“A top legal adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign elected to make a bizarre suggestion to President-elect Joe Biden Thursday: Prove you actually won the election. The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday projected Biden as the winner based on nonpartisan analysis of the vote in several states. But the president has accused the Democratic Party of “wrongdoing” without providing evidence to back the allegations. So in a stunning bit of illogic, Jenna Ellis claimed it was the Biden campaign’s job to disprove the Trump campaign’s baseless allegations of election fraud, rather than the other way around. If Joe Biden is really confident he won legally and legitimately, why is he so afraid of proving it?— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 12, 2020 Not surprisingly, many Twitter users didn’t give Ellis’ tweet their vote of confidence. Prove it? So a vote count is insufficient proof?— Holli Palmer (@HolliPalmer3) November 12, 2020 He doesn’t have to prove anything. That’s like saying that a person has to prove they’re innocent in a court of law. The burden of proof is on those making the accusation.I thought you were a lawyer. Don’t you understand any of this? Literally none of it? Is that the problem? https://t.co/k5nlZIHc2Y— Michael Marshall Smith (@ememess) November 12, 2020 He isnt. He is worried about Trump undermining public trust in votes because he cant accept being disliked. This is bigger than either of them. https://t.co/u0I26pmhtj— Dr Ben. Look after each other. (@drjanaway) November 12, 2020 Prove that widespread voter fraud DIDN’T happen. Why don’t you prove that you’ve never kicked a puppy in the face. Why are you afraid? https://t.co/8ZPsbTfSsr— Bekah Congdon (@LibertyBeks) November 12, 2020 If voter fraud is real why can’t trump prove it?— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) November 12, 2020 Because bad-faith, evil idiots like you shove lies down the throats of easily manipulated people and they lose faith in democracy because you assholes are too emotionally stunted to accept a clear loss. Get it now?— Alex Leo (@AlexMLeo) November 12, 2020 This is nonsensical. You’re the ones alleging widespread systematic fraud so you’re the ones who have to prove it.Biden’s camp is under no obligation to prove that there is no such fraud.— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) November 12, 2020 Ellis has made outrageous demands before. In June, she demanded CNN apologize for a poll that showed the president losing to Biden.
