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Trump: US elections are riddled with foreign and domestic fraud; It’s telling that several major networks, knowing what the speech would report, refused to carry it.
American Thinker ^ | 07/17/2026 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 07/17/2026 8:45:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

President Trump spoke to the nation last night about serious problems with American elections. You could watch the speech live on Fox News, Newsmax, C-SPAN, and PBS. ABC, NBC, and CNN refused to air the speech on their live broadcasts, while CBS and MSNBC managed to air just a little bit before abandoning it to spout their own opinions (including what they laughably call “fact checks”).

That’s the state of America today. It was a good speech but ended (I thought) weakly.

Had the networks (some of which still have a free gig on the public airways) run the speech, the American people would have been exposed to shocking information about our elections, which are being controlled, not by We, the People, but by foreign governments (especially China) and inside operators, and are generally deeply corrupt and mismanaged. You can watch the speech here and read the transcript here, but these are the core points (which came after Trump did a mini State of the Union intro about how well the U.S. is doing in 2026).

One. Beginning around 2020, China illegally acquired around 220 million American voter files, learning who voters were, their party affiliations, and their voting patterns. China’s goal was to prevent Trump’s reelection. Trump also alluded to, but did not dive into, the fact that China may have printed ballots for Biden.

Hearing all that, my first thought was that I bet China is kicking itself for having interfered in the 2020 election. Had Trump been reelected, he would have been an utterly ineffectual lame duck.

China’s short-term 2020 election victory had an unexpected outcome: In 2024, Trump came back loaded for bear, wise to Washington’s ways, and with a cabinet equally passionate about his goals—including pushing back against China on every non-military front.


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; electionfraud; voterfraud

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1 posted on 07/17/2026 8:45:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump did tell everyone that all the statements he made are supported by facts, and that all those facts can be found here:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/election-integrity/

He also said that his government notified various state agencies about problems with their systems.


2 posted on 07/17/2026 8:48:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

“That’s not a bug, that’s a feature.”


3 posted on 07/17/2026 8:49:11 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: SeekAndFind

Hardly surprising. These scumbags have been all in for 6 years now. There was no evidence of “widespread” cheating, Trump is just rehashing old news and elections are perfectly fine…. Unless the voting security SAVE act passes, then democracy is under attack.


4 posted on 07/17/2026 8:49:23 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: SeekAndFind

“””””while CBS and MSNBC managed to air just a little bit before abandoning it to spout their own opinions (including what they laughably call “fact checks”). “””””””

So..........we don’t have to air the speech because we already debunked everything years ago. Nothing to see here, move along.


5 posted on 07/17/2026 8:51:55 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: SeekAndFind
China’s short-term 2020 election victory had an unexpected outcome: In 2024, Trump came back loaded for bear, wise to Washington’s ways, and with a cabinet equally passionate about his goals—including pushing back against China on every non-military front.

The problem is, with Trump's term half over, where are the high profile arrests?

6 posted on 07/17/2026 8:53:05 AM PDT by fso301
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To: SeekAndFind
I'm going to repeat myself, more or less:

Not one mention of Venezuela, how penetrable Dominion machines are, the sudden surge of "votes" for Biden in 2020, the 1.2 MILLION bogus registrations in Los Angeles Democrats refused to purge under court order, the video of the "signature verification" process in Maricopa County, the way election observers were banned and screened out in Atlanta with the bogus story of a flooded building with the subsequent ballot recycling... There's so much data on 2020, Trump didn't mention, it simply stunned me.

If one is going to sell the public on the idea that the problem is systemic and it is Democrats, one MUST trot out numerous unrelated examples over a huge area that simply roil the brain.

The simple fact is that every urban bureaucracy in the country is composed of almost exclusively Democrats. Instead, Trump made it "China." It was stupid.

To which I should have added:

If Democrats wanted election integrity, China would never have had the opportunities they seized gleefully. If Trump is to do another speech on this topic, I hope he trots out Machado to explain how the electronic ballot counting system was constructed and used.

7 posted on 07/17/2026 8:54:52 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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"He also said that his government notified various state agencies about problems with their systems."

And what do you suppose blue state governments are going to do with that?

I'll tell you: they will keep doing what they've always done. Lie, cheat, and steal.

8 posted on 07/17/2026 8:56:14 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: SeekAndFind

The media wouldn’t cover a speech by the POTUS that provided a website with facts to review:

I am sure that would have happened with Obama? ROFLOL.


