simple poll on the coming weeks

[NRaleighLiberal]

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	Trump and the 140+ R election truthers will accept Biden's victory publibally
	0 (0%)
	There will continue to be efforts to keep trump in power...the lies continue
	3 (60%)
	other...state your thoughts
	2 (40%)
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[NightWatcher]

1. 4 years of domestic terrorism, continually stoked by the mad man

It will kick off this weekend and repubs will be "shocked and surprised".

[42bambi]

2. Agree, Trump will continue to create chaos and his cult will follow

him to the gates of Hell. We are in for very troubled and dangerous times. I've never wished for anyone to die but I have changed my mind....

[NightWatcher]

4. They will need to quickly squash any uprisings this weekend with swift and violent means.

People scaling fences need to be knocked off of them. This is no joke and the invaders need to see this and realize this before returning home or finding themselves outed on social media.

Anyone carrying a weapon needs to be immediately dealt with in the harshest means.

[bearsfootball516]

3. I voted other.

I don’t think he or the +140 Republicans will publicly concede, but I do think he basically slinks out of the White House on the 19th.

[William769]

5. Trump will be used as cover

For white supremacists to wreak havoc on our society.

[Mike 03]

6. Of course this is just a guess...

Can Trump really retain his role as Kingmaker? A month ago I would have said 'yes' but strangely, over the past week, I'm not quite so confident. I also think the future for the other Trumps is dim at best. I'm not nearly so fretful as I was that there are political futures for Don Jr., Ivanka and Lara.

I can imagine the Trump movement actually separating from Trump and continuing to foment violence, although in random bursts and not anything quite as organized as we'll see between now and the end of January. They actually existed before Trump, although in fractured, fragmented form. I do think they've got a taste now for inflicting terror and trying to experiment with their "power" such as it is. We can continue to deplatform, shame and fight them. Law enforcement has a huge role here because if determined to do so, I believe LE could badly degrade the criminal element of the Trumpsters, which is the most dangerous element (Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Boogaloo Bois, The Base, Atomwaffen, Q, radical Christian Nationalists, etc.).

The Republican Party itself can go in one of several ways:

They can be on their good behavior for a short period of time before recommencing their project of making America ungovernable. Now, thankfully, we won the Senate. This is a huge freakin deal that makes me more optimistic about the next two years.

There could be, as people like Steve Schmidt predict, a war within the Republican party as they try to save it from self-destruction. IMHO this is the preferred outcome. It would force part of the Republican party to repudiate and fight the violence from the fascist right. This is in the best interest of large segments of the Republican Party because by expelling fanatics they clear the way for more reasonable Republicans to run for POTUS in 2024.

But there is still a perception among many Republicans that the Trump base is something precious and worth pandering to. So much depends on whether or not the MAGAts remain as a unit or whether they re-fragment and go their separate ways. I think they will try to stay united, but it will be hard if the tech giants help us remove their gathering spots.

Something could happen that nobody has quite predicted, too.

It's just my nature to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

[42bambi]

7. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best ... solid advice.