The Real Steal Is Coming â In 2024 May 12 | 2021 Trump supporter holds "Stop the Steal" sign on the morning of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Ignorance is strength. â George Orwell, "1984" Welcome to the funhouse world the Republican Party is building. Up is down. Black is white. Lies are truth. The great cause that Republicans are uniting around is "election integrity." That's rich. The reality is that somebody did attempt to steal the 2020 election â Donald Trump. During the days and weeks following his loss, he brayed endlessly that the outcome was fraudulent, laying the groundwork for an attempt to overturn the voters' will. From the White House, he made multiple calls to local election officials demanding that they find votes for him. He dialed up members of local canvassing boards, encouraging them to decertify results.