As sure as the earth turns and we see the sun rise in the east, when Trump gets his butt kicked by the voters he claims election fraud of some sort. He’s long been obsessed with voting machines, probably because minions who are techies tell him they can hack them to make sure he wins. They can’t of course, but neither can the other side but Trump fervently believes since he tried to do it the other side does. After getting an epic beatdown from America it was only a matter of time until he opened his toolbox of b.s. excuses and the first one he’s pulled out is spreading CT theory about voting machines being rigged against him. (That cry of joy you hear is Mike Lindell thinking he’s got a job and income again)
This was so predictable the only surprise is it took almost week for Trump to climb on this particular hobby-horse. Longer than the newly created ‘Zacharia’ but less than a ‘Scaramucci.’ However the crane operator hoisted his huge orange butt into the saddle of that poor, pathetic, lame horse. The only question is whether Trump will try to ride it into courtrooms to throw frivolous lawsuits at the poor court clerk. Let’s start with what we know for sure, as reported by CNBC who starts off with Trump going on his Truth Social platform to question the legitimacy of the midterm results:
Trump’s social media post raising questions about the election came six days after his fellow Republicans suffered historic defeats at the polls nationwide, including in several GOP strongholds like Texas and South Carolina.
“Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote,” the president said. “It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”
Actually Donnie Boy I and most of America know full well the results are legit. That crack you made about pre-election polling made me laugh. Both polls released to the public as well as internal polling from your people and various politicians/groups showed Democrats would win and win big. If they were off, it was because pollsters have grown cautious when you’re a factor because MAGAs have been hard to account for. They have a history of lying about their intentions and you’ve gotten more support than predicted.
There were hints from pundits that Democrats might do even better than the polling results they did actually release showed would happen, but it’s hard to blame them for being cautious. The point is that every legitimate polling outlet predicted you and the GOP would get a serious spanking. I can see why you’re butt-hurt given what it turned out to be was more like an old-school (like when I was growing up) cruel principal whacking your ass over and over with one of those thick wooden panels with holes in it!
It’s possible, even likely Trump was handed rosy polling numbers from those in his circle who wanted to keep him from melting down before the midterms. Natalie Harp aka Trump’s Human Printer will do almost anything to make her Trumpty-Bear happy (let’s hope the ‘almost’ qualifier is true and that there are limits). I’m sure she’d have no problem creating slick looking polls saying everyone just LOVED Trump and his policies and photoshopping logos of legitimate outlets on them. Mike Lindell too. If I’m not mistaken he’s slithered out from under his slimy rock again.
There’s one more point I’d like to raise from what was in the blocked out portion above. Trump complained “Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote” and in a way he was right. Democrats utilize early voting more than Republicans and by a significant margin. There are good (or bad depending on why Democrats resort to it in so many places) reasons this happens election after election. This time there was record setting early voting in numerous states. In some races such as the Senator contest in North Carolina where I live a Democratic candidate had more EARLY votes than their GOP opponent got both from early and election day voting!
I can’t remember all the races where that happened but it wasn’t unique to Senator-Elect Roy Cooper from North Carolina. I’d also like to add that Trump and the GOP hate early voting enough to in Republican controlled states limit it. I was about to write we should count on another round of that in GOP strongholds. The thing is, it wasn’t just Congress that saw a Democratic takeover. Quite a few states saw control flip from Republicans to Democrats! Also, some gerrymandered GOP super-majorities in state legislatures have been broken.
The point though is that Democrats were motivated and mounted an outstanding GOTV effort all across the country. Even where we lost races a lot of GOPers are suddenly nervous because the margin they won by was way smaller than they expected.
Since Trump signaled with the firing of Susie Wiles and naming the vile Stephen Miller as his Chief of Staff it became clear the mildly conciliatory comments Trump made early after the election were an aberration. He’s going back to being the Trump we (and though they are quiet about it many Republicans too) know and loathe. With 2028 looming the last thing they want or need is Trump being Trump, trying to govern by bullying, making wild CT claims about stuff like election fraud and so on.
That schtick is even starting to turn off MAGAs. If Trump talks conspiracies, renovations and blocks oversight or legislation Democrats send to him that will make voter’s lives better the relative handful of MAGAs that have gone on camera saying they’re done with him might snowball. So go for it Donnie Boy! Haul out every one of your old, lame tropes and increase out chances of gaining even more control come 2028. In a weird way, it’s the one thing you can do to help fix some of the damage you’ve caused!
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Wonder what other straws he’ll clutch as he sinks and slides under the weight of reality.
Gotcha popcorn ready, we’re about to find out. . .
This was a hoot, Denis. Loved it!