Barack Obama’s former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power is very troubled by the state of America’s election discourse.
And why shouldn’t she be? After all, Donald Trump and a significant number of his supporters are asserting that he won the presidential election despite having little concrete evidence to support that claim.
So Power took to Twitter today to warn us:
Our democracy is in deep, deep peril if a significant number of Americans are only prepared to see election results as legitimate if their preferred candidate wins.
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) November 11, 2020
We’re gonna let you finish, Samantha … wait, no we’re not. Because you have neither a moral or intellectual leg to stand on.
A clear majority of Democrats believed the 2016 election was stolen by the Russians. https://t.co/OHpPpJhDZ4
— Marcus (@MarcusHUSA) November 12, 2020
A 2018 Economist/YouGov poll found that 67% of Democrats believe it is "definitely true" or "probably true" that "Russia tampered with vote tallies in order to get Donald Trump elected." https://t.co/Nfg17jmymS pic.twitter.com/EWjtSqPJBh
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) November 12, 2020
::laughs in Russian collusion::
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) November 12, 2020
https://t.co/HrOicwDkEL pic.twitter.com/FM14F5eGfV
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 12, 2020
Gee Sam, where was this sentiment even a few weeks ago? pic.twitter.com/0pgl9O0CkJ
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) November 12, 2020
Tweets from 2016 https://t.co/xYyyCVXenD
— Branson Taylor (@Btaylor74) November 12, 2020
And 2018:
Now do Stacey Abrams.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 12, 2020
— BT (@back_ttys) November 12, 2020
Ahem:
If #Georgia were a country, and I were UN Ambassador asked abt yesterday’s election, in diplo-speak I would express “serious concern” & call for “impartial, credible voting process overseen by independent body.” We routinely call out nations for equiv of Kemp’s blatant meddling
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) November 7, 2018
Hell, in 2018, she was still tweeting about how Hillary Clinton was robbed:
Go on. (Curtesy to @awstar11 ) pic.twitter.com/ph808BsiAO
— florida man, ACB stan ? (@2rick2morty) November 12, 2020
And we have no doubt whatsoever that in 2020, Power still believes that Hillary was robbed.
So we have to ask: Why do you want to put our democracy in deep, deep peril, Samantha?
