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What happens if Trump won’t concede?
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Imagine what would have seemed unimaginable in the world before President Trump: After a narrow Joe Biden victory in November, the president refuses to concede until the bitter end, and even in the weeks after, eventually being escorted out of the White House by the Secret Service in January — under the orders of the new commander in chief — while he still cries fraud to anyone who will listen.
Trump’s refusal to clearly commit to this basic norm of electoral civility could enable many unappealing possibilities, experts say, from further inflaming partisan divisions at a volatile time to contributing to an unstable and acrid environment in the weeks after the election while the votes are still being counted and certified.
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- Trump, Biden go on offense in states they’re trying to flip
- Biden campaign advises caution, even as national polls favor Democrat
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