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Old 08-29-2020, 05:33 PM   #8013 (permalink)
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To be fair, my argument, in context, was that, 'of course' he and his administration say "We'll see" if they accept the results of the election because there could be a reason to suspect fraud and if there is, they will litigate. Generally, the norm is for presidents to say something along the lines of: "Of course I will accept the results of the election - there is no institution more important than our democracy". It doesn't much matter, because those folks would also litigate if they found evidence of fraud or wanted recounts, like Bush v. Gore. In some sense, you could say the Trump administration is being more honest than other political candidates were in the past about their willingness to simply accept the results of the election.
it matters because Bush vs Gore was close enough to warrant litigation. Trump is saying ahead of time that if he loses its probably due to some sort of fraud. That's completely different from contesting the election because the results were particularly close and there were questionable elements on the ground. He's just flat out setting up the narrative that it's fraudulent in advance.
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