{"id":2362396,"date":"2024-10-31T17:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T21:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-say-theyll-accept-a-kamala-harris-defeat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T17:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T21:58:37","slug":"democrats-say-theyll-accept-a-kamala-harris-defeat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-say-theyll-accept-a-kamala-harris-defeat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats say they&#8217;ll accept a Kamala Harris defeat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-say-theyll-accept-a-kamala-harris-defeat-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u200c a \u2064recent report by\u200c the *Washington Examiner*, Democratic voters in swing states have expressed a\u2062 willingness to accept the results of the 2024 election, even if former President Donald \u200dTrump wins. This sentiment comes amidst concerns about the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">election-related unrest reminiscent<\/a> of the January 6 Capitol attack. \u200bVice President Kamala Harris \u200dhas raised alarms over Trump&#8217;s\u2062 potential\u2062 reactions to a loss, \u200csuggesting he\u200b could\u2063 attempt \u2064to disrupt the election process. However, many Democratic supporters in North \u2063Carolina, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground state<\/a>, \u2063expressed skepticism regarding any intentions to contest election results if Trump were to win.<\/p>\n<p>Several \u2063Democrats acknowledged fears\u200c about Trump&#8217;s behavior, especially his past claims of\u2064 fraud, yet emphasized that they would not contest a legitimate loss. Individuals quoted in\u2063 the article \u2063reflected on \u2062their \u2064belief in the importance of honoring \u200cthe electoral process, despite concerns over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-runs-to-judge-chutkan-claims-trump-violated-terms-of-release-with-gun-video\/\" title=\"Jack Smith alleges that President Trump violated the terms of his release by sharing a video featuring a gun, and seeks intervention from Judge Chutkan.\">potential intimidation tactics<\/a> from \u2062Trump supporters. Republican \u2062responses \u200dpointed to a history of \u2062Democrats challenging election results, arguing that Harris&#8217;s camp has\u2063 engaged in similar actions in the past. the piece showcases a \u200bdivision in perceptions around \u200belection \u2063results, with Democrats\u200b asserting their commitment to accept outcomes while grappling with anxiety about Trump&#8217;s \u200cinfluence and\u2064 potential disruptions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Swing-state Democrats &lsquo;absolutely&rsquo; will accept election results if Trump wins<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1845024\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>ASHEVILLE, North Carolina &mdash; <\/strong>Democratic voters overwhelmingly told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they would accept the results if former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> wins the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>For weeks, concerns of a second Jan. 6 have percolated to the front of political discourse. Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and her allies have suggested that should Trump lose the election again, or if there is any type of delay in counting the vote, he and his supporters could try to seize power.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past month, Harris has claimed that Trump is growing increasingly &ldquo;unhinged&rdquo; and seeking &ldquo;absolute power.&rdquo; The vice president told NBC News that she has a team of lawyers prepared to handle any legal challenges launched by the Trump campaign, should he try to declare victory early as he did in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Harris&rsquo;s running mate, has similarly suggested that Trump&rsquo;s half-hearted proposal to bring in military members to police voting locations might already amount to treason.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The idea of sending U.S. military personnel against American citizens makes me sick to my stomach,&rdquo; Walz said during an October interview with Fox News. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll tell you what, we&rsquo;ll let the lawyers decide if what he said was treason, but what I know is it&rsquo;s a call for violence, plain and simple, and it&rsquo;s pretty damn un-American if you ask me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, on the other hand, claim that Democrats have been denying election results for &ldquo;decades&rdquo; and that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2024\/10\/28\/harris-accept-election-outcome-fact-check\/75834928007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Harris campaign<\/a> &ldquo;won&rsquo;t accept the results of the election&rdquo; if she loses. The Harris campaign did not respond to inquiries on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Democrats in North Carolina, one of seven battleground states this cycle, scoffed at the idea that Harris supporters would look to overturn a Trump electoral win.<\/p>\n<p>June Ward of Weaverville told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner&nbsp;<\/em>that she does have a &ldquo;grave fear&rdquo; that Trump will&nbsp;seek to block the certification of results a second time but claimed that Democrats would not take such drastic steps should Harris lose.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope that the victory for the Harris-Walz&nbsp;team is so definite and deafening that that may not happen &mdash; just more sensible voices prevail,&rdquo; she told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I think that once the results are certified, that the Democratic Party, I think, will be likely to accept, and not without a lot of concern and dread, but will accept the result.