Lest we forget, Democrats can question election results at will and refuse to accept the outcome of said elections without having to bear the cross of being a demon out to destroy democracy. Fair or not, that’s just how we roll in the year 2024, where actual journalism is a lost art and truth is fleeting.
Channeling his inner Stacey Abrams, President Joe Biden referred to failed Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe as the “real governor” during a speech Tuesday in Virginia — McAuliffe lost to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin in 2021 by a deciding 63,688 votes.
“Hello, Virginia. And the real governor, Terry McAuliffe!” quipped Biden, who has previously called Trump the “election denier-in-chief.”
Gov. Youngkin wasted little time reminding the cognitively challenged 81-year-old president who the real governor of Virginia is.
“Mr. President, I’m right here,” he tweeted.
Mr. President, I’m right here. https://t.co/wSpbqmLX9w
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) January 23, 2024
The drama brings to mind the 2018 race for governor in Georgia when Abrams lost by well over 50,000 votes but refused to concede the “rotten and rigged” election. Instead, she declared that “democracy failed in Georgia,” alleging voter suppression targeting African Americans.
While the Democrat who went on to lose the gubernatorial race a second time in 2022 can claim the outcome was “altered,” heaven forbid if Donald Trump makes a similar claim.
As Megyn Kelly tweeted in response to Biden’s remark, “Election denialism is only bad if your name is Trump.”
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) also tweeted, “I thought saying something like this was ‘a threat to democracy.’ This man doesn’t have a speck of integrity.”
They were not alone in taking note of the standard established by Democrats… here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
Not sure how our democracy survives this kind of election denialism, tbh.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) January 23, 2024
He may not actually remember who is the governor or Virginia cc: @POTUS
— emily miller (@emilymiller) January 23, 2024
It’s Electoral Dementia…
— Rick Robinson (@RowdyRick73) January 23, 2024
So, I thought that “election deniers are insurrectionists?”
— Kat (@KatManDoToo) January 23, 2024
@FBI I’m reporting an insurrectionist. Please raid 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
— Lhop (@Lhop963) January 23, 2024
I want him arrested and I want 750 years of prison for this kind of rhetoric.
— Mike Sperrazza (@MikeASperrazza) January 23, 2024
He is a terrible person who does everything he accuses others of doing. Everything. The projection is as major as it could ever be.
— Ma’s Mafia Account (@NotYourJewishMa) January 23, 2024
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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