Lately, we’ve been bombarded with breathless shrieking from media firefighters about how things like voter suppression and gerrymandering have prevented Democratic political candidates from securing their rightful place on various congressional and gubernatorial thrones.
Stacey Abrams: "This is a systemic erosion of our administration of elections and it started and became perfected by Brian Kemp." https://t.co/SMEOuAIXe7
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 19, 2018
But it wasn’t so long ago when our media betters were condescendingly wagging their fingers at Donald Trump for complaining about “rigged” elections. Probably because it wasn’t actually that long ago.
For those of you who have forgotten the way things used to be, tweeter @RobProvince spent some time today collecting some of the media’s greatest hits.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1064587134403788802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1064587134403788802&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsarahd-313035%2F2018%2F11%2F19%2Fbias-alert-tweeter-digs-up-damning-evidence-of-msms-double-standard-on-rigged-elections%2F
Sit back and enjoy this stroll down Memory Lane:
Trump's stoking fears of a rigged election, but in-person voter fraud is incredibly rare: https://t.co/ZPYmH1BF7t pic.twitter.com/eZ8bIqUxQa
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 13, 2016
This is potentially the most dangerous conspiracy theory of 2016 —there's no evidence the election will be 'rigged': https://t.co/0rnoejhVWc
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 3, 2016
Trump looking for election observers after a week of saying the election is likely "rigged" https://t.co/Bx765gHkt2 pic.twitter.com/7YkSjjQdKL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 13, 2016
TRUMP' just now: "I'm afraid the election is gonna be rigged. I have to be honest."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 1, 2016
Clinton camp statement on Trump tweets about rigged election: "Voters see through Donald Trump’s shameful attempts to undermine an election" pic.twitter.com/T84rhc5Zep
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2016
That was on the rigged election comments, though. Not that he wouldn't commit to the results of the election.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2016
Trump now openly speculating about possibility of voter fraud, saying election is "rigged":https://t.co/u7mGmusIvG pic.twitter.com/KN5deuwyz3
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 3, 2016
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