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Seeing a recurring theme on social medial concerning voter fraud accusations.
Not unsurprisingly, I see a lot of comments from right-leaning folks pointing out, in their minds, the hypocrisy of Dems who questioned the '16 election, yet maintain faith in the '20 election. 1/7
Not unsurprisingly, I see a lot of comments from right-leaning folks pointing out, in their minds, the hypocrisy of Dems who questioned the '16 election, yet maintain faith in the '20 election. 1/7
Here's how I see the differences play out...
In the wake of the '16 election, Dems weren't making accusations of voter fraud. Dems, myself among them, were suggesting there was evidence of Russian influence in the '16 election in order to facilitate Trump's election. 2/7
In the wake of the '16 election, Dems weren't making accusations of voter fraud. Dems, myself among them, were suggesting there was evidence of Russian influence in the '16 election in order to facilitate Trump's election. 2/7
That's not an insignificant difference--for the most part, nobody on the left was suggesting the actual votes weren't legit. What we were saying is a lot of the info being used to inform the electorate on how to vote in the election was false. 3/7
(To be fair, there were some reports of direct Russian hacking into some Voting systems--but these were not at the core of the debate, and I'm not sure they've been validated/discounted one way or the other.) 4/7
Russian interference in '16 was confirmed/validated by the #MuellerInvestigation, and re-validated by a GOP-led Senate Intel Committee this year, which went farther than Mueller in outlining direct collaboration by key members of Trump's Campaign & Russian Intel Officer. 5/7
The ONLY notable accusations of actual voter fraud in '16 came from Trump and his base, falsely claiming that illegal aliens voting cost him a 3M-vote loss in the popular vote.
That claim has, much like the current accusations from the same sources, been long discredited. 6/7
That claim has, much like the current accusations from the same sources, been long discredited. 6/7
To date, there has been ZERO evidence of widespread voter fraud in either the '16 or '20 elections. PERIOD.
Multiple courts, often presided by Republican-leaning and/or nominated Justices, have confirmed this.
FWIW. 7/7
Multiple courts, often presided by Republican-leaning and/or nominated Justices, have confirmed this.
FWIW. 7/7
