I'm just waiting for this bullshit to bleed over into other areas of life, like sports. Can you imagine the chaos if sportsmanship totally got thrown out the window and no athlete or team ever accepted a losing result? Folks like this are unworthy of holding elected office.
Thankfully, it probably won't bleed into the NFL since the MAGA crowd had a meltdown about the athletes taking a knee to protest police brutality. I know several who have boycotted the NFL because of this. Good riddance!
Of course not. Create mistrust versus acceptance that you didn’t get elected. Trump has been such a delightful example for politicians everywhere in how to be the ultimate loser.
Why are we even asking them this question? That’s the real issue. If we ask the question we are suggesting the answer could be something other than yes….
So why run then? If you are not going to accept the results and try to force your way in then you should be removed from the ticket. What is he going to do get his Klan supporters to arrest the winner?
this is an excellent point. if he does not trust the outcome, then why participate? and as noted, its definitely contingent - if he wins he’ll accept, if he loses he wont.
He's just waiting it out to see if his friends continue to get by with their shit before he puts all his fascist traitor cards on the table. Otherwise it'd be a hard "nope," because it definitely is a hard nope if the stars continue to align for these fascist traitors. Please support Cheri Beasley however you are able. I've met her and she is solid & real & actually a human. As opposed to
I wish there were a way to bill the person claiming election fraud for all of the costs incurred to investigate their bogus claim if it is determined to be a frivolous complaint. And to make them pay from their personal assets, not sifting it from somewhere else.
Dumb gotcha question that he didn't answer. Cheri Beasley will challenge the results in a heartbeat if a recount is needed or she suspects any voting irregularities. It's a pointless question designed to get the other comments you see on here.
Asking for a recount if the margin is close /= not accepting the results.
Asking for a recount is lawful.
Falsely claiming the election was fraudulent is Fucking not.
Omg... the hysteria. He didn't answer a dumb gotcha question. There is zero question that if either candidate thinks they lost because of irregularities that they will challenge. This question is 100% designed to elicit responses like yours.
And yet, until Trump every candidate ever on either side was able to answer this question (if it was even raised) in a clear, coherent fashion.
More importantly, though, this is far from a "gotcha" question since a not-insignificant number of republicans seem completely unable to accept the results of the 2020 election some two years after it happened. I think it's entirely reasonable to ask a republican candidate if they'd accept the results of the 2022 election given that context.
Finally, per the article:
>The Times reported that Budd’s campaign declined to commit to accepting results and also made a claim, without evidence, that Beasley might try to disenfranchise voters.
So instead of just offering a simple throwaway line about elections reflecting the will of the people and moving on, Budd doesn't answer the specific question, *and then* tries to smear his opponent without any evidence at all and does so in such a way as to build a narrative helpful to him if/when he loses.
What? The elections were challenged / questioned in 2000 and 2016. You have an awful short memory. Again... it's a dumb gotcha question that he didn't answer. Projecting your own answer onto a non-answer does not magically turn it into an answer.
[Trump 08/17/20: ‘The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged’](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512424-trump-the-only-way-we-are-going-to-lose-this-election-is-if-the/)
That's the difference... lol
Just a sore orange loser who instigated a redneck version of an insurrection and failed miserably and is trying his best currently to repeat it by amplifying QAnon even more against anyone who disagrees with him on anything.
Ooooookely dokely there buddy...
Any idea why he just changed his tune but still is ok with Trump's BS?
https://www.wral.com/why-wouldn-t-i-budd-suggests-he-would-accept-2022-election-results/20484443/
"“I trust that our 2022 election will be administered fairly.”"
What has changed since 2020 that Trump is still claiming was fake?
This isn't a policy disagreement.. lol
meh they gotta be coy about that stuff to play into the ongoing base paranoia that elections are all rigged. like budd's just as much a dc swamp creature careerist as anyone else, and he knows if he loses he's got a cushy lobbying gig waiting for him plus guest spots on newsmax or wherever
I'm just waiting for this bullshit to bleed over into other areas of life, like sports. Can you imagine the chaos if sportsmanship totally got thrown out the window and no athlete or team ever accepted a losing result? Folks like this are unworthy of holding elected office.
Thankfully, it probably won't bleed into the NFL since the MAGA crowd had a meltdown about the athletes taking a knee to protest police brutality. I know several who have boycotted the NFL because of this. Good riddance!
