MAGA

Donald Trump

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Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden by over 7 million popular votes and 74 Electoral College votes. Despite this, Trump refused to concede and launched an unprecedented campaign to overturn the results, promoting false claims of widespread voter fraud. His own Attorney General, Bill Barr, stated the DOJ found no evidence of fraud sufficient to change the outcome. Trump was indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith for his efforts to overturn the election and by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in a RICO case related to the fake electors scheme.

Kari Lake

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Kari Lake ran for Arizona Governor in 2022 on a platform centered on claims that the 2020 election was stolen. After losing her own race, she refused to concede and filed multiple lawsuits challenging the results — all of which were dismissed. Lake's claims about Maricopa County's election procedures were rejected by Arizona courts. She continued to promote election fraud conspiracies despite lacking evidence.

Mark Meadows

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Mark Meadows served as White House Chief of Staff during Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He participated in the phone call pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes." Meadows was indicted in the Fulton County RICO case and reached a cooperation agreement with Special Counsel Jack Smith. Text messages revealed his involvement in coordinating efforts to challenge election results across multiple states.

Michael Flynn

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Michael Flynn, Trump's former National Security Advisor who had previously pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI (and was pardoned), publicly advocated for Trump to declare martial law and use the military to "rerun" the election in swing states. He promoted QAnon conspiracy theories and appeared at rallies promoting the lie that the election was stolen. No credible evidence supported any of the claims he promoted.

Steve Bannon

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Steve Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist, ran a podcast "War Room" that served as a central hub for promoting election fraud conspiracy theories. He was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the January 6 Committee. Before the election, Bannon predicted on tape that Trump would declare victory prematurely regardless of results, which is exactly what happened.