The senator said he has "a hard time understanding" why Trump's legal issues don't "seem to be moving the needle" with more voters.

The senator said he has “a hard time understanding” why Trump’s legal issues don’t “seem to be moving the needle” with more voters.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called out the majority of Iowa Republican caucus voters who baselessly believe that President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election legitimately.

“I think a lot of people in this country are out of touch with reality and will accept anything Donald Trump tells them,” Romney, who announced in September that he is not seeking reelection, told CNN journalist Manu Raju on Wednesday.

About 65% of Iowa caucusgoers said they believe former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him, according to entrance poll data.

  • lobut@lemmy.ca
    271·
    10 months ago

    I mean, Fox News and right wing radio shows have been pushing disinformation for years. It was there before Trump. I mean, how many people believe Obama is a Muslim? Election denial is just an off shoot of that with many of their propaganda pieces.

    Nowadays though there’s just a cinematic universe of shows (PragerU, Shapiro, etc) for right wingers to cosplay their “reality” in.

    Although, I’ll step in and say I don’t know if Ben actually is an election denier. I don’t think he would be.