We may be approaching the one-month mark of the day former Republican President Donald Trump voluntarily left the White House and Democratic President Joe Biden took his place. But many of Trump's supporters are not giving up on his "Big Lie" election fraud conspiracy theory.
Count Women for Trump co-founder Amy Kremer among them.
Kremer claimed the size of a crowd near Trump's Mar-a-Lago country club proved the former President "won in a landslide" last November.
Joe Biden NEVER had a show of support like this while on the campaign trail...in any of his campaigns. Trump WON i… https://t.co/ZhfDA3NjCB— Amy Kremer (@Amy Kremer) 1613433550.0
If you're wondering how a rally crowd proves election fraud, you are not alone—mainly because it doesn't, of course.
In the first place, the turnout was modest. ABC News estimated it at "a few hundred" supporters of the former President gathered on sidewalks near Mar-a-Lago—hardly a massive show of support and certainly not enough to indicate an election result.
And the event was not the sort of spontaneous groundswell of fervent supporters Kremer and other right-wing figures portrayed it to be. Rather it was a pre-planned event to honor Trump for the Presidents Day holiday and celebrate his acquittal in his second impeachment trial—the Senate voted 57 to 43 to convict, but didn’t get the 2/3 required for a Senate impeachment conviction.
It was heavily promoted in advance by right-wing media for a week.
Scavino’s tweet makes it sound like a spontaneous crowd of devoted fans formed outside of Mar-a-Lago to celebrate f… https://t.co/Hx8f3TVpLg— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivia Nuzzi) 1613427699.0
Kremer's mendacious spin on the event is not exactly surprising, given her pedigree within Trump's circle.
Kremer's organization Women for Trump, which she co-founded with her daughter Kylie Jane Kremer, is widely believed to have been instrumental in delivering the majority of White women voters to Trump in 2016.
And the Kremers, through their sister organization Women for America First, are the very creators of Trump's "Stop the Steal" conspiracy theory, which alleges that massive election fraud delivered Biden the presidency. That movement led to the January 6 coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol—an event the Kremers helped organize.
The permits for Trump's rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol, during which he seemed to incite the insurrection, were obtained by Women for America First, and the group spent the weeks leading up to the riots on a 20-city bus tour spreading propaganda and disinformation about the stolen election, according to reporting from BuzzFeed News.
On Twitter, most people were not buying Kremer's bizarre claim of a landslide win.
@AmyKremer Biden deliberately had socially distanced rallies because he actually took COVID-19 seriously. He didn't… https://t.co/E2a5mMBwaO— Ahmed Baba (@Ahmed Baba) 1613434514.0
@AmyKremer Joe Biden got more votes.— JRehling (@JRehling) 1613473074.0
@AmyKremer There is no evidence of voter fraud, Joe Biden is our President, move on.— David Weissman (@David Weissman) 1613441777.0
@AmyKremer While you same guys were brainwashed into traveling state to state following Trump you totally missed th… https://t.co/WUBFGeaBSe— CBreeze27 (@CBreeze27) 1613440908.0
@AmyKremer Joe Biden got more votes.— JRehling (@JRehling) 1613473074.0
@AmyKremer The last Japanese soldier surrendered 29 years after the war ended. Keep going, it’s a tough record to break.— Steve Zorowitz (@Steve Zorowitz) 1613438539.0
@AmyKremer You gave free rides to rioters that stormed the Capitol— Noble Prize in Sarcasm (@Noble Prize in Sarcasm) 1613437593.0
@AmyKremer You're right. Unlike Trump, Biden never got crowds in the middle of a pandemic. And unlike Trump, he cou… https://t.co/NLPTHJ04Yx— NC Vates (@NC Vates) 1613449061.0
@AmyKremer @mtgreenee Trump's cult thinks he won. No one else does.— Frank Wears A Mask (@Frank Wears A Mask) 1613434425.0
@AmyKremer Attendance at rallies and parades are not votes, but thanks for playing. https://t.co/v9QcdeIWC3— Valyri🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (@Valyri🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️🌈) 1613442408.0
Biden beat Trump in the popular vote by more than seven million votes and in the electoral college by a 74 vote margin. More than 60 legal challenges alleging fraud filed by the Trump campaign were dismissed or withdrawn for lack of evidence.