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Yes they did? Even Hillary Clinton did. "She told party donors that President Putin had a "personal beef" against her for describing Russia's parliamentary ele
by drawfloat 6y ago
Yes they did? Even Hillary Clinton did.
"She told party donors that President Putin had a "personal beef" against her for describing Russia's parliamentary elections five years ago as rigged."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38347684 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38347684
While none of the heads of the party went so far as to say it should be overturned, we did go through many years of activists saying it should be.
I'm not here to say "CLINTON IS AS BAD AS TRUMP" "THE EMAILS" or whatever. I'm just pointing out that, to someone outside of the US, it's pretty obvious this is the second election in a row that has been declared rigged and needing to be challenged by a large number of the losing side.
Edit: Just to clarify, as this is a sensitive topic. Neither claim has merit. Trump won 2016 and there's no evidence Russia swung it for him. Biden won definitively in 2020 and, whatever Trump activists are saying, the president of the US should not be pushing this narrative. Anyone going beyond conspiracy/sore loser level "election was rigged" talk in to "we should overthrow the government/hang politicians" should definitely be removed from social media – and it's a failure of social media that they have seemingly turned a blind eye to this subject for years now.
- jamienicol 6y agoSorry, didn't check my replies. I'm also outside of the US and honestly find your reply quite baffling. That quote about Clinton is not in any way "saying the election was rigged and that the result must be fought and overturned". I'm sure some individual activists may have, but I certainly didn't see a large number on the losing side in 2016 saying the result should be overturned. Even if they were, they certainly weren't wound up enough to do so by violent means. Comparing the two situations is absurd.