Trump’s ‘Rigged Election’ Claims Are Short on Evidence, Again

Unpacking two of the president’s unsubstantiated voter fraud claims from Thursday’s speech. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. President Donald Trump’s speech Thursday night on election administration surprised me. He didn’t relitigate the 2020 election (although he did say we “can never watch a stolen election again”). He didn’t attack Georgia’s elections, as many had predicted. He had some criticisms of election administrators, but many more criticisms of his first term’s national security and law enforcement teams (it’s safe to say Trump hates Chris Krebs, his former director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure). Stephen Richer is the CEO of Republic Affairs, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the former recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona. More We Think You’d Like