Please give it up. The people who sincerely believe it by now have the idea so thoroughly ingrained in their heads that nothing you say or do or try to tell them will convince them otherwise.
I'm not trying to convince them, I'm simply providing them with some testimony of people who were not biased in any way, and who had the inside scoop, and who *might* actually convince them if they listen to their testimony.
People like Bill Barr are the 'most' credible types of witnesses because they are Republicans, who were in a position to know whether there was actual evidence of voter fraud. Bill Barr seems like a pretty credible witness in this particular case because he's been accused of acting as Trump's own personal attorney. If he has any bias, it's in *favor* of Trump. So if the AG and pretty close friend of Trump said there was no evidence of voter fraud that could affect the outcome in any way, I'm inclined to believe him, and take him at his word. I might even personally distrust Bill Barr on some other topic, but I see no logical reason to doubt the accuracy of his testimony in this case.
Likewise, Allysa Farah was working in the Whitehouse, before and after the election, and she had privy to the various conversations between the different parties. She's also a Republican, and she even seems to support Trump's *conservative ideas*, if not the man himself. If you listen to her, she tries hard not to bad mouth Trump, she's just honest about the fact that he lied about the election results. Again, I have every reason to believe she's a credible witness that would have an inside view of what actually happened.
That last reference is also a rather unbiased and frank explanation of what changed between the 2016 election and the 2020 election, particularly in terms of swing states. It too comes to the conclusion that Trump lost because voters lost confidence in his honesty, and lost confidence in his leadership skill with respect to how he handled Covid-19. That's ultimately what cost him the election, and it explains why he lost so badly in both the electoral college as well as the popular vote.
These are three very 'credible' testimonies from people who have no particular axe to grind with the GOP or with Trump. They paint a clear picture of what happened too IMO.
Trump lied about not only the election being rigged, but he doubled down on his lies by falsely asserting that the office of the Vice President has the power to change electoral college results. The VP doesn't even have a vote in the matter.
Trump lied by suggesting that anything or anyone could change the outcome of the election after the electoral college had *certified* those results, and long before they were brought before the congress. In a scenario where the house is run by the opposite party, there is no logical possibility of the outcome of the election changing between the certification process by the states, and January 6th.
On the day that the states certified their results, even Mitch McConnell stopped lying about voter fraud, or questioning who was going to be the next President.
Allysa Farah reached the point that she could no longer participate in disseminating any misinformation about voter fraud or election results and she left.
All of this is very credible evidence that Trump has been lying to his supporters all along, he incited them to anger with deceit and lies. He summoned the angriest among them to Washington DC on the 6th, knowing that it was not constitutionally possible to change the outcome of the election, and he lied to them by falsely claiming that Mike Pence had some sort of capacity to change the outcome of the elections that day. Trump had his personal lawyer tell the angry mob that he wished to see "trial by combat'. Another of Trump's speakers called for them to take names and kick ass. Trump whipped them up into an absolute frenzy, lied again when he said he would join them at the capitol, and the slunk off to his office to watch the show.
It turned violent. He did nothing. Not a peep, not a tweet for hours. When he *finally* put out a tweet, it wasn't to chastise or admonish them for their actions. He didn't condemn their actions at all in fact. Instead he claimed to 'love' them, and told them they were 'special'.
Only *days* later did Trump actually condemn their actions, and according to press accounts (many of them), Pence had to get the national guard in motion to the Capitol because Trump had not already done so!
All of what happened on January 6th was completely avoidable. All Trump had to do is concede defeat graciously like every other losing candidate in my lifetime. That's hard emotionally of course, and it requires humility. Trump wasn't strong enough, or emotionally mature enough to be humble when it was necessary.
Instead his narcissism and pride cost the lives of five Americans, and caused the beating of many Capitol police, and the death of an officer.
That is incitement to violence.