Yeah, Jones chose a pretty weird way to frame it. What he really meant was that a candidate can choose to gum up the works instead of letting the process play out like normal. But it’s not really about concession.
If Gore had refused to concede after the SCOTUS ruling in 2000, what would have been different? Not a goddamn thing. Florida would have certified the results the court ordered it to certify, Congress would have accepted them, and Bush would have taken office.
It wasn’t Gore’s concession that allowed Bush to become president. It was the Supreme Court ordering Florida to certify its (wrong) results.
