A couple of weeks ago, Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance appeared on “Meet the Press” and heard a good question that too often goes unasked.
“Why is Donald Trump casting doubt on the election before it’s even happened?” NBC News’ Kristen Welker asked.
“I don’t think that’s what Donald Trump is doing, Kristen,” the Ohio senator replied.
It is most definitely what the former president is doing. Consider this item that the GOP nominee published to his social media platform over the weekend:
An interview by Tucker Carlson of an election expert indicates that 20% of the Mail-In Ballots in Pennsylvania are fraudulent. Here we go again! Where is the U.S. Attorney General and FBI to INVESTIGATE? Where is the Pennsylvania Republican Party? We will WIN Pennsylvania by a lot, unless the Dems are allowed to CHEAT. THE RNC MUST ACTIVATE, NOW!!!
To be sure, Trump publishing weird election-related claims online is not altogether new, but what struck me as odd about this one was that it’s literally impossible.
The first 2024 ballots started going out to Pennsylvania voters late last week. The former president would have Americans believe not only that ballots were returned within one day, but also that an “election expert” has already determined that 1 in 5 of the unopened and unprocessed absentee ballots are “fraudulent.”








