Donald Trump Doesn't Have To Concede. All He Has To Do Is Lose.

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Donald Trump, according to everybody, challenged either a pillar or a cornerstone of American Democracy at Thursday's debate when he said he'd have to think over whether he'd agree that he lost if he loses. One way or the other, the architectural metaphors are grim. Asked by moderator Chris Wallace to commit that "you will absolutely accept the result of the election," Trump didn't see why he should make any such commitment: "I will look at it at the time. I'm not looking at anything now, I'll look at it at the time. What I've seen, what I’ve seen, is so bad."

Then he was off and running with claims that "millions of people" are registered to vote who shouldn't be, and also the media is unfair, and Hillary never should have been allowed to run anyway, because email crimes.

Wallace appealed to the whole "peaceful transition of power" thing, and pressed Trump for a straight answer: "[Are] you saying you're not prepared now to commit to that principle?" Trump wasn't prepared, no way: "What I'm saying is that I will tell you at the time. I will keep you in suspense, okay?"

Trump refuses to say if he'll accept election results, threatening pillar of American democracy:  https: //t.co/4PRJRaiWxv   pic.twitter.com/pefxFTBW1r 

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) October 20, 2016