Election deniers quiet on fraud claims after primary wins
2 years, 6 months ago

Election deniers quiet on fraud claims after primary wins

Associated Press  

Nevada Republican Jim Marchant insisted there hadn’t been a legitimate election in his state in more than a decade. Dozens of GOP candidates who sought former President Donald Trump’s backing in Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere have spent months parroting his baseless claims of 2020 election fraud but then declared victory without raising such concerns in their own elections. In Pennsylvania, Republican nominee for governor Doug Mastriano spearheaded a state Senate hearing in which witnesses — including former Trump campaign attorneys Jenna Ellis and Rudy Giuliani — aired false claims about mass voter fraud. And the state bar moved to discipline Paxton just days after his primary win, claiming his leading role in petitioning the Supreme Court to block Biden’s victory was “dishonest.” State and federal election officials across the country and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker repeatedly claimed Biden’s victory was tainted by fraud over the last year and even called for seven swing states Trump lost to vote again.

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'Evolving and shapeshifting': How election deniers are changing to fit MAGA's needs
3 weeks ago

'Evolving and shapeshifting': How election deniers are changing to fit MAGA's needs

Raw Story  

Donald Trump was gearing up to claim the 2024 election was rigged, just as he baselessly claimed about 2020 — but fell completely silent about it as soon as it became clear he was actually on track for a victory — but that doesn't mean that Stop the Steal conspiracy theories have completely gone away, wrote Hayes Brown for MSNBC. …

2020's debunked election fraud claims are coming back due to Trump's 2024 victory
1 month, 2 weeks ago

2020's debunked election fraud claims are coming back due to Trump's 2024 victory

NPR  

2020's debunked election fraud claims are coming back due to Trump's 2024 victory toggle caption Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump's 2024 election victory is fueling claims of fraud on both sides of the political divide. I think we can put the lie about Biden's 80 million votes to rest once and for all," wrote Dinesh D'Souza, who popularized …

Top US Election Official Calls False Claims Over Fraud ‘Corrosive’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Top US Election Official Calls False Claims Over Fraud ‘Corrosive’

Live Mint  

The nation’s top official for safeguarding election infrastructure called the spread of election fraud allegations “irresponsible” after being asked about such claims by former President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in a news conference Monday that it’s “very unfortunate and very irresponsible” for anybody in a position …

The election hasn’t happened yet - Trump is already spreading false voter fraud claims in Pennsylvania
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The election hasn’t happened yet - Trump is already spreading false voter fraud claims in Pennsylvania

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. York County, Pennsylvania, received THOUSANDS of potentially FRAUDULENT …

Trump claims there are 'bad spots' in Pennsylvania voting and suggests Kamala Harris 'stole the presidency of the United States'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump claims there are 'bad spots' in Pennsylvania voting and suggests Kamala Harris 'stole the presidency of the United States'

Daily Mail  

Former President Donald Trump is once again using suggestions of voter fraud to fire up his supporters – pointing to 'bad spots' in Pennsylvania at the top of a campaign event Tuesday just a week before Election Day. Trump said the election was going 'very well' but said there had been 'bad spots in Pennsylvania' 'We're leading, I believe, in …

Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report
2 months, 1 week ago

Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report

Raw Story  

More than a dozen Republicans who served as "fake electors" in 2020, including some who are facing criminal charges, are reportedly serving as official Donald Trump electors in battleground states this year, while another 16 electors from those states say president Joe Biden's election win was fraudulent. Altogether, election deniers and fake electors make up more than a third of …

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump persisted in saying during the presidential debate that he won the 2020 election and took no responsibility for any of the mayhem that unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the building to block the peaceful transfer of power. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to …

Trump and his MAGA friends are laying groundwork for ‘chaos and violence’ if they lose election, expert says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump and his MAGA friends are laying groundwork for ‘chaos and violence’ if they lose election, expert says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They have claimed that the charges against Trump amount to “election interference” and “lawfare” …

Trump goes silent on ‘serious voter fraud’ after long trashing New Hampshire as ‘rigged’
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump goes silent on ‘serious voter fraud’ after long trashing New Hampshire as ‘rigged’

Raw Story  

During the last two presidential election cycles, former President Donald Trump spread false tales about Massachusetts voters traveling by bus to illegally vote in New Hampshire. “I think that sort of poll narrative is getting much weaker by the minute.” Amber McReynolds, a former director of elections in Denver and member of the bipartisan reform group Issue One’s National Council …

Republican presidential race: Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch
11 months ago

