He had just been defeated by George W. Bush for the presidency in a disputed election.
He presided over the counting of the votes from the electoral college in the Senate.
Several objections were raised by members of the House of Representatives, but without a supporting Senator, those objections were not heeded.
I'm curious as to why VP Gore did allow the electoral vote to be contested when he had the perfect opportunity.
He could have encouraged at least one Democrat senator to support the objections, but no one came forward.
I don't think Al Gore was working against his own interest and in "the best interest of the country" when he refused to allow the 2000 electoral vote to be contested on Jan. 6, 2001, but rather that someone told him what to do and he complied.
My point here is that if someone or something "behind the scenes" was telling Al Gore what to do, could they do the same to Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2020?
See video here.
“I’m curious as to why VP Gore did allow the electoral vote to be contested when he had the perfect opportunity.”
I think I can answer that for you.
“I don’t think Al Gore was working against his own interest and in “the best interest of the country” when he refused to allow the 2000 electoral vote to be contested on Jan. 6, 2001, but rather that someone told him what to do and he complied.”
I can confirm that Al Gore’s decision was made in “self interest” as that was aligned directly in parallel with “the best interest of the country”... as “they” determined it.
Gore’s efforts, if they had continued, would have resulted in an unavoidable exposure of the PROOF of frauds being practiced to allow Gore to claim he won Florida.
They were unwilling to take the risk of having the frauds, already exposed, proceed to being absolutely proven and made actionable.
“My point here is that if someone or something “behind the scenes” was telling Al Gore what to do, could they do the same to Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2020?”
There is a difference apparent, in 2020, because, while the election outcome is again made dependent on frauds being practiced... and the frauds have again been exposed:
Donald Trump is not George Bush (a still tolerable Deep State controlled entity)... and “the Biden-like thing” (which is clearly not actually a real person) is not Al Gore...
Trump has not subscribed to the Deep State mantra, nor sworn fealty to it, nor submitted to the COERCION demanding fealty to the lie... that “they” require politicians (like Gore) to submit to.
The lie is very simple. Election fraud is real... and the two parties in the Uniparty have agreed, between them, to avoid EVER addressing it seriously. When it is raised (always by those outside the Uniparty) and proven... a few stupid people will be convicted for participation, over minor infractions, but the effort is never ALLOWED to proceed to looking for, much less addressing SYSTEMIC fraud. See 2020 Bill Barr as exhibit 1. Systemic fraud is a “myth” only because “they” REQUIRE it to be one... which is how they maintain control over the system.
Every candidate is told, before running, that we must avoid talking about election fraud, because then people might not trust the result of elections. As the integrity of the elections is necessary for legitimacy, and control of the system depends on sustaining legitimacy, legitimacy depends on refusing to acknowledge fraud when you see proofs of it.
Of course, candidates are not selected because they’re the best and brightest, and certainly not because they’ve been proven as persons of integrity ? But, the filter imposing control in selection of the most corruptible doesn’t function only in elections, but from selections made from among the elected, as recruitment into the Uniparty depends on willingness to be corrupted... and go along with that... and everything else that grows from it.