How Starlink Stole the Election and Other Fanciful Election-Denying Claims on the Left

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-19 17:12:23 | Updated at 2024-11-24 01:57:44 4 days ago

How Starlink Stole the Election and Other Fanciful Election-Denying Claims on the Left
https://pjmedia.com ^ | 11/19/2024 | rick moran

Posted on 11/19/2024 8:27:29 AM PST by bitt

One of the most popular election-rigging theories on the right in 2020 was the "Italygate" theory that posited Italian military satellites "interfered" with American voting machines, switching votes from Trump to Biden.

Some in government took the theory seriously enough to investigate. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller called U.S. officials in Rome to ask about it. The White House also asked Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to look into it.

Some on the left ridiculed the notion that Italian satellites would be able to hack American voting machines. I wonder what they're saying today about the fantastical election-denying theory that Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service was used to "tabulate" votes in swing states. "Swing states were able to use Starlink in order to tally up and to count ballot votes, or voting ballots, in their state," claimed TikTok user Etheria77 in a video.

Starlink terminals are unable to "tabulate" anything, but the video has gotten almost 5 million views and remarkably, even mainstream news outlets have felt the need to debunk the theory.

Starlink terminals "were used by election officials in some states to improve internet connectivity at rural polling locations," writes Alex Demas at The Bulwark. "Starlink is not a tabulation system and was not used to count or transmit votes in the swing states."

Of course, it wasn't. But the Starlink theory is only one of several conspiracy theories that are being promoted by the left.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; starlink

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1 posted on 11/19/2024 8:27:29 AM PST by bitt

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2 posted on 11/19/2024 8:27:42 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)

To: bitt

I keep reading this on X and have to laugh. They are clawing and scratching for ANYTHING! It’s hilarious!!!

3 posted on 11/19/2024 8:32:25 AM PST by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)

To: bitt

Sore losers. Watch ‘em do the J6 at Trump’s inauguration and get away Scot-free.

4 posted on 11/19/2024 8:42:42 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Brandon! FCS (Schumer))

To: bitt

Sadly, depressing in fact, a young family member suggested election fraud via Mr. Musk. I asked what kind of evidence there was to support the claim. I was told it was too ironic that Mr. Musk is now part of the administration, and shocked that I didn’t find that suspicious. I explained otherwise and mentioned real evidence from the 2020 election instead.

Young people are not tuned into the dinosaurs networks or the cable talking heads either. They get their news from instagram, Tik Toc, etc. Where we see wins piling up they will see more Leftist programming. I hope some influencers on our side start getting more traction with the next generation becoming adults.

5 posted on 11/19/2024 8:58:18 AM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)

To: fwdude

6 posted on 11/19/2024 8:58:30 AM PST by CapandBall

To: fwdude

Yes, funny but also sad and pathetic at the same time.

7 posted on 11/19/2024 8:58:42 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)

To: T.B. Yoits

8 posted on 11/19/2024 9:09:09 AM PST by T.B. Yoits

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