Commentary by Bill McGuire

The problem with listening to anything Donald Trump has to say about election integrity is that he's done nothing but lie about if for the past five years. All his claims have been comprehensively debunked -- not to mention rejected in dozens of courtrooms across the country. We note that for Trump, every election he wins is a landslide, while every election he loses was rigged. That's his standing position on elections. Trump doesn't really believe them, nor in democratic rule. For him, just another system to be gamed.

In his most recent speech last night Trump asserted that his purpose "is not to weaken confidence in elections," when it's clear that has been the purpose all along. The January 6 riot in the Capitol, for example, was fueled by his lies about the 2020 election. Consistently making demonstrably false claims about election fraud is itself election fraud. Trump is the greatest election fraudster of our time.

McGuire is contributing pundit for The Hustings.

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