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edhopper

(37,340 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:26 AM Yesterday

If it was so easy for Musk to rig the last election for Trump

why is Trump and the GOP trying so hard to stop people from voting in the next one? Couldn't he just fix that one too?

Just thinking about this logically.

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If it was so easy for Musk to rig the last election for Trump (Original Post) edhopper Yesterday OP
why not do both? rampartd Yesterday #1
Could be edhopper Yesterday #9
Trump admitted it for one, I think that is a huge smoking gun Blues Heron Yesterday #21
Yep! dlilafae Yesterday #32
Of course! Because of the iron clad veracity that we find in all of his pronouncements .... stopdiggin Yesterday #33
They are corrupt , wealthy, and highly motivated. It would be surprising if they didn't try to steal it. Blues Heron Yesterday #37
'Would not be surprising' - - does NOT pass for evidence, in any kind of fact based system stopdiggin Yesterday #39
And then we have the confession Blues Heron Yesterday #40
from the man that lies as often as he takes breath .... stopdiggin Yesterday #43
It's enough to take a serious look at the tabulators he specifically mentioned Blues Heron Yesterday #44
the ONLY thing that would make ANYTHING said by the man of any worth or any (even slightest) degree of consideration stopdiggin 18 hrs ago #49
It's not quite that simple, he likes to brag, he bragged about grabbing people by the pussy remember? Blues Heron 17 hrs ago #50
NOTHING the man says, repeating NOTHING - is worth a nickel's worth of spit stopdiggin 16 hrs ago #55
That's what we are asking for- dig into those tabulators. Corroborate and verify. Don't just assume he's joking. Blues Heron 15 hrs ago #56
Other things Trump has claimed EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #34
He loves to brag though Blues Heron Yesterday #41
But he lies when he does that too EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #46
Sometimes it's worse- "I'll just tear down the facade of the East Wing" next day BOOM! whole thing gone Blues Heron Yesterday #47
Combined with zero evidence of cheating EdmondDantes_ 16 hrs ago #54
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #2
The Supreme Court 2000, Ohio 2004, and Karl "I have THE Math" Rove. Chasstev365 Yesterday #7
2000 was an open steal edhopper Yesterday #10
Don't forget Triad. Blue Full Moon Yesterday #19
Musk rso Yesterday #3
But there is evidence he spent displacedvermoter Yesterday #6
But no evidence edhopper Yesterday #15
No, but unfettered ability to spend money displacedvermoter Yesterday #23
This is true edhopper Yesterday #24
Except trumps confession Blues Heron Yesterday #42
I should say edhopper 23 hrs ago #48
Fear of them stealing the election is not illogical. Scrivener7 Yesterday #4
Very true edhopper Yesterday #11
They always find a new method...or two. yellow dahlia Yesterday #26
Musk is being investigated for election fraud right now in France. Blue Full Moon Yesterday #5
In Franceit's about X being used for illegal propaganda. edhopper Yesterday #13
Both is true Blue Full Moon Yesterday #18
More logical to ask Trump. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #8
Every one of the swing states in the last election gab13by13 Yesterday #12
Not saying it didn't happen edhopper Yesterday #14
This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #25
"Kamala Harris won the last election and... yellow dahlia Yesterday #27
Most, of not all, of those swing states had Democratic governors MichMan 16 hrs ago #53
You are correct, it is Kooky CT nonsense Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #16
Or edhopper Yesterday #17
That's the thing. Qutzupalotl Yesterday #29
NO. Apples and oranges. Where 'record turnouts' (as 'final numbers') were reported stopdiggin Yesterday #36
2020 was just different Polybius 17 hrs ago #51
He needs a cover story. And he can't count on musk this time. Irish_Dem Yesterday #20
Exactly! yellow dahlia Yesterday #28
This! HAB911 7 hrs ago #57
Because people saying it was rigged are just as smooth brained as the MAGA cult FascismIsDeath Yesterday #22
Trump said it that's why we should investigate Blues Heron Yesterday #45
Midterms aren't necessarily as easy to rig. yellow dahlia Yesterday #30
DOGE the Republicans! bucolic_frolic Yesterday #31
Mr. trump's done a stellar job of introducing doubts into our system Torchlight Yesterday #35
And I sure as hell wish that WE'D stop playing the same game .. ! stopdiggin Yesterday #38
The traitors who have hatched the Coup will use many tactics to suppress the VOTE Bread and Circuses 17 hrs ago #52

edhopper

(37,340 posts)
9. Could be
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:45 AM
Yesterday

I am open to good evidence of the rigging. So far we have not seen enough to support that.

stopdiggin

(15,419 posts)
33. Of course! Because of the iron clad veracity that we find in all of his pronouncements ....
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:46 AM
Yesterday

Nailed it !!!

