Believing that the 2020 Presidential election was "stolen," especially without any evidence at all to support that claim, is about as ignorant and ridiculous a position as a politician can take. In my own opinion, believing that should disqualify anyone from running for public office. There are always glitches and places in the system where ballots can't be verified, or may have been cast in a manner not consistent with law or defined procedure, but the number is so low, compared to the number of ballots that are cast and counted accurately, that it is safe to say American elections are the most secure and accurate in the world. And 2020 falls into that same category, in spite of the ignorant rhetoric that keeps going on and on from the right.
But, making that kind of fraudulent claim goes beyond identifying those who believe it as idiots and morons. Trump wasn't the only name on those ballots. Every state had a list of senate candidates, congressional candidates, state legislative elections, judges, constitutional propositions, and all kinds of things to elect or which required casting a vote. If the Presidential election was "rigged," then so was every other election on the ballot. That means that many of those who are currently serving in Congress on the GOP side of the aisle believe their own election isn't legitimate. Right? I mean, if someone was elected and the election was rigged, then so would be their election.
So, based on the logic, or should I say, lack of logic, of election deniers, isn't running for election a denial of election denial? If a candidate is running for election, the very act of doing so expresses a confidence in the accuracy of the system. Otherwise, what would be gained by running, if the election is already rigged for "the other guy" whoever that might be, of course, a Democrat since Republicans would never, ever rig or cheat in an election [huge tongue-in-cheek here].
If the election is rigged, then why bother to go to all the trouble to raise money, spend all that time on the campaign trail and go to all the trouble and effort. That would be a waste of time and money. If a candidate believes the election is rigged against them, the expense and effort would yield no result anyway.
And what about all of the Republican congressmen and senators who were elected in 2020, but who went ahead and allowed themselves to be sworn into office anyway? What an absolute collapse of integrity and honesty, for politicians to claim belief that the election was rigged and then to go ahead and step into the office to which they may not have been legitimately elected.
I'm not really making any point here, except that denying the accuracy of an election, without a shred of evidence, is stupid. It is a demonstration of the widespread ignorance of Americans who have absolutely no idea whatsoever how an election is operated, how ballots are collected and counted, and what safeguards are in place to prevent fraud.
It's time to overhaul some institutions. Starting with the schools, it's time to overhaul social studies and civics curriculum. Because if there are as many people as polls suggest who believe this ridiculous stuff, then the educational system that passed them through has failed miserably. And it's time to move toward an independent, non-commercially supported media. Corporate interests run most media outlets, and that leaves a public that is grossly misinformed, and continuing to have conversations about the sensational, attention-getting narratives that they keep pushing.
The bottom line is that even the orange headed buffoon himself does not believe the election was rigged or stolen, and he's admitted as much. But he's sure made millions of Americans look like fools.
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