Election falsehood now a symbol of GOP loyalty Ashley Parker and Marianna Sotomayor Washington Post View Comments Debra Ell, a Republican organizer in Michigan and fervent supporter of former president Donald Trump, said she has good reason to believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen. “I think I speak for many people in that Trump has never actually been wrong, and so we’ve learned to trust when he says something, that he’s not just going to spew something out there that’s wrong and not verified,” she said, referring to Trump’s claims that widespread electoral fraud caused his loss to President Joe Biden in November.