Attention Must Be Paid: The Electoral Lessons of the Working Class

Re:Attention Must Be Paid: The Electoral Lessons of the Work... by dudul on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @01:19PM (#25061072)

Al Gore didn't concede until Dec 13th when he lost against Bush. He used all legal options he had to dispute the election. How is what Trump is doing any different?

Also, I don't see how the president's behavior has anything to do with a nation uniformly shifting towards authoritarianism. The president is but one person in the government, and some would argue not even the most powerful. Re-orienting an entire country's alignment requires much more than a handful of idiotic tweets.

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Re:Attention Must Be Paid: The Electoral Lessons of the Work... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:50PM (#25062169)

Bush/Gore came down to a paltry number of votes in one state and a dubious court ruling. Perusing some amount of legal action there is not unreasonable.

Trump was claiming election fraud before a single ballot had been counted, repeatedly insisted that the only way he would lose the election is via fraud, and has had multiple cases dismissed due to the simple matter of not presenting any evidence.

That's how Trump is different, since you asked.

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