Elissa Slotkin is conditioning the public to believe that President Trump rigged the election.
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VINCEOct 28, 2026
Sources show Slotkin repeatedly warns that Trump is laying groundwork to claim, or engineer, a stolen or rigged midterm, which supports the 'conditioning the public' part of the claim.
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… The voice of the people has been heard. Democrats have power by virtue of the people. That's what they'll claim. And if the Democrats lose in the midterms, Elissa Slotkin has already been trying to condition the public into believing that President Trump, through underhanded means, rigged the election in order to achieve that outcome. Now, you'll notice that no member of the media ever asks a Democrat whether or not they will abide by the results of the election. Will you honor the results of the election? Will you respect the results of the election? …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Slotkin's statements frame Trump's fraud claims as a prospective narrative; none of the sources records her saying Trump has already rigged an election.[1][3][4]
Supports. Slotkin told AP that Trump has been laying the groundwork to claim the midterms were stolen and said he is 'laying the breadcrumbs' to say the day after the election that he won or that it was rigged.[1]
Supports. Slotkin's 2026 posts say Trump 'wants people to blame a rigged election' if his party loses and that 'he wants the story already written before a single vote is counted.'[3][4]
Context. Chairman Caine wrote that the military has no plans to deploy troops to polling sites or seize ballots or machines, and Trump's 2020 fraud claims were described as debunked.[2][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Senator asks for commitment to keep US military out of ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2'No plans' to deploy troops to midterm elections polling ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Elissa Slotkin on X: "President Trump keeps pushing false ...x.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4Elissa Slotkin Accuses Trump of Building Election Fraud Narrative Before 2026 Votes Are Countedyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5Senator Says Trump Is Working Toward This 1 Thing For ...huffpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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