ABC: Trump Must Concede Like McCain, Biden to End 'Demonization' in Politics

Nicholas Fondacaro | November 8, 2020
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The Sunday after Democratic nominee Joe Biden was declared the apparent president-elect, ABC’s Good Morning America was working really hard for their nominee. While ignoring Biden’s history of demonizing his opponents, they celebrated him as a great uniter that would end the rancor. They also trotted out Cindy McCain to urge the current president to concede to her nominee.

In the midst of the network’s celebration of Biden’s apparent victory (including multiple mentions of Biden’s “with the grace of God” writing), co-anchor Whit Johnson brought out McCain to talk about her husband’s (Sen. John McCain) concession to President Barack Obama.

Speaking of putting country first, I want to go back to election night 2008, after Barack Obama defeated your husband, Senator McCain gave a very gracious concession speech,” he touted before playing a soundbite from the speech. “Senator McCain there, and he also mentioned that he called Obama to congratulate him. What do you expect and hope President Trump will do in this moment?”

McCain hoped Trump would work “with grace and dignity and in putting country first and helping to heal the divide by conceding in a gracious manner.”

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