The Big Lie Permeates America’s Political Right.
The ‘stolen election’ narrative is now ubiquitous in certain quarters of the American electorate and this poses serious threats to American Democracy. (Washington Post)
“Keying off polls showing that most Republican voters believe the “big lie,” other Republican politicians have seized on “election integrity” as a kind of middle ground, allowing them to pander and wink without totally buying into the lie. But promoting election denial is not run-of-the-mill pandering, like promising ethanol policies in Iowa or heating oil subsidies in New Hampshire; this pandering could be fatal to U.S. democracy.
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No fraud was uncovered int he 2020 Election despite the howling that drowned out the political discourse in this country for the last 8 months. Former President Trump is completely transfixed that with the notion the election as ‘taken’ from him because his ego can permit nothing else. He is now elevated to cult like status in the GOP and any candidate who heads to Mara Lago for the king’s blessing must bow down and accept the ‘stolen election’ narrative. The lie has to end somewhere or democracy could be at risk.
