Trump casts doubt on electoral system

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By Ben Kamisar - 08/07/16 06:00 AM EDT
Donald Trump is casting doubt on the prospect of fair elections come November, criticism that could prompt his supporters to reject the possibility of a Hillary Clinton victory in the fall as fraudulent.
 
Trump has predicted at almost every rally this past week that the election could be "rigged" against him. He’s labeled the mounting polls showing him trailing Clinton as "phony" and warned that voter fraud could steal the election from him.
 
The new tack comes days after a top Trump confidante warned to Breitbart News that there would be a “rhetorical bloodbath” if the powers that be denied Trump a fair election and laid out a plan for Trump to begin to delegitimize the election results months before the first ballots are cast.
 
“First and foremost is the inoculation, which is what Trump is doing, to put people on notice that if there is substantial evidence, or minor evidence, of voter fraud, and it’s a close race, he will challenge the results,” Trump ally Roger Stone told The Hill, adding that Trump could do so by either filing a lawsuit or encouraging “mass protests.”

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[Wingnut]

Trump has predicted at almost every rally this past week that the election could be "rigged" against him. He’s labeled the mounting polls showing him trailing Clinton as "phony" and warned that voter fraud could steal the election from him.
 
The new tack comes days after a top Trump confidante warned to Breitbart News that there would be a “rhetorical bloodbath” if the powers that be denied Trump a fair election and laid out a plan for Trump to begin to delegitimize the election results months before the first ballots are cast.

Welcome to the inner workings of Donald Trump's unsound mind.

[sitetest]

In that the orange a$$hoIe lied, cheated, stole, and smeared its way to the nomination, its candidacy is fraudulent, and calls into question the legitimacy of our electoral politics.

[Cripplecreek]

He's apparently not a big fan of basic civics education either.

[Cripplecreek]

In that the orange a$$hoIe lied, cheated, stole, and smeared its way to the nomination, its candidacy is fraudulent, and calls into question the legitimacy of our electoral politics.

His concern for the will of the voters extends no further than his own voters.

[sinkspur]

Another exhibition of the nuttiness of Trump.  He and his goons know he's going down, so they're laying the predicate that the election was "stolen."

There's nothing he can do.  Filing a lawsuit won't work, and Trump's "mass protests" in the past have proven to be duds.

This just proves what we've known all along:  Trump cannot be seen as a loser.  I still think there's a real possibility that, if he's down 10 after the first debate, he walks away.  He will, of course, be branded a cowardly loser, but he'll concoct some story that, in his mind and in the mind of his goofy supporters, justifies his exit.

[sinkspur]

[NavyCanDo]

When Trump loses and he will, and he will lose big, Trump and his supporters will still stand by it was rigged and that Trump is the rightful President. Where it goes from there is anyones guess, but Trump and His minions will not go quietly into the night on November 9th. And that includes Hannity, who will probably have two weeks of shows lined up investigateing the "rigged election" thowing more fuel on the fire.

[Cripplecreek]

When Trump loses and he will, and he will lose big, Trump and his supporters will still stand by it was rigged and that Trump is the rightful President. Where it goes from there is anyones guess, but Trump and His minions will not go quietly into the night on November 9th. And that includes Hannity, who will probably have two weeks of shows lined up investigating the "rigged election" throwing more fuel on the fire.

Trump has adopted victimology like the left uses. I personally have no more use for sob stories of poor mistreated whites than I do for the poor mistreated blacks, hispanics, gays or whatever.

Fact is that we're all victims of the ever growing government that Trump the GOPe and the democrats are luring more to support.

[HonestJohn]

Another exhibition of the nuttiness of Trump.  He and his goons know he's going down, so they're laying the predicate that the election was "stolen."

There's nothing he can do.  Filing a lawsuit won't work, and Trump's "mass protests" in the past have proven to be duds.

This just proves what we've known all along:  Trump cannot be seen as a loser.  I still think there's a real possibility that, if he's down 10 after the first debate, he walks away.  He will, of course, be branded a cowardly loser, but he'll concoct some story that, in his mind and in the mind of his goofy supporters, justifies his exit.

You know his supporters will grab their guns and try to seize control.

[montanajoe]

You know his supporters will grab their guns and try to seize control.

I think Trump's original aim was to discredit Conservatives during the Campaign and damage the movement for the next generation. When it became apparent that their are so many out there that actually worshiped his line of BS he has decided the kick it up a notch and egg on his minions to permanently destroy the conservative movement in this country...

[kevindavis007]

You know his supporters will grab their guns and try to seize control.

If they do, would be OK will killing fellow Americans??

[GrouchoTex]

Trump has adopted victimology like the left uses. I personally have no more use for sob stories of poor mistreated whites than I do for the poor mistreated blacks, hispanics, gays or whatever.

Fact is that we're all victims of the ever growing government that Trump the GOPe and the democrats are luring more to support.

Well said CC.
I have been thinking that Trump and those Trolley Dodgers all have a way of sounding like victims.
One of the tenets of conservatism is self-reliance.

[Cripplecreek]

If they do, would be OK will killing fellow Americans??

The think they would but more likely they'd drop their weapons and surrender as soon as they realized that nobody was on their side.

[rodamala]

In that the orange a$$hoIe lied, cheated, stole, and smeared its way to the nomination, its candidacy is fraudulent, and calls into question the legitimacy of our electoral politics.

@sitetest

EXACTLY... but you mistyped the word bleep... and I think an F-word needs to be used somewhere in there too.

[sinkspur]

You know his supporters will grab their guns and try to seize control.

That's why he has to be beaten so decisively that there will be no doubt.

[Forum member]

If they do, would be OK will killing fellow Americans??

In their opinion, if you don't support Trump, you aren't a fellow American. Ready, Fire, Aim!

[sitetest]

@sitetest

EXACTLY... but you mistyped the word bleep... and I think an F-word needs to be used somewhere in there too.

That's why I typed it as a$$hoIe.  As well as the "f word," I was trying to be polite.   

[Oceander]

The electoral system is part of what protects the small states from the large states.

[rodamala]

Fact is that we're all victims of the ever growing government that Trump the GOPe and the democrats are luring more to support.

There are no victims, only volunteers.

Rather than be victimized by Fed-zilla, I volunteer to "go Galt".

Tune OUT, turn OFF, drop out.

Either that or apply 2A to its full intended purpose... you know, hunting Bambi, and defending my home from murderers.  ;-)

[GrouchoTex]

The electoral system is part of what protects the small states from the large states.

You are correct.
The only problem is that in the Trump world, the only small thing that needs protecting is his hands.

[Vulcan]

The orange New York liberal doesn't want to win.

[geronl]

The same guy who said the Constitution isn't relevant

[Gov Bean Counter]

...and in doing so further casts doubt on his mental and emotional fitness for office.

[Fishrrman]

"Donald Trump is casting doubt on the prospect of fair elections come November, criticism that could prompt his supporters to reject the possibility of a Hillary Clinton victory in the fall as fraudulent."

He's saying nothing more than many other posters to this very forum have said themselves.

The democratic fraud machine is growing stronger.
If anything, modern electronic voting increases "the possiibilites".

Making things worse is "absentee balloting", "mail-in elections", and "registering on election day" provisional ballots.

The saying regarding the left -used to be-, "if it's not close, they can't cheat".
That doesn't work so well these days.

The "technology of cheating", insofar as elections are concerned, is a burgeoning industry.