Here are some words from one of the 50 GOP ostriches who refused to vote for the Bipartisan January 6th Commission:
I’m watching CNN’s John Avlon patting Romney on the back for these comments as if he’s saying something truly brave.
He is not. Yes, this is like WWF (some of us have been pointing this out since 2015) and well over 50%of the country have known this from the beginning. But is there a “growing recognition” anywhere on the right that this is true?
Uhm. No. The cult is alive and well. Not even the unnecessary deaths of over half a million people changed it. Here are some poll results from the middle of this month:
Three quarters of Republican voters support state efforts to reexamine votes from last fall’s presidential election and over half believe the audits will change the outcome of the election, a poll published Wednesday suggests, after a previous survey found 3 in 10 Republicans believe a conspiracy theory that Trump could be “reinstated” this year as conservatives across the country lobby for audits in attempts to overturn the election results.
74% of Republican voters support state efforts to review the 2020 presidential election and 51% expected a change in outcome, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll of 1,994 registered voters conducted Jun. 11-13.
The findings complement polling last week indicating 3 in 10Republican voters buy into claims former President Trump will somehow be reinstated before the year is out, as well as other polling suggesting a persistent and widespread belief in baseless claims of electoral fraud.
Trump and his allies have consistently refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of November’s 2020 election, stirring up groundless claims of electoral fraud before voting was even underway. Though no evidence of fraud has ever been produced and volley after volley of election lawsuits have failed, Republican legislators in numerous states have nurtured and seized upon these fears to justify introducing more restrictive voting legislation. Trump’s latest obsession in pushing this conspiracy is ballot audits—even in places where past audits have found no evidence of fraud—which he believes could potentially prove his winning of the election.
More Than Half Of Republicans Believe Voter Fraud Claims And Most Still Support Trump, Poll Finds (Forbes)