PolitiFact Slaps GOP Governor With a ‘Half True’ Rating About Dems and Claim the 2016 Election Was Stolen

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is calling out Democrats for questioning the legitimacy of former President Donald Trump.

Enter fact-checking site PolitiFact, which took it upon itself to examine the governor’s statement.

“Gov. 👤Glenn Youngkin recently gave his blessings to an ‘Election Integrity Unit’ established by Attorney General Jason Miyares, a fellow Republican, to investigate and prosecute violations of Virginia’s election laws,” PolitiFact’s Warren Fiske wrote.

He added, “Youngkin’s office sent us a number of recordings of prominent Democrats saying that Trump’s 2016 victory was turned by events that occurred during the campaign, especially documented Russian interference on Trump’s behalf. It’s important to point out, however, that the Democrats did not question the actual counting of ballots in 2016, as Youngkin’s statement implies, or that Trump won the election.”

In a 2020 interview with The Atlantic, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asserted, “There was a widespread understanding that election was not on the level. We still don’t know what happened … but you don’t win by 3 million votes and have all this other shenanigans and stuff going on and not come away with an idea like, ‘Whoa, something’s not right here.’”

Meanwhile, former President Jimmy Carter