J Scott Smith

COMM Professor. Studying crisis communication, politics, and sports

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@UnderdogNFL @JordanRaanan 10 1sts and a personalized signed photo from LT ought to do it.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@WildSentences What had happened was...

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@JoeMetz34 In a November regular season tilt? Uh, no

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

It is part of the genius of our Republic that a single person can't override the entire system.

[Cynthia Holt @Ghostofcynthia]

At this point Trump should just go full Bukele.

Enough is enough. You can't prosecute election fraud when the corrupt courts keep throwing every case out before it's even heard.

Time to stop playing nice with a rigged system.

Fuck you.. all of you. @TheDemocrats

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@MS2PZ Long legacy of freedom of speech protecting hate speech. Take it up with James Madison

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@seankelly63 It's incredible that all you need to get 20k+ followers on this hellsite is to just spout the most absurd nonsense ever.

[Scottacular @Scottcrates]

Behavior, endorsed.

Bravo, legend, bravo.

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

Who did this lmao

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

You gotta give ‘em that Huang Tuah 😂

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

This is a particularly odd response before being blocked. There's this weird notion by election deniers that there isn't a way to adjudicate election results, but there absolutely is a way to do so. And that process happens in the court system.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@hollyoxcoburn The checks are in court. We absolutely have a system to challenge elections and to make sure they're accurate. Your assertion that we don't is categorically false.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

You'd have to contest the election in court. That costs money and because the election wasn't close, you're just not going to get any takers.

Additionally, the audits in 2020 didn't stop people from believing the election was stolen either, so I don't think it'd convince those skeptical, similar audiences in 2026.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@BrightInsight6 You have to contest the election results in court and you'd have to do it in every state. There's not like an audit button on the Resolute Desk or something. What lawyer are you going to get to contest Ossoff winning in GA by 19 points?

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

Just look at GA and you'll get a sense as to how it happened.
2022 - Warnock - 1,946,117 (49.44%) vs. Walker - 1,908,442 (48.49%) - Total - 3,854,559

2024 - Trump - 2,663,117 (50.73%) vs. Harris (48.53%) - 2,548,017 - Total - 5,211,134

2026 - Ossoff - 2,468,985 (59.03%) vs. Collins - 1,713,656 (40.97%) - Total 4,182,641

2026 vs. 2022 - 328,082 more votes total in 2026 (7.84% more)

2026 vs. 2024 - 1,028,493 more votes total in 2024 (19.7% more)

The vote totals tell you that all you need to do is turnout more of your party's voters that generally only vote in general elections. That's all that happened. Democrats were motivated (also had a much better candidate) and Republicans weren't.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@realDailyTrite Cost of living is higher. Most of it coincides with Trump's war of choice in Iran. It was an egregious unforced error that violated two campaign promises.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@zeeeegoat @RueNasty It's really close. When you slow it down it seems like it could be three steps from when he gathered, but that's a no whistle every day in the NBA.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

VEP turnout is alarmingly low in the US. All you need is a percentage of your base that generally only vote in general elections to show up for a midterm. That's all that happened. It's actually pretty boring. VEP estimates for 2026 are around 49%, so about what happened in 2018.

https://t.co/ga7WXHInXO

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

Dems didn't "produce" 20 million voters; they motivated them to get to the polls. VEP turnout is so low in the US for midterms, which is how the 2026 blue tsunami was possible. There's literally millions of voters that regularly vote in general elections that sit out midterms. All you need to do is motivate a percentage of them to get to the polls. That's what happened in 2026. And the initial reports demonstrate that turnout didn't even reach 2018 (49% VEP for 2026).
https://t.co/ga7WXHInXO

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

@McCainJack It's about belonging. You become part of a community and your desire to appease the community is more important than acknowledging reality.

[J Scott Smith @SundaySpectator]

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