{"id":1031468,"date":"2024-05-10T14:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1031468"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:54:51","slug":"shot-chaser-lara-trump-tries-to-whitewash-donald-trumps-election-denying-record-even-as-hes-still-lying-about-the-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/shot-chaser-lara-trump-tries-to-whitewash-donald-trumps-election-denying-record-even-as-hes-still-lying-about-the-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOT\/CHASER: Lara Trump Tries to Whitewash Donald Trump\u2019s Election Denying Record\u2026 Even As He\u2019s STILL Lying About the 2020 Election\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Lara Trump <\/em>falsely claiming<\/em><\/a> Donald Trump accepts election results, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe American people are not falling for Lara Trump\u2019s sad and desperate attempts to whitewash Donald Trump\u2019s election denialism as he actively continues to push baseless lies about his loss by over 7 million votes in the 2020 election while refusing to commit to accepting this November\u2019s results. Trump is still the same dangerous election denier he always has been \u2013 and continues to make it clear that democracy is on the ballot in this election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHOT: RNC co-chair Lara Trump claimed that Donald Trump accepts election results\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump<\/a>: \u201cIt’s pretty obvious that Donald Trump does accept election results, even despite the fact that it was a very questionable election in 2020.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHASER: \u2026 even as Trump is <\/strong>still<\/em><\/strong> pushing baseless lies about his crushing loss by over 7 million votes in the 2020 election \u2014 and is laying the groundwork to challenge the next one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201c[Trump] is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRe-litigating the 2020 election, repeating false claims it was stolen and casting aspersions on the security of mail voting remain major fixtures for [Trump] on the stump. <\/strong>\u2026 He regularly refers to the 2020 election as \u2018rigged\u2019 on his social media channels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump, running for the White House for the third time, has signaled that the 2020 election will remain an integral part of his 2024 presidential bid.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump\u2019s takeover of the RNC has elevated ultra-MAGA extremists Lara Trump and Michael Whatley, who have pushed Trump\u2019s dangerous election denialism.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMr. Trump likes Mr. Whatley for one overwhelming reason, according to people who have discussed him with the former president: He is \u2018a stop the steal guy,\u2019<\/strong> as one of the people described him. He endorses Mr. Trump\u2019s false claims about mass voter fraud \u2026 Mr. Whatley has baselessly claimed that election security efforts from Republicans in North Carolina stopped Democrats from cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cLikely frontrunner for RNC chair parroted Trump\u2019s 2020 election lies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cRNC under Lara Trump spreads \u2018massive fraud\u2019 claims about 2020 election\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cPeople seeking employment at RNC asked whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s Man at the R.N.C. Will Face Pressure to Satisfy His Election Lies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Magazine<\/a>: \u201cTrump Taps Election Deniers Lara Trump, Michael Whatley to Lead RNC\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cIn pushing Michael Whatley as the next leader of the Republican National Committee, Donald Trump zeroed in on the North Carolina GOP chairman\u2019s dedication to \u2018election integrity,\u2019 baselessly suggesting he would ensure the 2024 race \u2018can\u2019t be stolen.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cA self-described conspiracy theorist and election denier,<\/strong> Ms. Bobb will take on a role overseeing Republican election integrity efforts \u2014 after years of aggressively promoting false claims about the 2020 election. Her appointment reflects the ascendant role of election deniers in Republican leadership and in Mr. Trump\u2019s presidential campaign.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump continues to praise and embrace violent January 6 rioters \u2013 calling them \u201chostages\u201d and \u201cpatriots\u201d and vowing to pardon \u201ca large portion\u201d of those who attacked our Capitol. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/a>: \u201cTrump has sought to recast the insurrectionist riot as an act of patriotism. \u2018I call them the J-6 patriots,\u2019 Trump tells TIME. When asked whether he would consider pardoning every one of them, he says: \u2018Yes, absolutely.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u200bWashington Post<\/a>: \u200b\u200b\u201cFormer president Donald Trump on Thursday praised and embraced a woman convicted of defying police orders on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2026 Trump has steadily escalated his advocacy for people charged in the Capitol riot, including by pledging to pardon them if he returns to the White House, praising them as patriots, participating in a recording with Jan. 6 prisoners singing the national anthem,<\/strong> and playing it at his first rally of the 2024 campaign last month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump describes imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters as \u2018hostages\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump promised Wednesday night that if he is elected he will pardon a \u2018large portion\u2019 of the people convicted of federal offenses for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cJanuary 6, it was the largest crowd I\u2019ve ever spoken to. And they were there proud, they were there with love in their heart. That was an unbelievable \u2014 and it was a beautiful day.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cThen-President Donald Trump didn\u2019t want to specifically call for the Justice Department to prosecute January 6 rioters<\/strong> or forcefully condemn those who stormed the Capitol as unrepresentative of the MAGA movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has threatened political violence and promised a \u201cbloodbath\u201d if he loses this election while vowing to be a dictator on \u201cday one\u201d if he wins.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump Says Political Violence \u2018Depends\u2019 on \u2018Fairness\u2019 of 2024 Election\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN<\/a>: \u201cMany people have lost American presidential elections over the last 230 years – Trump is the only one to say about violence if he loses \u2018it depends.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump says there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses the election\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says There Will Be a \u2018Bloodbath\u2019 and Elections Will End if He Isn\u2019t Reelected\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Defends His Warning of a \u2018Blood Bath for the Country\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019ll Be a Dictator on \u2018Day One\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump calls political enemies \u2018vermin,\u2019 echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump says he will lock up his political enemies if he is president again.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cTrump said of his relationships with dictators, \u2018the tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them,\u2019 which he insisted is \u2018not a bad thing.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018The easy ones,\u2019 Trump said, referring to America\u2019s allies, \u2018I maybe don’t like as much or don’t get along with as much.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Lara Trump falsely claiming Donald Trump accepts election results, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cThe American people are not falling for Lara Trump\u2019s sad and desperate attempts to whitewash Donald Trump\u2019s election denialism as he actively continues to push baseless lies about his loss by over 7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSHOT\/CHASER: Lara Trump Tries to Whitewash Donald Trump\u2019s Election Denying Record\u2026 Even As He\u2019s STILL Lying About the 2020 Election\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/shot-chaser-lara-trump-tries-to-whitewash-donald-trumps-election-denying-record-even-as-hes-still-lying-about-the-2020-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T14:08:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T19:54:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/shot-chaser-lara-trump-tries-to-whitewash-donald-trumps-election-denying-record-even-as-hes-still-lying-about-the-2020-election\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/shot-chaser-lara-trump-tries-to-whitewash-donald-trumps-election-denying-record-even-as-hes-still-lying-about-the-2020-election\/\",\"name\":\"SHOT\/CHASER: Lara Trump Tries to Whitewash Donald Trump\u2019s Election Denying Record\u2026 Even As He\u2019s STILL Lying About the 2020 Election\u00a0 - 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