Posted on 02/19/2018 1:02:15 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
Mrs Clinton reacted by saying: “That’s horrifying.
“That is not the way our democracy works. We’ve been around for 240 years. We have had free and fair elections.
"We’ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them. And that is what is expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election.
“He is denigrating - he’s talking down - our democracy and I, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position.”
(Excerpt) Read more at standard.co.uk ...
The media responded in their usual laid-back style:
A 'HORRIFYING' REPUDIATION OF DEMOCRACY -- The Washington Post, Oct. 20, 2016
DENIAL OF DEMOCRACY -- Daily News (New York), Oct. 20, 2016
DANGER TO DEMOCRACY -- The Dallas Morning News, Oct. 20, 2016
ONE SCARY MOMENT; IT ALL BOILED DOWN TO ... DEMOCRACY -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 21, 2016
"(Shock) spiked down the nation's spinal column last night and today when the Republican nominee threatened that this little election thing you got there, this little democratic process you've got here, it's nice, it's fine, but he doesn't necessarily plan on abiding by its decision when it comes to the presidency." -- Rachel Maddow, Oct. 20, 2016
"Trump's answer on accepting the outcome of the vote is the most disgraceful statement by a presidential candidate in 160 years." -- Bret Stephens, then-deputy editorial page editor at The Wall Street Journal
"I guess we're all going to have to wait until Nov. 9 to find out if we still have a country -- if Donald Trump is in the mood for a peaceful transfer of power. Or if he's going to wipe his fat a-- with the Constitution." -- CBS's Stephen Colbert, Oct. 19, 2016
"It's unprecedented for a nominee of a major party to themselves signal that they would not accept -- you know, respect the results of an election. We've never had that happen before. ... This really presents a potentially difficult problem for governing ..." -- MSNBC'S Joy Reid, Oct. 22, 2016
"This is very dangerous stuff ... would seriously impair our functioning as a democracy. ... This is about as serious as it gets in the United States." -- CNN's Peter Beinart, Oct. 20, 2016
"Obviously, it's despicable for him to pretend that there's any chance that he would not accept the results of this election; it would be -- in 240 years you've never had anybody do it. ..." -- CNN's Van Jones, Oct. 20, 2016
“That’s horrifying. Let’s be clear about what he is saying and what that means. He is denigrating — he is talking down our democracy. And I am appalled that someone who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that position.” – Hillary Clinton
““Every losing presidential candidate in modern times has accepted the will of the voters, even in extraordinarily close races, such as when John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Richard M. Nixon in 1960 and George W. Bush beat Al Gore in Florida to win the presidency in 2000,” – New York Times
Ya know - just look at who the democrats have nominated for president over the past 30 years!
Al Gore!
John Kerry ( and John Edwards) !
Dukakis!
Mondale!
And look at the damage caused by those who managed to win
Carter. Clinton. Obama.
“My question is how in the world did we allow such a nitwit so close to the Presidency? After Obama, I thought America must be losing its mind. Der Hildebeast raised a big Red Flag about America’s sanity.”
Just think of what she did to Obama in 2008 to take the nomination from him. With all that, “he isn’t a citizen stuff.”
All this liberal chatter about the Democracy that US is not supposed to be,is recited to the point of bringing one’s lunch up into his lap.
This is how we beat them-with their own words. And don’t forget Obama sharing nuclear secrets with Russia and promising to be more “flexible” to Putin.
Well, you see, it really didn’t matter to her because she knew the fix was in and she was the guaranteed winner.
When that didn’t occur, then there had to be something wrong with the election, because it had been previously fixed!
Bwahahahahahahaha
Democrats: The party of fake outrage in service to their agenda.
I’m surprised they don’t call her “Barking Dog Lady “. Any one have a video of her infamous barking speech?
“Throw in the Van Lady”.
They should call her “Throw in the Jail lady”
In due time, we all hope.
As terrible as it was for him to say it at the time, it *IS* funny as hell now to read it in context.
Hillary is the most rotten vile person in modern political history.
If democrats didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.
5.56mm
Then there’s the f’n Jew...
I don’t know why this isn’t stressed day after day. I rarely hear anyone on our side bring it up in debates and interviews.
To me her response is a giveaway that she knew things were being done to give her the victory. She was delegitimizing him so that when she won fraudulently, Trump would already be considered a loon by challenging.
She knew and Obama knew so get the cuffs.
Hypocrite, thy name is Hillary.
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