It has been almost four years since Americans across the country rejected Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda and elected Joe Biden as President in 2020. Still to this day, Trump and his MAGA Republican allies have spread lies that a fair and free election was stolen from him, sowing doubt in our election processes, and attempting to subvert our democracy, leading to the violent and deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
With the 2024 presidential election only a month away, Trump, his running mate JD Vance, and MAGA Republicans across the country continue to sow doubt in our elections, whipping up supporters, and employing the same dangerous tactics they did before, during, and after the 2020 election. They are prepared to do the same thing if things don’t go his way this November.
HEADLINES
The Washington Post: House Speaker Mike Johnson Won’t Say Joe Biden Won The 2020 Election.
- host George Stephanopoulos asked Johnson if he could say “unequivocally that Joe Biden won the 2020 election and Trump lost.”… “So like Vance, you can’t say,” Stephanopoulos replied — referencing GOP vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), who during a debate last week also avoided answering whether Biden won the election, setting off one of the night’s most memorable exchanges.”
USA Today: Mike Johnson Refuses To Say Donald Trump Lost The 2020 Election To Joe Biden.
- “House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday refused to say former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
ABC News: Johnson Punts On GOP rhetoric, 2020 Election Outcome.
- “Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declined to definitively answer questions on Republican rhetoric surrounding the upcoming presidential election and the results of the 2020 race as former President Donald Trump ramps up attacks on Democrats a month before Election Day.”
The Independent: Republicans Still Can’t Say ‘Trump Lost The 2020 Election’.
- “Many Republicans are still struggling to admit out loud that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and Speaker Mike Johnson are the latest Republicans who can’t bring themselves to say that Trump lost the election.”
HuffPost: NBC’s Kristen Welker Grills GOP Senator On Whether He’ll ‘Definitively’ Say Trump Lost In 2020.
- “Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) dodged ‘Meet the Press’ host Kristen Welker’s question as she grilled him on Sunday over whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 election… Cotton’s comments arrive after the former president’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), refused to answer a similar question from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in what Welker described as a ‘big’ moment from the vice presidential debate last week.”
AlterNet: Nearly Half Of All GOP nominees for Senate, governor and elections chief are election deniers.
- “All across the country, Republican candidates who openly doubt the outcome of the 2020 election are running in statewide elections. This includes Republican nominees for both U.S. Senate races as well as gubernatorial elections, and even candidates seeking to oversee their respective state’s elections. CNN found that of the 51 Republican statewide hopefuls on the 2024 ballot, 23 of them — a full 45% of all Republican statewide candidates – are election deniers. And many election deniers are seeking office in some of the most hotly contested battleground states in presidential elections.”
CNN: These 2024 Republican Candidates Disputed The 2020 Election Results.
- “The success of so many 2020 election deniers in Republican primaries this year demonstrates that Trump’s ongoing campaign of election lies continues to have a strong hold on his party. Even four years later, candidates’ views on the 2020 election are relevant in important practical ways. Governors and election chiefs play key roles in setting voting rules and certifying the results. US senators have more limited elections-related responsibilities, but they can object to the congressional counting of electoral votes, pursue national elections legislation, and sometimes hold hearings and issue subpoenas on elections issues.”