The Next Stop The Steal Campaign Will Be Based On The Trump Indictments
When Maga's are summoned to who knows where in order to riot on behalf of Donald Trump, the loser, after the election , their fury will be based on the ways the election was stolen from Trump. Here they are, according to a Washington Post survey of Republican office seekers in 2024
about two out of three referenced noncitizen voting in connection with 2024 election fraud,
about half referenced Trump’s legal troubles,
almost a quarter discussed Harris’s nomination as a coup, undemocratic or disrespectful to the will of primary voters.
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“ Even after the horrific sights of January 6, endorsing Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud had become a litmus test for any Republican who hopes to secure political seats,” said Yotam Ophir, an expert on political misinformation at the University at Buffalo. “Leaders cannot govern if the public fails to agree on the importance of facts and evidence, and by endorsing Trump’s election falsehoods, Republicans are breaking away from the values and norms of democracy, without which it cannot survive.” Over 236 GOP candidates have spread misinformation about the 2024 election - Washington Post
Over 230 GOP candidates in next months election are spreading illogical nonsense about the coming election, with the intended purpose of laying the groundwork for Stop The Steal 2024.
HALF of these GOP "leaders" blame Trump's legal troubles for his possible loss. What does that even mean? This is "shooting the messenger" on steroids.
Everyone knows they want to riot if he loses, and these fig leaf rationalizations are unAmerican, unpatriotic, and wrong. Just why they are popular in Trumpland.
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Over 236 GOP candidates have spread misinformation about the 2024 election - Washington Post
Nearly half of Republican candidates for Congress or top state offices have used social media to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2024 election, according to a Washington Post analysis, highlighting a pervasive effort within the GOP to undermine public trust in the vote ahead of Nov. 5.
From Nov. 9, 2022, to Oct. 11, at least 236 Republican candidates posted or amplified a range of falsehoods or misinformation about election malfeasance. Many candidates baselessly accused Democrats of trying to sway the election through former president Donald Trump’s court cases or by registering noncitizens to vote. Others falsely likened Vice President Kamala Harris’s nomination to a “coup” or promoted misinformation about voter fraud.
488 total candidates
Of the 48 percent of Republican candidates who have promoted false or misleading information about the 2024 election …
about two out of three referenced noncitizen voting in connection with 2024 election fraud,
about half referenced Trump’s legal troubles,
and almost a quarter discussed Harris’s nomination as a coup, undemocratic or disrespectful to the will of primary voters.
The rhetoric, which often parrots Trump’s election-related falsehoods, could help lay the groundwork for Republicans to challenge any election outcome they dislike by alleging the results are tainted or fraudulent.
“Even after the horrific sights of January 6, endorsing Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud had become a litmus test for any Republican who hopes to secure political seats,” said Yotam Ophir, an expert on political misinformation at the University at Buffalo. “Leaders cannot govern if the public fails to agree on the importance of facts and evidence, and by endorsing Trump’s election falsehoods, Republicans are breaking away from the values and norms of democracy, without which it cannot survive.”
Polling shows that most Americans trust their local and state officials to run fair and reliable elections. But Republican messaging that challenges the legitimacy of elections appears to have resonated with the GOP base, a considerable portion of which wrongly believes that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election because of voter fraud.
Even though voter fraud is rare — due in part to the layers of verification involved in tallying the results — an overwhelming majority of self-identified Trump supporters said they’re concerned there will be fraud this year, according to a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll this month. That’s compared with less than a third among voters who say they support Harris. A separate poll by Gallup showed trust in the results was sharply divided on party lines, with just 28 percent of Republicans saying they were confident the vote would be counted accurately, compared with 84 percent of Democrats.
Here are the four main ways in which Republican candidates have tried to cast doubt on the 2024 election:
153 candidates
236
Noncitizen voting
Republicans have long argued that Trump’s criminal and civil cases are a form of election interference orchestrated by Democrats, but as his court proceedings moved to the back burner this year, many turned to noncitizen voting as a way to sow distrust in the election.
