The Election About-Face the Democrats Want You to Forget
Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); After Trump's election integrity speech, the left kicked into high gear, making their very tired "our elections are the most secure in history" arguments. Almost without exception, the meat of their argument comes down to this: Trump is trying to undermine our faith in elections in order to prepare the way for his own manipulation of the midterm elections. It's a pretty neat way to argue, because it doesn't require getting into pesky facts, appealing to our short-attention-span culture, and tapping into the priors that Trump opponents have regarding Trump.
- ▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); After Trump's election integrity speech, the left kicked into high gear, making their
- ▪Almost without exception, the meat of their argument comes down to this: Trump is trying to undermine our faith in elections in order to prepare the way for his own manipulation of the midterm elections.
- ▪It's a pretty neat way to argue, because it doesn't require getting into pesky facts, appealing to our short-attention-span culture, and tapping into the priors that Trump opponents have regarding Trump.
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The Election About-Face the Democrats Want You to Forget David Strom 10:00 AM | July 20, 2026 AP Photo/Paul Sancya One of the few great things about living on X, which is something I do to help me keep up with events, is that there is a significant effort by some people to provide real-time rebuttals to the Narrative™ du jour. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); After Trump's election integrity speech, the left kicked into high gear, making their very tired "our elections are the most secure in history" arguments.
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