An article published this week in the leftist New Republic claims Republicans regularly cheat to win elections. But the article’s examples of alleged “cheating” aren’t evidence at all —and the only real example of cheating the article provides involves a Democrat.
On October 21, New Republic editor Michael Tomasky published “Republicans Are Cheating. Again. But Now It’s Worse Than Ever.” Tomasky, a longtime left-wing columnist, claims that “the factual record” shows Republicans “cheat” to win elections, and have done so in “most elections in recent American history.”
Tomasky then promises to substantiate this claim with evidence. What follows is a series of absurd examples.
He begins by pointing to a text message allegedly sent to young voters in Wisconsin, warning them that it’s illegal to vote in a state where you’re not eligible to vote. CNN first reported that story, and it is unknown how many people actually got the text message. A left-wing…
