BartenderElite
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Any losing candidate in history could have created "election denial" movement
Presidential campaigns are intense and supporters on both sides get extremely passionate about them, and about the outcome. It's why it has become such an important tradition for losing candidates to concede, and urge their supporters to unite behind the new President.
Any previous loser could have cried "foul" and refused to concede, and told their supporters that the election was stolen. Any loser can put their ego above the country.
And no - Gore didn't do that. The Florida rules allotted for recounts if the election was within a certain margin, and he just pursued that. When SCOTUS ruled, he didn't fight it. He went on TV, conceded and urged his supporters to get behind the Bush admin.
Trump wasn't man enough to do that. He is, in many ways, the ultimate loser. He put his ego above country, and has actively undermined election integrity - one of the foundations of our democracy - for 2 years now. And we can see how millions of lemmings just fall into line once the leader pursues that course.
Presidential campaigns are intense and supporters on both sides get extremely passionate about them, and about the outcome. It's why it has become such an important tradition for losing candidates to concede, and urge their supporters to unite behind the new President.
Any previous loser could have cried "foul" and refused to concede, and told their supporters that the election was stolen. Any loser can put their ego above the country.
And no - Gore didn't do that. The Florida rules allotted for recounts if the election was within a certain margin, and he just pursued that. When SCOTUS ruled, he didn't fight it. He went on TV, conceded and urged his supporters to get behind the Bush admin.
Trump wasn't man enough to do that. He is, in many ways, the ultimate loser. He put his ego above country, and has actively undermined election integrity - one of the foundations of our democracy - for 2 years now. And we can see how millions of lemmings just fall into line once the leader pursues that course.