June 23, 2022 | Rapid Response | RNC Communications
Democrat Fails, Hypocrisy, and Lies

WATCH: 12 Minutes Of Democrats Denying Election Results

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According to a recent Fox News poll, Americans trust Republicans over Democrats to “do a better job” on the “preservation of American Democracy.”

It's no wonder. Democrats have a lengthy history of refusing to accept the results of elections they lost.

WATCH: 12 Minutes Of Democrats Denying Election Results

2000 Presidential Election

  • Joe Biden, 2013: Al Gore “was elected president of the United States of America.”
    • Joe Biden, 2016: “I think [Gore] won.”
  • Hillary Clinton, 2016: The Supreme Court “took away a presidency.”
  • Barack Obama, 2005: “Not every vote” was counted.
  • Bill Clinton, 2001: “The only way they could win the election was to stop the voting in Florida.”
  • Jimmy Carter, 2005: “There’s no doubt in my mind that Al Gore was elected president.”
  • Al Gore, 2017: “Actually I think I carried Florida.”
  • Jamie Raskin, 2003: George W. Bush was the “first court-appointed president.”
  • Terry McAuliffe, 2004: “We won that election!”
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 2016: “The Supreme Court elected the president. Al Gore won the state of Florida in 2000.”

2004 Presidential Election

  • Hillary Clinton, 2005: “It’s fair to say that there are many legitimate questions about” the “accuracy” and “integrity” of America’s election system, “and they’re not confined to the state of Ohio.”
  • Howard Dean, 2006: “I’m not confident” the election “was fairly decided” because “the machines were not reliable.”
  • Jerry Nadler, 2005: “The right to vote has been stolen from qualified voters.”
  • Sheila Jackson Lee, 2004: “We cannot declare that the election of November 2, 2004 was free and clear and transparent and real.”
  • Maxine Waters, 2005: “Problems in the Ohio election” could have been “outcome determinative.” 

2016 Presidential Election

  • Joe Biden, 2019: “I absolutely” agree that Trump is an “illegitimate president.”
  • Hillary Clinton, 2019: The election was “stolen.”
  • Jimmy Carter, 2019: “Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and was put into office because the Russians interference on his behalf.”
  • Kamala Harris, 2019: “Absolutely right” that Trump “didn’t really win.”
  • Karine Jean-Pierre, 2016: It was a “stolen election.”
  • Jerry Nadler, 2017: It was a “tainted” and “illegitimate” election.

2018 Gubernatorial Elections

  • Stacey Abrams, 2019: “We won!”
  • Cory Booker, 2018: “Stacey Abrams’ election is being stolen from her.”
  • Sherrod Brown, 2018: “They stole it. It’s clear.”
  • Hillary Clinton, 2018: “If she had a fair election, she already would have won.”
  • Kamala Harris, 2019: “Without voter suppression, Stacey Abrams would be the governor of Georgia; Andrew Gillum is the governor of Florida.”
  • Karine Jean-Pierre, 2020: “Brian Kemp stole the gubernatorial election.”
  • Terry McAuliffe, 2021: Abrams would have been governor “had the governor of Georgia not disenfranchised 1.4 million Georgia voters.”

When Democrats get crushed this November, will they accept the results as legitimate?

I wouldn’t count on it