It took a week, but Trump is now suggesting the election was rigged against the GOP — despite many of the votes being held in states run by Republicans.
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It took a week, but President Donald Trump is now suggesting the 2026 election was riggedagainst Republicans — despite many of the votes being held in states run by the GOP.
“Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday. “How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”
Election data specialists such as Nate Silverargued the polls the showed the exact oppositeof what Trump claims they did — Silver’s final pre-election forecast gave Democrats an 80 percent chance to win control of the Senate, and a 96 percent chance to take the House.
Numerous times over the past week, Trump has said he accepts the election results. But he has also shared posts from others on Truth Socialquestioning the outcome.
But now, he appears to be going all in on election denialism — even if the nature of the conspiracy he’s suggesting is unclear. Critics called out the bizarre notion that the GOP would allow elections to be rigged against them in states they totally control — such as Texas.
“Ah yes the diabolical conspiracy in Texas to deliver the state to Democrats, led by the heads of the state … GOP Governor [Greg] Abbott and … Attorney General [Ken] Paxton who … lost,” wrote CNN’s Jake Tapper on X.
“Just stop,” added Megyn Kelly.
Here’s a sampling of the broader reaction to Trump’s claims:
In the same way it is odd that (according to Trump) Biden could successfully rig the 2020 presidential election, when Trump was president, but not the 2024 presidential election, when Biden was president.