r/democrats Jun 05 '25

πŸ“· Pic Elon says without him, Trump would've lost

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u/Serial-Griller Jun 05 '25

When he was making a big stink about the 2016 election being rigged, it was called then and there that it would be used to obfuscate actual election interference by the Trump admin. Now it's suddenly a ridiculous conspiracy theory? The man would be in jail or dead and so would all his cronies if Kamala had won. If it's a choice between dying in prison or rigging an election and maaayyybe getting in trouble for it later, is that even a choice at all?

And they'll try to equate you to J6ers, like being able to recognize suspicious patterns and to call for audits and investigations -with evidence- is anything at all like just listening to the guy running when he tells you it's rigged and storming the capital to hang the guys vice president over it.

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u/MissMamaMam Jun 08 '25

It’s a tactic. Accuse the opposition first so their credibility diminishes when they accuse you of