The Presidential Election WAS Stolen
Just not from Trump
Published: January 14, 2025 •
2 min read
Let’s get one thing straight. Yes, a presidential election in the United States was stolen. Votes were discarded. Outcomes were manipulated. Democracy was undermined.
But it wasn’t in 2020. It was in 2000. And it wasn’t from Donald Trump. It was from Al Gore.Everyone old enough to remember will remember the most frustrating election of our time. Florida. Hanging chads. Butterfly ballots. Mass voter roll purges. The Supreme Court stepped in not to count the votes but to stop the count.
People forget just how close it was. Gore won the popular vote nationwide. Florida was the swing state that would determine the election. It came down to 537 votes...out of nearly 6 million.
But here’s what people miss:
Tens of thousands of ballots in Florida were never counted—because of poor design, bad machines, confusing instructions, and intentional voter suppression. Ballots from predominantly black and Democratic districts were the most likely to be tossed. And when the courts stopped the recount, George W. Bush “won” the state—and the presidency. Gore conceded. Not because he lost, but because the system refused to finish the count.
Meanwhile, Trump:
- Lost by over 7 million votes
- Lost every recount
- 60+ courts dismissed his lawsuits
- His own people—Barr, Pence, state GOP officials—told him it was over
When Gore was robbed in 2000? Crickets. No yelling. No “Stop the Steal.” No riotous mobs storming Congress. Just quiet acceptance and a resolve that democracy must move forward.
So when someone tells you the election was stolen, agree with them. But let them know it was Gore, Florida, 2000, and the election George W. Bush didn’t really win. That’s when the American people learned that an election can be stolen—quietly, legally, and in plain sight.
And, be warned, if the system can throw away tens of thousands of votes once...it can do it again.
