On election night, news outlets first called Florida for Gore, then Bush, then said the race was too close to call. The recount and legal battles would take weeks to unfold, with Gore eventually conceding to Bush that December. But despite all the chaos surrounding the 2000 election, The Washington Times, a conservative daily newspaper, never published a headline that declared Gore to be president. Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh on Sunday tweeted two photos: one of the purported Washington Times “President Gore” front page and the other of a room plastered with photos of the front page. “Greeting staff at @TeamTrump HQ this morning, a reminder that the media doesn’t select the President,” Murtaugh wrote in his tweet.

Source: Huffington Post November 08, 2020 21:44 UTC