Any Republican who mentioned the possibility of cheating happening during and after the 2020 election was instantly labeled a conspiracy nutjob by the left.
However, it appears as though the left is now reversing its stance on that as many on that side have already suggested that somehow, the 2024 election, which resulted in a massive victory by President-elect Donald Trump, was rigged.
According to NBC News, "election denialism" is happening in full force on the left as the Trump Derangement Syndrome-stricken haters scramble to come up with excuses as to how Vice President Kamala Harris was annihilated earlier this month by her Republican opponent.
Organizations that track "misleading" and false information across social media have reported an uptick in posts claiming that the election was rigged or fixed for Trump.
According to findings by NewsGuard, at least 800 social media channels and video accounts had posted false election-related information.
Some on the left are claiming Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system was used to help Trump secure the election victory.
NBC News noted:
According to NewsGuard, the false narratives being spread online have emerged from both sides of the aisle: Where Democrats won, like in the U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin, Republicans alleged vote-counting “irregularities,” while some Democrats alleged that Trump’s win was rigged with the help of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet provider. There’s no evidence this is true.
Sam Howard, NewsGuard’s U.S. politics editor, said the false information has been spread across X, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and other popular social media and video platforms.
NBC News, surprisingly, identified several posts on X and TikTok regarding the false information about the Musk Starlink conspiracy. The scary part is that the posts have reached tens of millions of users.
NewsGuard -- and common sense -- confirmed that Musk's satellites were not used in shaping the election, as individual election systems are not interlinked.
It was reported that some of the leftwing influencers who shared claims that the election had been rigged were also ones that pushed conspiracy theories claiming the assassination attempt on Trump's life was staged.
"People look for easy answers in times of crisis, and for those who view this election result as a crisis for themselves or just a shock, it’s somewhat natural to look for something to explain that away and to explain why your expectations weren’t met," said Max Read, a senior research manager for elections at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
"And I think that’s consistent across the ideological spectrum, meeting a shock with searching and uncertainty about where to find answers and sometimes falling into and latching onto things that aren’t true but are easy explanations."
Only time will tell just how far the left takes it.
