False Election Claims in California Reveal a New Normal for G.O.P.

[Zorro]

In an echo of 2020, Republicans are pushing baseless allegations of cheating in the state’s recall race even before Election Day.

The results of the California recall election won’t be known until Tuesday night. But some Republicans are already predicting victory for the Democrat, Gov. Gavin Newsom, for a reason that should sound familiar.

Voter fraud.

Soon after the recall race was announced in early July, the embers of 2020 election denialism ignited into new false claims on right-wing news sites and social media channels. This vote, too, would supposedly be “stolen,” with malfeasance ranging from deceptively designed ballots to nefariousness by corrupt postal workers.

As a wave of recent polling indicated that Mr. Newsom was likely to brush off his Republican challengers, the baseless allegations accelerated. Larry Elder, a leading Republican candidate, said he was “concerned” about election fraud. The Fox News commentators Tomi Lahren and Tucker Carlson suggested that wrongdoing was the only way Mr. Newsom could win. And former President Donald J. Trump predicted that it would be “a rigged election.”

This swift embrace of false allegations of cheating in the California recall reflects a growing instinct on the right to argue that any lost election, or any ongoing race that might result in defeat, must be marred by fraud. The relentless falsehoods spread by Mr. Trump and his allies about the 2020 election have only fueled such fears.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/us/politics/gop-voter-fraud-california-recall.html

[andym]

1. The tag "sore losers" need to be applied to the GOP vigorously and often.

It will definitely affect how they are perceived even by their own supporters over time and might force them to change tactics. Call Trump "Sore loser" Trump, etc. And about the GOP election laws around the country: Sore losers are trying to cheat to prevent losing again, because they just can't take it.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. spoil sports .

[Mr.Bill]

2. They really picked the wrong state to make these claims in.

There are twice as many Democrats than republicans in California. The real evidence of fraud would be if Newsom gets less than 60-70% of the vote.

[Joinfortmill]

3. Everything, every damn thing is a projection

[Walleye]

4. Why would they even want to run in an election that is crooked. If they're participating it's legit

If they can’t except the results they shouldn’t stand for election. Maybe we should make candidates sign a pledge

[East-A-Squared]

6. Sore Losermen.

[bluedevil4]

8. In the words of Cori Bush

suck it up

[Vinca]

9. This does them much more harm than good. By claiming each and every election they lose is

stolen, they make their entire complaint a running joke and eventually no one will even stop to consider their claim.

[East-A-Squared]

10. Remind the repukes of this....

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XQDw5k1Q1v8MsL1iUAwP7O3jvqLRq4budIQwVZmERkYOrzvctwYI9Fd8szcjW8lNQg=s1200

[Skittles]

11. these same people were fine with Russia helping to install Trump into the White House

they can all go fuck themselves