The right prepares to weaponize the “red mirage”

Chris Stirewalt, Fox News political editor during the 2020 election cycle, said during June testimony before the January 6 committee that he had tried to explain to the network’s viewers that then-President Donald Trump would likely have leads in key states on election night which would subsequently decline as states counted mail-in ballots that heavily favored Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

“So basically in every election, Republicans win Election Day and Democrats win the early vote, and then you wait and start counting. And it depends on which ones you count first, but...