How VP Al Gore Presided Over the Certification of an Election He Lost | NowThis
Throwback to VP Al Gore certifying the results of a highly contested election, even though he lost.
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Пікірлер: 537
And everyone hated Florida since then
@dylanhenry2010
3 жыл бұрын
I think everyone has always hated Florida.
@elijahochieng139
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Florida SUCKS, nowonder they voted for trump TWICE.
@dqmachine2624
3 жыл бұрын
I live in florida and still hate it!
@j_m835
3 жыл бұрын
Ya and thats why they will, in future go blue soo...
@joshuaalfaro4781
3 жыл бұрын
@Daniel Ironic since Florida is sinking (literally the Ocean around them is rising), and Arizona went blue, and Texas was closer than 41 other states this time around
“It’s not what you say but it’s what you do that reveals your heart...” - Gore lost by only 500+ votes but yet he honored his country by conceding & accepting the election results - now, that’s a true American Patriot
@purplesaori
3 жыл бұрын
It must have been a very hard pill to swallow, I wish he would have been president.
@elevatorfilmersg
3 жыл бұрын
James Martin If al gore tried to fight as hard as trump over the election results he would have very likely won. But instead of going all out and doing whatever was within his capacity to fight the election results, he realised the profound consequences his actions could have on the country and he had the wisdom to know that it could potentially cause a lot of division with the country and it would not be worth the risk to continue to fight. Moreover al gore was fighting over the criteria on how ballots should be considered defective and not included in the vote count, trump was fighting over election fraud is probably the president who has tried to sow the most doubt over the presidential election’s integrity to the greatest extent in the history of America.
@SerTempleton
3 жыл бұрын
Trump lost by 7 million and could not concede.
@SerTempleton
3 жыл бұрын
@@elevatorfilmersg the supreme Court ruled on it and it was final. Nothing to do.
@TavaraTheLaughingLion
3 жыл бұрын
@@elevatorfilmersg how would he have won? The electoral college has always decided who's the next president, winning or losing by 500, 5000, 50.000 votes doesn't matter when u are elected/selected by the electoral college.Just to signify how useless civil voting is, Trump lost the popular vote last election yet he became president thriugh the electoral college. There's not even a reason for Trump to object not having enough votes, he could've won by 80% it wouldn't have mattered since those 304 electoral votes would've probably still gone to Biden.
I love the way how VP Al Gore speak. So gentle.
@Mr.Strickland410
3 ай бұрын
And so boring
I still think this was one of the most admirable things a politician has done in the past few decades
See how a real President of the Senate handles himself.!
@ToasterStud
3 жыл бұрын
Notice how the GOP act, then I watch them give standing ovation 30 secs ago. GOP are nothing but hypocrites and liars. GOP should be ashamed and disgusted.
@kristopherwatts9466
3 жыл бұрын
The problem is... this was a sign of what was to come with Republicans skirting the law to remove and disenfranchise minority voters.. and none of the senators took it seriously.
@perp1exed
3 жыл бұрын
@Peace and Love I agree with the sentiment regarding VP Pence, but we have to remain conscious of the fact that he was merely doing his job as mandated by the constitution. I'm not saying he didn't display some courage in "defying" Trump... but he shouldn't be getting a "participation medal" for fulfilling his duties as mandated by the constitution.
@andrewkenobi9486
3 жыл бұрын
pence did the same
@Yogi-kt9vi
3 жыл бұрын
@@ToasterStud so should the dems lol. Welcome to politics
Did anyone remember Al Gore mobilizing his supporters and ordered them to storm the capitol building. I didn't
@the_boss2194
3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember Trump explicitly saying to storm the Capitol? I don’t
@royboy1984
3 жыл бұрын
@@the_boss2194 ...but they did boss.
@djoakeydoakey1076
3 жыл бұрын
@@the_boss2194 He heavily implied it,
@battlec43
3 жыл бұрын
@@djoakeydoakey1076 "We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." yes that clearly implies that people should violently storming the Capitol. I'm glad Trump lost, now I can sit back and laugh at Biden doing nothing for his "voters" for the next 4-8 years. His policies can't effect me in any way, so I'm good 😁
@beluwuga2229
3 жыл бұрын
@@the_boss2194 He implied it lol told them to go and protest he knew what was gonna happen u send way to loyal and people with guns to the capitol what u think they would do he implied it
Imagine him being the president, how he handles ang behaves.
@harrystyles3891
3 жыл бұрын
Al Gore would've been a great President. He really cared about this country. Also he would've been better than Bush. George w. Bush was very bad.
@Marcus-cm7di
3 жыл бұрын
You’re not even american
they tryna give him the presidency and he has to say no lmao
@LordValorum
5 ай бұрын
That's what we call based
This pause with the "hey" was the biggest dying inside I've ever seen
The greatest president we never had.
