Originally Posted by
KVB
It's the new thing.
It's going to happen more and more, get used to it.
We had a popular President trailblaze it as a campaign strategy, calling the election into doubt, with zero evidence to do so and even doing so before it occurs, when no evidence is even possible, is part of the strategy.
We've even seen Republicans in Arizona say that if they lose an election, it's because it was "rigged" but only if they lose and we've seen Republicans in California just campaign on the premise the election is fraudulent and actively seek public reports of fraud that never materialize (done for optics like the Trump elction fraud lawsuits) in elections where the Republican candidates have no chance.
It's an election strategy and evidence is not only not required, but not even really wanted because of the risk of calling an election you win as fraudulent, or the election results down the ticket that might favor the fraud claiming candidate's party.