Nearly a third of Republican candidates — at least 153 — have explicitly linked noncitizen voting to election fraud, making it the largest category examined, according to The Post’s analysis. Their posts generally revolve around the unfounded notion that Democrats are allowing undocumented immigrants into the country and registering them to vote. Trump has made similar baseless accusations in dozens of speeches. Noncitizen voting is illegal in state and federal elections, and research shows it happens rarely.
Posting on the issue spiked over the summer as the House considered the Save Act, a bill that would mandate proof of citizenship when registering to vote (the Biden administration and many Democrats opposed the bill, saying it risked disenfranchising eligible voters without adding meaningful protections against noncitizen voting). It also coincided with a flurry of posting about noncitizen voting by billionaire Elon Musk, who owns the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. His posts were mentioned or retweeted by dozens of candidates.
Notes marked with fact-check provide additional context for the candidates’ social media posts.
How Republicans are linking noncitizen voting to election fraud
fact-checkThere is no evidence to support the suggestion in the three posts below that noncitizen voting is widespread. Independent research and voter roll reviews by state officials have repeatedly shown that noncitizen voting is rare. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’s running mate, signed a law in 2023 allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, saying it would improve safety on the roads, but there is no credible evidence that Walz or other Democrats are seeking to tilt the election by registering migrants to vote. Noncitizen voting is illegal in state and federal elections, and many safeguards are in place to prevent it from happening.
Texas-36 U.S. House representative
Brian Babin
@RepBrianBabin
Illegals are stealing Americans’ identities to vote in our elections.
Democrat counties refuse to clean up voter rolls, are counting aliens in censuses, and are using Harris' open borders to replace U.S. voters to hold a perpetual majority.
Sept. 10, 2024 at 5:38 p.m. on X/Twitter
Illinois-15 U.S. House representative
Congresswoman Mary Miller
Joe Biden is helping millions of illegal aliens INVADE our country, and now he is officially opposing Proof of Citizenship before registering to vote. Why would you oppose Voter ID unless you plan to CHEAT! I am co-sponsoring & voting yes on the SAVE Act to protect our elections!
July 9, 2024 at 5:03 p.m. on Facebook
Alabama-2 U.S. House representative running to represent Alabama-1
Rep. Barry Moore
@RepBarryMoore
As Governor, Tim Walz gave illegal aliens driver's licenses.
Probably because it gets them one step closer to voting in our elections.
Oct. 2, 2024 at 1:36 p.m. on X/Twitter
120 candidates
236
Trump’s court cases and ‘election interference’
Trump is running for president while under indictment in two jurisdictions and awaiting sentencing on 34 felony convictions in another.
It’s unprecedented, and about 1 in 4 Republican candidates have baselessly argued in social media posts that his court cases amount to a political sabotage designed to keep him out of office. At least 120 candidates have explicitly likened his prosecutions to “election interference,” a term generally used to describe an attempt to alter an election by force, corruption or foreign intervention.
Trump’s federal indictments — one of which has since been thrown out — were secured by special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed to avoid conflicts of interest in investigating the former president and handle the case with more independence from the Department of Justice than other federal prosecutors receive. State prosecutors filed Trump’s other cases.
How Republicans are linking Trump’s court cases to election interference
fact-checkThe following posts falsely suggest that Trump’s federal charges were part of a conspiracy by Democrats to keep him out of office. Claims that President Biden was involved in a bribery scheme have been discredited, and the FBI informant who raised the allegations has been charged with lying to authorities. And the judge in Trump’s hush money case only imposed a gag order after Trump publicly criticized prosecutors, witnesses and jurors.
Missouri attorney general
Andrew Bailey
This case is a blatant act of election interference, designed to keep President Trump, a true America First patriot. Biden knows he cannot win in November and will stop at nothing to hinder the American public's chance to vote for him.
It's pathetic that the Democrats have resorted to weaponizing our justice system to target President Trump and his loyal supporters.
