Undermining the legitimacy of the new President to try to diminish his power see...

Undermining the legitimacy of the new President to try to diminish his power seems common lately, e.g.:

- Clinton only won because Ross Perot siphoned votes away.

- Bush didn't win, the Supreme Court handed him the Presidency.

- Obama isn't American.

- Trump was only elected thanks to Russian interference.

- Biden didn't win, the election was stolen.

It's a tactic that gets used because it seems to work, at least in terms of rallying one's own troops.

ElevenLathe 3 months ago [–]

And Kennedy is a Catholic, so you're just voting in the Pope. And van Buren is a Dutchman. This isn't new.