Trump has been laying the groundwork for challenging the outcome of the presidential election again if he loses again. He regularly warns audiences that Democrats will cheat their way to victory. He repeats claims about the 2020 election that have been debunked. He demeans Democrats as incompetent and ineffective, and yet at the same time suggests they are capable of pulling off a vast election conspiracy of switched votes, stolen ballots, coups and fraud. He never says he will accept the outcome of the election if victory eludes him.
Here’s an assessment of the claims made by Trump and his allies — some repurposed from those he made in 2020, and some newly conjured for 2024. Be alert for projection, a hallmark of Trump claims: He likes to accuse others of what he himself has done or would try.
- Migrant noncitizens will vote in droves
- Polling places will have lax rules
- Media coverage will favor Democrats
- Prosecutions are election interference
- ‘Americans’ abroad will cast illegal votes
- Democrats will harvest ballots
- GOP poll watchers will be obstructed
- Voting machines will be rigged and hacked
- Private money will favor Democratic voters
- Dead people will vote
- The weather will be used against Trump
- The Fed’s rate cut is election interference
- The Democratic nomination was a coup
R&I ~ MJM
Kit the Coyote
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