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Gore contested his loss. Was that actual subversion of the process? If the election is close, I think the loser has a duty to contest the loss. Trump contestin
by tropo 10y ago
Gore contested his loss. Was that actual subversion of the process?
If the election is close, I think the loser has a duty to contest the loss. Trump contesting the election would be every bit as right as Gore contesting the election.
What is so bad about this? The reaction people are having is strange. It's as if people are purposely misinterpreting Trump's words as implying that he will march on Washington D.C. with a militia. The realistic assumption is a Gore-style lawsuit, and there is nothing wrong with that.
- pfraze 10y agoI agree with you, to a point. Gore's case was uniquely bad, and I'm not convinced it wasn't fraud, personally. But he made the challenge after there was evidence of fraud; he didn't lead up to the election hinting that any potential loss is due to a rigged vote.
- fny 10y agoThere's no comparing Trump to Gore. Gore did not so brazenly claim the election was rigged prior to voting, and he did concede after the recount. Also he never claimed universal fraud, just issues with the Florida result alone. In the end, he lost by only 537 votes in Florida. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_election_recount https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_election_recount
- swissoak 10y agoGore himself has said, after lots of investigation, he is confident Bush won the electoral vote of Florida.