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Zorro

(15,724 posts)
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 10:09 AM Jul 2021

Trump's still waging a war on truth -- and it's still bad for democracy

WASHINGTON — Last month, as thousands of former President Trump’s loyal supporters waited for him at a rally in Ohio, a chant rose from the crowd.

“Trump won!” they roared. “Trump won!”

The former president agreed. “We won the election twice,” he said, “and it’s possible we’ll have to win it a third time.”

Eight months after he lost convincingly to President Biden, Trump and his followers are studiously maintaining an alternative reality — and having remarkable success keeping the fiction alive.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-11/trumps-still-waging-a-war-on-truth-and-its-still-bad-for-democracy

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Trump's still waging a war on truth -- and it's still bad for democracy (Original Post) Zorro Jul 2021 OP
They were probably plants in order to lead these 'cheers'. flying_wahini Jul 2021 #1
It would have been good for our democracy and the entire world had his covid had a different outcome PortTack Jul 2021 #2

flying_wahini

(6,578 posts)
1. They were probably plants in order to lead these 'cheers'.
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 10:18 AM
Jul 2021

It is how he is getting his sound bytes on TV.

PortTack

(32,707 posts)
2. It would have been good for our democracy and the entire world had his covid had a different outcome
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 10:53 AM
Jul 2021

There is still reason to hope...thousands of registered gqp voters are disassociating from the party

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