This is very alarming. Will he accept the results if he loses? He’s already setting the stage for claiming it was rigged.
Nothing could be more dangerous to democracy than a demagogue who claims there’s no way he can be legitimately voted out of office — that any defeat would be fraudulent. That’s where Trump seems to be heading, partly to fend off indictment. https://t.co/PD3yXbl0C1
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 6, 2019
He already threatened to not accept the outcome of the 2016 election https://t.co/Aaqq7HngwE. Not a hypothetical concern. https://t.co/D7QJyFzOYl
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 9, 2019
The first two sentences are laughable. The third is frightening—especially the use of the adverb “legitimately.”
— Ned Price (@nedprice) February 9, 2019
He’s setting the stage, months in advance, to be able to say the 2020 election was stolen. It’s fair to start asking whether Trump would cede power peacefully. https://t.co/mqQtRnd7of
Sad! 