My Turn: The big lie of voter fraud Published: 4/9/2021 11:30:17 AM The Big Lie is “a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the facts, especially when used as a propaganda tool by a politician or official body,” according to Wikipedia. Adolph Hitler coined the German expression in Mein Kampf and Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels raised it to a high art, claiming “if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it and you will even come to believe it yourself.” And by all means, make it an audacious one. A good example of the Big Lie is the Republican Party’s contention that voter fraud is rampant in the U.S. and has compromised our elections. It is a lie told over many years, culminating in an insurrection in our Capital on January 6 to undermine a fair election.