Liberal Reporters Are Pushing A Conspiracy Theory That Has Plagued Republican Presidents For Decades

[mystery-ak]

Shelby Talcott
Media Reporter
June 10, 2020 1:26 PM ET


For years, mainstream reporters and various publications have suggested that Republican presidents might attempt to stay in the White House even if they aren’t reelected, and the 2020 election is proving to be no different.

The conspiracy theory was pushed as recently as June 8, when New Yorker writer Dexter Filkens wondered aloud what would happen “if the president [Donald Trump] refuses to leave the White House.” Filkens, well known for his work as a war correspondent for The New York Times, made the comment during a discussion with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on why Trump went into the White House bunker on May 29.

“I think the real — I think the real question here is November and what’s going to happen in November,” Filkens said on “All In with Chris Hayes.”

“And, you know, what if we have a close election that’s contested? What happens then? What happens if the president refuses to leave the White House?”

more w/video
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/10/reporters-pushing-conspiracy-theory-republicans-wont-leave-white-house-donald-trump/

[PeteS in CA]

This CT was urged against GWB. OTOH, there were conservatives who made the same claim against WJC (and against BHO, I've heard but didn't see), so it's a somewhat bipartisan stupidity. Though the MSM never asserted the claim when BHO and WJC were President.