Amid Jan. 6 Revelations, Election Lies Still Dominate the G.O.P.

[Nevilledog]

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Marc E. Elias
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"Yet the most striking revelation so far may be how deeply Mr. Trump’s disregard for the truth and the rule of law have penetrated into the Republican Party, taking root in the fertile soil of a right-wing electorate stewing in conspiracy theories"

Three hearings from the House committee investigating Jan. 6 have undercut former President Donald J. Trump’s claims of a stolen election.
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Amid Jan. 6 Revelations, Election Lies Still Dominate the G.O.P.
The hearings have demolished the myth of a stolen presidential election, but with the 2022 primary season in full tilt, the revelations have not loosened the grip of the lie on Republicans.
11:45 AM · Jun 18, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/us/politics/election-trump-republicans-jan-6.html

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WASHINGTON — It was all a lie, the tales of stuffed ballot drop boxes, rigged voting machines, and constitutional “flexibility” that would have allowed Vice President Mike Pence to nullify the 2020 election results and send them back to Republican state legislatures.

The first three hearings of the House Jan. 6 committee have deeply undercut, if not demolished, the postelection myths repeated incessantly by former President Donald J. Trump and his supporters and embraced and amplified by Republicans in Congress.

A parade of Republican witnesses — his attorney general, William P. Barr, his daughter Ivanka Trump, and his own campaign lawyers — knew he had lost the election and told him so. Mr. Trump was informed that the demands he was making of Mr. Pence to block his defeat unilaterally were illegal. Even the most active coup plotter, the conservative lawyer John C. Eastman, conceded before Jan. 6 that his scheme was illegal and unconstitutional, then sought a presidential pardon after it led to mob violence.

Yet the most striking revelation so far may be how deeply Mr. Trump’s disregard for the truth and the rule of law have penetrated into the Republican Party, taking root in the fertile soil of a right-wing electorate stewing in conspiracy theories and well tended by their media of choice. The Republican response to the hearings — a combination of indifference, diversion and doubling down — reflects how central the lie of a stolen election has become to the party’s identity.

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[SergeStorms]

1. They'll never stop lying...

it's all they've got. What have they done for the American people that they can brag about? A partly finished wall on the U.S. - Mexico border that anyone with a 20' ladder can defeat in 2 minutes? Tax cuts for the top 10%?

They've done nothing for the average American, so they lie about what Democrats are doing to really help average Americans.

Screw those lying bastards.

[everyonematters]

2. One leader with no conscience and a bunch of people who think like children.