{"id":2633656,"date":"2026-07-22T13:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dem-rep-says-trump-hurting-election-confidence-too-bad-weve-got-this-supercut-of-dems-doing-it-first-denying-trumps-2016-win\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:26:41","slug":"watch-dem-rep-says-trump-hurting-election-confidence-too-bad-weve-got-this-supercut-of-dems-doing-it-first-denying-trumps-2016-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dem-rep-says-trump-hurting-election-confidence-too-bad-weve-got-this-supercut-of-dems-doing-it-first-denying-trumps-2016-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Dem Rep Says Trump Hurting Election Confidence &#8211; Too Bad We&#8217;ve Got This Supercut of Dems Doing It First, Denying Trump&#8217;s 2016 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-dem-rep-says-trump-hurting-election-confidence-too-bad-weve-got-this-supercut-of-dems-doing-it-first-denying-trumps-2016-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2633656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The provided content appears to be a webpage segment featuring a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button that reveals additional information when clicked. The expanded section includes a detailed discussion on election-related topics, notably criticizing Democratic and Republican narratives surrounding election integrity.It highlights claims and counterclaims about election interference, recounts, and accusations of election theft, referencing statements from political figures like Congressman Jim McGovern and former President Donald Trump. The text suggests that accusations of election fraud and attempts to contest election results have been used as political tools by both sides over the years. It also points out instances were Democrats have questioned election legitimacy, such as recounts and allegations involving foreign interference, sometimes with referenced social media content and links to related articles. The overall tone appears to be skeptical of widespread claims of election fraud, emphasizing perceived inconsistencies and political motives behind such accusations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>And today in projection news from congressional Democrats, we have another person lamenting the fact that the Republicans are sowing distrust in our elections.<\/p>\n<p>This time, it\u2019s Democrat Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern, who spent a House Rules Committee hearing whining about President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-notifies-states-whose-election-data-compromised-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election integrity speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, calling into question the security of the electoral process and pushing the necessity of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act is a serious concern. Too bad we have the receipts that this was a Democratic hobby once upon a time \u2014 the last time back in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say on the issue of voting rights and voting integrity, my Republican colleagues and this administration have absolutely no standing,\u201d McGovern said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I listened to this president\u2019s speech last week as 40 minutes of my life I\u2019ll never get back,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was crazy, it was insane, conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory. And all of my Republican colleagues here just kind of went along to get along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I get it: He can\u2019t stand the fact that he lost the 2020 election,\u201d McGovern said. \u201cI know his ego is fragile, but we\u2019re just going to let him say whatever he wants, and let him create doubt in the minds of the American people that somehow our elections are not safe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that \u201cthere\u2019s no evidence that there\u2019s been any kind of foreign interference\u201d from hostile governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we don\u2019t have to worry about Russia or China or anybody else\u201d sowing distrust in the electoral process, McGovern continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s doing it all by himself, all because his ego can\u2019t stand the fact that he lost an election.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: Stop Insider Trading Act Is Debated In House Rules Committee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jTaktJznGk?start=8073&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>So, apparently, fragile egos are the reason behind the speech. Right. Then what\u2019s this?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump: \u201cShadow government hiding Chinese election meddling.\u201d<br \/> Democrats: \u201cThat\u2019s a conspiracy theory.\u201d<br \/> Also Democrats: \u201cRussia stole 2016.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DSSDfgRUwm\">pic.twitter.com\/DSSDfgRUwm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Nightmare \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@thewakeninq) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thewakeninq\/status\/2077967139697275186?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There you have a five-minute supercut of Democrat election denial (fragile egos?) based on far less evidence. Trump was supposed to be some sort of Muscovite candidate, his strings being pulled by Vladimir Putin because of some obscene (and non-existent) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desperate-comey-possible-russians-are-blackmailing-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hotel video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We knew all of this because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gabbard-declassifies-eerie--exchange-steele-dossier-foia-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steele dossier<\/a>\u2026 assembled, it\u2019s worth noting, as opposition research at the behest of Hillary Clinton\u2019s functionaries, something we didn\u2019t find out until it was released into general circulation. We also didn\u2019t find out that it was so blatantly fictional that it made \u201cE.T.\u201d look like a documentary until years later, either, although the people pushing these lies were almost sure that it was.<\/p>\n<p>And when it comes to overturning the results of elections, hey, we have that, too! Forget about this commercial from Democrat celebrities pitched directly at electors after the 2016 race wrapped up? We didn\u2019t:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Does anyone remember when a bunch of celebrities in 2016 made a PSA for republican electors to steal the election <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/asr8IEhAmV\">pic.twitter.com\/asr8IEhAmV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mariam (@Gaismair) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gaismair\/status\/2078919020980437138?\">July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So yeah, there\u2019s that, too! And that was a product of election denialism, as well \u2014 the belief in the idea that somehow, some way, the election had been stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and let\u2019s not forget that we went as far as to demand recounts in several states. In the one state where it took place, Wisconsin, Trump ended up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/dec\/12\/pennsylvania-recount-jill-stein-request-denied\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more votes<\/a> than he started with.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t even counting the 2000 and 2004 election denialism from the left; according to them, George W. Bush never won an election fair and square. It was the Supreme Court that stole it the first time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2005\/03\/hitchens200503?srsltid=AfmBOooA2xr5wLDpOuibCD6-HOXL4B-cSwopim-uuLJ-4vxG09XZxHDT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diebold voting machines<\/a> the second time!<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if you listen to some Democrats, they won every presidential election from 1992 until 2020 fair and square, only to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/delusional-hillary-clinton-dares-claim-2016-election-stolen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">few stolen from them<\/a> by those dastardly Republicans. And the one time a Republican questioned the results of a close race, he was doing the work of China and Russia and all of our enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Forget the fact that he made the remarks in question <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/retiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-block-save-america-act-way-can-will-use-every-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in service of a bill<\/a> that would make our elections more secure. Democrats have amply proved they don\u2019t want secure elections. They want wins.<\/p>\n<p>At least you have to give McGovern this much: Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-software-error-uncovered-allowed-thousands-noncitizens-register-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill<\/a>, he didn\u2019t condemn Trump for conspiracy theorizing at the same time she confirmed that one of the things Trump alleged \u2014 thousands of non-citizen voters on the rolls \u2014 existed in the Garden State thanks to what was called a \u201csoftware error.\u201d Whoops. It\u2019s almost like they\u2019re doing the exact thing they\u2019re accusing us of.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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