Well, I would say that if Trump's lies were so easy to refute, why not show the evidence and leave him with egg on his face? Isn't it always a wonderful feeling when you show up a big talker with undeniable evidence that he's full of shit?

But that's not what happened, is it? Instead, the American people were essentially told, "We looked into it. It's fine. Trust us. You don't need to see any evidence and you better stop talking about it, if you don't want your comments censored or your accounts banned."

Now, how is a typical American going to react to that? Seriously.

I, for one, would love to hear an explanation about the "vertical spikes" that took place in places like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. We went from never having seen such a thing in the history of our elections, to seeing it happen multiple times in the 2020 election. And all came from batches of votes that were processed in the early morning hours long after observers were sent home. No, that's not suspicious at all...

So even if you are firmly convinced that the election was above board, you have to at least acknowledge that looks pretty damn shady. Every other precinct is reporting within +/- 10% of 50:50, and yet somehow these batches voted 99:1? Wouldn't you WANT to explain that to people, knowing how shady it looks? Oh, but Politifact says everything's cool, Trump did get a few votes. Well gee, that just makes me feel a ton better that it was 99:1 instead of 100:0, because you know, an unprecedented statistical anomaly should just be accepted without explanation - even if it happens in multiple places under the same curious conditions - otherwise you're just an insurrectionist that hates democracy. Amirite?

If Trump is full of shit, then why was all of this swept under the rug with the message that anyone who keeps asking about it will suffer consequences?

Alternative truths!