Authoritarianism
In Dangerous Authoritarian Rant, Trump Suggests Election Be ‘Immediately Overturned’ Because Of Cheating By Dems
President Donald Trump has escalated his dangerous attacks on Democracy and the results of the 2020 presidential election by demanding on Wednesday that the election be “immediately overturned.”
Writing on Twitter Wednesday afternoon, Trump falsely accused Democrats of cheating him out of a win in the election.
“If somebody cheated in the Election, which the Democrats did, why wouldn’t the Election be immediately overturned?” Trump declared on Twitter.
“How can a Country be run like this?” he lamented.
If somebody cheated in the Election, which the Democrats did, why wouldn’t the Election be immediately overturned? How can a Country be run like this?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2020
A few hours earlier, Trump declared in a single-word, all-caps tweet: “#OVERTURN”.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2020
Trump’s authoritarian rant continued throughout the morning and early afternoon.
At 10:00 P.M. on Election Evening, we were at 97% win with the so-called “bookies”.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2020
No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost. I won them both, by a lot! #SupremeCourt
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2020
RIGGED ELECTION!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2020
Trump also made a nonsensical claim about unspecified “data taken after the vote” that purportedly showed it would have been “impossible” for him to lose the election.
We will soon be learning about the word “courage”, and saving our Country. I received hundreds of thousands of legal votes more, in all of the Swing States, than did my opponent. ALL Data taken after the vote says that it was impossible for me to lose, unless FIXED!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2020
