[REAL TALK] Should Democrats have tried to overturn the '16 Presidential Election the day after?

[Theodore]

Of course they've been trying to do it since the start of Trump's term, but they probably would have a much better shot at doing it the day after the US Presidential elections, which would be November 9th 2016.

The Democrat voters were on the streets the night of the election yelling, "Not my President!" Along with rioting and looting.

Obama should have released all the findings right then and there about Russia trying to interfere, especially the e-mail hacks and gather up all the Democrat politicians and say that they would not accept the results of the elections and that the results should be nullified.

Of course what would the consequences be if Obama and the Democrats went this route in the beginning? Would they have been victorious in getting most public support to nullify the '16 US Presidential election?

Discuss!

[Ivansmamma]

Aint that same thing as a coup?

[Eff Pandas]

The biggest problem with Team D is they don't got enough fanboy's to manipulate things there way as much as Team R does with their military-like focus on a common goal. Every Team D person is a unique lil snowflake & herding them together is an impossible task even if it would benefit their own party & direction.

So basically there is no way Team D can pull off anything now or the day after the election.

[Longhaul]

The biggest problem was as early as mid terms before the election of trump obama knew the Russians were meddling and did very little to stop it.They figured hill of beans was a slam dunk so who cares.It backfired on them.

[1bad65]

The biggest problem was as early as mid terms before the election of trump obama knew the Russians were meddling and did very little to stop it.They figured hill of beans was a slam dunk so who cares.It backfired on them.

Exactly.

They felt the election was in the bag for them, and they didnt want it to look like the election could have been compromised in any way. They didnt want Trump to have an excuse to not accept the results.

And yes, that certainly backfired on them.

Sometimes the players are just as "stupid" as their superfans are.

[Theodore]

Aint that same thing as a coup?

Not quite, it doesn't really fit the definition since Trump was not in office, yet.

Although, more than likely, it would have roiled up the nation's politics to an extreme degree.

The Democrats didn't accept the results of the governorship races in 2018 or the House of Rep races or even the Senate races by contesting those elections, in some cases they won. They managed to "find" thousands of unaccounted votes at the last minute.

They should have went for broke and contest the ultimate prize, the US Presidential elections.

[Theodore]

Exactly.

They felt the election was in the bag for them, and they didnt want it to look like the election could have been compromised in any way. They didnt want Trump to have an excuse to not accept the results.

And yes, that certainly backfired on them.

Sometimes the players are just as "stupid" as their superfans are.

You're pretty well versed in politics, what do you think would have happened if Obama and the Democrats went the route of not accepting the US Presidential elections, the day after, on 11/9/16?

I thought they should have went for broke, contested the election results by having Obama released all the Russian meddling stuff, rally the Democrats, and then throw in the collusion angle for good measure.

[1bad65]

You're pretty well versed in politics, what do you think would have happened if Obama and the Democrats went the route of not accepting the US Presidential elections, the day after, on 11/9/16?

I thought they should have went for broke, contested the election results by having Obama released all the Russian meddling stuff, rally the Democrats, and then throw in the collusion angle for good measure.

That would be a first, so I'm not sure what would happen.

I think Trump would have been sworn in, however.


Now I dont think they'd have dared do anything that drastic. Keep in mind, if they played that hand the inevitable checkmate question asked of them would have been "So what did you do about it?".

And of course they'd have to deal with the sheer hypocrisy of them saying over and over and over again how Trump wouldn't accept the results if he lost.


Two other things to consider; first Hillary was colluding with a foreign national (Steele) to get dirt on Trump which obviously is illegal, and two, high up Team D players knew their operatives had lied to a FISA court in order to get a warrant to spy on an opposition campaign.

[Theodore]

If by any chance they lose the 2020 Presidential Election, they should go for broke and try to overturn the election by citing election fraud and voter repression, 2 things they love to harp on about. They should also challenged any seat they lose in the House and Senate.