Republican presidential race: Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch

New Indian Express  

NEW 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. Trump made similar allegations before the 2020 election, predicting for months there would be widespread fraud that November and contending he could only lose if the election was stolen from him. “He's doing it …

Donald Trump’s bogus election denial movement is the real winner of the Republican primaries
11 months ago

Donald Trump’s bogus election denial movement is the real winner of the Republican primaries

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Allies of Mr Trump, who famously turns accusations …

Trump’s election fraud claims were always bogus. Will his history of lies finally catch up to him?
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump’s election fraud claims were always bogus. Will his history of lies finally catch up to him?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If there’s voter fraud, this election will be …

All The Republicans Who Told Donald Trump He Was Lying About Election Fraud
1 year, 4 months ago

All The Republicans Who Told Donald Trump He Was Lying About Election Fraud

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump was repeatedly told by top Republican officials and allies, including people he often relied on for candid advice, that his claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election were bogus. Former Vice President Mike Pence “The Defendant’s Vice President—who personally stood to gain by remaining in office as part of the Defendant’s ticket …

Participants at Trump’s Jan. 6 rally push false election claims in Virginia legislative campaigns
1 year, 6 months ago

Participants at Trump’s Jan. 6 rally push false election claims in Virginia legislative campaigns

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Most Republican candidates running for the Virginia legislature this year are centering their pitches to voters on issues such as education, the cost of living and gun rights. Nearly three years after Democrat Joe Biden won the White House, the Virginia candidates’ messaging shows the durability among Republicans of Trump’s claims, something that’s been reflected in previous …

‘Election denial is alive and well’: Despite statewide losses, conspiracists win some local offices
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Election denial is alive and well’: Despite statewide losses, conspiracists win some local offices

LA Times  

Paddy McGuire, Democratic Mason County auditor, left, greets Republican challenger Steve Duenkel at a candidates forum Oct. 13 in Shelton, Wash., as county Commissioner Sharon Trask looks on. McGuire, the auditor of Mason County in western Washington, lost his reelection bid to Steve Duenkel, a Republican who has echoed former President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. “There are all …

GOP Election Deniers Really Didn't Like Biden's Speech Calling Out GOP Election Deniers
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP Election Deniers Really Didn't Like Biden's Speech Calling Out GOP Election Deniers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden used a prime-time speech Thursday to warn Americans that democracy is “under assault” from “MAGA Republicans” who sought to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election and have pledged to exert more partisan power over future contests. Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem, one of several election deniers who won a GOP secretary of …

How election-denying GOP governors could tilt the 2024 presidential election
2 years, 3 months ago

How election-denying GOP governors could tilt the 2024 presidential election

Raw Story  

Republican candidates who claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump have been nominated for governor in four critical swing states, raising concerns that if elected they could try to sway election results in 2024 and beyond. The current proposal, introduced by a bipartisan group of senators, requires that at least six days before the Electoral College meets, …

More than half of GOP governor nominees have questioned or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election
2 years, 4 months ago

More than half of GOP governor nominees have questioned or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Republican nominee in at least 22 of this year’s 36 gubernatorial races is someone who has rejected, declined to affirm, raised doubts about, or tried to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. Arizona: Kari Lake Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona Kari Lake speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Whiskey Roads Restaurant …

Election deniers are one step closer to taking control of voting in 4 key states
2 years, 4 months ago

Election deniers are one step closer to taking control of voting in 4 key states

CNN  

CNN — Republican candidates who espouse Donald Trump’s false claims that the last presidential election was stolen are steadily advancing through primaries for positions to oversee the next one in swing states. The state party endorsed Kristina Karamo, who has claimed she witnessed irregularities during the last election, for secretary of state and Matthew DePerno, who was involved in a …

2020 results denier to oversee voting in rural Nevada county
2 years, 4 months ago

2020 results denier to oversee voting in rural Nevada county

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — County commissioners in rural Nevada appointed a new top election official who has denied that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election and promises to implement plans to count every ballot by hand, in place of electronic vote tabulating machines. “I believe Donald Trump won the 2020 election,” Kampf said at an April Republican primary debate during …

These are the election deniers on the ballot in Tuesday’s primaries
2 years, 4 months ago

These are the election deniers on the ballot in Tuesday’s primaries

CNN  

CNN — Republican voters in several key swing states could select election deniers as their nominees for governorships and other top offices in primaries Tuesday. The issue is at the heart of high-profile races in Arizona and Michigan – two of the most important presidential battlegrounds – weeks after Republican voters elsewhere selected promoters of former President Donald Trump’s lies …

