Posted on 11/09/2020 5:43:08 AM PST by White Lives Matter
Had Twitter or Facebook been around in 2000, #HangingChads would have been trending for a month. Many of us remember the legal battles that ensued over Floridas then-25 electoral votes.
The History Channel reminds us:
After a wild election night on November 7, 2000, during which TV networks first called the key state of Florida for Gore, then for Bush, followed by a concession by Gore that was soon rescinded, the results for who would be the nations 43rd president were simply too close to call.
In the 36 days that followed, Americans learned Gore had won the popular vote by 543,895 votes. But its winning the Electoral College that counts. As accusations of fraud and voter suppression, calls for recounts and the filing of lawsuits ensued, the terms hanging chads, dimpled chads and pregnant chads became part of the lexicon.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
I didn’t know Kavanaugh and Barrett were part of GWB’s legal team. I still don’t trust Roberts.
Calls to mind the Meatloaf song, two out of three ain’t bad.
Hopefully, Trump’s three out of three will hold.
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