Blues Heron

(8,793 posts)
37. They are corrupt , wealthy, and highly motivated. It would be surprising if they didn't try to steal it.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:10 PM
Yesterday

stopdiggin

(15,419 posts)
39. 'Would not be surprising' - - does NOT pass for evidence, in any kind of fact based system
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:20 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:43 AM - Edit history (1)

stopdiggin

(15,419 posts)
43. from the man that lies as often as he takes breath ....
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:35 PM
Yesterday

The absurdity of taking anything like that as meaningful ...

Blues Heron

(8,793 posts)
44. It's enough to take a serious look at the tabulators he specifically mentioned
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
Yesterday

Just like Europe is taking his threats about invading Greenland seriously.

stopdiggin

(15,419 posts)
49. the ONLY thing that would make ANYTHING said by the man of any worth or any (even slightest) degree of consideration
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:05 PM
18 hrs ago

Would be solid corroboration by a vetted and credible source.
Trump doesn't have the foggiest notion of what a 'tabulator' is ... (which serves to illustrate above point rather succinctly!) Gibberish - out of the mouth of a man knows - almost nothing ...

One would think, after lo these many years - we would have twigged to the fact ....
Again - the man lies as often as he takes breath. Full stop.

Blues Heron

(8,793 posts)
50. It's not quite that simple, he likes to brag, he bragged about grabbing people by the pussy remember?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:25 PM
17 hrs ago

Or do you think he was lying about that too?

stopdiggin

(15,419 posts)
55. NOTHING the man says, repeating NOTHING - is worth a nickel's worth of spit
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:00 PM
16 hrs ago

unless corroborated and verified elsewhere. Full stop.
And - at this point I believe I have answered your question - at least several different times.

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Blues Heron

(8,793 posts)
56. That's what we are asking for- dig into those tabulators. Corroborate and verify. Don't just assume he's joking.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:16 PM
15 hrs ago

EdmondDantes_

(1,757 posts)
34. Other things Trump has claimed
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:50 AM
Yesterday

He won the 2020 election.
He won the popular vote in 2016.
He would end the war in Ukraine on day 1.
That immigrants are eating pets.
Obama wasn't a natural born citizen.

He's not a man who tells the truth.

EdmondDantes_

(1,757 posts)
46. But he lies when he does that too
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:45 PM
Yesterday

Biggest economy ever.
How many wars has he claimed to have ended?
His inauguration crowd size.
His weight and health.

Blues Heron

(8,793 posts)
47. Sometimes it's worse- "I'll just tear down the facade of the East Wing" next day BOOM! whole thing gone
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:55 PM
Yesterday

He’s a slippery rat which means everything he claims should be checked out. Giving him a pass on this doesn’t make a lot of sense.

EdmondDantes_

(1,757 posts)
54. Combined with zero evidence of cheating
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:25 PM
16 hrs ago

And plenty of evidence that there wasn't it does.

There's plenty of Democrats on election boards and election observers, and the Harris campaign as well as the standard election audits that all point to there's no reason to think the Trump administration changed votes. There's also that we won a lot of down ticket races, Republicans only eeked out a tiny majority in an election where we had to switch candidates and had the low approval of the Biden administration working against us, and we keep winning elections in 2025 and 2026. Did they forget to push the magic cheat button?

Ferrets are Cool

(22,933 posts)
2. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:28 AM
Yesterday

Or as the other war criminal said, Fool me once, wont get fooled again.

Chasstev365

(7,742 posts)
7. The Supreme Court 2000, Ohio 2004, and Karl "I have THE Math" Rove.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:40 AM
Yesterday

The above helped get us to where we are at.
.

Blue Full Moon

(3,452 posts)
19. Don't forget Triad.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:02 AM
Yesterday

The company went into Highland county's EVMs and changed the votes. It went to trial and Bush jr. put a gag order on the case.

rso

(2,670 posts)
3. Musk
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:35 AM
Yesterday

Agree, there’s no actual evidence of the 2024 Election being rigged. With Biden appointees being in charge of all the intelligence, cyber security and federal law-enforcement agencies prior, during and after the Election, it’s impossible for Musk to have pulled it off without someone detecting something.

displacedvermoter

(4,400 posts)
6. But there is evidence he spent
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:39 AM
Yesterday

hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the Trump campaign, unchecked money used for what, I don't think we know.

displacedvermoter

(4,400 posts)
23. No, but unfettered ability to spend money
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:43 AM
Yesterday

to rig polls, flood markets with attack ads, pay for dirty email campaigns, etc. I never thought he was rigging voting machines, frankly. But there are many ways to cheat, to buy candidates, and generally pollute the election atmosphere.

edhopper

(37,340 posts)
24. This is true
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:46 AM
Yesterday

I was specifically talki9ng about the allegations of fixing the ballots and machines.