@angelmendiola2002
3 жыл бұрын
A President who can protect the lockbox
@calumroche9217
3 жыл бұрын
What’s funny is he won Florida but people had multiple candidates checked off so they were invalid
@Hernanblackop
3 жыл бұрын
Bernie sanders disagrees
@shanonfernando1326
3 жыл бұрын
@@Hernanblackop oh yes. Him too
@bambangsudirman6063
3 жыл бұрын
That would be RFK,he comes in 2nd
The world would be in such a beter place with Al Gore as President
@robbieking4070
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed. We’d be safe from Manbearpig for starters
@Mrsmifff
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah and big businesses would have been held accountable for their carbon releases into the atmosphere. It would have e been a country ran by logic and science.
@idkwhatnametochoose6197
3 жыл бұрын
Although we probably wouldn’t have Obama most of the time a party doesn’t win 2 presidents in a row. The most recent time would be Reagan & Bush Sr.
@areascoda2912
3 жыл бұрын
Why?
@Mrsmifff
3 жыл бұрын
@@areascoda2912 because of science and intelligence. Not religion and manipulation.
Al Gore would have been one of the greatest presidents
@emperorpalpatine2531
3 жыл бұрын
He would’ve continued the legacy of Clinton, moving the economy forward and doing something about the climate
@cautiouslyhopeful
3 жыл бұрын
At the very least, he would have focused on Afghanistan and not Iraq.
@Kylefassbinderful
3 жыл бұрын
I will always wonder how he would've handled 9/11. There's a good chance 9/11 would have still happened but instead of Bush ignoring the intel about a possible attack Gore most likely would've taken that intel seriously. But like I said, I think 9/11 would have still happened unfortunately.
@betterbaseball8990
3 жыл бұрын
@@emperorpalpatine2531 the legacy of clinton? 😂😂😂 Okay buddy
@emperorpalpatine2531
3 жыл бұрын
@@betterbaseball8990 Bill Clinton was actually still wildly popular. Actually, Al Gore most likely lost because he didn’t campaign with Bill Clinton.
Democratic senators in 2000 knew there was no point continuing the fight which is why nobody signed to the objection. And they had far more reason to object with such a close election determined by 1 state with a margine of 500 votes. Its a shame the modern day republican senators don't have the same level of respect for our democracy as the democratic senators fron 2000 had
@danniton9831
3 жыл бұрын
That's because they are no longer republicans. They are sheeps, and Trump the dictator shepherd.
@nolan4826
3 жыл бұрын
You think republicans closed off black votes.
@madisonbrown8851
3 жыл бұрын
@@nolan4826 We don't think, we know.
@nolan4826
3 жыл бұрын
Send the link I never saw this, well I also don’t check the news
@terry2346
3 жыл бұрын
@@RogueMinion The Real (classical) Republicans need to kick Trump out of the Republican party if they want to survive into the 21st and 22nd century. Otherwise they are history.
A real class act! What an awkward position to be in. Why did the forefathers give this to the VP?
@andreasantoniou3481
3 жыл бұрын
because the VP is the president of the senate and the president of the senate presides the joined sessions of congress
@Sunshine4
3 жыл бұрын
I think they expected “public servants” to love the country more than themselves. Got that wrong eh?
@marksnow7569
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sunshine4 They had it right for well over 200 years and 44 presidents
@RamaSivamani
3 жыл бұрын
Well initially when the country was formed the VP and President were voted on seperately so it was possible to have a VP that is a different party than the president.
@CiGambino
3 жыл бұрын
I think it was because they expected that people elected to office were decent, intelligent people.
Gore is a special, unusual man of a pioneering character, he hates crowds, likes to be alone, a nature lover, and I personally think he is too good to be President. Incredibly handsome in his day as well.
This saga is more entertaining than the Kardashians.
Everyone is gonna feel real stupid when Manbearpig shows up and nobody knows how to stop him
@josephfogarty6902
3 жыл бұрын
Donald Trump is manbearpig in disguise. COMFIRMED!
@djoakeydoakey1076
3 жыл бұрын
Give up Red Dead Redemption 2.
@bingoreddraaz7363
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 you need to get cereal
It’s amazing on how he handled this after losing the election. I don’t think I would be able to do it.
That was so dignified. While I would have hoped he'd won all those years ago, I congratulate his integrity. He handled it really well.
@mycro2767
3 жыл бұрын
He did win. Bush stole that election through SCOTUS
@caravij5540
3 жыл бұрын
@@mycro2767 True, I meant if he'd been allowed to be president.
@mfelix3511
3 жыл бұрын
I can't help but wonder how he would have handled 9 11. Doubtless better than Bush did, but I wonder what he would have done.
Imagine the restraint and decency required to deny objections that could have won him the presidency. I've never been a huge fan of Gore but this is patriotism in action, pure and simple.
