Time Magazine Explains Why You Can't Call Dems Election Deniers
Matt Vespa | December
07, 2022 6:25 AM
The narrative that
always gets sewn by liberals when Democrats get caught in a lie, a corruption
scandal, or any moment that’s less than complimentary is that it’s just
different. That’s the keyword: different. It’s not, but they’ll preface any
manufactured talking point to declare why something is different when a
Democrat does it and then go on a loquacious tangent that usually can be summed
up with these words: they’re not Republicans. Time magazine put to paper an
article that essentially argued that it’s different and inaccurate to
call Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the House Minority leader-elect, an “election
denier” because he’s a Democrat (via Time):
The term “election
denier” has taken on a particular meaning, however, after Trump’s failed
re-election campaign. The phrase has come to be associated with Republicans who
claim the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, assert without evidence there
was fraud in 2020 voting, and cast doubt on secure voting systems—claims that
lead to the deadly January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Calling Jeffries an
“election denier’ is misleading and conflates different issues. “Casting
unfounded doubt on the outcome of an election is irresponsible when either
party does it,” says Rachel Orey, associate director of the Elections Project
at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonpartisan Washington think tank. “But I
think it’s important to remember that the culture around elections was quite
different before 2020.”
It’s a chapter in the
ongoing history of the two separate rules that dictate how the media covers the
behavior concerning Democrats and Republicans. Jeffries has a lengthy history
of questioning the legitimacy of elections—we have the receipts—but the sentences
are drafted to explain how this is different than what Republicans had voiced
about the 2020 elections regarding ballot harvesting and other funny business
that occurred when the ballots were tabulated.
Elle Purnell, an
assistant editor at The Federalist, who also wrote about this comedy piece,
aptly noted how the term “election denier” is an oxymoron—no one
denies the 2020 election happened. This isn’t a “birds aren’t real” moment.
The underlying impetus
for this “election denialism” fetish the liberal media are addicted to stems
from their aversion to free speech, a trend we’ve seen grow at an alarming rate
across various institutions, specifically college campuses. We have the right
to question our elections. Contrary to how the media frames it, questioning
them isn’t a crime, and Democrats have done that for years. It goes beyond
2016—they were unsure if George W. Bush handily beat John Kerry in 2004. But
that’s different because they’re Democrats—they were being patriotic.
That’s our media in
2022.
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