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Originally Posted by jwb
it matters because Bush vs Gore was close enough to warrant litigation. Trump is saying ahead of time that if he loses its probably due to some sort of fraud. That's completely different from contesting the election because the results were particularly close and there were questionable elements on the ground. He's just flat out setting up the narrative that it's fraudulent in advance.
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My argument in the quote above was strictly about the "We'll see" comment.
Earlier in this thread, I dismissed this "If I lose, it means the election is rigged" comment as bravado. Do I think it's a healthy narrative for him to feed his base? Definitely not. And it very well could result in protests, unrest or violence. But I still believe the courts will have the final say on whether there was fraud or "rigging", despite what Trump says or believes. And if there's not, Trump will be walking his sorry ass home in shame without, as you put it, some kind of Scarface-esque standoff in the Oval Office.