Trump To Gaslight, Lie About Elections In Tonight's Speech

 

Tonight, an ever more desperate and unhinged Malignant Fascist will again air his false claims of election fraud in the 2020 election that he lost by 7 million votes, and push for his voter suppression bill, the SAVE America My Ass Act.  The "speech" is expected to be carried by the networks, and if it isn't rigorously fact checked, the corporate media will have dramatically failed the nation.  From NOTUS:

"Almost nothing has spurred political polarization during the Trump era more than the subject of elections. And President Donald Trump, who has spent much of his political career saying American elections can’t be trusted, appears ready to go to that well again Thursday night when he delivers a primetime address to the nation.

Outside observers expect the president’s speech to be peppered with claims of tampering by state election officials and a rigged system for administering elections — much of which he’s said before and has been debunked in dozens of court cases since 2020. [snip]

Trump has kept distrust of the electoral process front and center for his supporters and allies. But significant policy changes remain largely out of reach, election watchers say.

Despite multiple executive orders, Justice Department actions, key agency shakeups and pressure on Congress to enact a wide-ranging voter citizenship bill, Trump has so far been unsuccessful at expanding the executive branch’s power over administering federal, state and local elections.

'If his goals were to undermine election security in the states, he’s failed. If his goals were to seize power over elections through executive order, he’s failed. If his goals were to seize sensitive voter data from the states, he’s failed. If his goal was to pass the SAVE America Act, he’s failed,' said David Becker, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research. 'I can’t think of a single victory he’s had in this space, not one.'”  (our emphasis)

That doesn't mean that the lawless and authoritarian MF won't keep trying, as he sees his approval numbers are dragging down the election prospects of his MAGAt sycophants.  He's going all out to undermine confidence in our elections, and tonight just promises to be the latest assault.