As Twitchy reported earlier, Rep. Jamie Raskin, who sits on the January 6 select committee, was on “Face the Nation” Sunday, where he explained that fascist political parties refuse to accept the results of elections. RNC Research managed to dig up video from 2003 showing that Raskin still believed that the 2000 election had been stolen from Al Gore.
We thought some of Raskin’s defenders would come to his rescue, and indeed they did, saying the election was “literally stolen.” How many Democrats still believe that, do you think?
That race was literally stolen. SCOTUS prevented Florida from doing a full recount of its vote. That would’ve settled the election, but they decided to intervene. That election will forever have an asterisk next to it. https://t.co/ELWFm7aLym
— Matthew (@ohgoditsmatthew) September 5, 2022
What is wrong with you traitors who are always questioning legitimate elections?
— Sir Aaron (@SirAaron_) September 5, 2022
Sounds kinda insurrectiony.
— Confused Mathematician (@ConfusedMathem1) September 5, 2022
Why is asking for an audit of the 2020 ballots “a threat to democracy”?
— J. Swoleden Kimball (@Hotchkiz) September 5, 2022
I lived in Florida in 2000. Every county did a recount, as required by state law. Gore wanted to re-recount in heavily Democrat counties trying to manufacture enough votes to get him over the top, and the Dem majority SCOFLA was changing the election rules after the fact to help.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) September 5, 2022
That was what SCOTUS (correctly) shot down. Gore was trying to change the rules after the fact but only in very specific places he hoped would manufacture enough post-facto "votes" to get him over the top.
He lost. Get over it.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) September 5, 2022
Gore didn't want a full recount.
— max (@MaxNordau) September 5, 2022
There was a full recount. In every county. Gore wanted to go back and keep re-re-recounting in Dem counties after the mandatory recount was over and he lost. Again.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) September 5, 2022
Recounts performed by the media found that Bush won.
— William Green (@WillioHydro) September 5, 2022
To the extent it was "stolen", read the SCOTUS decision. In its essence, it shows that Gore employed a cynical, highly partisan legal strategy and burned up way too much time, while the clock was ticking on the electoral certification calendar.
— Robert Archer, Kt.L (@arrowoog) September 5, 2022
There has never been any subsequent media recount that showed Gore winning. You've had this myth shoved up or down one or other hole for 20 years
— Dan, Purveyor of Balderdash and Chicanery (@Libertybibbledy) September 5, 2022
Reality check: less than 3 months into Bush's term, there was a full (unofficial) Florida recount using the "generous standards" Gore had wanted for the official count. It proved Bush legitimately won the state, regardless of what SCOTUS would've done.https://t.co/muipC3vfTK https://t.co/Lm6iFds3MZ
— Calvin Freiburger (@CalFreiburger) September 5, 2022
There have been dozens of recounts of the 2000 election, before and after certification. Gore came out ahead in none of them.
He only managed to gain votes as more and more election laws were ignored and tossed aside. https://t.co/kZD2kWTivd— Brad Slager: Semi-Fascist Practicing to Turn Pro (@MartiniShark) September 5, 2022
This is false. Gore specifically didn't want a full recount. Multiple recounts had already been done as well. https://t.co/apqPJtUTBW
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) September 5, 2022
The Venn diagram of people who think the 2000 election was stolen and people who know the details of how the 2000 election was resolved is a picture of two circles a thousand miles apart from each other. https://t.co/rXMzHz6uJz
— InTheRightColumn (@TheRightColumn) September 5, 2022
You’re a threat to democracy for rejecting the 2000 election.
Joe Biden said so. https://t.co/NjMeJPC0Pq
— Bob Weave (@lowkeyrbe) September 5, 2022
But remember, if YOU question elections, you're an insurrectionist.
Such a double standard. https://t.co/RPbaz8dJoP
— RonJohnsonStan (@RonJohnsonStan) September 5, 2022
Those are the new rules: You accept the results of the election, period. Hillary Clinton, who cried in a tweet that Donald Trump had suggested he might not accept the results of the election, has repeatedly said the election was stolen. Stacey Abrams lost, Clinton lost, Gore lost. Democrats lose. They’re going to lose in November — get used to it.
Related:
WATCH: Here’s Democratic January 6 committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin unapologetically sowing the seeds of insurrection https://t.co/qbCSIqmYeH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 5, 2022
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