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And they were planning to challenge the Electoral College after the 2020 election if Trump won the electoral vote.
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Needless to say, political journalists did not stalk every elected Democrat, demanding their solemn attestation to the sanctity of the 2016 presidential election lest they be expelled from society as apostates of “democracy.” Far from it. Hillary Clinton claimed that Trump was an “illegitimate” president on numerous occasions, later advising Biden not to concede under any circumstances in a close race.
[b[And when Democrats were gaming out a potential 2020 loss — a scenario that did not “look that different from 2016,” with “a big popular win for Mr. Biden, and a narrow electoral defeat” (in other words, a legitimate Trump victory) — leading Democratic Party strategist John Podesta, playing the role of Biden, refused to concede the race. Instead, he alleged “voter suppression” and then persuaded Democratic governors of Trump-won states to send pro-Biden electors to the Electoral College and try to steal the election. In another scenario, a Democratic House unilaterally named Biden president.
Needless to say, political journalists did not stalk every elected Democrat, demanding their solemn attestation to the sanctity of the 2016 presidential election lest they be expelled from society as apostates of “democracy.” Far from it. Hillary Clinton claimed that Trump was an “illegitimate” president on numerous occasions, later advising Biden not to concede under any circumstances in a close race.
[b[And when Democrats were gaming out a potential 2020 loss — a scenario that did not “look that different from 2016,” with “a big popular win for Mr. Biden, and a narrow electoral defeat” (in other words, a legitimate Trump victory) — leading Democratic Party strategist John Podesta, playing the role of Biden, refused to concede the race. Instead, he alleged “voter suppression” and then persuaded Democratic governors of Trump-won states to send pro-Biden electors to the Electoral College and try to steal the election. In another scenario, a Democratic House unilaterally named Biden president.
Biden Is Not Alone. Democrats Have Been Delegitimizing Elections for Years | National Review
For the people lamenting the ‘Big Lie,’ this rhetoric actually is nothing new.
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