A message to Mission Control from Apollo 13 were these famous words “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
President Trump refused to promise Thursday that he’ll accept the results of November’s election despite bipartisan outrage over his declining a day earlier to commit to a peaceful transition of power if Joe Biden wins.
Congressional leaders from both parties, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), swiftly pushed back Thursday after President Trump declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Gerald Ford was defeated by Jimmy Carter and was denied a second term.
Jimmy Carter was defeated by Ronald Reagan Clinton and was denied a second term.
George H. W. Bush was defeated by Bill Clinton and was denied a second term.
In all of those instances there was a peaceful transition of power.
No one questioned the legitimacy of the election process.
Donald Trump has half joked, half spoke seriously and said he would like to serve two or three more terms in office. The constitution’s twentieth amendment clearly states “The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.”
The twenty second amendment says “The No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once.”
Today this craft called the United States has a problem. Since Donald Trump thinks he can ignore the constitution we really do have a problem. What will happen if Trump refuses to relinquish his position to Joe Biden? Apparently there is no precise steps that would be taken by the government.
Although I have said we were on a fascist bent in our country, I so hoped I was wrong.