President Donald Trump on Wednesday released a lie-packed video on Facebook falsely claiming there was massive “fraud” in last month’s election, which he lost by 7 million votes to Democrat Joe Biden.
The 46-minute, 8-second video, shot in the White House, recycled a host of debunked claims that together paint a global conspiracy designed to make him lose his reelection bid.
Trump touched on nearly every absurd conspiracy theory trotted out by his supporters and lawyers in the weeks following the election, including claims of fake ballots, a computer system that could flip votes from Trump to Biden at the touch of a button, and ballots that were counted ― inexplicably ― overseas. Trump then folded in long festering complaints about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the help Trump received from Russia to win the 2016 election, and newer complaints that an investigation into that probe is not proceeding fast enough.
“It’s like living in hell,” he said.
“My opponent was told to stay away from the election. Don’t campaign. We don’t need you. We’ve got it. This election is done,” Trump said to the camera. “In fact, they were acting like they already knew what the outcome was going to be. They had it covered and perhaps they did, very sadly for our country. It was all very, very strange.”
It was unclear who helped him produce a video that is clearly an extension of his campaign’s continuing efforts to overturn the election. | 