Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "CBC News"
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@ApexVenamis That’s not exactly what happened. Bush won Florida by a thin margin. There was a recount, which Bush still won. There was a disagreement about how to count votes and the intent of the voters (remember hanging chads?). Gore demanded a second recount. Bush still won, but by fewer votes. The Florida Supreme Court granted a third recount, but this was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gore might have still had a few Hail Mary legal options, but for the good of the country he conceded instead of pursuing those options. The idea that the Supreme Court appointed Bush to the Presidency is fallacious. Bush won, then won two recounts. Several legal deadlines had been passed to allow all the recounts (lower courts granting extensions) before SCOTUS stepped in on Dec. 12.
Whether or not one agrees with the courts decision, this much is clear: SCOTUS preserved Bush’s win, it didn’t steal a win from Biden and give it to Bush. That’s one major difference between 2000 and 2020. Trump didn’t win, can’t ask SCOTUS to preserve his win because he didn’t win. If there are any parallels, Trump is in Gore’s position and Biden is in Bush’s position (But Biden has much wider and safer margins in multiple states than Bush had in Florida.
The huge stink Trump is making about voter fraud doesn’t match the actual cases Trump’s lawyers are filing. But Trump is trying to turn his loss into a money making opportunity, begging for donations to his “legal fund” (actually set up as a no strings attached slush fund). The whole point of Trump’s baseless claims is conning his gullible followers out of their money.
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