Posted on 11/21/2020 6:55:34 AM PST by Stravinsky
When President Trump refused to concede the election to Joe Biden in the immediate aftermath of Nov. 3, we argued that he had the right to mount legal challenges if he believed there had been irregularities, mistakes, fraud, or all three. Democratic objections and outrage were as hypocritical as they were inevitable, coming as they did from a corps that refused to accept the 2016 election result not for days, weeks, or even months, but for four years.
But although fair-minded people know there are legitimate procedures for litigation, and that these should be allowed to play out, there is also wisdom in the phrase “put up or shut up.” If you are going to mount legal challenges and allege on national television that there has been massive and systematic election fraud, you had better provide evidence in addition to assertion. Trump’s legal team has not done that.
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The president’s efforts to reverse the election result and stay in office for a second term are not going to succeed. Without a chance of succeeding, they have become distractions from the really important task of keeping the Senate in Republican hands. In Georgia, Trump is setting Republican against Republican.
Beyond these political concerns, an extended refusal to concede will do damage to the country. The longer he digs in, the more Trump will undermine faith in our elections and make it harder to unify as a country. In more practical terms, Trump is not cooperating with Biden's transition team, a crucial part of making sure that the executive branch runs smoothly as it is handed off from one administration to the next.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
And the next person who uses the "unify as a country" talking point should be thrown off a cliff. There is no coming together with people who want you dead.
Oh no, the fun’s just starting.
Perhaps, Washington Examiner, you need to be “examined” for collusion with the democrats as well as those who wish to dismantle our Republic.
They’ve been slipping for some time.
Think payback from Russia.
So Trump doesn’t deserve his day in court, right?
“There is no coming together with people who want you dead. “
bump.
Why don’t they ask Biden to concede for the good of the country?
Trump clearly isn’t going anywhere.
The worshippers of the Golden Calf are separating themselves, nicely.
Even more importantly, we who worked for him, contributed to him and voted for him don't deserve our day in court.
I don’t get this.
Trump will undermine faith in our elections if he doesn’t concede this election now?
Does this writer have anything to say about how Democrats undermine faith in our elections, by the clear evidence of fraud in this election?
Yeah, to Heck with the process. If the lame stream says it’s all over.......... Note to capitulaitors......PHU COUGH! Odd that a lot of people think waiting is wrong. ‘Specially if they’re so confidant. Right?
Of course if the shoe was on the other foot you would hear non-stop media howling about how the elections were so so close in these states and Biden is entitled to a full investigation of the vote count and possible fraud by the Trump campaign.
The candidate that is 'illegit...must quit
Why are so many so-called conservatives so eager to see Trump concede? Al Gore took over a month to concede in 2000. Let the legal process play out.
Who wrote this article? I cant find the name
Regardless of whether Trump wins, the massive fraud must be exposed or it will become the way of all future elections.
It says “Stravinsky”. Sounds like a pal of Beethoven’s
“And the next person who uses the “unify as a country” talking point should be thrown off a cliff. There is no coming together with people who want you dead.”
Agree. I am notoriously pessimistic, but I think President Trump should fight to the very last.
I think too many Americans want the peace and calm that comes from a corrupt government getting their way.
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