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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Are Already Claiming the Virginia Election Has Been Rigged
This is how its going to be forever: Republicans and conservatives will claim that any election they lose is fraudulent. Donald Trump established this as the playbook for his party-cum-cult. And the full embrace of this authoritarian and dangerous tactic has been evident in the much-watched and tight-as-a-tick governors race in Virginia between Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe.
Days before the final balloting on November 2, right-wingers and Republicans began hurling the accusation: The Democrats are stealing this election. They had no evidence. They were just beating this tribal drum. But the aim was to create an echo chamber for the delegitimization of the election should McAuliffe, the former governor, prevail.
The strategy is simple: repeat the phony charge over and over to block full public acceptance of an unfavorable result. And this attack has come from multiple directions. Steve Bannon, the once-indicted-and-Trump-pardoned strategist has inserted himself into the race, and appearing on a Virginia-based talk show on October 29 to discuss the election, warned, Theyre Democrats. Theyre going to try to steal it. They cant win elections they dont steal, right? They understand this. This is what they did in 20. Its time now to start calling them out.
At a Youngkin rally on October 27, country singer John Rich, who was campaigning for the Republican, suggested to the crowd that a Democratic conspiracy involving Stacey Abrams was afoot: Why the hell is Stacey Abrams in Virginia right now? What is that? What is she doing up here? We know what shes doing up here. Shes working on it
Do you really think California voted for Gavin Newsom again? I dont think so. Stacey Abrams was probably out there, too. Abrams had been campaigning in Virginia for McAuliffe, much as Rich was doing for Youngkin. (Newsom survived the recall election with 61.9 percent of the vote.)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/republicans-are-already-claiming-the-virginia-election-has-been-rigged/
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Because of course they are......
Best_man23
(4,897 posts)DBoon
(22,353 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,626 posts)kimbutgar
(21,111 posts)These repukes just dont want to believe voters are just not into them and their bs.
Mr.Bill
(24,263 posts)is that when Newsom won, the rupublicans pretty much shut up and walked away.
obamanut2012
(26,064 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Irish_Dem
(46,795 posts)They know that.
JustAnotherGen
(31,798 posts)Let OOAN(?) Fox, Breitfart - all of those assholes run with it.
Just stop giving the big lie air.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)LexVegas
(6,043 posts)Claustrum
(4,845 posts)It energizes their side so they will repeat it until their side doesn't believe a word of it.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)It totally depresses their side, based on the results we see so far.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)As far as it depresses their side, I don't see an effect in either direction tbh. They say to pollsters that they are "worried" about rigged elections but those people are still eager to go out and vote. They just think there is something fishy whenever they lose.
MFM008
(19,803 posts)They said the same thing about California now they're saying it about Virginia both pretty blue States although California's record of being a blue State as much longer they just need something to talk about to add 2 the fantasy that if they don't win an election there must be a problem.
malaise
(268,850 posts)Scrivener7
(50,934 posts)Torchlight
(3,313 posts)But honestly, I think all it's for is to allow their simple minds an excuse to fumble, fail and fall with some semblance of imagined dignity. Putting lipstick on the cadaver of a dead pig.
Bayard
(22,038 posts)I would say horse's asses, but I respect horses too much.
FSogol
(45,468 posts)doc03
(35,321 posts)will lose.
peggysue2
(10,826 posts)Howl election rigging right from the start.
It works either way elections turn out. When Republicans lose they can tell their electorate: We told you so. When Republicans win they can tell their electorate: Through the robust efforts of our members, we defeated the Dems' diabolical attempts to rig the election.
Victims or heroes.
Yada, yada, yada.
Or as Steve Bannon said: Hose the field with shit.