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> does not attempt to dispute the outcomes of elections You may not be old enough to remember, but Al Gore (democrat) did _exactly_ this 20 years ago.

SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
Al Gore gave a decent concession speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5YdkYSyEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5YdkYSyEE I didn't recall the date though, I checked and it was on December 13th, 2000. Come back on 14 December 2020 and tell me if that aspect is "exactly this". because the narrow vote count margin aspect that time really isn't, and the claims of fraud and rigging this time really isn't. And neither bode well for a hypothetical Trump concession speech.
youareostriches 6y ago
Al Gore never claimed that he was the only legitimate winner months before the election began and that any result in which he lost would be fraudulent.
glitcher 6y ago
It's quite the revisionist stretch to claim "exactly". There were many very different circumstances.
- glitcher 6y ago
  Relevant article posted on NPR just today: FACT CHECK: What's Happening In This Election Is Not Like Florida In 2000 https://www.npr.org/2020/11/13/934190243/fact-check-whats-happening-in-this-election-is-not-like-florida-in-2000 https://www.npr.org/2020/11/13/934190243/fact-check-whats-ha...
lisper 6y ago
You left out an important piece of context: "does not attempt to dispute the outcomes of elections when the results are clear" In 2000 the results were not clear. This year they are. Furthermore, once the Supreme Court shut down the Florida recount, effectively handing the White House to George Bush (on very questionable legal grounds [1]), Al Gore conceded. [1] https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/please-dona8217t-cite-this-case-the-precedential-value-of-bush-v-gore https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/please-dona8217t-cite-t...
anoonmoose 6y ago
Came down to 500 votes in a single state. This ain't that.
c22 6y ago
Al Gore disputed the outcome of a single state where he lost by a few hundred votes. He did not dispute the outcome of the entire electoral process or make baseless claims that it was rigged for months leading up to and after the election.

SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago

Al Gore gave a decent concession speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5YdkYSyEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5YdkYSyEE I didn't recall the date though, I checked and it was on December 13th, 2000. Come back on 14 December 2020 and tell me if that aspect is "exactly this". because the narrow vote count margin aspect that time really isn't, and the claims of fraud and rigging this time really isn't. And neither bode well for a hypothetical Trump concession speech.

youareostriches 6y ago

Al Gore never claimed that he was the only legitimate winner months before the election began and that any result in which he lost would be fraudulent.

glitcher 6y ago

It's quite the revisionist stretch to claim "exactly". There were many very different circumstances.

glitcher 6y ago
Relevant article posted on NPR just today: FACT CHECK: What's Happening In This Election Is Not Like Florida In 2000 https://www.npr.org/2020/11/13/934190243/fact-check-whats-happening-in-this-election-is-not-like-florida-in-2000 https://www.npr.org/2020/11/13/934190243/fact-check-whats-ha...

lisper 6y ago

You left out an important piece of context: "does not attempt to dispute the outcomes of elections when the results are clear" In 2000 the results were not clear. This year they are. Furthermore, once the Supreme Court shut down the Florida recount, effectively handing the White House to George Bush (on very questionable legal grounds [1]), Al Gore conceded. [1] https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/please-dona8217t-cite-this-case-the-precedential-value-of-bush-v-gore https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/please-dona8217t-cite-t...

anoonmoose 6y ago

Came down to 500 votes in a single state. This ain't that.

c22 6y ago

Al Gore disputed the outcome of a single state where he lost by a few hundred votes. He did not dispute the outcome of the entire electoral process or make baseless claims that it was rigged for months leading up to and after the election.