“I Watched It On TV”—Delusional Woman Says Election Was Stolen At Gaetz And Greene’s “America First” Rally

It’s been six months since the election—nothing ever came of the wild claims that there was widespread voter fraud, the inauguration wasn’t postponed or overruled, and Joe Biden is President of the United States—and yet some Trump voters still insist the election was stolen.

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A couple who attended an “America First” rally led by extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, who is currently under investigation for allegedly trafficking a 17-year-old girl, told CNN that they still believe the conspiracy theories because they “watched it on TV.”

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“Is it horrible that we would even be in the situation to even think that?” a man in a “Stand Up for Betsy Ross” shirt told correspondent Donie O’Sullivan.

“But it’s false,” O’Sullivan tried to reason with him.

“No it’s not,” interjected the woman. “Why would they have all those ballots hidden under tables? Why did that man drive that truck all the way across state lines?”

O’Sullivan told her that the ballots under tables conspiracy theory was proven false, at which point the woman, so sure of herself, protested: “It has not! I watched it on TV!”

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That there are Americans still so willing to buy into unproven—or even disproven—conspiracy theories over facts that are right in front of their faces continues to be one of the most baffling and dangerous things happening in this country right now.

It’s become part of their identity now to believe that Trump is always right and Democrats are bad. Contradictory information can’t be tolerated because it would break down who they are. It’s intolerable to them.

— Ray Oyler (@sweetpup7) May 8, 2021

Not just any TV though which is the scary part. They disbelieve almost everything said by any news outlet that doesn’t affirm what they believe or want to believe.

Hard to quantify the damage Fox News, etc are doing to the country and it’s just getting worse.

— Josh (@therealjsizz) May 8, 2021

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There’s no evidence, facts or election official statements (GA R’s debunked the ballots under the table bs) that will convince them otherwise. They believe it bc they WANT to believe it & rt wing media/GOP elected officials fomenting the lies feed, and validate their delusions.

— April (@speakout_april) May 8, 2021

The “mass delusion” is partly a choice for these people. Their brains reward them for being “smart” or “chosen” and it tricks them into thinking that this is how it feels when something is true. When faced with facts that debunk their biases they cannot physically believe in it.

— ShawnM (@ShawnMTweets) May 8, 2021

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The former administration’s complete disinterest in truth, and the conservative media’s willingness to indulge that has left the United States in an astonishingly vulnerable state. Those who refuse to believe in facts don’t trust the news, don’t trust science, don’t trust anyone at all except for, bafflingly, Donald Trump. And as this clip proves, his distance from the presidency doesn’t seem to be changing that.

No doubt this same woman believes the former guy who lied constantly about literally everything is the only one she can believe.

— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@UROCKlive1) May 8, 2021

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Incredible how selective the mind can be when you “watch things on TV”

Ballot boxes being hidden? Definitely real. Anything I don’t like or disagree with? Definitely not real!

— Tex (@ManFromTex) May 8, 2021

We can laugh and call them stupid but…

The fact is that the #FormerGuy/Republican message is working with their voters AND it will DRIVE THEM to the polls in 2022 and 2024. https://t.co/X6vnc76gNq

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 9, 2021

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Maybe if telling the American people blatant lies had actual consequences people in positions of power would stop doing it. But, of course, that would require holding people accountable, and as two impeachment trials proved, we have too many politicians who simply aren’t interested in that.

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*First Published: May 10, 2021, 6:16 am