Martha Raddatz: Trump's Claim Of Rigged Election Is "A Fundamental Challenge To Pillar Of Democracy

[kpete]

ABC's Martha Raddatz: Trump's Claim Of A Rigged Election Is "A Fundamental Challenge To A Pillar Of Democracy"

MARTHA RADDATZ (HOST): Twenty-three days from the election, it has come to this. The Republican nominee for president of the United States flatout saying at rally after rally and with increasing force that the election cannot be trusted, that Hillary Clinton belongs in jail. It's a fundamental challenge to a pillar of democracy, free and fair elections, shaking confidence in something we all take for granted, the peaceful transition of power. It's not a new thing for [Donald] Trump, but over the last 72 hours, Trump has dialed it all the way up, his anger rising with the volume of accusations from women who say he groped their bodies, kissed their mouths, against their will. Before hyped up crowds, Trump now casting himself as a victim of corrupt politicians, global financial interests, and the press all conspiing to tear him down and rig the election.

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RADDATZ: Trump's intensity and the concern that many of his supporters will reject the election results should he lose, enough to push the nation's top elected Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, to put out this extraordinary statement: "Our democracy relies on confidence in election results, and the speaker is fully confident the states will carry out this election with integrity."

https://mediamatters.org/video/2016/10/16/abcs-martha-raddatz-trumps-claim-rigged-election-fundamental-challenge-pillar-democracy/213861

[AngryAmish]

1. If the election was actually rigged, what would those who rigged it say about

the legitimacy of the election?

They would probably agree with Trump.

[davekriss]

5. What if he's laying pipe?

What if he's sowing the seeds of doubt so that when his Russian allies flip the vote and our citizenry say "how is this possible?" Trump can say, "told ya it was rigged. The vast media conspiracy were fixing polls so that it looked like it was 90% probable that Hillary would win, but they failed to fix the vote and my victory is the authentic, legitimate expression of the will of the citizenry!". I simply speculate, of course, but what a political thriller of a movie that would make!

[TonyPDX]

2. He thinks so highly of himself that actually losing is unimaginable.

[Ohioblue22]

3. The left has been complaining of hackable elections for years and all we got media silence

[CanSocDem]

4. Well, no....

There was lots of talk on the alt.media and studies were initiated that provided enough proof that certain elections actually were "rigged".

Smirkey wasn't elected twice and Jimmy Carter only once to further the public interest.

Trump may be right about this one thing.


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[treestar]

6. When Paul Ryan is being realistic

run for the hills!