Sat Aug 11, 2018, 09:33 AM
Miles Archer (11,678 posts)
Trump, October 2016, On Accepting Election Results: I Will Look At It, "I'll Keep You In Suspense"
Posted with a video clip from a 2016 debate with Chris Wallace asking Trump if he will concede if he should lose.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017505618Response to Miles Archer (Original post)Sat Aug 11, 2018, 10:25 AM
olegramps (6,029 posts)
1. One of the hallmarks of our government is gracious concede the election.
He should have been loudly condemned for this action. It is what takes place in Banana Republics and dictatorships. It was glossed over when he should have been denounced as unfit for the office. He used the same tactics to blackmail the Republicans to support him when he threatened that if they didn't support him that he would run as an independent. The Republicans, who don't have an ounce of true patriotism couldn't retract their opposition to him fast enough. This has been his MO throughout his filthy career when he stiffed anyone who did business with him. It was so flagrant that the American banks refused to do business with the crook. The Russians were glad to use him to launder the money that the plundered from the Russian citizens. The greatest gift that he can give to America is his resignation and imprisonment.
What is Cankles excuse for waiting until lunchtime the next day to concede? It wasn't even close, Trump schlonged her in a landslide. It was obvious well before midnight on election day that Trump had won, why didn't Hillary concede graciously that night?
I could understand waiting until the next day if the election had been close, like the 2000 election where Bush beat Gore. In that election, everything came down to the one state of Florida and the vote was very close there. I don't think anyone would hold it against Gore if he had waited until the next morning to concede considering how close it was. If Gore hadn't've stretched it out for weeks and tried to steal the election he might be remembered fondly, but no one would blame him for waiting until the next day in that situation.
Hillary waits until the next day to concede, her enraged supporters go on a week long orgy of violence and destruction, Hillary colludes with Jill Stein in a phony recount scheme, Hillary and her toadies try to subvert the electoral college and on and on right up to this very day. So for the primitives to come after Trump for not being gracious is laughable, it's a joke.