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Trump’s claims about California vote-rigging are a grim preview of November | Moira Donegan
The ‘fraud’ he sees is in the very concept of democracy, in the idea that people who don’t agree with or fawn over him might have a say, too By now, it is an event as regular and predictable as the tides: ...
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The ‘fraud’ he sees is in the very concept of democracy, in the idea that people who don’t agree with or fawn over him might have a say, too By now, it is an event as regular and predictable as the tides: ...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump’s claims about California vote-rigging are a grim preview of November | Moira Donegan, The ‘fraud’ he sees is in the very concept of democracy, in the idea that people who don’t agree with or fawn over him might have a say, too By now, it is an event as regular and predictable as the tides: a Democrat wins an election, and Donald Trump says that that election was rigged. There does not need to be any evidence for this; indeed, there never is. Trump will say it anyway. He rallies the rightwing media ecosystem to spread the lie; he convinces his followers to believe it. That this, by now, a repetitive spectacle, devoid of suspense, does not mean that it is not dangerous. Continue reading…
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