GOP Actively Constructing Alternate Reality To Support Trump’s Fantasy

Rachel Maddow reports on Republican members of Congress offering bizarre revisionist descriptions of the January 6th insurrection and Rep. Liz Cheney is purged from GOP leadership for pointing out that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and state level Republicans continue to attack voting rights, all to try to create a world that better fits Trump's fantasy that the election was stolen from him.
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79 comments

  1. For them to say this makes u wonder how much of a hand they had in the overthrow of the government!!

    1. @Stevie Bee Biden owes China Big time with interest for Changing the way we Vote not like we did in 2008 2012 2016 …

    2. @Billme Later What did you do with your Boy Scout Settlement Check ??? Remember it’s not your fault

  2. It’s insane that this doesn’t seem insane. Just feels like “Yeah, of course they’re doubling down on an imaginary reality and downplaying a violent attempt at an insurrection that people from all over the world watched happen. And of course you know they can’t possibly really believe it themselves, but they’ll continue to do it without shame. Of course that’s what we all knew they’d do, and of course there’s nothing anyone will do about it.”

    1. @Maharajji NKB Three options: 1) you are so alienated that you decided to believe fantasy stories just because that makes you feel good; 2) you are paid to say that American elections are a joke or 3) you do not care about elections you just want your guy to win and you will say lies in order to justify your actions.

      Reality is, 81 million people from conservative to progressives united to stop trump because they understood what would happen if he had a second term. trump undermined election even before election date because he understood he was not going to win and attempted all procedural or legal action that could stop the transfer of power, including incentivizing an insurrection against the elected representatives responsible for safeguarding the democratic process. No credible evidence was shown, republican representatives did their job and certified the election and all judicial procedures were lost due to lack of evidence or standing.

      The world goes on.

    2. @Maharajji NKB fake news and that is not how the counting works
      Another failure of the Republicans

    3. HUGE DEVELOPMENT: Hand Recount Finds Dominion Owned Voting Machines Shorted EVERY REPUBLICAN Candidate in Windham, New Hampshire, 300 Votes!

      First Georgia, Now Arizona – How Many More Secretaries of State Illegally Certified Their 2020 Election Result Without Having Legally Mandated Chain of Custody Documentation on Every Ballot?

      Maricopa County Elections Officials DELETED ENTIRE DATABASE from Voting Machines – Including “All Election Information” from Main Database — With Copy of Senate Letter.
      Separately, Maricopa County has refused to provide the passwords necessary to access vote tabulation devices. Its attorneys’ insistence that the County does not have custody or control of this information is belied by the County’s conduct of its own audits, which, if they were as comprehensive as they purported to be, almost certainly would have entailed use of the passwords to examine the tabulation devices, and it strains credulity to posit that the County has no contractual right to obtain (i.e., control of) password information from Dominion.

      A glitch in software used to tabulate ballots in Antrim County, Michigan caused at least 6,000 Republican votes to be counted as Democrat, according to Michigan GOP Chairwoman Laura Cox.

      HUGE DEVELOPMENT: Hand Recount Finds Dominion Owned Voting Machines Shorted EVERY REPUBLICAN Candidate in Windham, New Hampshire, 300 Votes!

      17,000 Votes Switched From Trump to Biden in Georgia, Data Experts Testify.

      Georgia Data Show Over 30,000 of Trump’s Votes Removed, Another 12,173 Switched to Biden: Data Scientists

      A Georgia Dominion voting machine has been obtained, shows clear evidence of flipping Trump votes to Biden

      In Rock County, Wisconsin it’s reported that 10,000 votes were moved from President Trump to Biden.
      This report came from an individual who was observing the Rock County election.

      MIT PhD Analysis Reveals 138,000 Votes Switched from Trump to Biden in Michigan — MUST SEE VIDEO

      Watch the Steal in Real Time: Nearly 20,000 Votes FLIP From Trump To Biden During CNN Live Stream

      Six Videos Show Votes From Five Different States Being Switched From Trump To Biden On Live TV.

  3. Indict already . Couldn’t hurt . Family of Hugo Chavez should sue Rep. theorists . They deserve a cut of the insanity pie as much as anyone else .

