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Trump Leaving White House If He Loses Electoral Vote
The chances of Trump leaving White House premises will depend on Joe Biden winning the Electoral College.
During Thanksgiving yesterday, Trump spoke to reporters for the first time after the elections. He said he will leave if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden. Observers believe this is the closest thing he said to concede. The media asked if he would go once Biden wins the Electoral College, Trump said: “Certainly I will. Certainly, I will. And you know that.”
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Trump Leaving White House If He Loses Electoral Vote
Conceding is a Different Matter
Conceding is another matter. Trump said that conceding is hard for him as “we know there was massive fraud.” He insisted that “it was a rigged election … at the highest level.” However, Trump never offered any concrete proof of the voter fraud he alleged happened on a large scale.
“As to whether or not we can get this apparatus moving quickly — because time isn't on our side, everything else is on our side, facts are on our side, this was a massive fraud.”
Additionally, Trump said that if Biden wins, the Electoral College, “made a mistake, cause this election was a fraud.” When asked for more details, Trump called out the reporter asking the question. He said: “Don't talk to me that way. I'm the President of the United States. Don't ever talk to the president that way.”
Trump Took to Twitter
Since the elections, Trump kept a low profile. He avoided answering media queries and seldom appeared on TV. Instead, he took to Twitter almost entirely, fuming about the conduct of elections. Then, he supported the General Services Administration's decision to okay the transition. Also, he tweeted that he pardoned his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
On Thanksgiving, the President went online to talk to troops stationed overseas. Then, he faced the White House media to share his Thanksgiving ideas. On a tangent, he began throwing allegations of widespread cheating in the elections. Reacting to news that Biden got the most votes in US election history, Trump felt incredulous. “There's no way that Biden got 80 million votes,” he tweeted repeatedly.
The US Electoral College
The US Electoral College system is a group of presidential electors from all states of the Union. The constitution requires them to meet every four years to vote for the President and Vice President. Except for Maine and Nebraska, electors from each state vote for the candidate who won in their state.
The total electors per state equal the number of its US senators and congressmen. The latter can change each decade depending on its population size. At present, there are 538 electors total in the United States. Consequently, a winning candidate needs a majority of 270 votes to clinch the victory.
Biden Won 306 Electoral College Votes
During the last elections, Biden received 306 Electoral College votes. This is 36 more than the required 270, so he captured the presidency. Meanwhile, Trump received 232. After all, states verify their election results, the electors will convene. On December 14, they will formalize their state’s votes. Meanwhile, in the popular vote, Biden led Trump by more than 6 million votes.
During the elections, Biden managed to flip six states from red to blue. This consists of Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. The turnaround helped him reach the 270 votes needed for the Presidency. Consequently, Trump’s legal team sued some of these states. They alleged that systemic cheating and massive fraud happened. While these allegations tied up some of the countings, most cases got dismissed.
Georgia Runoff
When Trump said he’d leave the white as soon as Biden wins the Electoral College, he said he’ll be very busy. He said, “I think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of January, a lot of things.” Analysts speculated on what the President’s plans are.
For one, Trump will surely campaign for the two Republican senators running in Georgia. The Senate currently holds a Republican majority 50-48. If incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler win, the GOP maintains their majority. If Democratic upstarts Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock win, the Senate will have a 50-50 tie. However, incoming Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote. Thus, the Democrats can reclaim the Senate majority should they win the runoff.
Trump’s Plans for 2021
Reports asked Trump if he would attend the incoming President’s inauguration ceremonies. The President didn’t answer if he will honor the time-honored tradition. Also, the media asked Trump if he already made plans for his political future after his last day at the White House. He said he didn’t want to talk yet.
Watch the Hill’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s statement that he'll leave the White House if Biden declared the winner of Electoral College:
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The President is President until January 20th when the new President is sworn in. There is no need for the current President to Vacate the White House until noon on January 20th. Biden is not President-Elect until the Electoral College votes. The Nov 3rd election was to elect Electors to the Electoral College, not the President of the United States.
I will never respect the Democrats again. Look what they have done. It would take hours to complete the onslaught of lies, corruption, evil, and the damage they’ve done. Even with all that and the lying biased media, Trump barely lost, if in fact, he actually did lose. I hope these nasty dems rot in hell
I think that some of the election was rigged also. Just because it hasn’t been proven yet means nothing. Some of them were fly by night voting places & gone when needed to submit proof. I think Trump should stay there & a revote for the country with only printed receipts with the actual votes on them. The electoral vote is not for the people. We need our voices heard & without fraud.
The whole world knows that this election has not been done properly and the Democrats have once again bought and cheated their way to their own so called victory. The Lord God Almighty will take care of all that needs to be done to make this complete and legally fair!!God Bless Our President Donald Trump and God Bless America!!
A corrupt president-elect is unacceptable, much less a corrupt president. If Biden takes office the Democrats will know that election fraud is acceptable. The damage they will do is immeasurable. Many believe his health will require Harris to step in giving us a black female POTUS, which has been the plan from the beginning of this travesty.
He’s still our President he should decide what he wants to do and when. Not one day earlier should he leave the he should run again in 2024. God Bless him and his family. I can’t stand to even hear Joe Biden name. The election was stolen we all know it .