Donald Trump has always prioritized the good of the American public. It’s a shame to see such blatant manipulation and injustice. This cannot stand, and we will fight back decisively and relentlessly.
May 30, 2024 at 8:10 p.m. on Facebook
Tennessee-1 U.S. House representative
Rep. Diana Harshbarger
@RepHarshbarger
The DOJ’s unprecedented assault on our democracy was just ratcheted up a notch with the indictment of former President Trump.
This is a blatant attempt by the left to interfere with 2024 presidential election and provide cover for Biden’s criminal involvement in a bribery scheme
June 9, 2023 at 7:39 a.m. on X/Twitter
Texas-5 U.S. House representative
Lance Gooden
Imposing a gag order on Joe Biden's top opponent in a politically motivated case during campaign season sounds a lot like election interference to me.
March 28, 2024 at 3:20 p.m. on Facebook
53 candidates
236
A Harris ‘coup’
Over the summer, when Democrats tapped Harris to replace Biden as the Democratic nominee, Trump and a chorus of Republicans began falsely labeling the move a “coup.” Trump, who until that point boasted that he would coast to victory against Biden, described Harris’s ascent, falsely, as an “overthrow” and evidence of a “rigged” contest.
At least 53 Republican candidates have used similar language about Harris’s nomination, according to The Post’s analysis, alleging that Democrats subverted the will of millions of Americans who voted for Biden in the primaries and, as a result, have unfairly put their thumb on the presidential contest.
How Republicans described Harris’s nomination as a ‘coup’
fact-checkReplacing Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket was lawful and allowed under party rules, contrary to what the following three posts claim. After Biden dropped out, he endorsed Harris for president. Soon after, she gained the nearly unanimous support from delegates to the Democratic National Convention, who were free under party rules to vote for her.
Running for U.S. Senate in Arizona
Kari Lake
@KariLake
We have Kamala Harris with her stolen nomination. Tim Walz with his Stolen Valor.
And if we don't do everything in our power to bring people into the America First Movement & get out the vote, we're going to have a stolen country come November 5th.
It's all hands on deck in our fight to Save America.
Aug. 22, 2024 at 5:47 p.m. on X/Twitter
Georgia-14 U.S. House representative
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Democrats have already cheated in the 2024 election.
Democrats literally destroyed Democracy by forcing Joe Biden out of the Presidential race after he received 14+ million Democrat primary votes.
They waged a coup against him then installed Kamala Harris who received zero votes.
Aug. 11, 2024 at 11:38 a.m. on Facebook
Running for U.S. House in Pennsylvania-4
(R) David J. Winkler
@DJWinklerForPA4
How did Kamala secure the delegates without a vote???? Bidens delegates do not transfer like that, & Kamala never received one vote in the Primaries or caucuses. Dems always talk about J6, but this is an actual Coup.
July 22, 2024 at 9:44 p.m. on X/Twitter
112 candidates
236
A misinformation grab bag
At least 112 Republican candidates made other false or unsubstantiated claims about election integrity.
Some promoted specific unfounded conspiracy theories popular on the right related to mail ballots or voter roll maintenance. Others called back to the 2020 or 2022 elections, alleging a pattern of voter fraud they believe will continue in 2024. And many of these candidates used “election interference” as a catchall accusation against the media, technology companies and Democrats.
Other ways Republicans are sowing doubt on the election
Florida U.S. senator
Rick Scott
@ScottforFlorida
We must protect the integrity of American Democracy and stop left-wing efforts to rig elections so they can pass their radical agenda.
Feb 11, 2023 at 2:05 p.m. on X/Twitter
fact-checkSen. Rick Scott links to a website that contains numerous false or misleading claims about voting. None of the Democrat-led voting rights initiatives on the site have been linked to increased fraudulent voting, and claims of vote-rigging have been repeatedly debunked.
Texas U.S. senator
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
Google is an enemy of democracy and truth.
And now, by covering up news about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Google has become an enemy of reality.
This is election interference.
