The Big Lie Archives

Most Iowa Caucus Voters Think Trump Won in 2020

August 22, 2023 Buck Banks

51%

A majority of voters likely to attend the Iowa Republican caucuses believe that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election over Joe Biden, a new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. Asked whether “you believe or not believe Donald Trump’s claims he won the 2020 presidential election,” 51% of likely Republican caucusgoers say they believe them, 41% do not and 8% are unsure.

Almost 300 GOP Nominees Are 2020 Election Deniers

October 6, 2022 Buck Banks

299

“A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all — have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election,” the Washington Post reports.

Flynn Enflames with Talk of Governors Declaring War

October 3, 2022 Buck Banks

“States’ rights. Did you know that a governor can declare war? A governor can declare war. And we’re going to probably see that.”

— Donald Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn warned at an Arizona campaign event that governors may soon “declare war.”

Most Republicans Believe Trump’s Big Lie

September 29, 2022 Buck Banks

61%

A new Monmouth poll finds that 61% of Republican voters still believe Joe Biden only won the 2020 presidential election because of voter fraud.

Trump Tells the Truth!

April 6, 2022 Buck Banks

For the GOP, twice-impeached Trump is still the boss,
They’ll follow him anywhere, no matter the cost.
But is Trump beginning to deny
The truth of the Big Lie?
After all, he told the Guardian he didn’t win, which implied he lost.

Trump Admits the BIG LIE Is, Well, a Lie

April 5, 2022 Buck Banks

“I didn’t win the election.”

— Donald Trump, quoted by The Guardian, in a video interview with historians.

AIPAC Endorses Dozens of Election Deniers

March 23, 2022 Buck Banks

Dozens

“AIPAC, the most influential pro-Israel lobby group in the United States, has defended its endorsing of dozens of Republicans who refused to accept President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, even as its new super PAC declares the group’s support for democracy,” Haaretz reports.

Scaramucci: Why Trump Will Run in 2024

March 1, 2021 Buck Banks

“I think he’s going to run in 2024 because this is the most money that he’s ever made. Just imagine making $300 million off of these rubes that he’s conning after the election with his big lie … So he’ll run again in 2024.”

— Anthony Scaramucci, on MSNBC, predicting Donald Trump will run for president in 2024.

‘The Big Lie’ in a Congressional Vignette

February 25, 2021 Buck Banks

51%

299

“A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all — have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election,” the Washington Post reports.

“States’ rights. Did you know that a governor can declare war? A governor can declare war. And we’re going to probably see that.”

— Donald Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn warned at an Arizona campaign event that governors may soon “declare war.”

61%

A new Monmouth poll finds that 61% of Republican voters still believe Joe Biden only won the 2020 presidential election because of voter fraud.

“I didn’t win the election.”

— Donald Trump, quoted by The Guardian, in a video interview with historians.

Dozens

“AIPAC, the most influential pro-Israel lobby group in the United States, has defended its endorsing of dozens of Republicans who refused to accept President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, even as its new super PAC declares the group’s support for democracy,” Haaretz reports.

“I think he’s going to run in 2024 because this is the most money that he’s ever made. Just imagine making $300 million off of these rubes that he’s conning after the election with his big lie … So he’ll run again in 2024.”

— Anthony Scaramucci, on MSNBC, predicting Donald Trump will run for president in 2024.

“I didn’t vote to overturn an election. And I will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship.”

— Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) in a confrontation with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) during today’s House Oversight Committee hearing.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Attorney General Merrick Garland, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee/Inquisition.

“We always get the blame. Name one time that we’ve shut the government down and we haven’t got the blame.”

— Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), a senior appropriator, told Katherine Tully-McManus and Adam Cancryn of Politico.

“Mmmkay! And I’m 110lbs and a virgin ?! I’m not a scale or a doctor but I have spent some time beneath 215lb men and Tiny was not one of them.”

— Stormy Daniels, referring to Donald Trump’s claim at his arrest last week that he weighs just 215 pounds.

“I did see it on television. Handsome guy.”

— President Biden, commenting on Donald Trump’s mug shot.

“Didn’t hurt himself. Didn’t really help himself either. It says something that no one felt the need to attack him.”

– Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist and founder of the anti-Trump Republican Accountability Project, discussing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s mediocre performance during the first GOP presidential debate

Numerati

42 million

“Almost 42 million Americans – over one-eighth of the US population – are estimated to have lived within one mile of a mass shooting since 2014,” CNN reports.

$7.1 million

$61.1 million

62%

A new Navigator Research poll finds that — by a whopping 62% to 30% margin — most Americans think Donald Trump has committed a crime. Independent voters are even more sure and think Trump is guilty by 67% to 18%.

29%