Friend, 

Oh boy, a new conspiracy’s afoot. And guess who’s totally buying in? That’s right; the Trump-led MAGA GOP—the party of stolen elections, space lasers, and sex dungeon pizza shops. And guess what? This conspiracy theory (like all of the others) comes with absolutely zero evidence, and is being amplified by the orange messiah himself.

According to a recent poll conducted by The Washington Post, a whopping 80 percent of Republicans believe President Biden had something to do with Trump’s conviction in the porn star hush money fraud case. In more blatant terms, 80 percent of Republicans are buying Trump’s “sham, witch hunt, political persecution” storyline that he’s been blabbing about nonstop on his failing social media app.

80. Freaking. Percent. Trump isn’t good at much, but he sure can sell some snake oil. It makes total sense that the GOP is buying into this, because if you’re able to convince a group of people who have seen and participated in American elections for their entire adult lives that an election was stolen, with ZERO evidence, you can convince those same people of pretty much anything. And remember. Tens of millions of these people (who have bought the con) vote in our elections, and hundreds of them are elected officials at the federal level.

Now we’re going to play Nancy Drew here and point out a couple of reasons why this conspiracy theory should've been DOA (and give you some material to forward to your crazy uncles). First of all, Trump’s guilty. He had an affair with Stormy Daniels. He made Cohen pay her off. The National Enquirer suppressed the story. Then Trump lied about it. There’s a paper trail. The case is rock solid. Even the juror who claimed to get his news from Truth Social agreed.

Second, this case was brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, not Joe Biden or the Justice Department. They were completely uninvolved with judge selection, jury selection, and bringing the case all together. It would be like blaming President Biden for getting a speeding ticket.

There you have it. Conspiracy theory debunked in two short paragraphs. But, knowing MAGA, the majority of whom think January 6th was a “false flag operation,” they’ll take this theory to the grave. Lucky for us, 57 percent of Americans don’t believe this nonsense. So, that means at least 57 percent of voters out there could very well cast their ballot for President Biden come November. Help us make sure they do >>

-The Lincoln Project