Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

 Kontemptible Kevin McCarthy has had the audacity to ask how Trump's attempts to overturn the election in 2020 are any different than Hillary Clinton calling Trump an "illegitimate president" because of Russian interference.  Or, for that matter, from Al Gore challenging the election in Florida or from certain Democrats blaming John Kerry's defeat on Diebold voting machines.  Conveniently, Kontemptible Kevin leaves out Republicans calling Barrack Obama illegitimate based on false claims that he was born in Kenya, or Bill Clinton illegitimate because he never won a majority of the popular vote.

How is it different?  I don't know.  Could it be because Hillary did not spend the whole election priming her supporters to regard any defeat as fraudulent?  Because she conceded the day after the election and only called Trump illegitimate after he had been in office several years?  Because she never tried to persuade any state officials to change the electoral votes?  And never asked Obama to deploy the machinery of the federal government to seize ballots and re-run elections?  Because she never urged Joe Biden to unilaterally reject votes in states she lost?  And never called for a protest to pressure Congress into changing the results?  And, when a riot broke out, did not use the violence as a pressure technique?  Could that be the difference, Kevin?

Just in case you still don't get it, I even made a table.

Donald Trump	Hillary Clinton
Insisted during the election that if he lost it would be proof of fraud.*	Never claimed that defeat would be proof of fraud.
Refused to concede defeat until  the January 6 insurrection was defeated and his cabinet threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment unless he conceded.*	Conceded defeat the night after the election.  Made some speeches well after Trump was inaugurated questioning his legitimacy.*
Automatic recounts in all close states.	Did not ask for recounts, although Jill Stein of the Green Party sought recounts in swing states.
Filed or encouraged others to file over 60 lawsuits challenging the results, all of which were thrown out as completely without merit.*	Did not file any lawsuits challenging the results.
Pressured legislatures in all swing states to override the results and appoint a slate of electors pledged to Trump.**	Did not pressure any state legislatures to alter the results.
Pressured the (Republican) Secretary of State in Georgia to change the result.***	Did not pressure any election officials to change the results.
Arranged for alternative slates of electors in all swing states to claim to be the real electors and vote for Trump.**	Some supporters encouraged electors to be “faithless” and vote for a more “normal” Republican, like Kasich.*
Encouraged the machinery of the federal government to declare some elections fraudulent** or to void the elections, seize the ballots, and hold a do-over.***	Never attempted or encouraged others to use the machinery of the federal government to change the outcome.
Pressured the Vice President to either reject swing state votes for his opponent or to send the votes back to the swing state legislatures for a 10-day “investigation.”**	Never suggested the Vice President could act unilaterally to change the outcome.
Called for a “wild” protest to pressure Congress into naming him the winner.*	Possibly encouraged protests of the outcome, without questioning its legitimacy.
Large riot the day Congress certified the election, that forced Congress to evacuate the Capitol and delayed the vote count by at least 6 hours.***  There is no evidence Trump foresaw the riot or intended to incite it, but he clearly relished the riot once it started and did nothing to stop it until it became apparent that the riot had been defeated.*	Antifa riots during the Trump inauguration with no serious disruption.***  No evidence that Hillary or anyone in the corridors of power encouraged the riots. Large-scale, peaceful “woman’s marches” across the country the next day to protest the Trump presidency.
Did not attend his successor’s inauguration.*	Attended the Trump inauguration.

Get it now, Kevin?  

I didn't think so.

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*Unethical, but not illegal.
**Unclear if this is illegal.
***Illegal.