  4. I can not believe this is where we are as a country . The GOP is willing to back a easily debunked lie. They are so dam lazy they couldn’t even come up with a good lie.

    1. @Lex Ruptor Why would anyone put the world being destroyed by fire in a religion book? If I wanted to attract followers my book would be all nice & rosy. I think the leakage from Fukushima is destroying the world already, and nothing can stop the radioactive waste in the water. There will be contaminated food sources in this decade if there is no war. They have started up on the Golan Heights this week. The rich elites planned another war a long time ago. Time for people to say their prayers.

    2. BREAKING: ‘Significant Discrepancies’ Discovered In Arizona Audit, Ballots Off Up to 17.5%, ‘Likely Joe Biden Did Not Win’
      “They’re hiding the disaster in which they handled this election, and likely, the fact that Joe Biden did not win in Arizona.”

  5. Remember this war on truth started on day one with Sean Spicer and the inauguration crowd size and let’s not forget Conway and her alternate facts.

    1. @My opinions are secretly facts I gave you the exact title of the YouTube video. Type that in to the YouTube search box. Of course the dark side will try to bury the info. YouTube will pin hit pieces to the top of the search results, unless you type in the exact title.
      HIllary brought up the ‘birther’ issue when she was running against Obama in 2008. The Obama people and the Clinton people made a deal. Let Obama win. He will appoint Hillary as Secretary of State. Then Hillary can run again in 2016, with Obama’s full support. Whoops. Trump came along and upset their plans.

    2. @Maharajji NKB ok, to give the benefit of the doubt, I used the exact terms you provided, got the same list. I scrolled down for what seemed like minutes, came to a heap of videos from BirtherReport and BirtherReportDotCom (sounds impartial to me), which basically replayed Arpaio’s claims. Still no actual evidence.

      Here’s my problem. You claim the DOJ is hiding the evidence, and pursuing Arpaio for having that evidence. If thats the case, why was the Sherriff allowed to,pursue a political nomination? Why have his claims not been taken down? Doesn’t sound very efficient to me, to let a supposed whistleblower just keep going. And why, oh why, did the whole matter just get dropped when the claims had served their purpose as a dog whistle for certain segments of society who couldn’t stand a person of colour in power, with no real follow up? If this was known by the Democrat party when his nomination was placed, Obama would have automatically been purged in favour of somebody who met the actual criteria. No political party would risk such a blatant contradiction of the rules of governance.

      Still calling BS, but if the links come back, maybe you can post it. Have a nice day.

    3. @My opinions are secretly facts Amazing. I can’t find that video either, after I just looked at it earlier. Someone must be messing with the search functions.
      But I did find another copy of the same video.
      Title —
      “Wow: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Releases New Information on President Obama’s Birth Certificate (FNN)”
      Basically, they found one of the main source documents that was used for ‘copy and paste’ when fabricating the Obama document. The evidence is plain. Obama is a liar.
      The Obama sympathisers who were still at the DOJ after Trump took office, tried to put Arpaio in jail on frivolous charges. President Trump had to intervene with a pardon.

    4. @Maharajji NKB I’ll check the video when I get a chance. See, this is what I like. We obviously have vastly different viewpoints on this matter, but when I asked a question, you were willing to answer and try to supply something to back your claim up, without insults or degradation. I appreciate that. Thanks for the convo.

    5. You have to understand, a huge part of Trumps loyal base are also Professional Wrestling fans. They grew up suspending their disbelief and cheering for egomaniacal characters spouting outrageous things. They respect the sanctity of kayfabe. They LOVE this s**t.

  6. “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell 1984

    1. Here is what will happen – 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗭𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗵: “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩,” 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥. “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘨.”
      “𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 – 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 – 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.”

    2. @DynaCatlovesme The GOP keep reviving him like a frankensteinian monster. At least he’s not in the Oval Office. Ours is still in the driving seat and we are already over a cliff.

    3. The former guy and the Republicon cult clown show in Congress are straight out of 1984 and Animal Farm. Putin and Xi cannot stop laughing while America tears itself apart.

