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You could call it an escalation, but it wasn't a linear escalation. It took an exponential jump with Trump and I suspect it would not continue that trajectory i
by jjeaff 3y ago
You could call it an escalation, but it wasn't a linear escalation. It took an exponential jump with Trump and I suspect it would not continue that trajectory if Biden had lost. There will always be a crowd of people saying something was stolen, but we have never had the losing candidate just make up complete and total lies about how the election was stolen and continue to spout those lies for years after his failed insurrection. Hopefully the legal system can withstand the pressure and put that criminal threat to democracy in prison where he belongs.
- _justinfunk 3y agoFor what it's worth, Trump's political opponents still deny that the election of 2016 was legitimate.
- jjeaff 3y agoIt's not worth much. Because they don't actually claim that. They may claim interference or cheating, but they don't claim it was totally rigged. And they don't refuse to concede the election. Sorry, it's just not even close to the same thing and people should stop even making the comparison. It's like bringing up how some Irish people were treated badly everytime the enslavement of Black people is brought up.