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PortTack

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7. Martial law really doesn't allow for the steps he would have needed to stay in power

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Sun Jul 17, 2022, 11:34 AM

Jul 2022

This was discussed hundreds of times following the election. And, if nothing else bottom line, Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi would have become interim president on 1/20 and there wouldn’t have been anything he could have done about it.

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Lawyer urged Trump to overturn loss in ways that would be called 'martial law' -memo posted by NYTim [View all] UpInArms Jul 2022 OP

TY.. Corrupt Assholes! IN the End the Insurrectionists were Cha Jul 2022 #1

That bastard! calimary Jul 2022 #2

Lock him up! onetexan Jul 2022 #3

Here is the link to the PDF (without the "period" that breaks the link) BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #4

"Little Band"??? PCIntern Jul 2022 #5

I'm curious why he didn't adopt this plan Novara Jul 2022 #6

Martial law really doesn't allow for the steps he would have needed to stay in power PortTack Jul 2022 #7

Trump "lawyer shopped" until he found lawyers willing to give him what he wanted gulliver Jul 2022 #8