Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett baselessly theorized on “Defending Democracy with Marc Elias” Monday that Republicans may be planning to rig the 2026 midterm elections using Dominion voting machines.
Former GOP election reform advocate and Liberty Vote founder and chairman Scott Leiendecker acquired Dominion Voting Systems in October. Crockett claimed on the podcast that Leiendecker was a friend of President Donald Trump’s and that it was possible he bought Dominion to meddle with its voting machines to help Republicans win the midterms.
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“We do know that one of his friends has purchased Dominion,” Crockett said. “So, it’s going to be really important for us to educate all states that we can to make sure that their secretary of states are like, ‘We don’t want the Dominion machines.’”
“Because I personally believe that that ally purchased Dominion so that he could potentially play with the machines, because we know that they’re trying to cheat by changing the lines for the midterms,” she continued. “And I think that they’re trying to solidify their cheat potentially with the voting machines.”
The deal for Leiendecker to purchase Dominion was contingent on dropping several remaining lawsuits against prominent conservatives and One America News Network (OANN).
“Every legacy system is under review. Liberty Vote will be 100 percent American-owned, American-built and independently audited,” Leiendecker told the Daily Caller in October. “We won’t ask for trust — we’ll earn it and prove it.”
“Liberty Vote signals a new chapter for American elections — one where trust is rebuilt from the ground up,” he said in a press release. “Liberty Vote is committed to delivering election technology that prioritizes paper-based transparency, security, and simplicity so that voters can be assured that every ballot is filled-in accurately and fairly counted.”
Dominion launched several major defamation lawsuits after the 2020 election after claims about its role in Trump’s loss, notably reaching a $787.5 million settlement with Fox News in April 2023.
Newsmax Media Inc. also reached a settlement with Dominion, in which it agreed to pay $67 million over the next three fiscal years over their allegedly defamatory coverage surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
Left-wing media pundits, such as Democratic strategist James Carville, former MSNBC host Joy Reid and radio host Charlamagne tha God, all suggested in July that the midterms would be rigged in favor of the Republican Party, citing the reconciliation bill Trump signed the same month.
“[Republicans are] not actually worried about getting reelected,” Reid said. “If they feared being reelected, they would not vote for this bill — because they know it’s going to devastate their states.”
The legislation contained a permanent extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and delivered on his campaign promises to remove taxes on tips and overtime pay, and permanently raise the child tax credit to $2,200.
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