Inauguration being moved inside

[Daniel]

I just saw four years of slip ups, stooging, and senility. Lol.

[AndyD]

Certainly senility and frailty, in a sad way.
Trump however, loves acting the macho man, which like his hair, we can see through

[Daniel]

It's happening now. It's outside. Many people there from the looks of it. I wouldn't be surprised if the crowd was large. He did have a landslide win.

[wtg]

He did have a landslide win.

Just a few numbers...

DJT didn't quite get to 50% of the popular vote. Won by about 1.5%.

Biden, OTOH, got 51.5% of the vote and won by 4.5%.

It's happening now. It's outside.

He's supposed to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington today. Is that what you're referring to? edit: Or it could be the rally at the arena.

What time does Trump officially become president on Inauguration Day?

The 20th Amendment gets even more specific than outlining the date on which power transfers from one president to another. In fact, it even dictates the transition down to the minute.

According to the amendment, which is available to read in full on the National Archives website, the president-elect officially becomes the sitting president at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20. This is true regardless of if the president has taken the presidential oath of office or not.

Generally speaking, the day is meticulously planned to ensure the oath has been taken by or as close as possible to 12 p.m. ET.

The inauguration is tomorrow. He can change the location, but not the date.

[wtg]

@Rontuner said in Inauguration being moved inside:

I think I will focus on all things MLK on Monday...

That's a great idea.

[Daniel]

It was a landslide. Look at the Electoral College vote totals. It's a fact.

It's tomorrow. I stand corrected. Today was a speech in front of the capitol building.

[wtg]

I just provided the numbers regarding the popular vote.

[Daniel]

No, wtg. It was a landslide. That's what it means. It refers to Electoral College vote counts.

[wtg]

Once again, I respectfully exit from this particular discussion.

[Daniel]

No, it's not my definition. It's political science.

I don't see the need for being melodramatic.

[wtg]

No melodrama. Just being polite. And clearly I've changed my mind about the discussion,

Trump got 58% of the electoral college.

I looked up "landslide victory" and there were any number of articles, fact checkers, articles from poli sci departments at universities. By none of their definitions that I saw was Trump's electoral victory a landslide.

Here's one:

Again, there is no legal or constitutional definition of a landslide in a presidential election. But political journalists have offered their own suggested guidelines for determining a landslide victory over the years. Historically, news outlets have used the phrase "Electoral College landslide" when the winning candidate secures at least 375, or 70%, of the electoral votes.5 6

https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-a-landslide-election-3367585

More in-depth discussion on the Trump margin of victory from a bunch of perspectives:

https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/nov/22/how-big-was-donald-trumps-victory-8-charts-provide/

[Daniel]

Fair enough.

[wtg]

[Rontuner]

And that folks, is a microcosm of what's going on in our world. Misinformation repeated through YouTube and so many of other sites gets people to believe and repeat things that are easy enough to research and correct, but by the time the fact checking happens, the damage is already done.

Just ran into this the other day when out for a happy hour and someone was repeating about the Oregon firetrucks getting turned back from helping fight the California fires. Looked it up later and sure enough, false.