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Trump won USA Presidential Elections 🎉🇺🇸😁😁 Who is going to celebrate tonight? 🍾🎈

I do truly look forward for it 🤗

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 weeks ago (77 children)

I really liked not living in a fascist country that hates minorities...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dunno where you were living before, but it doesn't sound like the America I know lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. Thats fair. I'm not prepared for it to be even worse.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago

The day will come, when the orange cunt comes for you.

Because he will, you think you are safe because you are "one of them", but you are not. You are not part of the 1%, the ones really safe from him.

And that day, you will regret your vote, but with the amount of hate "your people" is spreading, do you think anyone will care if you are fucked by the one you voted to fuck "the others"?

Nobody will care.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

So, what would happen if Trump dies before January?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

President Vance 🤮 with a pretext to hunt down political enemies

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

A collective laugh across the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is where the convoluted system our founders instituted keeps us from descending into anarchy.

People in each state vote for a slate of Electors, who are then bound to vote for the candidate that won in that state, and then the new Congress counts the votes. If a candidate dies before taking office, there are various opportunities for humans (State legislators, electors, Congress) to step in and make a substitution that reflects the will of the people.

And yes, even in states run by Democrats, the legislature and/or electors would probably act to install Vance if Trump incurs God's Ultimate Veto, because they respect the will of the people.

The only tricky part comes if Trump bites it after EC votes are cast, but before Congress counts them. Members might have a legitimate beef about accepting votes for a deceased candidate. They will probably do it, though. Then we would have to see what happens on inauguration day when the new President is unavailable to serve. In all likelihood, we end up with President Vance anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

That's helpful, thank you.

What if they both (Trump and Vance) die before the electoral college vote?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You realize that you just got put on an FBI list, right?

Anyway, assuming those electors get rejected during the certification process (and they should, at that point, as neither candidate would be able to serve), then Congress gets to choose, with the House choosing the President and the Senate choosing the VP. They can choose whoever they want. But one twist is that each State delegation gets one vote, so California's 52 Reps get the same vote as Wyoming's lone rep. The math looks like even if Democrats somehow take control of the House, they may not have enough State delegations to matter in a contingent election.

If enough states are tied that the Presidential vote fails (which is unlikely afaik), the VP vote in the Senate is a straight vote and that person would likely end up President anyway.

If the unfortunate event happens between Jan 6 and Jan 20, and both men are selected but neither can serve, I imagine it would be treated like both positions are vacant at the same time, and the Speaker of the House becomes President on Jan 20

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Celebrating a campaign that literally said their plans will cause recession. Good luck with your economic anxiety Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago
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