the forces of chaos advanced on the US capital on the day of the counting of the electoral votes. Protests had been ongoing ever since the election. Police officers were injured, building damaged, cars burned. No matter how much Al Gore tried to overturn the results of the 2000 election, his insurrection failed. the votes were counted and George W. Bush was declared president. Originally Posted by the_real_Barleycorn
the forces of chaos advanced on the US capital on the day of the counting of the electoral votes. Protests had been ongoing ever since the election. Police officers were injured, building damaged, cars burned. No matter how much Al Gore tried to overturn the results of the 2000 election, his insurrection failed. the votes were counted and George W. Bush was declared president. Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornBush got 271 electoral votes. He needed 270 to win. And the popular vote margin, in Gore's favor, was 540,000 votes.
- after which he hopped in to his private jet and flew to his sprawling estate and turned on every light in the joint. Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_DoGore made the right move, conceding. Unfortunately he missed a chance to become a respected former holder of high Office, a la Jimmy Carter. Gore fucked away any lingering positive image he might have sustained.
Can the OP prepare a detailed executive summary of the US Capitol riots of 2020 and 2000 ?You realize the 2000 riot was organized by Roger Stone and carried out largely by Republican staffers in Brooks Brothers suits? It wasn't much of a riot either. Some pushing and shoving and minor trampling.
Include damage to Federal property and trespassing on Federal property.
Also include the actions of the respective candidates they were rioting for.
How many that participated in the year 2000 riot were arrested and found guilty by a jury of their peers ? Originally Posted by VitaMan
Can the OP prepare a detailed executive summary of the US Capitol riots of 2020 and 2000 ?You realize the 2000 riot was organized by Roger Stone and carried out largely by Republican staffers in Brooks Brothers suits? It wasn't much of a riot either. Some pushing and shoving and minor trampling.
Include damage to Federal property and trespassing on Federal property.
Also include the actions of the respective candidates they were rioting for.
How many that participated in the year 2000 riot were arrested and found guilty by a jury of their peers ? Originally Posted by VitaMan
Bush got 271 electoral votes. He needed 270 to win. And the popular vote margin, in Gore's favor, was 540,000 votes.On top of that,
Trump lost in 2020 by 74 electoral votes and 7 million popular votes. It wasn't even close.
As to protests after the 2000 election, the only one I'm reading about is the Brooks Brothers riot, so named for the nattily attired Republican staffers who were responsible for the relatively minor violence and destruction.
Gore didn't tell his people to go to the Capitol to protest the electoral vote count.
Now is Gore, as Why_Yes_I_Do implies, a climate change hypocrite who would send us back to the stone age given half a chance? There's actually some merit in that argument. Originally Posted by Tiny
On top of that,Don't lie. Gore had several recounts. The first one was automatic, the second was free and by request, the third ones were of the counties themselves and then there were 21 other recounts after the election was over and Bush won every one of them. Shouldn't you give the same respect to Trump?
Bush won 11 states that had voted Democratic in the 1996 election: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia.
Florida
Total 5,963,110
Republican 2,912,790
Democrat 2,912,253
Independent 97,488
Gore literally lost the election by a little over 500 votes. But any of the previous mentioned Democratic 1996 states going blue would have won it also. Nevada was the next closest by a few thousand... Gore was denied a recount, which possibly could have changed the outcome. Over 61000 votes were missed by the tabulation machines. Originally Posted by royamcr