Rev. Franklin Graham: 'I Tend To Believe' Election Was Stolen, Rigged

NewsMax ^ | 12/19/2020 | Sandy Fitzgerald

[SeekAndFind]

The Rev. Franklin Graham said Saturday that President Donald Trump has been right on many issues about how he has been treated during his presidency, and when he says the election was rigged or stolen, "I tend to believe him."

"The President has been maligned, falsely accused, and attacked on every front since before the election in 2016," Graham posted on his Facebook page. "When President Trump says that this election has been rigged or stolen, I tend to believe him. He has a track record of being right."

Graham commented that in 2016, when Trump told Americans the government was spying on him, "the media said that he was paranoid."

"The Obama administration and the Democrats said that this was an absolute lie and that Donald Trump was not fit to be president, only for us to find out later that the U.S. government did spy on Donald Trump, and what he had said was in fact true," said Graham.

Then, for the next two years, Trump was under investigation for collusion with the Russians, but even though he said there was no collusion, "the media and the Democrats" said there was.

"After an investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, it turned out to be false — there was no collusion," said Graham. "President Trump was right again. Then the Democrats impeached him over a phone call."

He concluded his message by asking for prayers for Trump, Joe Biden, and the nation "that we will get through this, and for God's will to be done."

[robel]

Franklins comments may lack some fire, but at least he has the courage to call the election a fraud, seeing as how many religious leaders are afraid to do the same.

[Bellagio]

When I am presented with opposing points of view each having convincing argument I would indeed ‘tend’, be swayed, to believe the argument that is most probable... and not necessarily the most compelling.

But when I am presented with a REAL outcome/result of a contest without knowing all the processes/actions that had influenced and led up to the outcome... but now having to hear argument BETWEEN opposing sides instead of between opposing views...

then I would not use ‘tend’ in my expressed belief. I would instead make a more fitting(sapient) expression of belief drawn from that which is most compelling AND most probable.

“I TRULY believe the election was stolen!”

In others words... Rev Graham punted.

[Lera]

I wouldn’t take that way .
He is a southerner and they tend to say tend a lot when they are talking just like this .