John: the 2016 US presidential election will not be rigged (2016)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2017-09-26) · owner: John
In October 2016 John said the US presidential election would not be rigged, any more than the 2004 one was.
Told alongside: 2016 US presidential election
About: United States presidential election
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-25 | predicted | John says the US presidential election will not be rigged, any more than the 2004 one was. | Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? 00:05:58 |
| 2017-09-26 | came true | None of this means the election was illegitimate (it wasn't) or that Trump didn't win (he did). | Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) 00:02:31 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says one major-party candidate loudly claims the election will be rigged, with widespread fraud, people voting ten times and undocumented immigrants voting, and that these are all simply lies. — 00:06:03
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says normalizing these conspiracy theories scares him because fewer Americans will trust elections even when they are free and fair. — 00:06:19
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says he understands that fearmongering is part of US politics, but undermining the legitimacy of political institutions without cause is not. (hedged) — 00:06:31
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says hearing such unfounded rhetoric from a presidential candidate is a new and disturbing development in American political discourse. — 00:06:38
- 2017-09-26 · Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) — John: Benefiting from a foreign government's propaganda initiative is not a crime, but colluding with that government is, probably. (hedged) — 00:02:36
- 2017-09-26 · Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) — John: US election law says a foreign national cannot make a contribution or donation of any thing of value in connection with a US election. — 00:02:44
- 2017-09-26 · Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) — John: It also says no American can solicit or knowingly accept a donation or thing of value from a foreign national. — 00:02:54
- 2017-09-26 · Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) — John expects to hear 'thing of value' a lot in coming months, partly because the courts haven't clearly decided what it means. (hedged) — 00:03:02