Take Their “Evidence” Seriously Enough To Ask: How Could There Be Such Evidence?

Remarkable. The women likely to replace Cheney spread scurrilous lies about the election just hours before the insurrection. As Aaron notes, most Republicans were careful to focus on purported unconstitutional pandemic changes in election regs rather than repeating these lies. https://t.co/v3uu6m8i3x

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 6, 2021

Which would mean the entire Georgia election has to be called into question.  It would also mean there was evidence for these allegations, evidence that could be presented to a court.  But where does the number come from, and how was it arrived at, and how was the “proof” to this allegation collected, verified, and then forwarded to Rep. Stefanik rather than the Georgia SOS or anybody else in or connected to Georgia?  How was this number possibly calculated, who calculated it, what evidence did they rely on to calculate it, what process was followed, what access did these persons have to the ballots, how were they able to assess them? That’s just a start.

If we’re going to continue to play these games, we need to start asking these questions.  The lies are perfectly obvious, but we need to start treating them as lies, not just as “no proof has been presented.”  We need to stop saying they haven’t presented any evidence, and simply call them liars.  And we need to call them liars based on the flimsy nonsense they are presenting, and how it doesn’t even pass the smell test.  We don’t need to say they can’t prove it; we need to say, pointedly and clearly, that their “evidence” is simply impossible.  It can’t be true, because it can’t exist.  Period.

I mean, we can do that, or we can wring our hands about what the Republicans are doing to each other and to “democracy.”