Donald Trump doubled down on his false claims of fraud in the 2020 election while speaking to Sean Hannity during a town hall recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that aired Tuesday night on Fox News.
The town hall was pre-taped, so Fox News could have edited the claims, which have been repeatedly debunked, out of the interview before airing it. Instead, they were aired apparently unedited. Interestingly, this occurred just three months after Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
The moment came when Hannity noted the upcoming 2024 election, and asked Trump if he now embraces voting by mail and early balloting.
“I do, but I also have to say something else, because a lot of people,” Trump said, at which point he was interrupted by Hannity.
“But this is important,” Hannity said in an apparent attempt to steer trump away from the topic.
“Including you, don’t talk about,” Trump said, ignoring Hannity. “They also create phony ballots and that’s a real problem.”
The audience burst into applause at this, and Trump, shouting to be heard said, “but they create a lot of phony ballots.”
"They also create phony ballots" — Trump pushes the big lie on Fox News. Keep in mind that this town hall was prerecorded, so Fox made an editorial choice to broadcast Trump's election lies. pic.twitter.com/cMXP1uEuyZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 19, 2023
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