9 posted on 07/17/2026 8:56:48 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: SeekAndFind

I watched the speech and then went to CNN and MSNOW to see what they had to say.

Basically, CNN and MSNOW talking heads were saying that none of what Trump said was new news.

One of them had DEM Sen. Warner on and he said all of the stuff Trump presented had been already reviewed by the Senate committee.


10 posted on 07/17/2026 9:01:35 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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RE: Sen. Warner on and he said all of the stuff Trump presented had been already reviewed by the Senate committee.

Well, don’t stop there... what happened after the review?


11 posted on 07/17/2026 9:02:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: shelterguy

FNC is running scared from covering this. Hannity immediately changed the subject after the speech. They’re terrified of anything re: this, after the Dominion settlement.


12 posted on 07/17/2026 9:06:01 AM PDT by juggernaut
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To: juggernaut

Which then tells us all we need to know about “journalism”.


13 posted on 07/17/2026 9:07:19 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: juggernaut

“””FNC is running scared from covering this. Hannity immediately changed the subject after the speech”””


I noticed that as well. So I flipped over to CNN and MSNOW to see what their talking heads had to say.


14 posted on 07/17/2026 9:13:46 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: SeekAndFind

This appeared in the files I found on the White House site:

[REDACTED] President Putin and senior Russian officials are overseeing efforts by proxies– [REDACTED] –to spread claims about fomer Vice President Biden as well as Ukrainian politicians and alleged Ukrainian influence in the 2016 US election. These claims include that when the former Vice President was in office, he engaged in criminal activity in his dealings with Ukraine and individuals tied to Ukrainian energy firm Burisma. Derkach, Kilimnik, and other proxy actors affiliated with the Russian Government are advancing such nauatives with US officials and other prominent persons as well as online, including through personal interactions and audio and documentary film releases via US and Ukrainian media outlets.

[REDACTED] These figures are conspiring to intensify their efforts as the election approaches to orchestrate a high-profile corruption scandal implicating former Vice President Biden and the Democratic Party at the peak of the 2020 US presidential campaign. Their aim is to defeat the former Vice President and ensure the President’s victory. Some of these proxy actors anticipate that Ukraine­ themed narratives about Democratic corruption will play a decisive role in the election and that US persons are key to propagating these narratives.


15 posted on 07/17/2026 9:14:17 AM PDT by Miami Rebel (RE)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I knew this in advance of his speech. Which is one of the reasons I didn’t watch it.

And I can’t blame the networks for not doing a live broadcast.

Trump has been trying for 6 years to convince us and prove the Steal was real, but talk is cheap.

I’ll start really paying attention when arrests are being made.


16 posted on 07/17/2026 9:15:42 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (It's not what the media reports; it's what they don't report that's important)
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To: Sicon
And what do you suppose blue state governments are going to do with that?

Indeed.

The Constitution leaves elections pretty much up to each individual state. Yes, Congress is given some power to modify election laws, but that never seems to get exercised. So the states are in charge of their elections.

Look at the recent election in Los Angeles. California at this point is pretty much a one-party state. The Political Establishment seems to have an unofficial policy: Democrats always win, and Republicans always lose. Cheating is acceptable in the eyes of the state government if the outcome is the desired outcome.

Who is going to "fix" that problem? The political establishment in California?

And California is not unique. We have serious election fraud problems everywhere.

17 posted on 07/17/2026 9:17:37 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

“”””One of them had DEM Sen. Warner on and he said all of the stuff Trump presented had been already reviewed by the Senate committee.”””.........reviewed and then buried.


18 posted on 07/17/2026 9:21:43 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: SeekAndFind

https://www.facebook.com/CBSNews/videos/just-the-news-founder-john-solomon-on-trumps-address/1015052478011766/


19 posted on 07/17/2026 9:22:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

Our press NYT, NBC, ABC, WP, CNN PBS are a large part of the problem. They are also controlled by foreigners. If ABC reports something China does not like, how long will Disney China stay open. And how long will Disney moves open in China.

The New York Times is controlled by a Mexican billionaire. NBC and and CNN are controlled by our CIA and European elites who like to steer our public discourse.

England is no longer our friend. Charles is very anti Trump. The BBC and the London Times deceive their English audience to the point where people think Trump did and said heinous things that have long since been proven false here.

Even the Murdocks who control FOX, the NY Post and other media outlets are British. So when Fox strategically fires Tucker or remains silent on an important story. You can look to their foreign ownership as the reason.

The American press is not American.


20 posted on 07/17/2026 9:28:59 AM PDT by poinq
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