The only way we can lose in my opinion I really mean this Pennsylvania is if cheating

goes on I really believe it.

So I hope you people can sort of not just vote on the 8th,

go around and look and watch other polling places, and make sure that it's a hundred percent fine.

Hi everyone is five o'clock in New York I'll explain my absence in a minute. It's

been more than 7 and a half years since that happened since those comments were

first made. It represented the first time then candidate Donald Trump ever suggested that the 2016 presidential

election was rigged, but only if he didn't win.

It was the beginning of a years long effort that of course culminates in January 6 to so doubt about the

integrity of our elections. It's something he has used repeatedly now though

over these past seven years so often it barely makes news. He does it every time he runs for

office and in brand new reporting and analysis in the New York Times we for the

first time see a visual representation of his lies about a stolen rigged election.

New York Times finds that with each campaign starting in 2016, moving on to 2020,

and now of course, 2024, Trump has publicly broadcast lies about the election earlier and earlier in the campaign

cycle. Times reports that 2024 marks a significant escalation, which you can see here on the chart.

Not only have his lies started earlier but the amount of lies is increasing at a faster pace. Times reports this, quote,

the falsehoods have been baked in

since Trump announced his candidacy

almost two years before election day.

According to the Times analysis,

he has cast doubt about the fairness of the 2024 election

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