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Danger. Danger... Trump Claims 2024 Will Be Rigged, Putting Republican Turnout at Risk
Stolen-election claims draw cheers at campaign rallies, but muddle party’s get-out-the-vote effort
By Mariah Timms March 20, 2024 5:00 am ET
(Sorry, all ye faithful. I think they're right. There is hope however.
If Kennedy is on the ballot he'll probably take more votes from Biden than Trump/)

After making years of... claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, Donald Trump is dialing up warnings that there could be an even bigger theft this time around, a tactic that threatens to complicate Republican turnout efforts.

“Too Big to Rig.” That is the phrase Trump began unveiling in recent weeks, including in an appearance in Greensboro, N.C. His campaign also has printed signs with the slogan to hand out to supporters. The idea behind the pitch is this: Trump needs a lead so large that no one can take it away.

“We want a landslide,” Trump said at the rally. “We have to win so that it’s too big to rig.”

The line has garnered energetic applause from the Trump faithful, but it presents messaging challenges for Republicans. Even as the former president says the voting process could be rigged, he is urging GOP supporters to participate in it anyway. Trump also needs to woo moderate and swing voters, yet they could be turned off by his drumbeat of election-fraud claims...

Full story here:
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-claims-2024-will-be-rigged-putting-republican-turnout-at-risk-830b213d?mod=hp_lead_pos1