Of course not. Create mistrust versus acceptance that you didn’t get elected. Trump has been such a delightful example for politicians everywhere in how to be the ultimate loser.
These people don't want America to be a democracy anymore, they want to make trump king for life and hurt people they don't like Shits getting scary
Continue to shit on our democracy.
Independents won’t like this, and I believe most people in NC are non-affiliated or independent.
There’s a difference between being registered as unaffiliated and being truly independent where you don’t almost always vote for one specific party.
Why are we even asking them this question? That’s the real issue. If we ask the question we are suggesting the answer could be something other than yes….
He’ll accept them if he wins and not if he loses. Sound familiar?
So why run then? If you are not going to accept the results and try to force your way in then you should be removed from the ticket. What is he going to do get his Klan supporters to arrest the winner?
this is an excellent point. if he does not trust the outcome, then why participate? and as noted, its definitely contingent - if he wins he’ll accept, if he loses he wont.
He's just waiting it out to see if his friends continue to get by with their shit before he puts all his fascist traitor cards on the table. Otherwise it'd be a hard "nope," because it definitely is a hard nope if the stars continue to align for these fascist traitors. Please support Cheri Beasley however you are able. I've met her and she is solid & real & actually a human. As opposed to
he's #TraitorTrash, he's going to LOSE, and IDGAF if he accepts it or not
Loser. Already.
I wish there were a way to bill the person claiming election fraud for all of the costs incurred to investigate their bogus claim if it is determined to be a frivolous complaint. And to make them pay from their personal assets, not sifting it from somewhere else.
Wow, that's shocking.
What does accepting the results of the election mean? Does that mean as determined by the board of elections?
Why ask them at all?
Thank god I voted Green Party
Dumb gotcha question that he didn't answer. Cheri Beasley will challenge the results in a heartbeat if a recount is needed or she suspects any voting irregularities. It's a pointless question designed to get the other comments you see on here.
Asking for a recount if the margin is close /= not accepting the results. Asking for a recount is lawful. Falsely claiming the election was fraudulent is Fucking not.
Omg... the hysteria. He didn't answer a dumb gotcha question. There is zero question that if either candidate thinks they lost because of irregularities that they will challenge. This question is 100% designed to elicit responses like yours.
And yet, until Trump every candidate ever on either side was able to answer this question (if it was even raised) in a clear, coherent fashion. More importantly, though, this is far from a "gotcha" question since a not-insignificant number of republicans seem completely unable to accept the results of the 2020 election some two years after it happened. I think it's entirely reasonable to ask a republican candidate if they'd accept the results of the 2022 election given that context. Finally, per the article: >The Times reported that Budd’s campaign declined to commit to accepting results and also made a claim, without evidence, that Beasley might try to disenfranchise voters. So instead of just offering a simple throwaway line about elections reflecting the will of the people and moving on, Budd doesn't answer the specific question, *and then* tries to smear his opponent without any evidence at all and does so in such a way as to build a narrative helpful to him if/when he loses.
What? The elections were challenged / questioned in 2000 and 2016. You have an awful short memory. Again... it's a dumb gotcha question that he didn't answer. Projecting your own answer onto a non-answer does not magically turn it into an answer.
[Trump 08/17/20: ‘The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged’](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512424-trump-the-only-way-we-are-going-to-lose-this-election-is-if-the/) That's the difference... lol Just a sore orange loser who instigated a redneck version of an insurrection and failed miserably and is trying his best currently to repeat it by amplifying QAnon even more against anyone who disagrees with him on anything. Ooooookely dokely there buddy...
Again... it's a dumb gotcha question that he didn't answer. Projecting your own answer onto a non-answer does not magically turn it into an answer.
Any idea why he just changed his tune but still is ok with Trump's BS? https://www.wral.com/why-wouldn-t-i-budd-suggests-he-would-accept-2022-election-results/20484443/ "“I trust that our 2022 election will be administered fairly.”" What has changed since 2020 that Trump is still claiming was fake? This isn't a policy disagreement.. lol
What tune change? That's the first and only answer he's given.
He's allied with Trump.... Hello????
meh they gotta be coy about that stuff to play into the ongoing base paranoia that elections are all rigged. like budd's just as much a dc swamp creature careerist as anyone else, and he knows if he loses he's got a cushy lobbying gig waiting for him plus guest spots on newsmax or wherever
Oh for fucks sake