July 29, 2024 at 8 p.m. on X/Twitter
fact-checkIt is true that Google did not autocomplete some searches related to the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, immediately following the shooting, but there is no evidence that this was related to election interference. Google said the searches were not autocompleted because of protections on searches related to violence.
Running for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island
Patricia Morgan
You’ve gotta be kidding me Rhode Island Deputy Secretary of State won’t admit that the pandemic is over. Even Joe Biden figured that one out!
During the pandemic, Rhode Island—like many states—introduced these drop-off ballot boxes as a supposedly temporary measure. Yet, here we are, the pandemic is in fact long over, and yet we are still using them.
These drop off boxes aren't about making voting easier for the average Rhode Islander; no, they're about greasing the wheels for the left's underhanded tactics. The left doesn't believe for a second that they can earn your vote fairly, so they resort to rigging the game with these drop off ballot boxes.
The RI Secretary of State's office seem to have their priorities twisted. Instead of standing firm to ensure our elections are safe and secure, they're bending over backward to keep the doors wide open for ballot harvesting operations. It's not about making elections more accessible; it's about leaving them wide open to influence and interference.
March 28, 2024 at 7:26 p.m. on Facebook
fact-checkFraud involving mail ballots is rare, and drop box locations take various security measures, such as monitoring boxes with video cameras, to ensure the integrity of the ballots. The Biden administration and the World Health Organization each declared an end to the public health emergency for the coronavirus pandemic last year, but the virus continues to evolve and periodically surge.
Casting doubt on election integrity is more than just a campaign tactic. If Trump loses in November, he and his allies may use the election misinformation they have spent years promoting to stir protests, fuel litigation, and pressure lawmakers and election certifiers to deliver a result in his favor.
“It will be false, but it is very dangerous,” said Jeff Greenburg, a former county elections director in Pennsylvania, “because it could incite people to harass or threaten election officials, or even worse commit acts of violence — all as a result of believing a totally secure election was stolen.”
Methodology
The Washington Post compiled a database of all Republican candidates for Congress, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general or secretary of state on the 2024 general election ballot, as tracked by nonpartisan political encyclopedia Ballotpedia. Then, it tracked their posting on social media platforms including Twitter/X, Facebook, Gettr, Gab, Telegram, Threads, TikTok, Truth Social, Instagram and YouTube, and any podcasts they hosted. Because Louisiana’s congressional primaries are on Nov. 5, no Louisiana candidates are included in the database.
To identify posts casting doubt on the 2024 election, The Post pulled in content by the relevant candidates since the 2022 election and filtered those to include only posts with terms related to elections, fraud, noncitizen voting or Harris’s nomination. Then, The Post used an AI classifier to identify and filter for posts referencing fraud or interference in the 2024 election and to flag specific conspiracy theories about noncitizen voting, Trump’s legal troubles and Harris’s nomination. Finally, The Post manually reviewed posts by each person identified as casting doubt on the 2024 election to ensure they had been accurately categorized.
About this story
Editing by Sarah Frostenson, Griff Witte, Anu Narayanswamy, Betty Chavarria and Kevin Uhrmacher. Design and development by Carson TerBush. Copy editing by Frances Moody.
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Only half? And here I was thinking that most republicans had morphed into conscienceless lying propagandists this election cycle. Certainly everybody at Fox has.
How right wingers can ignore the stupid, evil subhuman that Trump is, escapes me. Did they not watch UNFIT or Democracy on Trial? Have they not been paying attention for the last decade? Have they not even noticed his rapid descent into complete gibbering insanity? The evidence is overwhelming.
Kamala Harris nomination is a form of stealing the election? The sheer ignorance is staggering. For most of our nations history candidates were not selected through primary votes. The practice only started in a definitive way in the past half century.
Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt , and all the other presidents before the 1960's were decided by party machinations.
If Trump wins, Democrats will claim fraud as sure as the sun rises.
The 2000,2004, and 2016 Democratic losses have normalized it.
