Every Democratic nominee who has ever lost a presidential election has followed the process. Hillary conceded the morning after e-day, after a late night count, saying "We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead" (turned out: not so much). Kerry conceded the morning after e-day (according to Bush's staff, the concession was "gracious"). Gore contested the results to the extent allowed by the law. Bush had the better argument, and prevailed in court, after which Gore "accepted the finality of the outcome". Dukakis conceded during election night.
Really, there's just not much partisan to say about this, other than that Trump, who happens to be a Republican, has the distinction of being the only President in the history of the United States not to honor the process.
This was from a quick google search, there are probably more sources and more stories about the others you mentioned. There is no one candidate to blame here, most of them have some sort of story they concoct about why they lost and some conspiracy they attribute it to. The blame lies with anyone who is such a tribal political member (D or R) that they simply cannot accept anything non-nightmarish about the other side.
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Every Democratic nominee who has ever lost a presidential election has followed the process. Hillary conceded the morning after e-day, after a late night count, saying "We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead" (turned out: not so much). Kerry conceded the morning after e-day (according to Bush's staff, the concession was "gracious"). Gore contested the results to the extent allowed by the law. Bush had the better argument, and prevailed in court, after which Gore "accepted the finality of the outcome". Dukakis conceded during election night.
Really, there's just not much partisan to say about this, other than that Trump, who happens to be a Republican, has the distinction of being the only President in the history of the United States not to honor the process.
This is HC in 2020 claiming that 2016 was illegitimate: https://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-maintains-2016-electi...
This was from a quick google search, there are probably more sources and more stories about the others you mentioned. There is no one candidate to blame here, most of them have some sort of story they concoct about why they lost and some conspiracy they attribute it to. The blame lies with anyone who is such a tribal political member (D or R) that they simply cannot accept anything non-nightmarish about the other side.
Hillary Clinton conceded the election the morning after the election, publicly asking her supporters to welcome Trump into office.