October 26th 2024.
In a recent interview with podcast host Joe Rogan, former President Donald Trump doubled down on his claims of election fraud, stating that he did not lose the 2020 presidential election. The three-hour conversation, released on Friday, also saw Trump reposting threats to prosecute individuals who he believes cheated in the 2024 election on his social media network.
Trump's interview with Rogan shed light on some of his claims as the Republican nominee for president and the truth behind them. A major point of discussion was Trump's loss in the 2020 election, with Trump stating, "I won by like — they say I lost by like — I didn't lose." However, the facts prove otherwise, as Trump did, in fact, lose to Democrat Joe Biden. His claims of election fraud were also investigated multiple times, with even his own attorney general finding no significant evidence of fraud. The Republican-run state Senate in Michigan and an investigation by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau in Wisconsin also found no substantial fraud.
During the interview, Rogan chuckled as Trump argued that his loss was close. Trump lost the election narrowly in six swing states, and if a small number of votes had flipped, he could have won the election. However, Trump misstated the margin as 22,000 votes.
Trump also claimed that judges ruled against him without hearing the merits of his case. However, this is not true, as Trump and his supporters lost more than 50 lawsuits trying to overturn the election. A group of Republican-affiliated election lawyers and legal scholars reviewed all 64 of the Trump lawsuits challenging the 2020 election and found that only 20 of them were dismissed before a hearing on the merits. In 30 cases, the rulings against Trump came after hearings on the merits, and in the remaining 14 cases, Trump and his allies dropped their lawsuits before they even reached the merits phase.
Another topic of discussion was voting machines and paper ballots. Both Trump and Rogan argued that voting machines are unreliable, and the United States should rely on paper ballots. Trump even cited support from his billionaire tech mogul supporter, Elon Musk. However, the reality is that almost all of the country already uses paper ballots, with more than 90% of election jurisdictions in the U.S. using paper ballots in 2020.
Trump also claimed that Democrats used the COVID-19 pandemic to cheat in the election by encouraging mail-in voting. However, this is not true, as both Republicans and Democrats encouraged mail-in voting to avoid crowded polls during the pandemic. Trump's claims of a grand Democratic conspiracy to rig the election through mail-in voting are unfounded and follow his usual pattern of claiming any election he doesn't win is fraudulent.
Lastly, Trump's assertion that the 2020 election was free of significant fraud is also false. While isolated cases of voter fraud have occurred, they have not been significant enough to sway a national election. An Associated Press review found fewer than 475 cases in all six battleground states that Trump lost by more than a combined 300,000 votes, which is far too little to change the outcome of the election.
In conclusion, Trump's interview with Rogan shed light on his false claims about the 2020 election, and the truth behind them. Despite his insistence that he did not lose the election and that it was rigged against him, the facts prove otherwise. The conversation also highlighted the need for factual and evidence-based discussions, rather than spreading baseless claims and conspiracy theories.
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