Assuming America exists in 20 years blah blah blah

  • barrbaric [he/him]
    hexbear
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    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.

        • 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

      • 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.