By Cheta Enyoghasi
Electoral experts and some old-school Republicans, have said Donald Trump and his friends will file accusations of election and voter fraud if he loses election in November.
Arizona Mayor John Giles, who has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, said that if Trump loses, he and his associates will “throw everything at the wall” and foment insurrection.
“Both Trump and his allies are pushing the same lies as they did in 2020 about voting machines and drop boxes, but they are now attacking prosecutors on the state and federal levels who have charged the former president for trying to overturn the election. They claim that the charges against Trump amount to “election interference” and “lawfare” in attempts to paint the former president’s legal woes as political prosecution.
“They’ll claim everything went wrong if they lose. I’d be surprised if Trump doesn’t try to foment insurrection if he loses the election,” the mayor said.
David Becker at the Center for Election Innovation and Research warns that false claims about election integrity are merely a tactic to instill distrust in the system and potentially lead to chaos.
Speaking with journalists, he said: “A lot of false claims are masquerading as efforts to change policy to improve election integrity when in actuality they’re just designed to sow distrust in our system if Trump loses.
“This is all designed to manufacture claims that if Trump loses, the election was stolen and to sow discord, chaos and potential violence,” he added.
Dave Trott, former Republican Michigan Representative criticized Trump for encouraging supporters like Charlie Kirk to question election integrity, claiming he has no evidence for fraud and plans to disrupt democracy.
In his words: “Trump continues to encourage his supporters like Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA to question the integrity of our elections.”
“He has no evidence or basis for claiming fraud and is only perpetuating these lies so he has a plan B to disrupt democracy in the event he loses,”
Another Former Republican Representative Charlie Dent predicted that Trump will claim fraud again in 2024 if he loses in November, raising allegations in state capitals and descending with allies.
“I expect he will do the same thing in 2024,” he said. “If he loses he will raise Cain in state capitals and he will descend on state capitals with his allies to make the case for fraud”.
