Many GOP candidates still echo Trump's 2020 claims. Lots of voters want to move on
While many Republican candidates continue to promote claims regarding the 2020 election, some GOP voters are expressing a desire to move past the topic. The article highlights how these divisive issues are influencing voter behavior in key midterm races.
Why it matters
The persistence of election denialism as a campaign strategy creates a rift within the Republican party and impacts the electoral viability of candidates in swing districts.
President Trump is still talking about the 2020 election — even as early voting is underway in this midterm cycle and the Republican majorities in Congress are at risk.
And while many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back the president's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on.
In Georgia, Rep. Mike Collins, the Republican nominee for Senate, launched his first congressional campaign a few months after Trump pressed Georgia's secretary of state to find enough votes to reverse his 2020 loss.
In one campaign ad from that race, Collins falsely claimed that Trump won Georgia and said, "Georgians are tired of weak-kneed, spineless politicians who won't fight for Trump, get to the bottom of 2020 and fix our elections." The spot ended with Collins firing a long gun into a bin with a "voting machine" label.
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