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2000 was still worse, as presidential elections go. The race wasn't decided until December 12, 2000, only after the Brooks Bros Riot, and SCOTUS basically saying "Stop counting, Bush wins."
This is when I first started to hate ted cruz and was introduced to three of the current justices
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-kavanaugh-roberts-supreme-court/index.html
Jesus Christ
Holy shit, how did I not know this before.
The 2000 election was decided illegally. Dems should have done a nationwide French-style full protest with complete work stoppage and vandalism.
The failure of FPTP was laid bare for all to see. Anyone who doesn't support RCV after that is either a fool or already bought.
American's haven't properly defended their freedom since the 1700's.
Well, December 12, 2024 hasn't happened yet. There's always a chance they get involved again
And who would they side with this time I wonder 🤔
Roger Stone was behind that madness, as well as J6 – he was so confident in their J6 plans, he had a legitimate documentary team following him that day as they did their ‘war room’ fuckery at the Willard hotel, and some of their footage was used at the J6 congressional hearings.
And good news, everybody! Stone is still walking free and doing more of the same fuckery as we speak! He’s still, to this day, a main operative behind trump’s campaign. Will be wild!
Roger Stone was convicted of his fuckery around congressional inquiries in 2020, seven felonies, and Trump commuted his sentence in July 2020.
Then in December 2020, Trump pardoned Stone, along with Manafort and Charles Kushner (father of Jared Kushner).
I'm not sure how it's very cool and very legal to be able to pardon people who did crimes for you, but there you have it.