President Trump’s inability to come to terms with his loss and give a gracious concession speech is certainly embarrassing for the nation. Even Hillary Clinton managed to give a gracious concession speech in 2016, though it was apparently delayed half a day by her need to have a private tantrum first. And the Republican Party’s backing of these interminable re-counts and challenges, when it is pretty clear none will affect the result, is annoying.
But I do recall similar Democratic attitudes after Trump’s
2016 victory. Remember the effort to suborn electoral college delegates to change
their vote? Remember the movement to impeach
Trump even before he was sworn in? Remember all the Hollywood celebrities who claimed
they were going to leave the country because Trump won (none did, as far as I
know). And of course the "never Trump" crowd has spent the last four years relentlessly attacking the president any way they could, from the now-discredited "Russian collusion" to the failed impeachment effort, and endless media spin against him, no matter what he did.
Being a bad loser seems to be the norm these days, in both political parties. That’s pretty sad.
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