Pollster Nate Silver, responding to claims that President Trump’s claims about election shenanigans in Florida are “baseless,” tweeted this:
The recent rhetoric from Trump, and often other Republicans, trying to delegitimize election results is awfully dangerous. Maybe the most openly authoritarian move he's made so far. https://t.co/gKb8B01YVx
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 12, 2018
Is “trying to delegitimize and election” something new? Because it sounded so familiar to a lot of people:
Oh come on. How about the way the Democrats still continue to delegitimize the 2016 results?
— Gary Holmes (@GaryHolmes) November 12, 2018
You mean like the "Russia" refrain from @TheDemocrats? https://t.co/WCOSnlEQMx
— Tony Krvaric (@TonyKrvaric) November 12, 2018
Good questions! And with that, Silver got a fresh assignment:
Now do Hillary and the entire Democratic-Media Complex on 2016. https://t.co/MEXhqDm5Q3
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) November 12, 2018
We’ll wait.
A tweet in which Nate Silver pretends Republicans are the only people who do this. Like 2016 never happened. https://t.co/5DEBxZe2qU
— Shocked Former Suburban GOP Congressman (@SnarkasticCat) November 12, 2018
As we enter year 3 of democrats trying to delegitimize 2016. https://t.co/mXr89OyhDv
— Erik (@winefishdawg) November 12, 2018
This Russian conspiracy theorist has a take about deligitimate election results. Hahhaaaa. Too rich. #BrowardElections https://t.co/u6g4cq70sk
— ??????? ??????? (@brad_gohornsbkw) November 12, 2018
Very much so.
Forget Year Zero. It's Day Zero when it comes to Trump. Everything he says and does has never, ever been said or done before. I'm astounded that presumably intelligent adults are saying this with a straight face. https://t.co/5lQwtWyVfJ
— Mo Mo (@molratty) November 12, 2018
If anyone is "trying to delegitimize election results," it's Brenda Snipes and Broward County election officials, so of course it's Republicans' fault for pointing out her gross incompetence and malfeasance. I did not find one word from @NateSilver538 about her.
— Mo Mo (@molratty) November 12, 2018
What sort of galaxy brain thinking does it take to look at the problems in Broward County and think talking about them is worse for the legitimacy of an election than the problems themselves? https://t.co/X3QpkUHA3P
— Mo Mo (@molratty) November 12, 2018
It’s simply amazing.