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know
2 years, 5 months ago

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

NPR  

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Instead of trickling down from former President Donald Trump's Twitter account, the movement has gone grassroots, with election denial influencers traveling the country to share their conspiracy theories with politicians and voters. NPR's Investigations team used social media and news reports to track four key figures in the movement: MyPillow CEO and longtime Trump …

Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state
2 years, 5 months ago

Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state

NPR  

Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state Enlarge this image toggle caption Brian Snyder/Reuters Brian Snyder/Reuters Editor's Note: Since this story's publication, NPR has updated the data accompanying this story to more accurately reflect the number of election-related events at which each influencer appeared. "It's this constellation of election conspiracy theorists," said Chris …

Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaign
2 years, 6 months ago

Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaign

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor who has pushed Donald Trump’s election lies, said Monday that he had appointed Trump’s former campaign lawyer as a senior legal adviser to his own campaign. Ellis, who also promoted Trump’s election lies, was with Mastriano the night he won his gubernatorial primary and, speaking on her podcast last month, …

Trump ignored repeated warnings from Barr, advisors that election fraud claims were ‘bogus’
2 years, 6 months ago

Trump ignored repeated warnings from Barr, advisors that election fraud claims were ‘bogus’

LA Times  

Witnesses are sworn in to testify before a House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th hearing on Monday. Gen. William Barr recounted in video depositions their repeated admonitions to then-President Trump that his election fraud claims were groundless, in the second hearing this month by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection focused on the former …

How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action
2 years, 7 months ago

How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Doug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a Republican primary on Tuesday after embracing Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen. “We have literally opened the door to a conspiracy theorist who was at the insurrection.” As the reality of Mastriano’s victory settled in on Wednesday, there were early signs that GOP officials …

Takeaways: Election denier wins, bad behavior dooms Cawthorn
2 years, 7 months ago

Takeaways: Election denier wins, bad behavior dooms Cawthorn

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s influence was enough to elevate his Senate candidate to victory in North Carolina on Tuesday, while his pick in Pennsylvania remained in a tough fight in that state’s Senate primary. Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon: TRUMP’S WINNING STREAK CONTINUES The former president entered the primary season on …

Cawthorn’s loss highlights Trump’s waning influence but election deniers win big in GOP primaries
2 years, 7 months ago

Cawthorn’s loss highlights Trump’s waning influence but election deniers win big in GOP primaries

Salon  

Republican candidates backed by former President Donald Trump had a mixed night on Tuesday but election deniers dominated contested primary contests. Cawthorn faced a growing number of personal scandals amid attacks from both the left and Republicans in his own party, including Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. Trump begged voters to give Cawthorn a "second chance" despite "some foolish mistakes" but …

A far-right election denier wins GOP governor primary in swing state of Pennsylvania
2 years, 7 months ago

A far-right election denier wins GOP governor primary in swing state of Pennsylvania

NPR  

A far-right election denier wins GOP governor primary in swing state of Pennsylvania Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano has emerged as the winner from a crowded Republican primary for governor, according to a race call from The Associated Press. Sponsor Message Republican establishment panic The lead that …

GOP fears far-right candidate will be Pennsylvania governor nominee
2 years, 7 months ago

GOP fears far-right candidate will be Pennsylvania governor nominee

LA Times  

With six days until Pennsylvania’s primary, Republicans are openly worrying that a leading candidate in the crowded GOP field for governor is unelectable in the fall general election and will fumble away an opportunity for the party to take over the battleground state’s executive suite. Doug Mastriano, 58, a state senator since 2019 and a retired U.S. Army colonel, is …

Election fraud claims thrive on Pennsylvania campaign trail
2 years, 7 months ago

Election fraud claims thrive on Pennsylvania campaign trail

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — With two weeks until Pennsylvania’s primary election, Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate and governor continue to sow doubts about the legitimacy of 2020’s presidential election, showing the extent to which the GOP campaign trail remains in thrall to former President Donald Trump’s extreme and baseless election claims. Both offices are hotly contested and could be critical …

In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’
2 years, 8 months ago

In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Beth Bowers grew up in the 1960s and 1970s with parents who marched in protests, wrote letters to members of Congress and voted in elections big and small. Now, there’s a lot of people calling it into question.” The voting advocacy group Common Cause will rely on thousands of volunteers like Bowers to identify misinformation floating around online …

How a Pennsylvania state senator helped fuel Trump’s election lies
3 years, 2 months ago

