Why Republicans feel the way they do
I was amused by a recent Chattanooga Times editorial declaring Republicans delusional. Let me help clarify why many on the right feel the way they do.
Democrats’ leadership in important swing states managed to push through changes in voter integrity laws in 2020 under the guise of an emergency situation due to COVID-19 lockdowns. These changes made it virtually impossible to know who actually voted in the election. With many of these states not requiring voter ID on mail-in ballots and lower standards for signature matches, there was virtually no way to prove that wide-scale voter fraud may have occurred. Well played, Democrats!
Lack of a “smoking gun” made state and federal courts avoid this issue like a bag of flaming dog poo. In the minds of many conservatives, lack of actionable proof of cheating doesn’t mean it didn’t occur. To Republicans, the “Big Lie” might be any of the following:
> The Steele dossier was gospel.