The Big Lie Archives

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

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

— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), quoted by NBC News, on Donald Trump having dinner with Holocaust deniers.

“The House Republican Conference will have the barest majority, rendered ungovernable by the lunatic likes of Matt Gaetz and Majorie Taylor Green. The self-sabotage of an ungovernable Republican majority will all but guarantee that Democrats take back the House in 2024.”

— Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), quoted by Vanity Fair.

“The hats’ll have to say MAGAGA — make America great and glorious again. If it makes you gag, get used to it.”

— Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe on Twitter

“You Lost Again Donald! #DeSantis2024”

— Message on a banner pulled by a small prop plane that flew repeatedly near Mar-a-Lago ahead of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign announcement Tuesday.

“At the first opportunity, he will zap her faster than you can say Jewish space laser.”

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), commenting on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) support of Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.

Numerati

2.9%

“The economy grew at an annual 2.9% pace in the third quarter, updated figures show, and the U.S. is on track to expand again in the waning months of 2022 despite growing worries of recession,” Marketwatch reports.

61 to 36

301,500

“Georgia voters set a single-day early turnout record Monday as 301,500 people stormed to the polls on the first day they were open in most counties ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

9 in 10

Washington Post: “While older Americans have consistently been the worst hit during the crisis, as evident in the scores of early nursing home deaths, that trend has become more pronounced. Today, nearly 9 in 10 covid deaths are in people 65 or older — the highest rate ever.”

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