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The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July. All told, 69% of Republicans and Republican-leaners say Biden’s win was not legitimate, up from 63% earlier this year and through last fall, even as there is no evidence of election fraud that would have altered the outcome of the contest.

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[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This just in: republicans are fucking insane

If you are a republican in this day and age, given ALL the shit they have done and what they stand for, you are either stupid, evil or both

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

But yet we still have to navigate this and them, despite their terrible brain problems.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

They're also listening to news sources that promote the bullshit instead of relaying actual facts. It's no wonder they don't know what's going on.

[–] whofearsthenight@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

you are either stupid, evil or both

Republican leadership is mostly both, and it is done with the idea of keeping their voting base stupid. Smart, moral people don't vote republican at least since Reagan. The only thing Republican leadership believes in is money and power, and you have to keep people pretty dumb in order to keep believing the lies that Republican policies are good for anyone but the rich. So you get a DeSantis, for example, who's stripping libraries and destroying education in his state because it's the only hope that he has in keeping power. It's why Republican talking points are all about "woke" because they don't have to define it and they can't actually point to like a single fucking thing they're doing that's bettering anyone's lives.