Donald Trump discussion Thread IX (threadbanned users listed in OP)

In 2000 , the result in Florida was super close with only a few hundred votes between the candidates and the complaints were that the GOP used the courts to shut down further recounts once the result flipped their way by a few hundred votes.

However once the courts ruled, Gore conceded and participated in the peaceful transition of power - As the outgoing VP he certified the Electoral college votes in Congress.

In 2004, the complaints were around pre-election activities like purging Electoral rolls without telling anyone in Florida and when the GOP governor (Jeb Bush) was forced to release the details , the purging list was disproportionately made up of Democrat and black voters. As a result the purge was not carried out. There were also issues around voter registrations and attempted voter suppression (like sending people letters telling them that they were not correctly registered to vote).

Again , Kerry officially conceded the day after the election and everybody participated in the peaceful transition of power.

In 2016 - Lots of subsequent proof to indicate that Russian Internet trolls were actively working to boost Donald Trump through targeted social media activities , which is why Manafort sharing all their polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik was such a big deal.

Again Hilary Clinton officially conceded shortly after the Election and everyone participated in the peaceful transition of Power.

Then we have 2020 - Trump started claiming the Election was rigged months before a vote was cast. He declared himself the winner long before the votes were remotely counted and then proceeded to spend the next 2+ months claiming every kind of lunatic idea for why he lost which I won't waste time covering here. He lost 60+ different court cases , tried to get Georgia to "find" him votes and there were multiple plans to send alternative electors to the Electoral college. And then there was January 6th.

He continues to claim the Election was stolen and that he is the legitimate President and to this day still has not formally conceded the Election. He and the GOP are actively seeking to ensure that they have the power to overturn any Presidential Election result they do not like by working to place loyalists in key State positions and by changing State statutes to allow them to simply ignore the outcomes on Elections.

But sure.. All these are exactly the same and all represent an existential threat to American Democracy.