Donald trump ruined elections for a generation or more they used to be fun and no drama.

[reymega life]

not Putin or Hillary Clinton not Russians, he did by turning them into PRO WRESTLING events and drama like a screw job or theatrics for ratings and profit.

[Blue Owl]

1. He's turned them into his sick fuck celebrity reality show bullshit

tRump is the harbinger of idiocracy...

[reymega life]

2. like I remember when John bohener and Nancy Pelosi were getting drunk on midterms in 2014

and that was a traditional election

[BlackSkimmer]

5. What does this mean?

[MagickMuffin]

14. Fun Fact Nancy Pelosi doesn't drink

So, weird you’d be spreading right wing talking points!

[sarisataka]

15. You remember that?

Could you link to a story about it?

Or were you at the celebration and this is a personal anecdote?

[Irish_Dem]

3. Ruining the US voting system is the GOP goal. Making it a nightmare instead of a point of pride.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Conceding is such a critical part of a functioning Demcracy

Even Bolsonaro conceded even though he hasn't given the normal speech. Gore conceded in a much more razor thin contentious election, it helped the country heal. Hillary conceded. McCain and Romney gave heartfelt concession speeches.

When you think about it, the concession speech is the foundation of peaceful elections. It says to all constituents that we honor all votes, that we have disagreements, but in the end we're all on the same team. Trump is incapable of giving a sincere speech, but if he would have conceded and just gave a 10 minute speech about how he respects the results of the election, we wouldn't be in this place.

[Kaleva]

6. Formal concessions were not common for the 1st hundred years of our nation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concession_(politics)

[Johnny2X2X]

8. That was before TV

Before social media, before you can address the entire nation in 1 speech.

The concession speech is the only thing that allows us to move forward together right now.

[Kaleva]

9. I very highly doubt that the Magahats would move fwd with us if TFG conceded

Look what happened after Romey conceded in 2012. The Republican base went with TFG.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. Well

The insurrection wouldn't have happened without Trump planning it and putting it into motion.

Sure, there would still be a lot of the crazies, but a good concession speech would have maginalized those crazies, instead, the entire GOP are now election deniers.

[sarisataka]

7. No drama? OMG

In what reality was there no drama in elections before he came along?

Fun? Like after an election Republicans and Democrats would get together and have a party to celebrate the winners and console the losers? It was just a friendly competition every few years?

[Johonny]

11. The Biden administration should have put him in jail

In reality, Trump probably should have been up for criminal charges since the 1980s.

[raccoon]

12. Drama and maybe terror.

[madville]

13. Gore and Kerry vs. Bush were such a hoot

Social media is the big difference now and unlimited instant access to information, right or wrong.

[Hotler]

16. It's not him alone, it's everyone that voted for him. Without those mean hateful people and their

hate for us democrats and liberals he would still be just a shitty business man on the fringes of our lives. I can't do what Joe Biden is asking. I can not separate the good repugs from the maga's. It was a group effort by them to get us here. fuck'em all.

[BannonsLiver]

17. Started before Dumpy

They’ve been going downhill since 2000.