Evidence and facts

In a recent letter titled “Advancement of truth,” John Dews asks us to “use your resources to advance ideas we have an opportunity to agree on.” The content of his letter suggests that the main idea he apparently wants us to agree on is that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

The day after the 2020 election, Trump hired Ken Block, a voter data expert, to investigate the results of the election. Block’s Jan. 2 USA Today oped states, “the cries that the election was lost or stolen due to voter fraud continue with no sign of stopping. … What these claims don’t take into account is that voter fraud is detectable, quantifiable and verifiable. I have yet to see anyone offer up ‘evidence’ of voter fraud from the 2020 election that provides these three things.”

Dews himself asks how many of the 60+ judges “looked at evidence versus just dismissing the case due to the legal concept of the ‘standing’ of the plaintiffs?” The answer to his question is that not one of Trump’s lawyers presented any evidence of voter fraud to the judges, only accusations.

The judges in these cases included both Democratic and Republican appointees. In addition, Trump’s Supreme Court threw out eight of his disputes.

One thing we should all be able to partially agree on is Nazi Germany’s Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels’ quote saying, “If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.” After Barack Obama won the presidential election in 2012, Trump said that the election was a “total sham” and a “travesty.” Trump challenged the election results in 2012, then did so in 2016 even though he won.

Since the 2020 election Trump has spewed a constant flow of lies about election fraud that his herd of lemmings believe, evidence be damned. Lies may be truth to these lemmings, but to discerning people, truth will be found through evidence/facts. KENNETH ROGER WEBER

Hot Springs Village