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As for the Trump team&rsquo;s claim that Harris will not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-says-trump-absolutely-would-not-leave-office-voluntarily-if-reelected\/\" title=\"Adam Schiff asserts Trump won&#039;t willingly leave office if reelected\">accept unfavorable election results<\/a>, Peter Adams of Asheville said he does not &ldquo;believe anything Donald Trump says&rdquo; and that &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; overturning elections is a &ldquo;MAGA thing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Adams of Asheville said he does not &ldquo;believe anything Donald Trump says&rdquo; (Washington Examiner\/Timothy Wolff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;He has lied from Day One,&rdquo; Adams continued. &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t heard an honest word out of his mouth since he opened it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Buncombe County resident Melissa Duong added that talk of denying the election results is a &ldquo;D.C. thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We really don&rsquo;t talk about that,&rdquo; she explained. &ldquo;So that may be something that&rsquo;s specific to what&rsquo;s happening in D.C.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buncombe County resident Melissa Duong said talk of denying the election results is a &ldquo;D.C. thing.&rdquo; (Washington Examiner\/Timothy Wolff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emer O&rsquo;Shaughnessy, also of Weaverville, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that not accepting a Trump win as legitimate &ldquo;hasn&rsquo;t crossed [her] mind&rdquo; and that she&rsquo;s &ldquo;less than concerned&rdquo; about Democrats storming the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/11\/house-democrats-jan-6-election-trump-raskin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Axios<\/a><\/em>  that if Trump &ldquo;won a free, fair, and honest election, then we would obviously accept it&rdquo; but noted that the former president is &ldquo;definitely&rdquo; doing &ldquo;whatever he can to try to interfere with the process, whether we&rsquo;re talking about manipulating Electoral College counts in Nebraska or manipulating the vote count in Georgia or imposing other kinds of impediments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Raskin, who objected to Trump electors in 2017, did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Jason Johnson, a spokesman for Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that &ldquo;Grijalva will accept the will of the voters and the certified results of the 2024 Arizona election&rdquo; but claimed that there is &ldquo;an incredible double standard&rdquo; in coverage of election denials. Grijalva also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/01\/no-trump-electoral-college-challenge-233294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"objected\">objected<\/a> to the certification of Trump&rsquo;s win in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was Trump who caused January 6th, and it was Republicans that challenged the certified election results,&rdquo; he said in a statement. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s them you should be asking if they&rsquo;ll accept the 2024 election results.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, ranging from filing dozens of election fraud lawsuits in states across the country to inspiring the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, have been widely documented and the subject of his second impeachment and federal prosecution by Special Counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s rhetoric surrounding Election Day has grown increasingly polarizing in recent weeks, including referring to &ldquo;the enemy within&rdquo; the United States and retribution against his political foes who break the law.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans note that Democrats also have frequently denied election results in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee lists more than 150 alleged examples of &ldquo;Democrats denying election results&rdquo; on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC focuses heavily on former Vice President Al Gore&rsquo;s failed 2000 campaign, noting that a bevy of Democratic heavyweights have claimed that former President George W. Bush did not legitimately win the 2000 election. That list includes former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The RNC also notes that seven House Democrats unsuccessfully sought to object to the certification of the 2016 election and that 67 Democratic lawmakers boycotted Trump&rsquo;s 2017 inauguration and claimed his win was &ldquo;illegitimate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also have not forgotten that Harris herself, in 2018, claimed that &ldquo;voter suppression&rdquo; blocked former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams from winning the Peach State&rsquo;s gubernatorial race. Abrams has never conceded that election loss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1845024\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1845024\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swing-state Democrats say they will accept Trump\u2019s win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3498,"featured_media":2362397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-election-results.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,3728,32438,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2362396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-election","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-election-results.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}