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.

The post ‘Just Stop!’ Trump Bashed By Everyone from Megyn Kelly to Jake Tapper for Crying Voter Fraud After a Week of (Mostly) Accepting the Results first appeared on Mediaite.

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[–] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Most of that article just says, "privacy badger has replaced this widget." So annoying when journalism is just copy and paste Twitter.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    pretty - they’re quoting journalists at least. reader mode ftw though

    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.

    Ah yes the diabolical conspiracy in Texas to deliver the state to Democrats, led by the heads of the state…. GOP Governor Abbot and … Attorney General Paxton who …. lost…. pic.twitter.com/vMbLHSNqm1

    — Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) November 9, 2026

    “Just stop,” added Megyn Kelly.

    Just stop. pic.twitter.com/bl0FiqAdsu

    — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) November 9, 2026

    Here’s a sampling of the broader reaction to Trump’s claims:

    can we not again pic.twitter.com/FqRY6vrDVB

    — Sam Stein (@samstein) November 9, 2026

    This was so inevitable. https://t.co/O5ct30OZum

    — Susan Glasser (@sbg1) November 9, 2026

    Lather, rinse, repeat https://t.co/CdIUw618Xg

    — Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) November 9, 2026

    Trump, without citing any credible evidence, continues to cast doubt on the midterm election results. 

    “Does anybody really believe that this “Election" was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong???” https://t.co/hiQCdyTE0Tpic.twitter.com/G8FNdd8ENm

    — Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) November 9, 2026

    Heart's just not in it this time https://t.co/wqpychQPuu

    — Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 9, 2026

    Pattern continues: Trump signaling conciliatory demeanor in media interviews but pushing nonsense fraud narratives to the base. pic.twitter.com/6KolqAyIgs

    — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 9, 2026

    There is no evidence of fraud in last week's midterm elections.

    None of the dozens of Republican lawmakers who lost reelection are contesting the results.

    But now President Trump is posting this ⬇️

    Election officials and poll workers across the country worked their butts off… pic.twitter.com/2UYLXa98lk

    — Taylor Popielarz (@TaylorPopielarz) November 9, 2026

    Now the “stolen election” idiocy is starting.

    Trump can’t admit his policies fucked the midterms. Nothing is ever his fault. So now the accusation is that red states cheated against themselves. 

    And it’s a dumb allegation. FL went red statewide but lost congressional seats.…

    — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) November 9, 2026

    Idk. It all feels pretty flaccid. Nobody *actually* thinks these results are nefarious, and it seems like there's a lot of impatience on the right with anyone suggesting these losses were due to fraud and not policy. Even Trump seems to be offering this as an afterthought. https://t.co/CIJ4JJartR

    — Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) November 9, 2026

    Last week the Republicans got thrashed because he wasn't on the ballot.

    Now it's because the result was rigged.

    Trump: Always cheated, never defeated https://t.co/rDbPgWYxQh

    — Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) November 9, 2026

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    Ah yes the diabolical conspiracy in Texas to deliver the state to Democrats, led by the heads of the state…. GOP Governor Abbot and … Attorney General Paxton who …. lost….

    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.

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