Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # \'Rigged and Stollen\': Did Trump Accidentally Reference Fruitcake in Election Rant? ## The former president appeared to be feeling the heat from House committee hearings over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. ### Dan MacGuill ### Published June 22, 2022 ![\\"](\\" Image courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr and WhitneyInChicago/Flickr Claim: In a June 2022 statement, Donald Trump wrote that the 2020 presidential election was \"rigged and stollen.\" Rating: Correct Attribution About this rating Context Trump\'s use of the word \"stollen\" — the name of a traditional German fruitcake — was a simple typo, and he clearly intended to write \"stolen.\" Advertisement: ### Fact Check In June 2022, the word \"stollen\" — a traditional German fruitcake — briefly trended on Twitter, as social media users enthusiastically shared what appeared to be screenshots of an official statement by former U.S. President Donald Trump in which he described the 2020 presidential election as \"rigged and stollen.\" Those screenshots were authentic. On June 19, Trump really did publish a post that included the typo \"stollen\" instead of the word \"stolen.\" Our rating is \"Correct Attribution.\" The statement was posted to Twitter by various users, including Trump critics such as Keith Olbermann. In it, Trump appeared to go on a rant about the public hearings being conducted, at that time, by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by the then-president\'s followers. Trump wrote: > The highly partisan Unselects are trying to create a FAKE narrative, for > whatever reason but only with evil intention, that “He (me) knew he lost the > Election.” This is completely false. I felt the Election was RIGGED & > STOLLEN [sic], have from the very beginning, & have only gotten stronger in > that belief with time & large amounts of additional evidence and proof. In > my mind I have, & HAVE HAD, NO QUESTION, and MANY people would be willing to > so attest, but the Unselects don’t want to hear them…… Advertisement: ![\\"\\"](\\" Horizontal-44.png\\"/) Advertisement: Since Trump was suspended from Facebook and Twitter in 2021, internet users have at times struggled to figure out whether a statement attributed to him was, in fact, authentic. Consequently, the \"fake Trump statement\" has become its own genre of misinformation, which Snopes has addressed on numerous previous occasions. However, in this instance the viral screenshots were authentic, and the \"stollen\" typo was real. Trump posted the statement to his TruthSocial account on June 19. It was also re-posted to his official website, later the same day, adding further proof of its authenticity ![\\"\\"](\\" Advertisement: #### Sources “Did Trump Call Pence ‘a Dog That Belongs on the Street’?” Snopes.Com, Accessed 22 June 2022. “Did Trump Mark Father’s Day With Attack on Cheney and DeSantis?” Snopes.Com, Accessed 22 June 2022. “Did Trump Solicit Donations, Attack Liz Cheney to Mark His Birthday?” Snopes.Com, statement/. Accessed 22 June 2022. “Did Twitter Lock Trump’s Account?” Snopes.Com, check/did-twitter-lock-trumps-account/. Accessed 22 June 2022. Home - Schutzverband Dresdner Stollen e. V. Accessed 22 June 2022. ICYMI: Truth by Donald J. Trump. tt5z54ucw42152. Accessed 22 June 2022. “Midterms 2022: Did Trump Say ‘If We Can’t MAGA, Stay Home in November’?” Snopes.Com, Accessed 22 June 2022. Truth Social. Accessed 22 June 2022. “Was Trump Banned for Life From Facebook?” Snopes.Com, Accessed 22 June 2022. ### By Dan MacGuill Dan Mac Guill is a former writer for Snopes. ## Article Tags Donald Trump Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
In a June 2022 statement Donald Trump wrote that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stollen