    4. @J lock I hope you are joking…. There is plenty, a lot of it from their own cameras and the message chatter tells all. There is no ‘problem’. That is just a trigger word for foil hatters.

    5. Should we reject this evidence?
      Yea, it’s completely reasonable if you ran a legitimate election to break federal law by illegally deleting ALL the information of the machines! You people are the definition of a cult!
      BREAKING: Maricopa County Elections Officials DELETED ENTIRE DATABASE from Voting Machines – Including “All Election Information” from Main Database

  7. When you mix equal parts Gullible, Qanon, Pathetic….you get the GQP base.

    I’ll show myself the door now. 😉

  8. Gee, I wish my bank would let me audit their money behind close doors… to make sure it’s real, of course. It’s my right to know!

    1. Yeah, what are they trying to hide, HMMMM? When the guards try to stop you then YOU KNOW they are guilty of something.

    2. Aim higher. Demand to see the military secret bases. You paid for them so you should be able to ‘tourist’ them. These cons will not end until the money runs out. ✌️

  9. *”As long as they can create this noise …”*

    Nailed it, Rachel. The Noise is what they need to do what they want. It’s an old GOP tactic.

    1. @eltorocal Math, that’s what convinced me. Dude, non criminals do not erase all the computers in violation of federal law and then pull out 400k fake votes. Trump won AZ and now we’re on to GA, WI , MI, PA.

      We show you guys the 100% irrefutable proof and what do the communist say? Nothing to see her folks!

    2. @Mark Ray Calling it “BREAKING”, and putting quote marks around your comment doesn’t count for Jack. Do you have a link, or a source for your” “information”?

  10. I’m 65 years old and followed politics most of my life….but this insanity that’s taking place with the so called GOP, is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. How can they continue to tell people what happened didn’t happen and create an alternate, false reality? It’s just plain crazy. Surely there’s some way to stop this before it gets worse. The big question, is why….why do they continue to do this. Don’t they realize how destructive their actions are? It’s NUTS!

    1. @cc 1k Why are there so many narcissists in this country. I think all who follow him must have narcissistic tendencies. I know a couple of people who follow him and I think they have tendencies, rather self indulgent and self focused. A kind of ignorance by choice. A childish, “I don’t care, nnnyh”.

    2. GQP should have let the first impeachment of Trumpy convict him and Jan 6/2021 would not have happened, now they can’t STOP the TRAIN of cult followers who believe a BIG FAT LIE Trumpy is still spreading with the help of cowards in the GQP….with all the voter bills being passed, Democracy is quickly dying….

    3. @donna currie We can stop democracy from dying. VOTE! It won’t be as easy as it should be but it’s the only viable path. It’ll be very hard for POC’s, as hard as it can be made anyway. But there isn’t another way that makes since.

      VOTE

    4. You have to understand, a huge part of Trumps loyal base are also Professional Wrestling fans. They grew up suspending their disbelief and cheering for egomaniacal characters spouting outrageous things. They respect the sanctity of kayfabe. They LOVE this s**t.

  11. Are they checking the ballots with the same UV light Trump wanted us injecting to cure Covid?

  12. “If he did get indicted…”
    O GOD, we pray for that Day to come speedily because JUSTICE MATTERS 🙏

  13. At this point the GOP is slowly loseing it’s mind I watched what happened on January 6th from Australian and even I knew it was wrong!! Your so called law maker’s can’t run from this 🤨🤨

    1. I appreciate your comment because it’s always helpful to read or listen to a non-American point of view.

  14. How do we know Cyber Ninjas aren’t harvesting voter information from those ballots? Scary stuff. I wouldn’t want all my info in the hands of someone who referred to themselves as a “cyber ninja” 😂

    1. @LF313 except there is. You have to sign, provide address, there’s definitely identifiable information on each and every ballot.

    2. @thejordanbrooks On the return envelope, you mean? That is where you provide identity information. Not on a ballot itself.

  15. They’re actually expecting us to deny what we saw with our own eyes & believe their bs. This is high level facist propaganda tactics.

  16. My kids used to create alternate realities,but then they turned four,and they left that behind them for kindergarten,and big boy pants……

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