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Why GOP's instant dismissal of Barr's election fraud denial is so concerning
Why GOP's instant dismissal of Barr's election fraud denial is so concerning
After four years of Trump, ignoring reality is no longer a reflex; it's at the center of the rights political culture.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/why-gop-s-instant-dismissal-barr-s-election-fraud-denial-n1249746?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma
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Trumps consistent lies are forcing the GOP into an existential crisis.Anjali Nair / MSNBC; Library of Congress
Dec. 2, 2020, 2:42 PM CST By Charlie Sykes
On Tuesday, President Donald Trumps loyal attorney general, Bill Barr, said he has not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.
If this is going to be yet another test of the GOPs integrity, its probably best to keep your optimism in check.
This would have been disastrous for Trump if facts actually mattered. Fortunately for the president, the grievance movement he is building rests more on raw belief than any actual evidence that would hold up in a court of law.
Cults, after all, are built and sustained on faith, not data.
On cue, much of Trumps supporters denounced the attorney general. Lou Dobbs of the Fox Business Network lashed out at Barr, saying he is either a liar or a fool, while other Trump-friendly media outlets labelled the one-time loyalist just another card-carrying swamp rat.
None of this is especially surprising, since actual evidence of fraud is beside the point for much of Trumps base. They simply cannot believe that it is possible that he lost. Does anyone believe that Biden got 15 million more votes than Obama in 2012? Eric Trump tweeted. This from a candidate who would go days/weeks while hardly campaigning.
In the pro-Trump publication American Greatness, the theft of the election is treated as a matter of uncontestable fact. The question is not whether the Democrats tried to steal the election; they did, writes author Bruce Bawer. At this point, theres no honest question about that. The only question is whether theres enough time to prove it in court, and whether the judges involved will dare to make honest rulings.
DOJ has not found widespread election fraud, attorney general Barr says
Dec. 2, 202002:46
The conservative website RedState published a piece that stated without a doubt, this election was stolen, based on circumstantial evidence.
The enthusiasm for the Trump team seemed insurmountable, the author insists. There is no way Biden and Harris jumped over that by holding rallies for 10 people at a time. Ill die on that hill.
This would have been disastrous for Trump if facts actually mattered.
For Republicans, the long nightmare of Trump is not even close to being over. Despite his defeat, it seems increasingly likely that Trump will continue to hold the GOP hostage, insisting that they continue to support his claim that the election was stolen from him.
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Why GOP's instant dismissal of Barr's election fraud denial is so concerning (Original Post)
riversedge
Dec 2020
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Which is why all of the criminal actions of this administration must be revealed and justice served
usajumpedtheshark
Dec 2020
#2
Yeah... rRrrrright... "There is no way Biden and Harris jumped over that"... xcept:
Lock him up.
Dec 2020
#4
Ferrets are Cool
(21,040 posts)1. I'll die on that hill
We are all crossing our fingers and wishing.
usajumpedtheshark
(672 posts)2. Which is why all of the criminal actions of this administration must be revealed and justice served
Biden is nice guy but I didn't vote for him to deny me justice. His oath of office requires action. otherwise our constitution and laws are meaningless
wnylib
(21,146 posts)3. Should have been done after Nixon
and we might not be where we are today if it had been done then.
Lock him up.
(6,861 posts)4. Yeah... rRrrrright... "There is no way Biden and Harris jumped over that"... xcept:
Almost All The Polls Showed Biden and Harris LEADING over Drumpf for MONTHS!
These nuts are blind or they're trying to lie to catapult their propaganda from their alternate universe?
These nuts are blind or they're trying to lie to catapult their propaganda from their alternate universe?