• @thallamabond
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    4710 months ago

    Al Gore won the popular vote, but there was some sketchiness down in Florida. During a recount, Roger Stone rallied the troops (Brooks Brothers riot) which caused the counting to be stopped, due to threats of violence. Setting up the supreme Court to decide Bush won Florida.

    • @grue
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      4410 months ago

      During a recount, Roger Stone rallied the troops (Brooks Brothers riot) which caused the counting to be stopped, due to threats of violence.

      In other words, the 2000 coup succeeded.

      • @[email protected]
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        2810 months ago

        It’s why they project so hard about Democrats cheating elections.

        The Republicans have been for decades. And can’t stand sometimes enough people show up that they still lose.

      • @[email protected]
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        10 months ago

        LOL yep. Constantly the conservatives manage to take their own manufactured outrage turn it into violence and then turn out the results they want.

        Apparently burning down the Reichstag still works if you have the power to seize the moment.

    • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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      1210 months ago

      Damn that sounds really really familiar. Almost like it happened just a couple years ago.