Thread by @Taniel

GOP has done this trick for years: introduce bills to restrict access to voting in the name of fighting the *loss of trust* caused by (their) allegations of fraud, even when they end up granting there’s no basis to them.

Pay attn to this sleight of hands now. It’s everywhere.

Here’s a Trump-era example of it from Washington State:

https://twitter.com/taniel/status/817137614130122752?s=21

Here’s another from New Hampshire, a product of Trump’s lies about 2016:

https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1091150494515556352?s=21

. https://t.co/fnncryB9fV

Now they’ve laid the groundwork to amp this up massively. “I said there was smoke!’

See how this sleight of hands works with Loeffler here. She has nothing to justify fraud, but she no longer needs that: “lost of faith” is all she needs for what’s next.

https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1333067202161991683?s=21

https://t.co/yKNHapjpct

“even outlandish allegations seem plausible:” Crenshaw is very clunky here, unable to disguise this sleight of hand very well.

Repeat “outlandish” claims enough until they “seem plausible”, then you need policies to dispel that feeling you fanned.

The latest entry in the GOP's rhetorical sleight of hands is a doozy. It involves Raffensperger, Kemp, & other GA GOPers' push against mail-in voting.

Per this deputy SoS, there may be no evidence of fraud, but *people saying there's fraud* is enough. pbs.org/newshour/polit…

Folks, continue to be careful about the GOP’s devious sleight of hands — pointing to lack of “confidence” fostered by their own lies as reason enough to restrict access to voting, no matter fact that it’s baseless.

Most recent entry by Rob Portman, in filing federal legislation.