girlfreddyMay 20, 2024

US Senator Rubio says he won't accept election results if 'unfair'

https://lemmy.ca/post/21555628

US Senator Rubio says he won't accept election results if 'unfair' - Lemmy.ca

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, an ally of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, will not accept the results of the Nov. 5 election if they are “unfair,” he said on Sunday. “Will you accept the election results of 2024, no matter what happens, senator?” NBC News’ “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Rubio, a Florida Republican, in an interview. “No matter what happens? No,” Rubio answered. “If it’s an unfair election, I think it’s going to be contested by either side.” Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as polls show the former president leading in battleground states, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Show threadenkersMay 20, 2024

Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss

While that’s probably true, Rubio kinda gave a reasonable answer to an unreasonable question. Of course there are possible circumstances that any reasonable person would not honour the results of an election.

Of all the unreasonable shit these guys say, maybe don’t pick the one time they’re actually in the right. Like they tell on themselves all the time, you generally don’t have to twist their words.

Show threadno bananaMay 20, 2024
Fact is that democracy depends on people believing in fairness in order for the electoral process to be fair. When it starts to be questioned is when the system starts tearing at the seams.
Show threadHildegarde

Democracy relies on elections actually being fair. Questioning the process is the only way to make things fair, and the process being robust in the face of questions demonstrates it.

This idea that elections are unquestionabe is genuinely dangerous.

May 20, 2024 at 1:57pmWeb