In top races, Republicans try to stay quiet on Trump's false 2020 claims
Republicans Try to Stay Quiet on False Election Claim
May 13, 2024 at 8:07 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 11 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/13/republicans-try-to-stay-quiet-on-false-election-claims/
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Washington Post: “Unlike in 2022, many GOP candidates running in tight races are choosing to steer away from one of the former president’s favorite talking points.”
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In top races, Republicans try to stay quiet on Trump’s false 2020 claims
Unlike in 2022, many GOP candidates running in tight races are choosing to steer away from one of the former president’s favorite talking points.
By Patrick Marley
May 12, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.
https://wapo.st/4dFKUtu
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WAUKESHA, Wis. — In his run for the Republican nomination for senator in Ohio, businessman Bernie Moreno baselessly alleged that political insiders, big tech companies and the media rigged the 2020 election. But after he won the primary in March, Moreno declined to say whether he believed Joe Biden had defeated Donald Trump, insisting voters wanted to talk about other issues.
A mirror-image shift has been underway in neighboring Michigan, where former congressman Mike Rogers is also avoiding discussion about the 2020 vote. Rogers had previously declared the election “free and fair” and compared Trump to a “gangster” for pressing Georgia election officials to find more votes for him. Now running for Senate with Trump’s endorsement, Rogers has tried to quickly move on when asked about those views in media interviews.
Two years ago, many of the highest-profile GOP candidates for top offices in swing states eagerly amplified Trump’s false election claims, telling voters the last election had been stolen and warning them the next one could be, too. That position turned out to be a turnoff to many swing-state voters, contributing to Republican defeats in important races for governor and other statewide offices in Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Undeterred, Trump has followed the same election-denying approach as he runs for president this year, while also declining to say whether he will accept the results in 2024. He routinely makes false claims about elections in interviews and on social media and this month baselessly told supporters at a rally in suburban Milwaukee that “radical left Democrats rigged the presidential election in 2020.”
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