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Deconstructed

What Do We Do if Trump Won’t Go?

Deconstructed

The Intercept

News

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Fears are growing, stoked by the president’s own comments, that he will refuse to peacefully leave office should he lose the election in November. How concerned should we be, and what can we do to make sure we’re prepared? Joshua Geltzer, Georgetown law professor and a former member of President Obama’s National Security Council, joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss.

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Will you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transfer of power after the election?

0:37.0

Well, we're going to have to see what happens. There won't be a transfer.

0:40.0

Frankly, there'll be a continuation.

0:47.0

Welcome to Deconstructing. I'm Mehdi Hussain.

0:50.0

The poll suggests Joe Biden is on course for victory in November.

0:54.0

But if he does win, is Donald Trump really going to leave without a fight?

0:59.0

I think we need to have these conversations ahead of time, which can help inoculate against all that stuff Donald Trump will say,

1:05.0

potentially starting November 3rd, November 4th, and for weeks to come.

1:09.0

That's my guest today, Joshua Geltzer, Georgetown Law Professor,

1:13.0

and former member of President Obama's National Security Council.

1:16.0

So, how worried should we be that Trump won't accept the result?

1:20.0

That he won't leave without violence or chaos?

1:23.0

Is democracy itself really on the ballot this November?

1:30.0

Picture the scene. It's the morning of November 4th, 2020, the morning after the election,

1:35.0

and it's become clear that Donald J. Trump has lost both in the electoral college and in the popular vote

1:41.0

to the Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

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