“President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.”
Jim Marchant
Nevada Secretary of State candidate. Claim dated 8 Oct 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Marchant lost his 2020 race for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District to the Democratic incumbent. Federal and state officials, including Republicans, rejected Trump’s allegations of a rigged or stolen election.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jim Marchant (Nevada Secretary of State candidate) made this claim around 8 October 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 October 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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