Trump questions the legitimacy of any election in which he loses

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.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump questions the legitimacy of any election in which he loses

The combination of the two quotes is a toxic cocktail: the president isn't prepared to accept election results he doesn't like; he's already decided the race isn't"fair," and he's concluded that any election in which he loses should be seen, by definition, as corrupt.Democrats of"cheating" in the election, trying to"steal" the election," and"meddling" in the election.

The best-case scenario is, the president is creating pitiful excuses for himself, which he'll use to explain away an electoral defeat in the fall. The worst-case scenario is far more nightmarish: an unhinged leader with authoritarian instincts may decide to reject the peaceful transition of power, one of the pillars of our political system.to a Minnesota audience that he intends to serve more than two terms, adding in Wisconsin,"We are going to win four more years. And then after that we'll go for another four years, because they spied on my campaign. We should get a re-do of four years.

And third, when an incumbent president is telling voters he's looking for"a re-do of four years," it's a sign that things aren't going well.

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