Republicans Gear Up For The Big Lie, 2024 Chaos Edition

By Susie Madrak — May 3, 2024

After his bonkers Time magazine interview, Trump continued his insistance of "heads I win, tails you lost" about Wisconsin. Via Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump said he may not accept the 2024 election results in Wisconsin, a key battleground state in his matchup with President Joe Biden, leaving open the possibility of post-election turmoil.

In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday, Trump said that if he doesn’t believe the result in November's election was legitimate, “you have to fight for the right of the country.”

Trump again says he won’t accept the election results if he loses. Do not normalize this. No other candidate for President has ever said such a thing. It’s an attack on our democracy. It’s traitorous behavior. Thank you @jaketapper for raising this alarm. Watch the full video.👇 https://t.co/KfpFSKcCeC

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 2, 2024

And of course we have Eric's wife in her new role at the RNC, gearing up to go to war:

All for a robust Twitter rapid response, but Lara Trump’s repeated admission of intent to commit crimes (infiltrate election offices to take control of ballots, recruit MAGA militants to assault voters) requires comment from the attorney general. https://t.co/d1FTYEPeBw

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 3, 2024

Facebook has the ability to block these groups, and hasn't done it. Why?

It’s happening again, and the platforms can not or will not keep up with it: Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups | WIRED https://t.co/DuEg9zaaoQ

— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) May 2, 2024

The once-mainstream conservative Heritage Foundation now keeps up a steady drumbeat of the crazy:

The obvious vulnerabilities in our election system are the point.

“The plan is to leave these election systems vulnerable so that people can abuse them. That’s why they don’t want to close the loopholes.” @MHowellTweets pic.twitter.com/4Q5cvKmDkb

— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) May 2, 2024

You know, because NYC and DC were ever going to vote for Trump.

I remind you of all this because once again, it's working:

As Trump continues to air his 2020 grievances and not commit to accepting the 2024 results...@NBCNews spoke to 50 GOP voters, and most of them also told us that they don't think Biden can win legitimately in 2024, potentially setting up another election — and potentially a…

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) May 2, 2024

Is anyone surprised that #VonSchitzenpants won’t commit to accepting the 2024 election results?

Get ready for the biggest loser in history to start violence in the U.S.

— ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕪 (@LePapillonBlu2) May 2, 2024

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