Was the 2020 Election Stolen? Did Trump Win in a ‘Landslide’?

As the social media joke goes, here’s my opinion that no one asked for.

If you have been reading my blog for any amount of time now, you know that I despise Trump.  I despise everything vile (Psalm 15:4) — and while you may think I can’t make an honest or objective assessment of the 2020 election, I believe I can because I’m always pursuing the truth.

So, was the election stolen and did Trump win in a “landslide”? In my opinion, no.

Here’s why:

The whole notion that the election was stolen started with then-President Donald Trump being asked the question about whether he would concede if he wasn’t victorious.  I believe when he refused to concede after Biden was CNN’s projected winner, Republicans who feared him backed his stolen election lie, leading to dozens of election lawsuits. After nearly all of those cases were dismissed (evidence below), Trump and these Republicans continued to spout lies and, ultimately, the insurrection of January 6th happened.

Many Republicans and entities like Fox News are utter hypocrites for their reactions to the 2016 and 2020 election results.  Democrats have at least acknowledged their 2016 loss, but it’s only when Trump loses or doesn’t like an outcome that he whines and calls out “fraud.” Watch the differences here.

Christopher Krebs, the former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, called the election the “most secure in U.S. history” on 60 Minutes and in TheHill.  On the evidentiary side, Trump’s legal team lost at least 40 lawsuits, with one U.S. judge likening their arguments to “Frankenstein’s Monster”.  The only reason these claims of election fraud keep resurfacing is Trump’s supporters continue to give him a platform, audience, and affirmations of his lie.

I also wholeheartedly believe his refusal to concede stems from his hatred and fear of losing, as his niece Mary L. Trump, Ph.D. told Christiane Amanpour here.  In addition, Tony Schwartz, Trump’s ghostwriter for The Art of the Deal, said back in November 2020 that Trump will “never concede” “because to concede for him is to accept that he is a failure and that is an intolerable thing for him, Mr. Schwartz told BBC World News.”

Ironically, by constantly calling the 2020 election fraudulent and constantly trying to find votes, Trump is trying to take the presidency away from the winner, Joe Biden. While the election was relatively close in a few key battleground states, Trump legitimately lost and encountered embarrassment he couldn’t face — and he has been denying that reality ever since.