It is not conservative to say 'Trump was cheated': Bolt
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says while claiming Donald Trump was cheated may soothe the wounded pride of conservatives, it insults their intelligence and destroys any chance of changing “this toxic culture of divisionâ€. “I have had so much abuse since saying last week Donald Trump has lost the election, and should leave. Leave with grace,†Mr Bolt said. “I'm been told – by Trump supporters, even by some of you – that I lack fight. Lack balls. I'm just jumping ship. I'm a fake conservative. “My friends, it is the opposite. In fact, accepting the clear verdict of an election is exactly the conservative thing to do. “Not trashing confidence in democracy with no real proof. “Trump is doing something reckless, dangerous and selfish. He hasn't conceded he's lost. He went off to play golf instead, and to punch out more tweets again today. “I scroll down Trump's twitter feed and I see lots of allegations of fraud. But no fraud big enough to actually change the result – to flip not just one state but three or four, from losses to gains, enough to give Trump the election. “What I see is pathetic. Like the odd example of a handful of suspicious votes here and there, even a single vote here and there. Like someone who supposedly voted in Pennsylvania when they were dead. “This idea that Trump was cheated of a win not just in Pennsylvania and in Michigan, but also in Republican Georgia, or maybe in Arizona and Wisconsin, "Please. Where is Trump's evidence." Mr Bolt said it is time conservatives lived according to conservative values and at least give president elect Joe Biden the chance to live up to his “fine words†as he reached out and spoke of the unity of Americans, despite political differences. “Conservatives honour the institutions of democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. “It may soothe our hurt pride to say Trump was cheated, but it insults our intelligence and destroys the chance of changing this toxic culture of division. “Trump lost. Now he most leave. And we must accept it.â€
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says while claiming Donald Trump was cheated may soothe the wounded pride of conservatives, it insults their intelligence and destroys any chance of changing “this toxic culture of divisionâ€. “I have had so much abuse since saying last week Donald Trump has lost the election, and should leave. Leave with grace,†Mr Bolt said. “I'm been told – by Trump supporters, even by some of you – that I lack fight. Lack balls. I'm just jumping ship. I'm a fake conservative. “My friends, it is the opposite. In fact, accepting the clear verdict of an election is exactly the conservative thing to do. “Not trashing confidence in democracy with no real proof. “Trump is doing something reckless, dangerous and selfish. He hasn't conceded he's lost. He went off to play golf instead, and to punch out more tweets again today. “I scroll down Trump's twitter feed and I see lots of allegations of fraud. But no fraud big enough to actually change the result – to flip not just one state but three or four, from losses to gains, enough to give Trump the election. “What I see is pathetic. Like the odd example of a handful of suspicious votes here and there, even a single vote here and there. Like someone who supposedly voted in Pennsylvania when they were dead. “This idea that Trump was cheated of a win not just in Pennsylvania and in Michigan, but also in Republican Georgia, or maybe in Arizona and Wisconsin, "Please. Where is Trump's evidence." Mr Bolt said it is time conservatives lived according to conservative values and at least give president elect Joe Biden the chance to live up to his “fine words†as he reached out and spoke of the unity of Americans, despite political differences. “Conservatives honour the institutions of democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. “It may soothe our hurt pride to say Trump was cheated, but it insults our intelligence and destroys the chance of changing this toxic culture of division. “Trump lost. Now he most leave. And we must accept it.â€
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