Blue Full Moon

(3,452 posts)
5. Musk is being investigated for election fraud right now in France.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:38 AM
Yesterday

He told the man over India's voting that any device can be hacked. Trump thanked him for his help with the counting computers, tabulators. Jim Baker warned about insider threats to EVMs. He gave example of money laundering a casino used slot machines pay Russians. It was the largest fine the United States ever imposed. The EVMs and slot machines use the same platform. The casino was Trump's Taq Mahal.

edhopper

(37,340 posts)
13. In Franceit's about X being used for illegal propaganda.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:50 AM
Yesterday

There is a difference between illegal money or biased promotion and tampering with voting machines.

gab13by13

(32,208 posts)
12. Every one of the swing states in the last election
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:48 AM
Yesterday

had surges in votes for Trump for in person voting. Only the swing states followed that pattern, no other state showed that trend.

Kamala Harris won the last election and every time I saw a post about what Democrats did wrong it made me sick to my stomach.

So what if Democrats get control of Congress, what are they going to do, hold hearings? Everyone knew that Krasnov was guilty but we didn't have time to indict and convict him thanks to Garland. Krasnov will have veto power even if anything makes it through Congress.

edhopper

(37,340 posts)
14. Not saying it didn't happen
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:51 AM
Yesterday

but my question still stands, and we need better evidence than what I have seen.

yellow dahlia

(5,800 posts)
27. "Kamala Harris won the last election and...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:31 AM
Yesterday

"every time I saw a post about what Democrats did wrong it made me sick to my stomach."

Ditto

MichMan

(17,114 posts)
53. Most, of not all, of those swing states had Democratic governors
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:17 PM
16 hrs ago

How did all of that happen under their noses and they somehow missed it?

Fiendish Thingy

(23,112 posts)
16. You are correct, it is Kooky CT nonsense
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:52 AM
Yesterday

If Musk rigged the 2024 election for Trump, then why didn’t he also rig the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race he invest millions in, as well as his own ego?

There is as much evidence for 2024 election Denialism as there is for 2020 election denialism:

ZERO

9 million fewer people showed up to vote in 2024 compared to 2020 - that says all you need to know about how Trump won,

Election Denialism is a faulty coping mechanism used to avoid the painful emotions of accepting an election loss, and does nothing to prepare us for the challenges that lie ahead.

edhopper

(37,340 posts)
17. Or
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:55 AM
Yesterday

9 million votes weren't counted.
Not serious, but it's how CTs work.
I do think there was some shady shit going on, but haven't seen enough to show they tampered with voting machines.

Qutzupalotl

(15,811 posts)
29. That's the thing.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:33 AM
Yesterday

There were reports of near record turnout in many places. That doesn't square with 9 million fewer people showing up.

It's fairly easy to target voters for elimination from the rolls, as groups like TrueTheVote did nationwide. That's one way to get higher turnout in lines but fewer counted votes. No kooky theory needed.

stopdiggin

(15,419 posts)
36. NO. Apples and oranges. Where 'record turnouts' (as 'final numbers') were reported
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
Yesterday

the vote tallies reflected that. Heavy voting in certain areas, lighter in others. Also 'record turnout' - is often either a 'loose description' (generalized, non-numbers based) terminology ("long lines, people waiting&quot , or a description rendered for early voting (and incomplete) numbers. So, no - those two things are not the contradiction that you think they are.

And, no - you also did not see large numbers 'turned away' at the polls ... Show me an actual election official / poll worker that supports this version of events.

yellow dahlia

(5,800 posts)
28. Exactly!
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:32 AM
Yesterday

He sows doubt...and jumps up and down in advance. And he is doing some of the rigging out in the open this time.

yellow dahlia

(5,800 posts)
30. Midterms aren't necessarily as easy to rig.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:35 AM
Yesterday

It is more difficult to mess with data of smaller elections - obvious.

But they will do whatever it takes. They have even more to lose than before.

Dems and Independents need to have their eyes on everything, and not get complacent...and not make assumptions.

Torchlight

(6,782 posts)
35. Mr. trump's done a stellar job of introducing doubts into our system
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:56 AM
Yesterday

and Pres. Putin couldn't be happier... with the media, the elections, the courts, and law enforcement all now bones of civil contention looked at with contempt and mistrust, the foundational cornerstones of American life are getting gut-punched over and over again. But since it's all done With and For Profit, we shrug, we complain and then we move on to new outrages to passively defend our privileged complacency.

stopdiggin

(15,419 posts)
38. And I sure as hell wish that WE'D stop playing the same game .. !
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
Yesterday

Nothing like leading that horse right up to .... The grand SAVE Act - and other do-gooder idiocy to 'safeguard' our elections !

Same day voting! Hand counting! Voter ID! Smash the machines!
Yep! That'll right the ship !

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Bread and Circuses

(2,005 posts)
52. The traitors who have hatched the Coup will use many tactics to suppress the VOTE
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:36 PM
17 hrs ago

In red states, all they need is disruption in key blue leaning districts.

Broken machines, not enough machines, ICE lurking around, voting rolls purged , etc.

County offices run elections and selectively editing the vote counts (electronically ) is likely to be happening.

There will also be challenges to the vote , recounts, and who knows if the House under Moses Mike Johnson will certify the vote ???

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