Democrats all for democracy except when Trump wins

 Nick Arama:

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They threw huge hissy fits about President-elect Donald Trump and folks on the right questioning the 2020 election, but then of course, they also threw all kinds of fits about the 2016 election, even blaming the Russians. They tried to hatch schemes to suborn electors so that the electoral vote wouldn't go to Trump. Some Democrats objected to the count on Jan. 6, 2017; Seventy Democrats ended up boycotting the inaugural, and leftists rioted through the D.C. streets on Jan. 20, 2017.

But then came the 2020 election--and questioning elections was "election denialism."

Now they're at it again, according to a new report from Axios, with more than a dozen Democratic politicians planning on skipping the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, and more are debating over whether to attend.
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Democrats are still pushing the "scars" of Jan. 6 and Trump being a "threat to democracy." No, guys, the threat to democracy is from the folks who swap out the candidate the people voted for in the primary for the presidential spot because they think it increases their chances in the election. Then karma is them losing anyway, despite all the machinations. The threat to democracy is infecting our institutions with politics, and using lawfare against your political opponent.
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I had a first-hand view of Democrats throwing a "hissy fit" when I had a job as a Washington DC reporter covering the swearing-in of Richard Nixon.  The mob of what looked like hippies gathered in the streets of Washington DC and ran through some of the parade route.  The DC cops did a good job of corraling them as they attempted to take over the parade.  At one point in their rampage I was following them with my pen and notepad and one of the cops initially thought I was a part of the mob and he threatened me with his billy club before spotting my pen and notepad.  He then pulled back and told me to be careful.

I tell this story to make the point that some Democrats get a little hysterical about losing an election.  They seem to only like democracy when their party wins.

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