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RandySF

(71,149 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 03:44 PM Nov 12

The election was dirty, but not stolen.

The election was not stolen at the ballot box, but there was a lot of dirt thrown in the forms of social mediation lies, foreign-based misinformation, bomb threats and a media that again put its thumb on the scale for Trump.

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The election was dirty, but not stolen. (Original Post) RandySF Nov 12 OP
A reasoned and mature summation. Plenty of the marybourg Nov 12 #1
Yup nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 12 #2
Go Watch Greg Palast's "Vigilantes, Inc." MrWowWow Nov 12 #3
That too. RandySF Nov 12 #4
Yep! I'll add voter roll purges and mail-in-ballot rejections. nt Phoenix61 Nov 12 #5
How do you know it wasn't stolen at the ballot box... Think. Again. Nov 12 #6
I saw a pundit say it was Biden's approval numbers jojog Nov 12 #7

MrWowWow

(431 posts)
3. Go Watch Greg Palast's "Vigilantes, Inc."
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 03:59 PM
Nov 12

It's a free view for now

https://www.watchvigilantesinc.com

Jim Crow-era voter suppression cost Kamala the swing and battleground states...and hence, the election itself.

Think. Again.

(19,072 posts)
6. How do you know it wasn't stolen at the ballot box...
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 04:49 PM
Nov 12

...before we have the results of the audits?

jojog

(410 posts)
7. I saw a pundit say it was Biden's approval numbers
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 05:39 PM
Nov 12

Approval driven IMO by congressional oversite committees led by Comer and Jordan for 2 years preaching "Biden crime family." Regurgitated by Fox, Newsmax, OAN and Sinclair.
It was the same playbook used on Hillary.

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