Post Reports

How Trump would fight a 2024 election loss

The morning after the 2020 election, then-president Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and claimed that a “fraud” was being perpetrated on the American public. He would go on to wage a campaign against the 2020 results, which culminated in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2&amp;utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">rioters storming the U.S. Capitol</a>. Now, with Trump back on the ballot, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/trump-2024-election-results/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">experts are concerned</a> that Trump and his allies may use the same playbook they did in 2020 to challenge the 2024 results. Trump has already <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/08/trump-election-threats/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">suggested that the 2024 election would be stolen from him</a> and has continued to press <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/01/truth-about-election-fraud-its-rare/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">baseless claims about election fraud</a>. Today on “Post Reports,” Martine Powers speaks with reporter Patrick Marley about how Trump tried to contest the 2020 results, what has changed in the past four years, and what may play out in 2024.Today’s show was produced by Peter Bresnan, with help from Emma Talkoff. It was edited by Monica Campbell, with help from Ariel Plotnick. It was mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Jenna Johnson. Subscribe to The Washington Post <a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&amp;p=s_v&amp;s_dt=yearly&amp;utm%5B%E2%80%A6%5De-podcast&amp;utm_medium=acq-nat&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">here</a>.

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