Democrats are planning to cheat in the upcoming midterm elections.
Posted by The Bulwark Daily, Checked Updated
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REAL AF with Andy FrisellaOct 28, 2026
The claim departs from the passage: the post's "they" refers to Trump and his administration, who it accuses of trying to rig the midterms, not to Democrats.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… They wouldn't need these extra weeks for the fucking returns to come back, right? They wouldn't need it. Could be weeks or months before the winner of Israel's election is known from the World News. They ha- listen, dude, they're gonna cheat, and they can only cheat a certain amount, just like I've been saying for years and years and years, and the only way to fucking beat them is for people to show the fuck up, even if they don't feel like voting and they're little disenfranchised, and vote these people out of fucking power. That's it. …
REAL AF with Andy Frisella · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The passage attributes rigging to Trump's side ("Trump's failures and flops"; "Trump is going to deceive the public"), so the extracted claim reassigns the act to Democrats.
Context. Coverage describes Democrats forming task forces and monitoring operations to prepare for possible election interference and fraud claims, which is defensive preparation rather than planned cheating.[1][3][4]
Context. Coverage describes the Trump administration's own election actions, including DOJ lawsuits and monitoring, as the source of concern about interference.[3][5][6]
Context. A Senate Democratic press release accuses Trump of trying to rig the midterms, which again places the alleged rigging on the Republican side.[2]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Thousands of monitors will observe voting on Election Dayapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Trump Can't Run On His Record, So He's Trying To Rig The Rules ...democrats.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Democrats prepare for election interference in midtermsthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 4Here's how Democrats in Congress are preparing for election fraud ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 5How Donald Trump and his allies are sowing doubt ahead of the midtermsnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 6Here's why Democrats are accusing Trump of trying to ' ...thejournal.ie · not rated · cited for: context
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