Miraculously, Donald Trump’s accusations of voter fraud stopped when he was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election.
In fact, earlier than outcomes got here in, Trump was preemptively making claims of “cheating” with the intention to lay the groundwork for his election challenges had he misplaced to Vice President Kamala Harris.
In two posts on his Fact Social platform, Trump claimed there was fraud in each Philadelphia and Detroit—two closely Democratic cities in crucial swing states.
“A lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!” Trump wrote on Fact Social simply earlier than 5 PM ET on Election Day, earlier than the state’s polls had closed.
He adopted up with one other publish, writing, “Philadelphia and Detroit! Heavy Law Enforcement is there!!!”
In fact, there was by no means any dishonest.
Philadelphia Metropolis Commissioner Seth Bluestein, a Republican, stated Trump was mendacity. “There is absolutely no truth to this allegation,” Bluestein wrote on X. “It is yet another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia has been safe and secure.”
So did Philadelphia District Legal professional Larry Krasner, who wrote in a publish on X: “There is no factual basis whatsoever within law enforcement to support this wild allegation. We have invited complaints and allegations of improprieties all day. If Donald J. Trump has any facts to support his wild allegations, we want them now. Right now. We are not holding our breath.”
However now that he received, the truth that Trump is swiftly silent about voter fraud is but extra proof that his voter-fraud claims in 2020 have been deliberate lies. His claims of fraud have been merely a ruse he wanted to make use of in his sore-loser quest to elucidate away his loss and attempt to overturn it.
However his lies have had detrimental penalties.
Apart from serving to incite an revolt that left a whole bunch of legislation enforcement officers injured, it additionally helped make Republican voters distrustful of any outcomes they don’t like.
A Civiqs ballot from October discovered that an awesome majority of people that watch Fox Information—a right-wing propaganda community that amplifies Trump’s lies—stated they have been involved about fraud within the 2024 election.
The ballot discovered that 95% of people that watch Fox Information stated they have been both “somewhat” or “very” involved about fraud.
However now, similar to Trump, these Fox Information viewers additionally look like miraculously unconcerned about fraud after Trump was declared the winner.
It goes with out saying that voter fraud shouldn’t “exist” solely when your candidate loses.
However we’re not holding our breath that this election has cured that cognitive dissonance for Trump and his supporters.
