Building on Trump’s conspiracy theories and lies about voter fraud, Republicans disenfranchise millions of black and brown voters with anti-democratic voter suppression laws to help their chances in 2018 midterm elections. Although Republicans failed to keep their majority in the House, they narrowly won enough key Senate seats to keep Mitch McConnell in power for the next two years.

Even after winning the electoral college, Trump is unable to acknowledge that he lost the popular vote by 2.9 million voters. With no evidence, Trump uses racist lies and conspiracy theories to claim voter fraud, tweeting: “I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” These lies are echoed by rightwing media and Trump allies.