By Townhall Chicago News Staff
President Donald Trump posted online Monday questioning the integrity of the recent midterm election, writing that “it’s all about the machines” days after Republican losses.
The post, made around 9:07 a.m., read in part: “Does anybody really believe this election was honest? How could the polls be so wrong? Some early voting dumps were so large it was impossible to win no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines.” The post did not cite evidence for the claims.
Radio co-hosts Jeannie Ives and Amy Jacobson discussed the post on air Monday. Asked whether the election was stolen, Ives said, “I mean, no.” She added that she believes voting machines “can be hacked” but said she does not know whether that happened in this election. “Did that happen? We don’t know,” she said.
Election officials have not responded to Trump’s claims in material reviewed for this story. Certified results and canvass findings for the races Trump referenced have not been independently confirmed.
Jacobson and Ives also referenced other unverified figures on air, including a claim of 20 million more voters than four years ago and a claim that “every single county in Texas swung blue.” Neither figure could be confirmed against official returns.
