If a crazy man shouts in the dark, can people anywhere hear it?
TRUMP: “Had Mike Pence referred the information on six states (only need two) back to State Legislatures ... we would have had a far different presidential election result.
FACT: Pence had no authority under the Constitution, congressional rules, the law or custom to refer the results back to the states.
FACTS: Pence had no authority under the Constitution, congressional rules, the law or custom to refer the results back to the states.
TRUMP: The election was “corrupt” and “was indeed The Big Lie.” — statement Thursday.
THE FACTS: To be clear, no widespread corruption was found and no election was stolen from Trump.
Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same margin that Trump had when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016, which he repeatedly described as a “landslide.” (Trump ended up with 304 electoral votes because two electors defected.) Biden achieved victory by prevailing in key states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.
Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, found no evidence of widespread election fraud. Trump’s allegations of massive voting fraud also have been dismissed by a succession of judges and refuted by state election officials and an arm of his own administration’s Homeland Security Department.
While legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome with an unprecedented effort to audit the election results in Maricopa, the state’s most populous county, the audit's findings will not affect Biden’s victory in the state or nationwide. Just sour grapes.
FACT: Pence had no authority under the Constitution, congressional rules, the law or custom to refer the results back to the states.
FACTS: Pence had no authority under the Constitution, congressional rules, the law or custom to refer the results back to the states.
TRUMP: The election was “corrupt” and “was indeed The Big Lie.” — statement Thursday.
THE FACTS: To be clear, no widespread corruption was found and no election was stolen from Trump.
Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same margin that Trump had when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016, which he repeatedly described as a “landslide.” (Trump ended up with 304 electoral votes because two electors defected.) Biden achieved victory by prevailing in key states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.
Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, found no evidence of widespread election fraud. Trump’s allegations of massive voting fraud also have been dismissed by a succession of judges and refuted by state election officials and an arm of his own administration’s Homeland Security Department.
While legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome with an unprecedented effort to audit the election results in Maricopa, the state’s most populous county, the audit's findings will not affect Biden’s victory in the state or nationwide. Just sour grapes.
