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7. They gerrymandered districts, passed onerous voter ID requirements, created new voter access

Reply to fightforfreedom (Original post)

Sat Nov 12, 2022, 09:24 AM

Nov 2022

hurdles, limited early voting, eliminated voting precincts, fabricated polls to discourage voters, spread lies and disinformation, even placed armed militia goons at drop boxes to intimidate minorities. It still didn't work, their "red wave" was a bust.

Yelling "stolen election!" now would be patently absurd. Even the MAGA QAnon mob would have a hard time swallowing that.

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This election killed the Big Lie. [View all] fightforfreedom Nov 2022 OP

Sort of....... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #1

"Team Normal" is catching on BeyondGeography Nov 2022 #2

Agree wholeheartedly bucolic_frolic Nov 2022 #3

Sure seems that way. Maybe they're in shock. paleotn Nov 2022 #4

Unfortunately there are a lot of bad election laws in states like Texas as a result of the Big Lie. Lonestarblue Nov 2022 #5

Yes I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #16

Many of the loudest mouth purveyors of it BumRushDaShow Nov 2022 #6

They gerrymandered districts, passed onerous voter ID requirements, created new voter access sop Nov 2022 #7

And this suppressed the Democratic voters in Florida Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #10

Exactly. sop Nov 2022 #15

give it a few days rurallib Nov 2022 #8

Exactly right on both points Orrex Nov 2022 #9

YEP !! MAGA is .... NOT.... accepting they lost uponit7771 Nov 2022 #11

The wing nuts are "questioning" the elections on social media Dopers_Greed Nov 2022 #12

Freepers at FR are talking nonstop about how the election was stolen. Kaleva Nov 2022 #13

The big lie is getting to be an old tired story. No doubt the cultists are still talking about PortTack Nov 2022 #14

It's Good we won several Secretary of State races mulucha Nov 2022 #17