Do Concessions Mean Anything?

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The left have been going on and on and on ad nauseum for years about Trump never conceding the 2020 election. They acted like it was a big deal, even though Trump physically left the White House and Biden has been president for four years.

Fast forward to 2024 and Harris has done the "honorable" thing and conceded her loss to Trump since the powers that be declared Trump won, even taking all seven swing states. Biden has invited Trump to the White House to do the traditional meet and greet, etc. for the incoming president.

BUT

I just read that Kamala Harris is still taking donations to her campaign, presumabley to help pay down her remaining 20 million dollar campaign debt but now she says part of the those donations will be going to pay for recounts in close states.


BUT

What if by some wild lightning strikes and massive improbablities and maybe even some cheating, the recounts show that Harris won? I mean she already conceded she lost. If conceding an election means as much as the left claim it means, then how can she claim she won after she already conceded? I mean, isn't that what concessions are? Do they really mean anything whether you concede or not concede if you get to change your mind anyway once you conceded and then decide to unconcede?
 
It shows one being a good sport.

The 2020 election was very different though, the most unique in U.S history so when you are so far ahead and then see a wave of numbers that go in the other direction in the middle of the night, viewed around the globe with a "what happened"?
 
But doesn't a formality imply that you actually lost? So, if you concede, that means you lost. The formality should mean that you can't change your mind.
If evidence becomes known to show otherwise, then a concession should be retractable.
 
What I mean is that it's not really a legal thing. It's...not official. So she'd just look like an ass, but it wouldn't be breaking any rules.
What I'm getting at is democrats made a big deal about Trump never conceding the 2020 election but now they are saying that even if they concede, they can unconcede, which means that a concession doesn't really mean anything in the first place, even though they made a big deal about Trump not concedeing the 2020 election.
 
What I'm getting at is democrats made a big deal about Trump never conceding the 2020 election but now they are saying that even if they concede, they can unconcede, which means that a concession doesn't really mean anything in the first place, even though they made a big deal about Trump not concedeing the 2020 election.
I dunno. I didn't really read into it very much.
 
It shows one being a good sport.

The 2020 election was very different though, the most unique in U.S history so when you are so far ahead and then see a wave of numbers that go in the other direction in the middle of the night, viewed around the globe with a "what happened"?
But are you a good sport if you concede and then decide to unconcede?
 

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