Should Kamala Harris come out and say "if I lose it will be because of racism, prejudice against a female presidential candidate, prejudice against HBCU graduates, prejudice against south Asian candidates, prejudice against candidates who laugh or smile a lot, and without all those factors it would have been impossible for me to lose. Lets riot on Pennsylvania Avenue at 6pm Friday night".
d say "if I lose it will be because of racism, prejudice against a female presidential candidate, prejudice against HBCU graduates, prejudice against south Asian candidates, prejudice against candidates who laugh or smile a lot, and without all those factors it would have been impossible for me to lose.
Isn't that already being said?
ets riot on Pennsylvania Avenue at 6pm Friday
If she loses...
Do you agree it would be impossible for Harris to lose if not for racism and sexism?
If not, then what would be surprising about Trump losing? After all he is a deranged pathological liar and known crook and traitor. Why wouldnt he lose just on those basis ?
No she will lose because she is an idiot,
"Why wouldnt he lose just on those basis ?"
Because this is an opinion held by fewer and fewer people. They see how much of an empty pantsuit Harris is and will vote Trump because he is not Harris.
Ted Cruz has posted over 100 comments on social media saying the coming election is unfair to Trump.
Jesus Fing Christ.
I would be more concerned in his race if I were him but who knows maybe he is hedging his bets for a cabinet post just in case he loses and Trump wins
He is up 5 or 6 points so unlikely he will lose. Just probably trying to keep the momentum up and not become complacent in the next 2 weeks.
Hillary got complacent and lazy and lost. She mostly lost because people didn't like her, and more and more now we see why.
People don't much care for Kamala either; she has zero skills in relating to the average American citizen.
In addition, she carries a ton of baggage, and her progressive views are too extreme for America
Five Thirty Eight has the aggregate at +3.7. Just inside the margin of polling error, but not enough yet to call it a toss up.
That's probably true. Her moving to a full blue district to be elected to the Senate, she expected to breeze into the oval office.
She's still leading the polls, even though she may (or may not) lose the EC vote. More than half of America seems just fine with her views.
I don't think that is at all true, just like most the people who vote for trump don't know what a douchebag he really is, Most of America isn't even 1/10th of 1 percent as informed as they should be about their candidates and most can't even name the congress person. It's a joke, 80+ percent of the voters will vote D or R without even knowing why.
Odd they are running a campaign that avoids her policies in favor of demonizing Trump than.
Its stunningly simple. Beating Trump and keeping him out of office is a MUCH higher priority than her agenda. Even to her.
You will be more than happy to have the country led by a douchebag for the next four years.
Now there is some of that real patriotic country over party thinking................./S
exactly
l guess you didn't see the /S.
Not worrying about an agenda and therefore having no plans for the country is NOT the way a PotUS should be thinking............for that matter you either just cuz orange man bad.
Normally you could say that is true. We have a nominee for the Republicans who admired Hitler and tried to steal the last election.. All bets are off.
Come election day, most people will be voting based on "kitchen table" issues.
Than it's silly to say a majority of people support her views.
Problem is, we still don't know her views.
Take for instance giving tax dollars to mentally ill to get sex changes, when the money can go to mental health help for these people, her response is "I will follow the law".
That is not what she has been asked several times. She has been asked if she supports giving tax dollars to these waste of surgeries.
She has not yet answered a question truthfully about her positions, but her lemmings lap her up as "full of joy".
Hillary lost due to Putin's propaganda machine and the gullibility of idiotic Fox viewers. Even though Hillary beat Trump by 2.9 million votes. Way past time for the end of the electoral college!
No, Hillary lost because she is an idiot, just like the democrat candidate today.
He'll blame a lot more than that. As I see it he will blame...
fraud
the migrants
the Jews
the young women
Liz Cheney
the universities
the media
the ballot counters
Stormy Daniels
etc etc etc
If he wins, he will thank...
the conservative SCotUS judges
Judge Aileen Cannon
his MAGA loyalists and all others with sub-normal IQs
Vladimir Putin
the NRA
the rednecks and hillbillies of America
etc etc etc