I have always loathed Al Gore, but I do have enormous respect for his conduct that day. He did what was right and showed his quality.
Imagine people are for you and fighting for you and you stick to the law and have to shut them down and lose.
This is what class, strength, humility, intelligence, and grace look like. Something the republicans haven’t had in decades.
Gore shows how okay it is to lose, so long as the law is followed and the sacrament of democracy is honored.
OMG, I really don’t see a Republican doing this.
@lupapera
3 жыл бұрын
@@sandyc7250 , i know. I meant today.
@nflballer7249
3 жыл бұрын
@@lupapera Mitt Rommey
@drewstaser9726
3 жыл бұрын
Trust me, it got far worse
@AscentofTrollbane
3 жыл бұрын
tbf pence is doing a good job. albiet the republicans created this mess entirely.
@loganperry8059
3 жыл бұрын
I can see a REAL republican doing this. Not one of these nationalists pretending to be proper conservatives
He indeed was to be the next president...bad luck America did saw him as the President...👍
Democrats wins ❣💙🙋♀️
Al Gore could still run for President. With people living longer he could run even after 80.
@siddnneeyy
3 жыл бұрын
He's also younger than both Trump and Biden lol
@sigmaballsnetwork
3 жыл бұрын
@@casanova317 that won’t happen if the Senate votes to impeach him, which they prob will, even if the Senate votes to impeach him after Biden is inaugurated, Donald Trump can’t run for office ever again
@Fireglo
2 жыл бұрын
That ship has sailed now. He had his chance and blew it.
@Wadiyatalkinabeet_
7 ай бұрын
Nah he sold out in 06. But Gore in 2000 was a force to be reckon with. I’d vote for that man if that version of himself came back
Can't wait for the series finale of America
@TheOscahara
3 жыл бұрын
This may have not aged well
@Mrsmifff
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheOscahara like a fine cheese my friend... it stinks but F is it ever good lol
@mfelix3511
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mrsmifff Just wait for series 3, 2022! In production already.
@ordinaryghoul270
3 жыл бұрын
You may hate Trump or not, but man this country is swirling down a toilet
@jacobbrown5800
3 жыл бұрын
Same
Gotta love the sassy black women who made a point of order
@ilo2224
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, Sheev, any more political ambitions? Exegol was a bit of a mess, wasn’t it? :/
@mfgJoseph
3 жыл бұрын
“The chair will advise that the rules do care.”💥
@stephenmonash821
3 жыл бұрын
Pity she did not avail herself of the house rules.
@emperorpalpatine2531
3 жыл бұрын
@@ilo2224 just a bit
Maxine was as bold then as she is now.
Do YOU know, that "PERDUE" is a French word meaning "LOST" - and that is what just happened today, january 6th 2021, to DAVID PERDUE in Georgia!
@2Manchester
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it meant chicken
@purplesaori
3 жыл бұрын
@@2Manchester HAHAHAHA 💀
Can you imagine how hard it was for him?...what a loss for us citizens..history could be different
In 2021 there were objections signed by house members and a senator
back when gentlemen were gentlemen.
I'm glad this video is here, it prepares me for what is to come. However, what is to come will be much worse than this. This was civil objections.
20 years ago today
To think we were robbed of such a class act.
@purplesaori
3 жыл бұрын
Sad 😭
@Fireglo
2 жыл бұрын
What do you mean robbed? It was an election, the people DECIDED not to elect him.
4:02 I like how he’s trying to get his attention while smacking the hammer. That sound is so satisfying,
Why is the camera quality better here than in 2020 🤨
While I myself admire the spirit of those who rose for objections, without signature of senator & representative, I also quite admire vp Gore's formality, _authoritativeness_ , and literal ability to casually follow the laws and rules before him, to moreover certify the election that he himself lost back in 2000. Quite the level different in present times, yet still admirable from this time; then. :)
You can't ask for much better than the contender himself admitting his loss. What an honorable deed.
The laughter. 🤬😤
This is how a gracious and mature person accepts loss. Bye bye Don!
Look how happy Gore was. He didn’t care- they WERE ON THE SAME TEAM!👎🏻
@SlipperyGoulet
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this always bothered me.
@idkwhatnametochoose6197
3 жыл бұрын
He’s not being lame he is just doing what’s right.
@TheStackeddeck77
3 жыл бұрын
@@idkwhatnametochoose6197 if the comment is only derisive check the profile. This person's profile is 1 month old, its probably a troll. Ignore them and they will shuffle back under their bridge, all they want is to make people mad and get a reaction, or they're being paid either way ignoring them messes with them more than you. Edit: wrong they're.
@crappyaccount
3 жыл бұрын
...?
@decide2think
3 жыл бұрын
This is Democrats doing democracy! Most Republicans do the opposite!
imagine having actual rights to become the most powerful person in the world, and then rejecting every single demand from your friends so that you would lose to your opponent willingly..that takes guts. America was great back then.
