Trump preparing for 'chaos and violence' if he loses election, expert says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Former Republican Michigan Representative Dave Trott told the paper that "Trump continues to encourage his supporters like Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA to question the integrity of our elections.
31% : The right-wing organization Turning Point USA claims to be spending tens of millions on getting out the vote for Trump in important battleground states, also hosting several large rallies where false allegations that the 2020 election was rigged are still being shared.
30% : I'd be surprised if Trump doesn't try to foment insurrection if he loses the election," the mayor said.
29% : David Becker at the Center for Election Innovation and Research told The Guardian that "A lot of false claims are masquerading as efforts to change policy to improve election integrity when in actuality they're just designed to sow distrust in our system if Trump loses.
23% : ""This is all designed to manufacture claims that if Trump loses, the election was stolen and to sow discord, chaos and potential violence," he added.
23% : "Both election experts and Republican stalwarts have told The Guardian that Trump and his allies are preparing to claim that November's election has been rigged if the former president loses the election.
22% : Both in 2016 and 2020, Trump was unclear if he would accept the election results.
12% : In April, Trump hosted House Speaker Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago for an event prompting the lower chamber to pass legislation making it illegal for noncitizens to vote - something that was already outlawed and in the past has happened on a very small scale.
12% : Former Republican Pennsylvania Representative Charlie Dent told The Guardian that he believes Trump will yet again claim fraud if he loses in November.
11% : Mesa, Arizona Mayor John Giles, a Republican who has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, said that if Trump loses, he and his associates "will throw everything at the wall and see what sticks," according to The Guardian.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.