There are dozens of right-wing delusions surrounding the 2020 election, practically all of which claim that Democrats somehow worked with election companies and foreign governments to facilitate widespread election fraud, "stealing" a victory from former President Donald Trump.
Republicans who reject these conspiracy theories have seen their reputation suffer among the Republican base. Georgia's GOP governor—Brian Kemp—and secretary of state Brad Raffensperger repeatedly faced Trump's ire and death threats from his voters for their refusal to cave to his pressure in undoing the state's election results, for instance.
Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming was censured by her state's Republican party and removed from her position as GOP Conference Chair for acknowledging the legitimacy of now-President Joe Biden's victory and for voting to impeach Donald Trump over the deadly failed insurrection his lies prompted.
While most of their critics decry them as RINOs [Republicans in Name Only] who didn't fight the nonexistent "fraud" hard enough, a new conspiracy theory surfaced at a right-wing protest outside the Michigan state Capitol, where one Trump voter claimed it was, in fact, Republicans who "stole" the election.
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Well, here\u2019s a new conspiracy I haven\u2019t heard yet. Speaker at the MI rally today said elected REPUBLICANS all around the country rigged the election for Biden, because all they care about is themselves, and the party out of power always does better in mid-term elections.pic.twitter.com/jufD34Ca6B— Ron Filipkowski (@Ron Filipkowski) 1634059203
The speaker at the event, who joined others calling for yet another partisan audit of the 2020 election results, said:
"Whoever won the presidential election in 2020 gets his butt kicked in the midterms next year. Stop and think about that! If these Republicans and other Republicans across the country, did they really want Trump to win? No, because Biden winning guarantees them that they might be able to get rid of [Michigan Democratic governor Gretchen] Whitmer, [Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana] Nessel, [Michigan Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn] Benson, and gain more seats on the Republican side next year. Think about this!"
People thought about it...and immediately dismissed the fantasy.
Giving the libs two years of barely-checked power to own the libshttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— Dave Weigel (@Dave Weigel) 1634059290
Basement dwellers do come up with some really strange conspiracy theories.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— Bob Shaw (@Bob Shaw) 1634059894
How convoluted does your logic need to be to come to this conclusion?https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— Vinnie Longobardo (@Vinnie Longobardo) 1634060624
By this logic, shouldn't they be supporting Dems in 2022 to "ensure" they get a winner in 2024.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— Randi Doeker (@Randi Doeker) 1634062582
Every other premise has failed to justify the conclusion, so now they'll try this onehttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— TTDaddy (@TTDaddy) 1634066300
Spoken with requisite stupidity and indignation, of course.https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— Kyle Henderson (@Kyle Henderson) 1634060243
Prospects are looking grim for Democrats retaining their congressional majority next November, and some hoped the speaker's conspiracy would catch on, discouraging enough Republican voters from participating.
And the only thing a true conservative can do about it is stay home next November! Don't let the insiders manipulate you like that!https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— Brian Young (@Brian Young) 1634059426
So he's not voting Republican? Are we going to get lucky and they end up talking themselves out of voting for anyone?https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— DameLilith (@DameLilith) 1634081081
I hope this intra-GOP stabbed in the back narrative catches on.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1447975362915414021\u00a0\u2026— Lindsay Beyerstein (@Lindsay Beyerstein) 1634060262
The midterm elections are just over a year away.
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