Today we're going to talk about Trump's latest Hail Mary Play to steal the election that's

even sent shockwaves through his own inner circle, how some voting systems vendors that

with the targets of right wing smear campaigns are getting back at Republicans, and my interview

with Al Franken, where we discuss why Republicans are sticking with Trump after he lost,

whether certain administration officials should be held accountable, and how to message

more effectively moving forward.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

Remember when people said that Trump would finally accept the fact that he lost the election

once the state certified their results, and then he didn't, or that he'd accepted after

the safe harbor deadline, which is the date when all state level election challenges,

like recounts and audits had to be completed, and then he didn't, or that he'd accepted

after the electoral college voted on December 14th, and then he didn't.

Well now, rather than acknowledge that there's no more meaningful litigation, that there's

no more pushing for faithless electors, no more appealing to state legislatures, no more

hope of alternate slates of electors, rather than finally acknowledge he lost, we are up

to martial law, because of course we have Rudy Giuliani trying to have the Department

of Homeland Security commandeer voting machines.

We have Trump pushing for election lawyer and conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell, as special

counsel to inspect those voting machines, and then we have the newly pardoned felon Michael

Flynn calling for the military to read minister elections in the states that Trump lost.

And this isn't me just saying, oh, this is basically martial law, because Flynn literally

said it outright.

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