Many news organizations and think tanks that tout overwhelming evidence behind voter fraud claims are accompanied by paragraphs with emotive language. Before introducing their evidence, they stir the pot with how important democracy is to America, how imperative it is to keep it and finishing with how voter fraud is stealing that away. It would.
My Turn: The big lie of voter fraud
Published: 4/9/2021 11:30:17 AM
The Big Lie is “a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the facts, especially when used as a propaganda tool by a politician or official body,” according to Wikipedia.
Adolph Hitler coined the German expression in
Mein Kampf and Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels raised it to a high art, claiming “if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it and you will even come to believe it yourself.” And by all means, make it an audacious one.
A good example of the Big Lie is the Republican Party’s contention that voter fraud is rampant in the U.S. and has compromised our elections. It is a lie told over many years, culminating in an insurrection in our Capital on January 6 to undermine a fair election.