“Just after Election Day in 2024, 69% of registered voters said the elections in their community were run and administered very well, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Yet only 43% said the same about elections across the United States.” - Pew
“most misleading election rumors stem not from false or manipulated evidence but from misinterpretations and mischaracterizations…. the problem is not just about bad facts but also faulty frames, or the mental structures people rely on to interpret those facts.” - The Conversation
“’We lost. Someone must have cheated!’ This is also not a biblical response. To claim a conspiracy and delegitimize a duly elected official is also a way of putting your finger on the scale.” - P&D
“Democrats are inaccurately accusing Republican election reform efforts–designed to address some of Trump’s complaints–as ‘voter suppression.’ But here is an actual case of voter suppression, only Trump is suppressing his own voters!” - Veith
“Among ‘John Delta’s’ requests were that counties send him data retained on voting machines. But voting machines have no data—all the vote tallies are downloaded to drives and servers and kept elsewhere.” - Dispatch
“After the results of Maricopa County’s unofficial election review were released last week, baseless rumors about alleged election fraud have been circulating on social media. A popular Instagram post, for example, claims that ‘over 17,000 duplicate ballots were found JUST in Maricopa county. Trump won.’” - The Dispatch
By now, I thought we would have all moved on from this wearisome topic, but Donald Trump and his supporters are nowhere near giving up. Many who lean right seem to be sold on some form of 2020 election illegitimacy.
Last week, Breitbart posted Pollak: The Real ‘Big Lie’ Is That the 2020 Election Was Free and Fair. When it was brought to my attention, I had to respond.
