evidence: "Anytime you have a mail-in ballot, there is going to be massive fraud," he told Dr. Phil McGraw on Aug. 27. Trump vowed "long-term prison sentences" for election "cheaters." At a Sept. 13 rally in Las Vegas, he said, "We have a good lead, but we’ve got to be careful because remember, they cheat like hell." Trump summarized his concerns into one rant in an interview with conservative radio host Wayne Allyn Root: "We have a rigged election. We have bad borders, we have very bad elections. We have a bad voting system. We have mail-in ballots." It’s important for voters to know that his election claims are wildly false, just as they were in 2016 and 2020. We wanted to help voters understand why. Trump’s claims could discourage voters, including Republicans, from participating in the election. If they think their votes won’t count as a result of Democratic scheming, fraudulent mail-in voting, and noncitizens participating illegally, then why should they bother? "As a Republican, it bothers me when Trump says that we win without voter fraud," said Trey Grayson, former Kentucky secretary of state. "On the one hand, it is literally true.