David Graham

So in 2020, for example, Twitter and Facebook were really active in knocking down misinformation and disinformation about voter fraud.

We've seen them pull back on any of that sort of misinfo, disinfo regulation efforts since then, in part because of pressure from Trump and his aides.

So we can't expect those outlets to be doing anything to to help voters get clarity.

And we also see TikTok, which may be sold to people friendly to the president as well and is a major source of information.

So, you know, the whole ecosystem of information seems to have shifted pretty drastically since that 2020 election.

Right.

Federal election law is a little bit confusing, but Congress has some power over elections, setting election laws.

But the president simply doesn't have a role in it.

And that's something that it's not in the Constitution.

It's not in the law.

And courts have recognized that for a long time.

And Trump has tried to respond to that by simply asserting power.

So, for example, we've seen him issue an executive order where he does things like mandate that states don't count any ballots postmarked but received after Election Day because he says there's only one Election Day.

He's asked the Election Assistance Commission to decertify voting machines because of kind of spurious claims that they might be insecure.

So in the absence of real legal authority, he's simply saying these things and daring someone to tell him no.

And we've seen courts knock some of those things down.

But also, you know, local election officials may heed what he's doing.

And even if they don't, it creates a concern about fraud.

And he's tried for years to make voters doubt the results even before the votes have been counted.

Sure.