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Trump doesn’t have the keys to Whitehouse, The Secret Service does!
When asked by Chris Wallace Donald Trump declined to say he would accept the results of the 2020 election, adding that he will “have to see”, claiming without evidence that mail-in voting will “rig the election.”
What trump doesn’t seem to understand is he doesn’t get to accept or reject the results of the election.
The idea that trump will not leave the Presidency when he loses the election makes for good story-telling to attract readers and viewers but Trump doesn’t have the keys to the Whitehouse. The Secret Service does! This is how the process will actually work and be enforced by the Secret Service.
The U.S. differs from most other democracies in that it has no independent electoral commission to certify the final vote count for the office of President. The presidential election certification process in the U.S. convenes in fifty-one separate locations once every four years. It includes the following steps:
First, The federal election process actually begins October, when the Archivist…