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I'd say this is an interesting new phenomenon, unless you can point to a prior U.S. president suggesting that an election should be postponed because he's losin
by tenuousemphasis 6y ago
I'd say this is an interesting new phenomenon, unless you can point to a prior U.S. president suggesting that an election should be postponed because he's losing.
- koheripbal 6y ago> suggesting that an election should be postponed because he's losing That's not what he suggested. He suggested changing the voting date because of a pandemic. We can guess that he's lying, and I'm not saying he's honest (obviously), but at the core, this is still just another fearmongering political post since he has no authority to change anything anyway.
- happytoexplain 6y agoI agree the parent made an unnecessary, though obvious, accusation, but the article doesn't feel like fearmongering to me. It seems like a legitimate concern that is newsworthy, regardless of whether he can legally do what he is suggesting. As for whether it belongs on HN: I'm undecided on that. I lean toward "no", but I understand the arguments for it.