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Johnson: “It really was rigged”
Today, Speaker Mike Johnson, architect of House Republican efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and Donald Trump held an election denial summit.
Their confab made it abundantly clear that the centerpiece of their campaign strategy will be fueled by conspiracy theories and election denialism. Trump and Johnson have built an “alliance on the falsehood of the stolen election,” setting the stage for their efforts to undermine the 2024 election and throw out millions legitimate votes if the results don’t go their way.
Yet instead of calling out these conspiracy theories for what they are, a majority of House Republicans and extreme candidates have refused to denounce this dangerous rhetoric and looked the other way.
Reminder: recent battleground polling from the DCCC has shown that, in competitive House districts across the country, a majority of likely voters disagree with their election extremism, finding their efforts to disrupt free and fair elections very concerning.
DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton:
“Donald Trump and Mike Johnson will not let their election lies go. The American people are exhausted by their conspiracy theories. When will so-called moderate Republicans finally break from Trump’s extremism and put the American people first?”
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