Here's the deal:
In 2020, well before Election Day, MAGAs were crying "rigged election."
Immediately following the election, Republicans brought 60+ "election integrity" court cases, requested (and received) hand recounts—and despite no election fraud discovered, still rioted at the Capitol and have spent four years perpetuating a stolen election lie.
It is just days following the 2024 election, one where:
- Donald Trump spoke several times in recent months about "already having the votes"
- Elon Musk and Peter Theil (two men with more technology available to them than anyone) have been working alongside Trump and the Russian government.
- dozens of bomb threats were sent by Russia on Election Day, causing shutdowns and delays
- 5 swing states showed results of Dems winning down-ballot and yet a Trump victory in all (a near impossible split-ticket scenario).
- The Trump campaign (always proving a complaint is an accusation, claimed a stolen election until the moment Trump was declared the winner.
In an election as pivotal and Democracy-altering as this one, The Democratic Party owes the American people to fight passionately to ensure the results were fair.
It is reasonable request to do a #handrecount of one of the key swing states, to make sure that the results match the Election Day reports, and to ensure the voting machines' code has not been tampered with.
We won't be the other side, shouting "rigged election" despite having no proof, and we won't content that #TrumpCheated—if an investigation refutes that.
But Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and her campaign, tens of thousands of tireless volunteers, a record number of first-time voters, the women of this country, and the tens of millions who voted Blue, deserve the smallest efforts to ensure that the numbers are correct.
We cannot let America be ceded to those who will dismantle it without assuring it was the will of the majority.
A secure election can withstand scrutiny and a blameless party won't prevent that scrutiny.
Who's going to step up?
#SwingStateHandRecount
#ElectionInvestigation
In 2020, well before Election Day, MAGAs were crying "rigged election."
Immediately following the election, Republicans brought 60+ "election integrity" court cases, requested (and received) hand recounts—and despite no election fraud discovered, still rioted at the Capitol and have spent four years perpetuating a stolen election lie.
It is just days following the 2024 election, one where:
- Donald Trump spoke several times in recent months about "already having the votes"
- Elon Musk and Peter Theil (two men with more technology available to them than anyone) have been working alongside Trump and the Russian government.
- dozens of bomb threats were sent by Russia on Election Day, causing shutdowns and delays
- 5 swing states showed results of Dems winning down-ballot and yet a Trump victory in all (a near impossible split-ticket scenario).
- The Trump campaign (always proving a complaint is an accusation, claimed a stolen election until the moment Trump was declared the winner.
In an election as pivotal and Democracy-altering as this one, The Democratic Party owes the American people to fight passionately to ensure the results were fair.
It is reasonable request to do a #handrecount of one of the key swing states, to make sure that the results match the Election Day reports, and to ensure the voting machines' code has not been tampered with.
We won't be the other side, shouting "rigged election" despite having no proof, and we won't content that #TrumpCheated—if an investigation refutes that.
But Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and her campaign, tens of thousands of tireless volunteers, a record number of first-time voters, the women of this country, and the tens of millions who voted Blue, deserve the smallest efforts to ensure that the numbers are correct.
We cannot let America be ceded to those who will dismantle it without assuring it was the will of the majority.
A secure election can withstand scrutiny and a blameless party won't prevent that scrutiny.
Who's going to step up?
#SwingStateHandRecount
#ElectionInvestigation
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