@jw1

The new Congress would be sworn in made up of the existing Members from the previous Congress (yes?).

No election, and the only existing members are Senators not up for reelection this time.

@jw1

(war on US soil, for example)-

I swear we had one of these. There was still an election.

[daveyjones64]

If that is the pattern, they lose a seat in NC, KY, MT, KS and ME, and thus lose the majority.

[maxheadroom]

@jonney_5

I think constitutionally the Presidential election will have to happen.

There are a lot of things that were required to happen, either by law or Constitution, that this f*cknut president has ignored, with no apparent repercussions thanks to his GOP enablers in Congress and the SCOTUS.

What makes you think he’ll follow the law/Constitution this time, when the alternative is getting voted out of office and facing a potential legal tsunami once he’s unable to hide behind the bogus “the president can’t be investigated while in office” crap?

[dicktater]

Yes, let’s disinfect the WH

[mnnmnnm]

I’m not an optimist. I’m curious. More important is letting the electorate (for what it’s worth) know at what stage we are at.