08-06-2017, 07:45 PM
(08-06-2017, 07:38 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/08/940713-al-gore-says-won-florida-2000-election-didnt/
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/06/al-gore-speaks-out-on-2000-election-actualiy-i-think-i-carrie/23067230/
That's just the topic recently being brought back up. There was a lot of people who thought Bush didn't actually win back in 2000. Lots of recounts, and protests, and such. They didn't use the phrase "not my president" to my knowledge, but there was a whole lot of talk about how Bush didn't really win.
When Obama won, there were stupid people saying not my president, but nobody was denying that the election was legitimate. People have denied the last two Republican Presidents being legitimately elected, though.
You mean apart from the birther movement, of which Trump was a part? I also haven't seen any people that could be taken seriously stating the 2016 election was illegitimate. Even with the issue of Russia, I haven't seen anyone say that this made the election illegitimate. I'm sure there are folks on the fringe saying it, because there always are people saying all sorts of weird shit, but that is the fringe. The birther movement was the fringe, and then they were put front and center.
As for Gore, again, that is a different issue entirely. The situation with that election was one that required the recounts and everything, and I can't blame Gore (and wouldn't blame Bush if the tables were turned) for saying that since the recounts were stopped by the courts and it is still truly unknown.
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