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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 11:06 AM Dec 2016

A Thought, "What if situation reversed, Trump majority votes, Hillary electoral college?

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Would the media let go so easily?..Would we ever hear the end of it from the right wing? or any of the so called, " republican leaders"?...
.But.. I wonder if the Main Stream Media..would ever let go.. would it ever stop mentioning that Hillary was "elected by a minority of the voters"...Would it ever stop? like it seems to have stopped now?

just a thought..I wonder........(please look to post 14 for update on this thought, thank you)

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pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
4. Right.
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 11:39 AM
Dec 2016

The republicans and their media have been treating Hillary like an unprecedented crisis for years.

 

FreeStateDemocrat

(2,654 posts)
6. There would've erupted massively organized, violent demonstration across the country, culminating
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 12:10 PM
Dec 2016

into a planned effort to completely disrupt the Inauguration.

The right-wing noise machine would spew incendiary rhetoric just short of advocating the violent overthrow of our government.

Trump would have egged it on until it got out of hand and they protested innocence of causing the carnage.

"Remember we have guns!"

Willie Pep

(841 posts)
12. Yeah there probably would be violence.
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 03:39 AM
Dec 2016

If somebody can get agitated enough over a stupid conspiracy theory like Pizzagate to go to a pizzeria armed to "investigate" matters, you can be sure that in the OP's scenario there would have been at least one major shooting by now, maybe some fatalities. Some of these Trump supporters are completely insane and dangerous.

NBachers

(18,129 posts)
7. A large number of Democrats in government would knuckle under and give the pukes their way.
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 01:27 PM
Dec 2016

And Hillary would be left standing virtually alone.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
8. On that one, I honestly beg to disagree.
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 01:36 PM
Dec 2016

I think Democrats would not knuckle under. Instead we would refer to the Bush 2000 incident, and then we would say it is our turn. We might help change the electoral college at some point, but we would stay behind Hillary.

StevieM

(10,540 posts)
10. Back in 2000 George W. Bush was getting ready to challenge the election results if he had won
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 01:38 AM
Dec 2016

the popular vote while Gore won the electoral college.

Before the election it looked like it would be Gore who might win the electoral college while Bush won the popular vote. Ultimately, of course, it turned out to be the exact opposite.

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bush-set-fight-electoral-college-loss-article-1.881690

https://theintercept.com/2016/10/21/it-isnt-just-donald-trump-the-bush-campaign-plotted-to-reject-election-results-in-2000/

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
11. Hillary could offer to make it up to them...
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 01:47 AM
Dec 2016

...by agreeing to work with them on abolishing the Electoral College...

Crunchy Frog

(26,974 posts)
13. Blood in the streets. Serious threats of civil war.
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 03:52 AM
Dec 2016

I question whether Hillary would ever actually be inaugurated. It would be treated as a Constitutional crisis. There would certainly be a constitutional ammendment to get rid of the EC soon after, and the Dems would likely support it.

There is a completely different set of standards.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
14. So, What if Putin conspired to help Hillary win, and it was thought... that this happend,
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 07:51 PM
Jan 2017

and, Trump won the people vote by 3,000,000..........and two months after the election, it is proven beyond doubt that Putin himslef conspired to elect Hillary, and was actually involved himself.....now what would Trump and his supporters say?......

Keeping in mind, that Hillary would be sworn into office in about 2 weeks,, and that the Electoral College had already voted for Hillary......what would the fucking Republicans be saying now???

SO..it is proven that Putin actually tampered with the vote and the information concerning the election, possibly affecting the outcome.....(and having access to state election boards)

....NOW WHAT WOULD TRUMP AND THE ASSHOLES THAT SUPPORTE TRUMP ..SAY WITH THAT???

Crunchy Frog

(26,974 posts)
15. As I said before, blood in the streets and threats of civil war.
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 08:40 PM
Jan 2017

At some point the election would probably be declared null and void.

As I said, different standards for Democrats and Rs.

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