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President Donald Trump A much-hyped speech promises a huge reveal Interfering in the 2020 elections Failed to deliver. On Thursday night, the president made sweeping claims about Chinese interference and cover-ups by “Deep state“, and repeated Explicit allegations about non-citizen voting. He pointed to a document on the White House website as evidence, although the files did not contain evidence to support his assertions.
For Trump’s loyal army of followers, this did not matter. “This is a tough jab from President Trump,” election denier Patrick Byrne told school shooting conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, moments after the speech ended, adding: “This is bigger than if they released the JFK files.” (Byrne failed to mention what the Trump administration did Release JFK files last year.)
“The deep state is breaking a brick right now,” Jones added during the broadcast.
Conspiracy theorists claimed that the speech would provide the basis for Trump to enact the Insurrection Act, a law that could Allow the president To deploy the army to the polls in November, despite the scope Legal capabilities of the army In such a case it remains unclear.
Lara Logan, former CBS News correspondent turned… A star in a society that rejected elections, Named “Account” letter f Written on X That it was “the opening salvo of a much larger plan.”
This plan, according to many election deniers, has already seen Trump push Congress to pass the bill The anti-voting “Save America” ActIf that fails, invoke greater powers.
“Trump has the ability to do whatever is necessary to secure the 2026 midterm elections, including invoking the Insurrection Act to secure polling sites with military and federal law enforcement,” a member of the Sarasota Patriots group, which rejects the election, wrote on Telegram.
Jacob Creech said: “After Trump proves that he exercised all options before going the executive route, he will resort to the Insurrection Act and save the republic.” Popular conspiracy theorist Known online as WarClandestine, he wrote on X.
Wendy Rogers, an Arizona state senator and well-known election conspiracy theorist, shared Krish’s post, writing: “This is called ‘rest mode’ and it’s exactly what will happen. You’re watching it in real time.”
Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser who was at the heart of the election rejection movement, called for immediate arrests, without relying on any evidence other than Trump’s words. “The directors of the CIA and NSA during his first term should immediately be arrested for treason,” Flynn said. Written on X.
This is exactly what experts who closely follow the election rejection movement expected.
“Tonight, the White House used a tired playbook: cherry-picked intelligence and a deluge of discredited initial reports, dressed up as national security revelations, to build a pretext for lawless action,” says Alexandra Chandler, director of influence programs at the nonprofit Protect Democracy, who has worked in the intelligence community for 13 years. “It wasn’t about 2020 or national security. It was about delegating soldiers who would be asked to reject the 2026 results if their team loses in November.”
The speech and Release the document It was met with anger from election officials and voting experts. “This is all nonsense,” Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar wrote in an emailed statement to WIRED. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland congressman and former House impeachment manager, said: Zitio And that Trump’s speech was “nonsense,” “nonsense,” and “almost a self-inflicted lie.”
But perhaps the most damning condemnation came from within the Trump administration. John Solomon, a conservative journalist known for challenging the narrative about Trump’s ties to Russia, was recently appointed to a position inside the White House to review documents the administration alleged were linked to election interference. (While Trump did not mention Russia’s role in election interference in his speech, Russia was cited in documents released by the White House in a statement.) appreciation Russia was the only country that attempted to interfere in the 2020 US elections Targeting Former President Joe Biden.)
