Rand Paul Gets Spanked as He Continues to Push the Big Lie that the Election Was Stolen

To Republican deadenders still fighting to overturn Joe Biden’s decisive victory over Donald Trump, there are an endless stream of lies and alternative facts to disseminate. Never mind that doing so incited a violent insurrection in Washington, D.C., by Trump’s glassy-eyed cult disciples. To Republicans the battle to install an authoritarian dictatorship is an overwhelming compulsion.

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Confirmation of the GOP’s tyrannical aspirations was provided by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. On Sunday morning he appeared for an interview on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. And he was as determined as ever to advance the Big Lie that the election was stolen from Trump. Stephanopoulos should have ended this interview after the first thirty seconds.

Paul didn’t add anything new in the six minutes that followed to his primary argument that consisted of two points: 1) There was massive fraud for which there is no evidence, and 2) Liberals are being mean to him by calling him a liar when he lies about there being massive fraud. (Full video below if you have the stomach for it).

Paul repeatedly whined that Stephanopoulos was calling all Republicans who pushed the Big Lie liars. But there’s a simple way to prevent being called a liar: Stop Lying! Paul never considered that option and throughout the interview continually reiterated the Big Lie that the election was stolen. That’s the same lie that resulted in the Capitol riots where five people died, dozens more injured, and American democracy fouled by the stench of Trump and Republican treason. Not that Paul cared about any of that, as demonstrated in this exchange:

Stephanopoulos: I want to begin with a threshold question for you. This election was not stolen. Do you accept that fact?
Paul: Well, what I would say is that the debate over whether or not there was fraud should occur. We never had any presentation in court where we actually looked at the evidence since most of the cases were thrown out for lack of standing, which is a procedural way of not actually hearing the question.

Notice that Paul does not accept the fact that “This election was not stolen.” Even worse, he expands on the lie by asserting that the matter was never adjudicated in court. It is patently false that “most of the cases were thrown out for lack of standing.” In fact, very few were dismissed for that reason. Most of the cases – 86 of them – were thrown out after the evidence was presented and found to be wholly without merit. Paul went on to lie that…

“There were several states in which the law was changed by the Secretary of State, and not the state legislature. To me those are clearly unconstitutional.”

Actually, making decision of that sort is what secretaries of state were elected to do. And Paul is hallucinating if he sees anything in the Constitution that says otherwise. But he still wasn’t through lying…

“Were there people who voted twice? Were there dead people who voted? Were there illegal aliens who voted? Yes, and we should get to the bottom of it.”

There probably were some instances of invalid votes, just as there are in every election. But all fifty states, including those with Republican governors and election officials, certified the election results. Even Trump’s own Attorney General, Bill Barr, said there was no evidence of voter fraud that could have had any impact on the outcome. Yet that wasn’t enough for Paul either. He continued his lying…

“What I would suggest is that if we want greater confidence in our elections – and 75% of Republicans agree with me – is that we do need to look at election integrity, and we do need to see if we can restore confidence in the elections. […] Where you make a mistake is that people coming from the liberal side like you, you immediately say that everything’s a lie instead of saying there are two sides to everything.

First of all, the only reason that 75% of weak and impressionable Republicans agree with Paul and lack confidence in the election is because of Paul and Trump and the rest of the liars who have been hammering the blatantly false conspiracy nonsense that the election was stolen. If he wants to restore the people’s confidence in elections, he should try telling them the truth, that the election was fair and accurate.

Secondly, Paul’s contention that “there are two sides to everything” is pitifully idiotic. There are not two sides to facts. For instance, there isn’t another side to the fact that the Earth is round. And there isn’t another side to the facts that have been established by both Democratic and Republican officials that the election was not altered by fraud.

Paul’s reckless dishonesty is not just another incident of radical right-wing distortions of reality. The deadly consequences of his lies were seen by the world three weeks ago as his confederates sought to invade Congress and assassinate its members. People like Paul need to be held accountable and expelled from Congress for their deliberate and dangerous deceit. And the determination of these cretins to continue to spread their lies makes the impeachment conviction of Trump all the more necessary in order to preserve the integrity of our democracy.

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4 thoughts on “Rand Paul Gets Spanked as He Continues to Push the Big Lie that the Election Was Stolen

  1. The orange demagogue’s big lie has infected to retrumpian party so very, very terribly that his many untruths are going to play havoc in years to come.

  2. RP is a disgusting liar. The Republicans are going to handle this by downplaying it as not that big of deal. A few disgruntled voters who are upset. Kevin McCarthy is now running around using the “everyone” is to blame ruse. In addition to that they are going to use their voter fraud lies as an excuse to pass more voter suppression legislation! They are enemies of democracy! I fucking hate every goddamned last one of them!

    • There’s a big difference between GOP members of Congress… & …The armed, violent mob of Trump followers who forced their way into the Capitol bldg on Jan 6th, willing & able to physically harm Congress Members. They went there at the behest of Trump, intending to STOP the certifying of election results for Biden/Harris in order to OVERTURN the election & make Trump President. They were doing what their president said had to be done to “save the USA & our democracy. They believed they were patriots. They were wrong!

      Their president, FauxNotNews & numerous GOP had been claiming for months that election was stolen cuz’ of VOTER FRAUD. It was ALL LIES, with no proof of any fraud. In fact, recounts & other proof showed NO fraud. It was free & fair election! Trump lost. It’s that simple. The courts refused to hear bogus cases without any evidence. Same is true in any court case — you must have some evidence to take to the courts. If not, case is thrown out! Period.

      The difference between the violent mob of believers & GOP members is that the GOP knows that the election was proven to be legit! They are just lying to back up their lying loser of a leader, Trump. They are not fooled like the others — THEY KNOW BETTER & are lying for same reason Trump is…to have him installed as President even tho he LOST!!
      Every member of Congress GOP who signed on yo this huge lie is a TRAITOR to our Country & our Constitution. They don’t care how many people die cuz’ o f their lies! They CANNOT be trusted anymore & cannot serve in Congress. They all mudt be removed from office immediately! Right now! Let it be a lesson & warning to any who would attempt this shit in future, that we will act swiftly & harshly to deal with those involved in any attempt to overturn fair elections & the will of the voters!
      We must moy let this slide! Peoplr have been killed & there will be more violence to come, unless the TRUTH is shouted & repeated as loudly as the lies have been!
      Next, we ho after Faux-Not-News!

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