With midterm voting concluding Tuesday, the conservative outlet RedState published a guest editorial listing 87 claims and news items meant to persuade undecided voters to back Republican candidates. The piece is credited to Michelle Backus, identified as spokesperson for a group called Citizens Alliance.
The editorial argues that local and down-ballot races deserve as much attention as federal contests, and frames its list as ammunition for conservative readers trying to convince independent or undecided voters before polls close.
The 87 items range widely in subject matter and sourcing. Many link to other RedState articles, while a large share cite posts on X (formerly Twitter) from individual users, advocacy accounts, and media figures rather than court records, government reports, or named on-the-record sources. Topics include allegations of noncitizen voter registration in several states, claims about federal fraud prosecutions involving Medicaid and Small Business Administration programs, statements attributed to Democratic officials and commentators about prosecuting Trump allies, and references to violent incidents on college campuses.
Some items reference matters that have moved through courts or federal agencies, such as a Justice Department announcement of charges against 48 people in connection with illegal voting and fraudulent registration across five states, and a Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling reinstating guilty verdicts in a $7.2 million Medicaid fraud case. Others are framed as quotes or paraphrases of remarks by public figures, including Democratic lawmakers and commentators, drawn from social media posts or cable news clips rather than full transcripts or verified records.
The editorial does not provide independent verification for the bulk of its claims, many of which rely on single social media posts as their sole citation. RedState’s publication of the piece included a promotional note urging readers to join its paid VIP membership program with a discount code.
Because the editorial is an opinion piece assembled from a mix of sourced news items and unverified social media claims, readers should treat the individual assertions with the same scrutiny they would apply to any single-sourced social media post, rather than as independently confirmed facts.
