Wires and corporate press also on it: The New York Times, The Hill, NBC News
Outlets posting about it
The Bulwark· 49m
"Trump has reversed his argument. He’s asking the same question he has always asked—'How could the polls be so wrong?'—but now he’s using that question to imply that the election results, because they don’t match the surveys, can’t be trusted." Yawn.
The Bulwark· 4h
Ultimately, there’s only one number Trump will accept. It’s the number of elections he’s ever lost. That number, in his mind, is zero. And to maintain that fiction, he’ll invent whatever story he needs.
The Bulwark· Tue 22:03
When Trump wins, the vote counts are real and the polls are fake. When he loses, the polls are real and the vote counts are fake.
The David Pakman Show· Tue 20:00
Trump claims election rigged as Hegseth tries to save his job
The Bulwark· Tue 18:30
"Like all of Trump’s allegations about massive voter fraud, this one is baseless. But as a denialist innovation, it’s marvelous. It covers all the scenarios he failed to cover in his previous tales of rigging and cheating."
The Bulwark· Tue 15:30
On election fraud claims, Trump has gone from nonexistent but alleged evidence to no alleged evidence at all.
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Mother Jones· Tue 09:00
Here we go again…
Truthout· Mon 22:30
“Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest?” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Mother Jones· Mon 22:12
Alexa, play Celine Dion's "All by Myself."
Mother Jones· Mon 20:18
Trump is strangely alone on this one.
Mother Jones· Mon 19:56
Trump is claiming voter fraud. Will the MAGA power structure join in?
Democracy Docket· Mon 16:18
⚠️ Despite saying he would accept the midterm results, Trump is now promoting claims that the election was not honest.
“It’s gonna get worse,” @marcelias.bsky.social says, “and so we all need to be prepared.”
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Bluesky·
"Trump has reversed his argument. He’s asking the same question he has always asked—'How could the polls be so wrong?'—but now he’s using that question to imply that the election results, because they don’t match the surveys, can’t be trusted." Yawn.
Ultimately, there’s only one number Trump will accept. It’s the number of elections he’s ever lost. That number, in his mind, is zero. And to maintain that fiction, he’ll invent whatever story he needs.
Trump claims election rigged as Hegseth tries to save his job
Bluesky·
"Like all of Trump’s allegations about massive voter fraud, this one is baseless. But as a denialist innovation, it’s marvelous. It covers all the scenarios he failed to cover in his previous tales of rigging and cheating."
A never-Trump conservative argued that the president has finally built something he has spent years chasing – a story about election fraud that no evidence can ever disprove. The Bulwark's Will Saletan analyzed President Donald Trump's baseless, week-after claims of voter fraud, which he argued were remarkably durable…
Donald J. Trump isn't taking Tuesday's midterm bloodbath very well, so he took his little fingers to Truth Social to undermine the legitimacy of the Democratic wins less than a week after saying he would accept the results. “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest," he wrote. "How could the Polls…
Just as day follows night and spring follows winter, one of the most inevitable occurrences in American life has begun again: Donald Trump is baselessly complaining about voter fraud following an election he did not win. After a strangely muted early reaction, a pledge to accept the results and work with Democrats,…
After first saying he'd accept the election results, the president has in recent days returned to his penchant for amplifying conspiracy theories about widespread election fraud.
After initially saying he would accept the results of the midterm elections, that saw Democrats flip dozens of seats and win control of Congress, Donald Trump has begun to cast doubt on the Republican drubbing.
⚠️ Despite saying he would accept the midterm results, Trump is now promoting claims that the election was not honest.
“It’s gonna get worse,” @marcelias.bsky.social says, “and so we all need to be prepared.”
Your vote is a target. Follow us to keep watch.
President Donald Trump emerged Monday with muddled accusations of election fraud, nearly a week after saying he would accept the sweeping Republican losses in the midterm elections. “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong???” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Some…
President Trump questioned the results of the midterm elections in an eye-opening social media post, less than a week after he, his preferred candidates and GOP control of Congress were smacked with a brutal rout. The post Trump Goes All In on Midterm Voter Fraud Claims in Stunning Post: ’Does Anybody Really Believe…
Days after telling The New York Times he was “absolutely willing” to accept the midterm results, President Donald Trump questioned in his own words Monday whether the election was “honest,” insisting that early vote “dumps” had made it “impossible to win.” “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest.…
With sweeping wins for Democrats in both the House and the Senate, President Donald Trump told the New York Times late Tuesday night that he would accept the results.
