Opinion by Greg Sargent: “Can we please stop pretending that Republicans echoing Donald Trump’s lies about 2020 are motivated by a genuine desire to crack down on voter fraud?”
What’s at stake is whether Republicans operating in this Trumpian mode will keep getting away with feigning good-faith concern about the legitimacy of our election system, when something much more nefarious is plainly at work here.Let’s start with Adam Laxalt, the leading GOP Senate candidate in Nevada. The New York Times
that he’s already assembling a legal team to combat inevitable election fraud in his race — 231 days before Election Day.In a private meeting, Laxalt told attendees that Trump had failed to sufficiently fight 2020 fraud. Trump’s campaign was “late” to the fight, Laxalt said, vowing not to make that mistake himself.
“We’re vetting which group we think is going to do better,” Laxalt said, apparently referring to the team he’s putting together. Laxalt claimed things are “different” now than in 2020, in that there is far more awareness of “election fraud” than before., but reports that Laxalt’s claims are “yet another indication of how vital the specter of voter fraud remains to the Republican base.”
Why should we grant this implicit presumption? Yes, many Republican voters might still “believe” extensive fraud occurred. But is this really why Laxalt is declaring his intention to combat an election loss in advance?
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