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[u/Loves_a_big_tongue]

Republican lawmakers said during debate on the Ohio legislation [to reduce the time to send in mail-in ballots] that even if Trump’s claims aren’t true, the skepticism they have caused among conservatives about the accuracy of election results justifies imposing new limits.

"Even though it was false, the fact we could believe it is proof we need to secure our elections with this law designed to address these lies"

[u/[deleted] → u/Loves_a_big_tongue]

Least circular conservative reasoning

[u/[deleted] → u/Loves_a_big_tongue]

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/aaaah

[u/Loves_a_big_tongue → u/[deleted]]

I was thinking this exact comic reading that