Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch
Associated PressNEW YORK — After he won the New Hampshire Republican primary Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump complained about his main GOP rival, former South Carolina Gov. “He’s doing it out in full view,” said David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation & Research and coauthor of “The Big Truth,” about Trump’s 2020 election lies. “And, we see more and more candidates adopting the election denial tactics that Donald Trump is using, either as a way to thrust themselves into the national spotlight or as a way to fundraise.” Setting the stage to blame an election loss on fraud has clear consequences, Orey said, pointing to the fact that threats and harassment against election officials after 2020 were especially severe in battleground states that Trump narrowly lost. He also said he “won” in 2016, and it wasn’t clear whether he was repeating prior false claims about winning New Hampshire in that year’s general election, even though he lost it. In New Hampshire, Trump said Biden and his administration were “evil.” “They are so bad at what they are doing and so evil, and they’re destroying our country,” Trump said.