He’s still our President he should decide what he wants to do and when. Not one day earlier should he leave the he should run again in 2024. God Bless him and his family. I can’t stand to even hear Joe Biden name. The election was stolen we all know it .
If he leaves, it will be because his leadership is needed elsewhere!
This was the most ugly election ever you can not make me believe that Biden won. This was a lot of dirty money and very many illegal votes. Georgia is not a blue state and will never be their was to much fraud. Trump is my President and I hope he continue to fight for our rights and to continue to make America great again.
Goooooo TRUMP !!!
20 years ago we had a fraud placed upon us yet our wonderful politicians in Washington decided to do nothing about it?! I knew it was a matter of time! Now that our honest Democrats realize how easy it is to steal thanks to the internet! You think this is over you’re wrong!! Maybe we need a constitutional convention perhaps separation!? We have no desire to fix it!!! You’ve got lifer politicians and lifer federal workers!! You decide!
Biden will never be my president, he is a thief & lied & is led by antiiffa, the democrats are stupid donkeys to fall for this garbage, president trump has done more for this country in 4 yrs than any other president has except Reagan, & Obama was the worst till Biden, I’m sick of American democrats & am definitely not proud of this country , we are the laughing stock of China& all of europe
Yes President Trump should begin to start packing his personal belongings as to be prepared to load on January 20th, 2021. I don’t care what party you belong to but after you win any elected seat in Washington, your job is to serve the country and people. Appears that the Republicans believe their wants count more than the people who voiced their opinions with a ballot. Thinking President Trump should remain in office 4 more years is a dictated way of believing and thinking Americas election was rigged is a radical way of thinking. After 4 years of Trump and America is not Great nor is it better off. Yes I voted for President elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as many others also did according to the results of the vote count throughout our country.
Thomas fry, oops another dumb donkey, are you reall really proud for voting for Biden, you are probably a left wing donkey, proud, shame on you, really an idiot
Yahoo should get out of the gutter with the mainstream media and report on the facts concerning the theft of our election. There is too much evidence of election fraud and foreign interference. Yahoo should investigate instead of propagandizing for the Democrat Party. I suggest they look up the executive order Trump signed on Sept 22, 2018. They could have their assets seized if they continue to support the story about the election being fair when it is proven in court that Iran and or China interfered. Sydney Powell has proof!
Adiós & good riddance!
I would like to say anyone who voted for Trump should not be proud they voted for him the way he has conducted himself by not addmitting the people didn’t want him any longer because he DIDN’T maKe America great again. It was great before he was elected.
As an American Veteran I can honestly say that I am embarrassed and ashamed of the way Trump has been behaving…. it resembles what I would expect to see from a spoiled little two year old. He needs to accept that he has lost and get to packing his things to leave. Parents if your child behaved like this would you tolerate it??
Love you President Trump! Whatever YOU say, I will accept! This election was crap! I would love a re-vote. Jesus knows best. Keep following Him, this to shall pass.
If Biden get in he needs to be impeached immediately
Ironic that those siding with Sleepy Joe wouldn’t sign their names! Cowards! Idiots! And your moronic choice will take us all down with you! God Bless President Trump and the amazing things he did for our country so far in spite of facing the inhuman treatment from our pathetic Democratic Party. Biden voting Catholics…may you rot in Hell where you belong! God knows you’re nothing but thieves, liars, and infidels!
Mr President, we never quit till the time in office is up. Stay in power till the very last second, that is what America is made of.
This article is just crap!! Biden DID NOT win the popular vote, and anything else he got was from cheating. These democraps are real pieces of work. President Trump is my President and will remain my President!!
Trump is the true choice and he got cheated. These people that frauded should all be brought up on felony charges. Trump’s legal team are presenting the stories, facts, fraud cases. I don’t get the judges, the people in America to allow this We all need to force this decision to go to the supreme Court to decide. Wake up before they take your rights, your guns, your freedom. This applies to everyone. Do you want illegals to have free college,med insurance,housing,ect paid by you but you get nothing unless you pay for. How fair is that.
Don’t want him to leave and Biden be the new president… Afraid of what he will be doing for us senior citizens and many more items…
Trump is truly an american idiot why do you think he tried so hard to block his taxes because he was not paying what he should of been you idiots who voted for him paid more in taxes than he did educate yourself before you vote you idiots and he would love to grab you wife your mother your daughters by the pussy and yes he said that google it you stupid asses
What an embarrassment for the USA our only first lady who is not American, born in a small communist country in central Europe, Slovenia what a disgrace all you idiots who support this American idiot do your god damn homework
You are one who needs to do your home work. What about the so called vice president elect (which IS NOT REALLY elected, no decision has been made who is president yet!! And most of all you need to clean up what comes out of your mouth, NEVER USED GOD’S name in the manner you obviously think is appropriate. Shame on you!!!
TRUMP IS OUR PRESIDENT! We were NEVER promised easy, nor ENTITLED to ANYTHING! Democrats AND their supporters believe they are! Work for what you want or get nothing! This is ONE NATION UNDER GOD! PRESIDENT Trump is the ONLY hope we have to maintain that! FAITH, tells me President Trump will always fight for us and Our Nation.
I think that you Mr. Trump, can urge congress to request a re-election.
Then the results will show that you did actually win the election.