WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – Two weeks have passed since the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Joe Biden declared as the winner of the presidential election (pilpres) United States of America (AS) 2020.
To this day, there has been no sign of an incumbent president Donald Trump will admit defeat from Biden.
Available, Trump continually claiming he is the winner of elections and there has been large-scale structured, massive and systematic fraud.
The Trump campaign team filed suit in a number of swing states requested that a state court grant the 74-year-old president a victory.
In fact, recently Trump invited Michigan legislators to the White House to lobby them for influence electors of electoral college so as not to vote for Biden who won the Rust Belt state.
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Trump’s actions are extraordinary because no presidential candidate in US political history has refused to admit defeat, let alone try to change the outcome of the presidential election.
Acknowledging defeat is a tradition democracy The US has been guarded uninterruptedly since 220 years ago or to be precise in the presidential election in 1800, 24 years after the independence of the country “Uncle Sam”.
The then president John Adams, who failed to win the second term, admitted his defeat publicly to his opponent Vice President Thomas Jefferson.
As the times progressed, the US presidential candidate began to use the fastest technology to admit defeat.
Former Nebraska House Democrat Candidate William Jennings Bryan was the first to use the telegram in the 1896 presidential election.
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In the 1928 presidential election, the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York Al Smith became the first to use the radio.
The first ever live television broadcasting method used by Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson was in the 1956 presidential election.
The losing candidate will usually call the winning candidate to admit defeat and congratulate him personally before appearing on the stage to deliver the defeat speech.
The defeat speech is a political moment for the presidential candidate to deliver his final speech while emphasizing that losing and winning in competitions is normal.
The losing presidential candidate will ask his supporters to accept the results of the presidential election and support the elected president to successfully lead the country.
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This political tradition is the main key why the transition to power in the US has always been smooth and peaceful without any fuss or bloodshed.
The often praised defeat speech is that of former Vice President Al Gore, who was defeated by George W Bush in the 2000 presidential election.
US Presidential Election a first in the 21st century it was one of the most controversial presidential elections in US history.
Bush became the 43rd president after the Supreme Court ordered an end to the recount in the state of Florida.
This decision gave Bush a narrow victory of 537 votes in Florida and sent him to the White House.
Gore, who won the national vote but failed to reach 270 electoral votes after Florida’s decision to choose to end 5 weeks of dispute over the presidential election
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In his speech he said that although he did not agree with the decision of the MA but he accepted it in order to maintain and preserve the unity of the country and US democracy.
Another often-exemplary defeat speech is from the late Arizona Senator John McCain and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
McCain, who lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, praised his opponent’s achievements as president of Africa. America first US.
Clinton, who was surprisingly defeated by Trump four years ago, asked his supporters to accept the election results and be open-minded to give Trump the opportunity to lead the US.
Currently Trump is in the position of Clinton, McCain, Gore, and dozens of other candidates who lost. Although not legally required, the tradition of admitting defeat is a symbol of maturing US democracy.
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