By Matt Underwood After Trump took the lead, election deniers went suddenly silent. It was almost as if a switch had been flipped, and the endless stream of accusations and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election vanished into thin air. Where were all the claims of widespread voter fraud, the demands for recounts, the threats of violence? Gone. Poof! Like a magician’s disappearing act, they had vanished without a trace.
But why? Why did the election deniers fall silent the moment their candidate, the one they had so fiercely defended, started to win? It seems that their objections to the election process weren’t about principles or facts. They were about power and control. They were about maintaining a narrative that favored their side, regardless of the truth.
The moment the election results began to favor Trump, their concerns about voter fraud, rigged machines, and stolen ballots seemed to melt away. The same people who had spent months screaming about the “stolen” 2020 election suddenly had no problem accepting the legitimacy of a 2024 election that went their way. It was a stunning display of hypocrisy, proving that their objections were never about fairness or democracy but about maintaining their own power and influence.
Of course, some people were quick to point out that the election deniers weren’t truly silent; they were just biding their time. They knew that they would be back, louder than ever, in four years. After all, this was just another “round” in the never-ending political battle, and they were confident that they would find a way to manufacture another crisis, another excuse to sow doubt and distrust.
But for now, the silence was a welcome reprieve. It was a reminder that the election deniers’ claims were nothing more than a political ploy, a way to cast doubt on a democratic process they knew they couldn’t control. And while their silence might be temporary, it was a powerful demonstration of their true motives. The election deniers, it turns out, are not defenders of democracy; they are simply the architects of their own version of reality, a reality where the truth is always malleable, and the only goal is to win.