The Atlantic publishs fake news story about Trump ending elections

As former President Donald Trump recovers from nearly being assassinated in Pennsylvania earlier this month, his popularity is swelling.

Many in the liberal media understand that Trump is in a prime position to win in November, which is causing them to abandon all principles of journalism and simply run whatever will hurt the former president, even if it's a straight-up lie.

According to Breitbart, ultra-liberal media outlet The Atlantic is currently partaking in that strategy.

The outlet recently published an article that is part of a leftwing media lie, in that it claims Trump has promised his Christian supporters that he will essentially end all elections if he wins in November.

Brian Klass from The Atlantic wrote:

Yesterday, former President Donald Trump told a group of supporters that they won’t have to vote again if they elect him to the presidency. “You won’t have to do it anymore,” Trump said at the Turning Point Believers’ Summit in Florida. “It’ll be fixed; it’ll be fine; you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”

He added:

Trump’s remarks represent an extraordinary departure from democratic norms in the United States—rarely if ever has a major party’s presidential candidate directly stated his aim to make elections meaningless, a notorious hallmark of autocracy.

"There are at least two ways of interpreting this statement," Klass continued, suggesting that either Trump views himself as a dictator, comparing him to China's Xi Jinping, or that Trump "believes his presidency will entrench so many pro-Christian policies into the United States government that no future election could realistically undo his transformation of the country."

Klass added:

Both interpretations lead to the same conclusion: that Trump is telegraphing his authoritarian intentions in plain sight, hoping to sever the link between voters and government policy.

While it's almost unbelievable, even for The Atlantic, to publish such garbage, it's no longer surprising.

Breitbart took a crack at interpreting Trump's statement, which is obviously what the president was implying:

There is, in fact, a third possibility — in fact, a probability: that Trump was joking with Christian voters who are generally wary of participation in electoral politics, telling them that if he wins the election he will make voting so secure that their votes will no longer be needed in future to overcome the possibility of cheating by Democrats.

Trump's remarks were delivered at an event tailored to the subject called the "Believers and Ballots" event. As Breitbart noted, it's an event geared toward encouraging Christians to become involved the Democratic process.

Such events are needed after 2020, as polls show that many still believe the integrity of the 2020 election was compromised.

The Atlantic has been responsible for other Trump-related fake news stories, and they still seem to get away with it.