@alalalala57
3 жыл бұрын
It really is true what they say, if you want to see someone's true character, give them power. Al Gore, the best president America never had.
@mfgJoseph
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not like the Presiding Officer (i.e. Gore in 2001; Pence in 2021) has any power to change the electoral votes. Gore’s “friends” from the House were being obnoxious.
@samarmisra4922
2 жыл бұрын
@@mfgJoseph exactly. Gore and Pence did the right thing and the VP has a ceremonial role in these matters and cannot change anything.
that is a true professional!!!
I would be honored to vote for Al Gore if he decided to run again!
@hectorlopez1069
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
Such dignity.
What a sport Gore🙌
Greatness!
He's 43 to me
@purplesaori
3 жыл бұрын
He’s the (un)official 43 in the eyes of millions 🤩
This is the highest level of class.
Auntie not playing NO GAMES since ‘01! 2:48 ❤️🏛
one word: INTEGRITY.
Do one on Nixon in 1961
Ive never seen this video before and al gore is so cool .
Why so many house members always object, but so few or no senators object.
Uploaded on the same day as the Capitol attack. I love how Gore brings levity to the Senate.
@pm5206
Жыл бұрын
It was a protest. Fed provocateurs invaded.
Hey has politics changed so much, it’s sad.
Bravo. A decent public servant!! Rarest of men!
So I was wondering, does it need to be signed by a senator?
I was seven when the 2000 election happened, it was a trying and sad time for me and my family my dads mother (my grandma) died that November and I had just started second grade at a new school
He was class act.
That...must've been a long day for him.
Wow. First time I've seen this. This is how democracy is supposed to work.
This was posted ON the 6th?
Are we sure that Al Gore isn't a robot?
Politics is so much more interesting than any reality show.
@saragirma6577
3 жыл бұрын
I know several people who do not like politics and find it boring. It is refreshing to see someone openly like politics.
@historycam9880
3 жыл бұрын
@@saragirma6577 Same
Rep Maxine Waters is a boss.
@HwCollins
3 жыл бұрын
She's a failure, representing a failed state, in possibly its most failed district, because of how much she fails to deliver for her people.
al gore is a true gentleman. god bless you sir.
Al Gore sounds like Bill Belichick
Growing up,I had an immense crush on him.He is certainly one of a kind..
Oh Corrine Brown 💔
This is what dignity looks like.
What about Richard Nixon in 1960
Oh I love Al Gore!
Isn't Al Gore the same person that got embarrassed by that one rockstar guy?
poice class and good hearteď...màybe no more of this kind ..
I love that lady I don't care if it's signed by a senator. Exactly Gore was screwed out of being president.
Gore should have fight harder!
wow, al gore pretty good guy.
Can we appreciate how great the founding fathers were? They created a government and knew of basically any and every situation that could occur.
@danesesse
3 жыл бұрын
Lol... looks at past 4 years. What are you on about?
@ab3040
3 жыл бұрын
@@danesesse ah but the system didn't fail, the PEOPLE in the system failed.
@joshuaalfaro4781
3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call the founding fathers great, just foward thinkers
@ab3040
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuaalfaro4781 they literally fought for and created a country. Can you say that? They were great stop trying to sidestep it
@thegeopoliticalforecaster2994
3 жыл бұрын
@@ab3040 They also owned other human beings, raped slaves, gave women and minorities second class citizenship, and led massacres against the original inhabitants of the continent into near extinction.
It's too bad that there won't be any future candidates who stands up for not only for both parties, but the country and her people.
At that point Gore was numb to the election
2:51 - same lady objected in 2017
Seems like a different era of a different maybe better country from today’s perspective.
He is a Gentlemen
Also none of the objections were signed by a senator
9 months later....
honorable
Why are people wasting his time by presenting objections without the needed senator signatures?
This is really GORE to Gore
Back when our leaders put the country above their own ego
Back in the days
He came to be VP in order to become a future POTUS,he is not easy❗
I remember this in the beginning of Fahrenheit 9/11.
Hey America.....are we “Great Again” yet?? Just wondering
@progressivemind994
3 жыл бұрын
In 50 years time perhaps😏😏😏😏
@mtio2807
3 жыл бұрын
@@progressivemind994 ...... LoL
@purplesaori
3 жыл бұрын
Are you quoting Stephen Colbert? Either way, it will be great again, on 20 Jan ✌🏻
@ordinaryghoul270
3 жыл бұрын
We’ve gotten worse
@mtio2807
3 жыл бұрын
@@purplesaori ........... will it be? Will it? Does the spell over these demonic Id!ots break somehow on January 20?
537... smh
The fact that this video was uploaded during the same day of insurrection is hilarious 😂😂😂