The MSNBC talking heads are setting the stage for disputing a Trump election victory, claiming on Saturday that Republicans are already stealing the 2024 election.
MSNBC’s Michael Steele and Symone Sanders sounded the alarm that the GOP “steal” of the 2024 election has already begun just 10 days out from Election Day.
“I think we’re going to see a bunch of actually, mini January 6ths in the state certifications. Never forget, [Trump] went to the East Room at the White House on election night, declared victory like some authoritarian dictator,” Sanders said.
🚨NEW: “The cheating has already started” — MSNBC’s Michael Steele and Symone Sanders sound the alarm that the GOP “steal” of the 2024 election is underway.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 26, 2024
We have been reliably told for years that this kind of rhetoric is a 'Threat to Democracy’:
SANDERS: "I think we're going… pic.twitter.com/QHbrHipGu5
Steele agreed and praised Democrat lawyer Marc Elias for preparing legal challenges against election results in the event of a Republican victory.
“It’s good to see the Democrat Party, the [Kamala Harris] campaign, and third-party organizations out there in the democracy space have got lawyers geared up and ready to go,” he said.
Steele then declared that Republican “lying and the on-ground cheating has already started.”
“We’ve seen it’s and has the official patina of legislative action like we see in Georgia,” he said. “But that’s part of their steal and their lie about this election. So overwhelm the ballot with your vote baby. They can’t top that.”
These comments are notable given the American people have been reliably told for years that this kind of rhetoric questioning elections is a “threat to Democracy.”
But the left is now changing its tune because Republican voters have so far cast much more early ballots than Democrats in the swing states of Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina.
The early returns are prompting total panic from Democrats and a ray of optimism for Trump supporters.
Trump meanwhile issued a “cease and desist” message on Friday to anyone thinking of participating in election fraud or rigging, warning they will “be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law.”
“CEASE & DESIST: I, together with many Attorneys and Legal Scholars, am watching the Sanctity of the 2024 Presidential Election very closely because I know, better than most, the rampant Cheating and Skullduggery that has taken place by the Democrats in the 2020 Presidential Election,” Trump wrote on X. “It was a Disgrace to our Nation!”
CEASE & DESIST: I, together with many Attorneys and Legal Scholars, am watching the Sanctity of the 2024 Presidential Election very closely because I know, better than most, the rampant Cheating and Skullduggery that has taken place by the Democrats in the 2020 Presidential…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2024
“Therefore, the 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and, WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again,” he added. “We cannot let our Country further devolve into a Third World Nation, AND WE WON’T!”
Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) have also signaled they will “prepare for civil war conditions” in the event of a Trump victory and attempt to block the certification of his win.