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DeSantis says election fraud theories promoted by Trump ‘did not prove to be true’
NBC News ^ | 8/4/2023 | Allan Smith, Alec Hernández and Henry J. Gomez

Posted on 08/04/2023 1:11:22 PM PDT by aperez77

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday offered his strongest dismissal of the election fraud theories at the heart of former President Donald Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election.

Asked by a reporter during a campaign stop in Iowa whether the 2020 election was "stolen," DeSantis said the fraud theories "did not prove to be true." He did not, however, mention the name of his top rival for the GOP nomination, who was just indicted for allegedly working to overturn the last presidential election.

"I've said many times the election is what it is," DeSantis said. "All those theories that were put out did not prove to be true. But what I've also said is the way you conduct a good election that people have confidence in, you don't change the rules in the middle of the game."

DeSantis went on to talk up changes made to Florida election law under his administration. And he criticized Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's grants for election administration, as well as social media outlets for deemphasizing information from President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden's laptop ahead of the 2020 vote — two favorite targets of conservatives when excoriating the last presidential election.

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To: aperez77

To what?

searching Jesse Morgan?

or how the CIA determines foreign elections are rigged?

or same tech used in mules was used to round up J6ers?

all available via search.

The US elections have been corrupt for a long time before covid. Philly hasn’t had an honest election for dog catcher in 200yrs. Election judges/officials go to jail frequently one election’s judge recently for ballot stuffing over a number of years but they don’t tell us the effected elections.
Adding in mass absentee balloting only makes it worse. The 2020 US election was the least secure election in first world history. NJ had 80% absentee ballots-in all of Europe 20% was the most.

I have to go but if you can’t find anything that was posted-notify me next time and I will locate it.


81 posted on 08/04/2023 2:32:27 PM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: aperez77
Darn it! DeSantis just became an also ran. It is so very disappointing.
82 posted on 08/04/2023 2:35:49 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: aperez77

Is anyone actually still looking into the allegations of vote fraud? If there are at least 77 million Trump voters, one percent is 770,000. Lots of raging about it, but without people putting in the effort to investigate and document the fraud, it means nothing.


83 posted on 08/04/2023 2:36:26 PM PDT by Dat
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To: aperez77

Just a hair-breadth away from being added to our never vote for list, along with corrupt deep state hacks like Romney.

He seems determined to alienate Trump’s voters.

(Not counting the low-T ones.)


84 posted on 08/04/2023 2:36:53 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything)
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To: aperez77

Most of your voters know it was, idiot.

As governor of Florida, Desantis is great.

As a presidential candidate he’s the kid eating glue paste in the corner.


85 posted on 08/04/2023 2:37:57 PM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: hcmama

White Knights come in after the internal bloodshed is over. They pick up the pieces (what pieces can be picked up).


86 posted on 08/04/2023 2:38:52 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Reno89519

And now you twist things around.

Your original comment is

Absolutely. Of course ‘did not prove to be true’ because Trump did not hire the best attorneys and did not pay for the necessary recounts. The result was a failed attempt to prove the election was stolen, which we all saw.

If the court doesn’t allow a recount, because in most cases, they said Trump had no standing, you can’t claim any of the information about Trump not hiring the best attorneys and did not pay for the recounts is true.

You’re just trying to link an outcome - being denied a recount, with bad, unprovable conclusions - Trump had poor attorneys and didn’t want to pay for recounts.


87 posted on 08/04/2023 2:39:47 PM PDT by backpacker_c
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To: aperez77

If Trump isn’t the candidate, I stay home.


88 posted on 08/04/2023 2:40:54 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

“I do not see where DeSantis benefits in any way to deny there were no election tamperings in 2020.”

DeSantis is saying that Trump is lying when he said the election was stolen. He is adding his weight to help Jack Smith.

Also, anyone has to be an idiot who believes, in their heart, that Biden, who couldn’t get a fifty person turnout whenever he campaigned, got 81 million votes.

DeSantis is saying he believes Biden got 81 million votes. DeSantis is either corrupt or an idiot; take your choice.


89 posted on 08/04/2023 2:41:06 PM PDT by odawg
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To: dforest

Same here. The media will come after anyone to keep the dems in power.


90 posted on 08/04/2023 2:43:47 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: ConservativeMind

6 states changed their voting laws without approval of the legislature.

Many states did mail in voting without and sort of ‘chain of custody’ protections in place.

If Trump eloquently spoke about these details rather than screaming ‘I was robbed’ or ‘the system was rigged’ he would make a much more reasonable case to the public

Trump is a fighter, which we love, but he’s got to figure out how to tone it down and reasonably make his case. DeSantis died just that, but he lacks Trumps spirit.


91 posted on 08/04/2023 2:47:26 PM PDT by Mustangman
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To: Redmen4ever

Like the WI SCOTUS-

200,000 unlawful ballots were sent out but ofc nothing can be done about it.

Trump won 1/3rd of the cases where evidence was heard incl the one above.

It doesn’t really matter that it was the least secure election in first world history, folks have legit questions that s/b addressed to the nth degree to insure integrity-instead the response is the direct opposite.

Same folks that claimed Russian banner ads stole 2016 claim immense security while almost no security existed.

Given voting is paramount to the nation’s existence-sweeping it under the rug should be appalling to more than just Trump supporters.


92 posted on 08/04/2023 2:48:50 PM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: frank ballenger

Shark jump. The 20 stolen election is a fundamental and DeSantis just ran with the the MSM narrative the day after Trump was charged with a crime for pointing out the theft. Way to help the rats a-hole, Ron is dead to me.


93 posted on 08/04/2023 2:50:32 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: aperez77
Google “2000 mules debunked”.

Why would we want to read what utter freakin liars write?

94 posted on 08/04/2023 2:52:23 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Bshaw
I’ve been a big fan of DeSantis in the past, but as of late, I’m starting to notice the number of times he tends to step on his own d*ck in an unforced fashion. I feel like he is permanently damaging himself to a political base that he would have DOMINATED in 2028.

Same here.

95 posted on 08/04/2023 2:53:15 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: frank ballenger

Remember he stated he wanted to be just like Paul Ryan. I’d say he gets closer & closer with each passing day. Just shows how dumb DeSantis really is. He was a shoo-in for 2028, but he lacks patience. Now, he most likely will never become president.


96 posted on 08/04/2023 2:53:22 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Freest Republican

Going to need a source for that information. Everything I can find says bs.


97 posted on 08/04/2023 2:53:46 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: ConservativeMind

Idiot, they weren’t allowed to be “proven.”


Exactly.

DeSwampus knows that.

DeSwamp has to say what his globalist handlers tel him to say.

Simple as that.


98 posted on 08/04/2023 2:55:32 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Oystir
Not really correct. Trump didn’t spend a lot of money pursuing things legally. He did spend a lot of time talking.

When the courts are completely dysfunctional and ran by liars and idiots, what good would it do to spend a lot of money trying to make LYING CORRUPT judges rule in your favor?

You are left without much option but to talk.

99 posted on 08/04/2023 2:56:09 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: aperez77

This is an NBC story and the other one posted on FR with the same story is from the NYT. I think we all need to wait and see what he really said. ABC News the other day spliced up parts of President Trumps speech on Jan 6, 2020 and then put back together to make it look like Trump was inciting violence. This is the reality of the enemedia. We need to exercise caution with anything they say.


100 posted on 08/04/2023 2:56:32 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media.)
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