How a Pennsylvania state senator helped fuel Trump’s election lies

CNN  

CNN — Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano went out of his way to help advance former President Donald Trump’s election lies: He spearheaded a “hearing” at a hotel in Gettysburg a few weeks after the 2020 election, where Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani made false claims about election fraud. And he was briefly in charge of the Pennsylvania state …

Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies
3 years, 6 months ago

Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies

Associated Press  

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. — For a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters came together in a field under the blazing Wisconsin sun to live in an alternate reality where the former president was still in office — or would soon return. Clad in red MAGA hats and holding “Trump 2021” signs, they cheered in approval as Mike …

The New Yorkers clinging to the fantasy of a second Trump term
4 years ago

The New Yorkers clinging to the fantasy of a second Trump term

Al Jazeera  

In and near the supposedly liberal metropolis, some believe Trump is still poised for another four years in the Oval Office. That’s not transparency.” Voters across the five boroughs in nearby New York City parroted similar voter fraud allegations – even as the president formally authorised Biden’s transition. “It was definitely interference and it’s a shame we’re not looking into …

Dangerously viral: How Trump, supporters spread false claims
4 years ago

Dangerously viral: How Trump, supporters spread false claims

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Propping up those false claims as evidence, fellow Republicans, including the president, accused Georgia’s …

Dangerously viral: How Trump, supporters spread false claims
4 years ago

Dangerously viral: How Trump, supporters spread false claims

Associated Press  

The cellphone video shot in the dark by a woman in a parked car appeared to show something ominous: a man closing the doors of a white van and then rolling a wagon with a large box into a Detroit election center. “There are those who are exploiting the emotions of many Trump supporters with fantastic claims, half-truths, misinformation, and …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims of vote rigging are all wrong
4 years ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims of vote rigging are all wrong

Associated Press  

Clinging to notions of widespread vote rigging that his own attorney general has disputed, President Donald Trump repeated a litany of baseless assertions Wednesday of political corruption, machine tampering and mysterious votes appearing out of nowhere that allowed Joe Biden to steal the election. A look at the claims and reality: VOTER FRAUD TRUMP: “You can’t let another person steal …

Opinion: There was only one fraud in the 2020 election
4 years ago

Opinion: There was only one fraud in the 2020 election

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Ballots, not briefs, decide elections.” The judges then reached the crux of Trump’s claims of voter fraud, declaring that: “Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here.” In fact, as the …

Donald Trump's Mass Voter Fraud Conspiracies Could Get Somebody Killed
4 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump's Mass Voter Fraud Conspiracies Could Get Somebody Killed

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Enabled by top Republicans, President Donald Trump and his campaign have made wild, unsubstantiated claims about mass voter fraud in the 2020 election that threaten to undermine American faith in the electoral process and representative democracy. He said it was “stunning” that the president wouldn’t help dismiss conspiracy theories that had the potential to spark violence and …

Trump and allies heap on vote fraud claims, but independent arbiters aren’t buying it
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump and allies heap on vote fraud claims, but independent arbiters aren’t buying it

LA Times  

An election worker in Detroit tries to explain to challengers that the ballot counting room at TCF Center is at capacity for observers on Wednesday. President Trump and his family and supporters continued to broadcast claims of voter fraud at the end of a long election week, struggling to head off results that increasingly appeared to be tipping toward Democratic …

Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may do so again
4 years, 1 month ago

Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may do so again

Raw Story  

By Sadie Dempsey, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Benny Witkovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jianing Li, Rutgers University; Michael W. Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yiming Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison With the 2024 election just weeks away, former President Donald Trump continues to spread false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Therefore, the 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, …

Former GOP Prosecutor And Voter Fraud 'True Believer' Says Trump 'Smells Of Desperation'
4 years, 1 month ago

Former GOP Prosecutor And Voter Fraud 'True Believer' Says Trump 'Smells Of Desperation'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A former Republican-appointed top federal prosecutor says that President Donald Trump’s wild and unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud are a “fantasy” that make clear he’s lashing out while in a state of despair over Vice President Joe Biden’s impending victory. As the top federal prosecutor in New Mexico, he formed a task force to examine allegations …

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims Widespread Fraud In Latest Election Speech
4 years, 1 month ago

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims Widespread Fraud In Latest Election Speech

NPR  

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims Widespread Fraud In Latest Election Speech Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 9:16 p.m. ET President Trump on Thursday evening made his first public remarks since the late-night hours following Election Day, falsely claiming that he would win "easily," save for what he baselessly …

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