Assuming America exists in 20 years blah blah blah

  • HeavenAndEarth [she/her]
    hexbear
    38
    5 months ago

    No. He was extremely crass and showed open disdain for the democratic institutions of the country. Dems aren't going to rehabilitate someone who breaks kayfabe about American democracy.

    • barrbaric [he/him]
      hexbear
      34
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      I mean Bush actually carried out a coup in Florida in 2000 so idk. Was it just more respectable because the people who stopped the vote counting were in suits?

      • CTHlurker [he/him]
        hexbear
        34
        5 months ago

        Yeah, but the Bush coup was done through the "proper" channels, rather than through a bunch of yahoos who took a shit in a trashcan and tazed their balls.

        • Adkml [he/him]
          hexbear
          9
          5 months ago

          Roger stone got a bunch of polo wearing douchebags to go into where the votes were being counted and cause a recession until they stopped counting and gave up.

          • Vncredleader [he/him]
            hexbear
            3
            5 months ago

            True, but his argument was more directly that he won and this was constitutional. Trump's followers also thought they were doing something legal, and stopping a fake election, but they fumbled hard. Brooks Brothers was to cement the votes putting Bush ahead, thus he didn't challenge the entire election. The norms could be followed so far as libs are concerned