GOP won’t commit to accept 2024 election results

Top Republicans, led by former president Donald Trump, are refusing to commit to accept November’s election results with six months until voters head to the polls, raising concerns that the country could see a repeat of the violent aftermath of Trump’s loss four years ago.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was pressed at least six times in a TV interview Sunday on whether he would accept this November’s results. He repeatedly declined to do so, only saying he was looking forward to Trump being president again.

He continued to evade the question even as the interviewer, NBC News’s Kristen Welker, reminded him that a “hallmark of our democracy is that both candidates agree to a peaceful transfer of power.”

Polling shows voters — especially Republicans — are far from confident in American democracy as the next presidential election nears. A Quinnipiac University survey from March found that voters were almost evenly divided on whether they thought the U.S. system of democracy was working, with a large majority of Republicans saying it was not.

Asked how confident they were that votes will be counted accurately in November, two-thirds of voters overall said they were “very” or “somewhat” confident. That number dropped to 45 percent among Republicans.

[JimmyM.McGill]

Saw a tweet that said "You either die a Kennedy with a hole in your brain, or you live long enough to become a Kennedy with a hole in your brain"

[RiceKrispies]

Not a single bulletin board in sight... Suspicious

[xbox]

“I once had a brain eating worm in my head. Poor guy died of hungery”

[Parsh_-ktjm]

Oh what an election, 2 elderly men and a man that had a worm in his head, what amazing choices!!!

[theprotagonist]

To sum up American politics of the last decade or so: "It's rigged if the guy I wanted didn't win"

[WinterGoBrrr]

We're all so tired of this shit. Why even let someone run if they don't say they'll accept a loss????

[Federalrepublicofsprout]

This isn't a joke. This was word for word what was said.

[Existgoth]

you know I think if ANYONE wins at this point there's going to be some kind of revolt

[Funghios]

It's like a child only saying it's unfair if they lose

[ChahtaAnumpa]

So we have dementia, criminal or tapeworm as our options this election cycle. Riveting.

[somevaultdwelleridunno]

This is going to one giant shitshow this year.

[yodaman]

even JFK junior has things not meant to be in his head in his head...

[jetkismet]

That poor worm 😔 Died of malnutrition 💀

[andre-wxkh]

Remember in politics when the craziest thing ever was the president sleeping with his secretary 😂

[MaxEG-iw]

He says:"If everything is honest ill gladly accept the results"
He means: "if i win ill gladly accept the results"

[qpol]

"a worm died in my head" i spat out my drink 😭

[isaacsharp]

I’m relatively conservative but the republican party makes me want to pull my hair out.

[mxg]

The ties are so long they look like something out of a sci-fi movie, I love it.

[divalea]

These shorts are absolutely immaculate loops.
(And informative!)

[eyeofhorus]

Wait, what happened to the co-star, Bulletin Board?