FACT FOCUS: False claims of rigged elections fade in Democratic rout
Associated Press · Melissa Goldin, Calvin Woodward ·
After President Donald Trump said he accepts the results of his party's midterm route, many of his loyalists reluctantly followed suit. Like the president, his core followers have always been a hair trigger away from branding a losing election rigged. But even some of them conceded Wednesday that the Republican defeat was too big to rig. Great numbers of defeated Republican candidates conceded, congratulated their Democratic opponents and bowed to their fate. A self-described election denier on social media, Rogan O’Handley, said fraud doesn't explain what happened Tuesday. He says: “We lost because we failed to fix the things voters sent us to do."
FACT FOCUS: False claims of rigged elections are limited as midterm vote heavily favors Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Donald Trump said he would accept the results of his party’s midterm rout, many of his loyalists followed suit even though they, too, are always a hair trigger away from branding a losing election rigged.
To be sure, there were diehards on social media. “This is how the Left steals elections,” Katie Miller, wife of Trump aide Stephen Miller, posted of the equipment malfunction that delayed ballot counting in Westchester County, New York, on Tuesday. Posted far-right activist Laura Loomer: “Of course. Democrats love cheating.”
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