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currently watching the second presidential debate and I’m pretty sure Donald Trump is not actually answering questions he just says all the words he knows in no particular order
Out of everything Trump said at the debate tonight, I honestly cannot believe he tried to attack Clinton on healthcare reform. That woman has been fighting to improve healthcare in this country and around the world since the 90’s. You all know I don’t like to admit it, but that was more than twenty years ago. Her face when he said that was priceless. Of all the issues, that is the wrong one to fight with her about.
Ryan dis-invited Trump from the rally tomorrow in Wisconsin
Mark Kirk and Jon Huntsman have called for Trump to drop out
Gary Herbert (Gov of Utah) has said he isn’t voting Trump
Happening level: Happening.
RNC is SERIOUSLY floating getting Trump to drop out and bumping Pence up to the top of the ticket. That is historically unprecedented. Heck, people have ALREADY VOTED in some states.
And now the Receipts are coming in.
One of the Presidential candidates everyone forgot about de-endorses Trump.
At this point it’d be easier to say which elected GOP officials from Utah HAVEN’T called for Trump to step down.
2016 has been a shitty year in many ways with not a lot of good news to enjoy
But this week
This week we’ve had news confirming Legend of Korra, Batwoman and America Chavez ongoing comics
Carmilla is getting a movie
Alex Danvers and Maggie Sawyer are going to be lesbian-ing together in Supergirl
And now Donald Trump has completely self destructed
It’s like 2016 was holding all the good news in reserve for this week
It’s like 2016 went, “Hey y'all I’m sorry about all that, and I apologise in advance for some other stuff set up that I can’t unset, but… I know you all love October, so I’m gonna try and make it a little better”
We forgive you 2016…
Yeahhhhhh… Sorry kids but I'mma have to come in and use my cranky old grandma voice, because the ELECTION HASN’T HAPPENED YET.
The RNC replacing Trump with Pence or someone else could be disastrous. The left is already divided thanks to Bernie bros, the Green Party, that Gary Johnson wanker, and the general fuckery that is liberals. The Republicans are traditionally a) loyal to a candidate to a goddamn fault, b) show the fuck up to vote, and c) will usually suck it up and present a united front.
Dissent in the RNC ranks is great, but complacency on our part could be terrible. If people don’t show up to vote because they’re sure Trump shot himself in the foot, it will be Brexit level disaster. The RNC bigwigs might be backpedaling but Trump has thousands of fucking rabid followers - a veritable army of bigoted assholes who don’t give a fuck how terrible he is because they’re just as fucking bad.
Trump himself is highly divisive, but if you replace him with Pence or some other less outrageous candidate, shit will get real, and real fast. EVERYONE looks reasonable compared to Trump, even Mike “let’s use electroshock conversation therapy on queer kids” Pence, or Ted “Zodiac Killer” Cruz. Suddenly people who would never vote for Trump are thinking about showing up at the polls, and since they’re Republicans and they’ve been registered forever and don’t have to worry about gerrymandering and ID fraud and shit, the election gets real scary real fast.
This election is pivotal - not to keep Trump from building a wall, but to keep him from NOMINATING A SUPREME COURT JUDGE WITH A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CONGRESS. That judge can break the current gridlock for good or ill, and what do you think a Republican nominated judge would be like? We’d be living in the dark ages for the next fifty years cause y'all decided to forgive 2016 in advance.
So look, don’t get complacent, 2016 is still the devil - it’s that ex you know is gonna pull some shit the minute you take them back, so DON’T FUCKING DO IT.
I want y'all out there and paranoid like Mad Eye Moody after a year locked in a fucking chest.
CONSTANT VIGILENCE.
I want y'all out there and paranoid like Mad Eye Moody after a year locked in a fucking chest.
okay, let me get a couple things straight:
trump can’t drop out. not only has he explicitly said he is NOT dropping out, early voting has already started in swing states. the RNC can’t replace him – not with pence nor with anyone else.
the ideal, of course, would be pence dropping out. but that won’t happen either.
you still have to show up. you still have to vote for hillary.
the GOP establishment doesn’t actually care about repudiating trump. they would’ve pulled support months ago if they disagreed with his platform. however, paul ryan has a legislative agenda he needs to pass (have you looked at his twitter lately? read the policy he’s pushing? the #betterway initiative is DISASTROUS for the middle and working classes especially on health care, the goal is to undo all the progress obamacare made) and he needs a republican majority in congress to do so.
you still have to show up. you still have to vote for hillary. but more importantly – you still ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO VOTE FOR DOWNBALLOT CANDIDATES, PARTICULARLY IN CONGRESS. don’t skip the polls because you think it’s going to be a landslide for hillary. the RNC has pulled its funding from trump in order to focus on downballot races. do not fuck this up. even if you think it doesn’t matter, VOTE IN YOUR HOUSE (AND POSSIBLY SENATE) RACES. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE IN A SWING STATE OR A PURPLE DISTRICT. gerrymandering doesn’t necessarily work in the GOP’s favor if republican voter turnout is low, which it may be this year – we have an actual chance to make headway in congress. DO. NOT. FUCK. THIS. UP.
“The GOP has no mechanism through which it could force a nominee to leave the race (there is some disagreement on this), but it does have procedures in its official rules outlining the party’s options in the event that its presidential or vice presidential nominee dies or voluntarily withdraws.”
“Could Rule 9 be used to remove a nominee?
There are two schools of thought on this. One says no; the other says maybe. It
ultimately comes down to a matter of interpretation, and what the rule
actually says is less important than what a majority of the RNC’s
members interpret it to say. At the center of the debate about Rule 9
are varying interpretations of the word ‘otherwise’ in the rule’s text: ‘The Republican National Committee is hereby authorized and empowered
to fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death,
declination, or otherwise [emphasis added] of the Republican
candidate for President of the United States or the Republican candidate
for Vice President of the United States.’”
TL;DR: No? Maybe? Who knows? (The linked article also describes stipulations for Hillary replacement and nominee certification deadlines. I kept to the GOP (Trump-specific, even) sections because you asked about the GOP.) Since the certification deadline has passed in pretty much every state with a clearly defined deadline, I get the feeling a replacement wouldn’t happen unless there was a major emergency, like death or something.))
The Republican National Committee on Saturday cut off support to the nominee’s campaign, a move that could cripple not only the party’s White House efforts but its attempts to retain full congressional control, as well. An internal email obtained by Politico reveals the RNC is stopping a crucial program.
Legal Side of Tumblr: Is the GOP allowed to switch out their nominee at the last minute?
