Thread by @AGHamilton29

I've been thinking about this for a few weeks.

A lot of people on the left rightfully point out that Trump spent months priming the 2020 excuse of a stolen elections by discouraging mail voting among supporters and then citing the disparity to claim fraud.

https://twitter.com/SaysSimonson/status/1483562645437485056

Now the Democrats are likely headed for a massive ass-whooping in November and their entire focus seems to be on creating an excuse by undermining faith in the electoral system, with the media's help.

It's not going to matter that turnout will almost assuredly be higher in 2022 than 2018. Democrats are preparing to cite state laws and redistricting to explain the wave despite those clearly having little impact. It's the only reason for the current propaganda effort.

Dems know these bills aren't going to pass so why are they spending all their time on them and having the media target their own members?

Simply to have that built-in excuse in November. And it's being created at the expense of faith in our elections.

I mean if you say "GA passed a law that expanded voter access relative to any pre-pandemic election, but we think it should go further," no one is going to attribute a coming loss to that law. But when you say it's Jim Crow 2.0, now Dem voters assume it's making some huge impact.

They need their base to believe the conspiracy because it's easier than to admit that the Party has become increasingly unpopular and keeps alienating most voters due to their focus on appeasing far-left activists on Twitter and in the press.

P.S. If we had a somewhat responsible and objective press, they'd be holding Dem claims to the same standard they held Trump & co for their voter fraud claims.

"How is this like Jim Crow?"
"Who specifically is prevented from voting under this law?"
"These claims are false" etc