Trump Keeps Rehearsing the ‘Rigged’ Election Line as November Nears
Trump spent the stretch around September 20 hardening his claim that the only way he could lose was if the election were stolen, despite the absence of evidence for the sweeping fraud he keeps alleging. The problem was not just that the claim was false; it was that it was being used to pre-discount the result before a single ballot had been counted. That kind of conditioning matters because it primes supporters to reject the outcome and gives his campaign a standing excuse for defeat.
First recorded Sep 20, 2020·Meaningfully updated Sep 20, 2020
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Trump Keeps Rehearsing the ‘Rigged’ Election Line as November Nears
Trump spent the stretch around September 20 hardening his claim that the only way he could lose was if the election were stolen, despite the absence of evidence for the sweeping fraud he keeps alleging. The problem was not just that the claim was false; it was that it was being used to pre-discount the result before a single ballot had been counted. That kind of conditioning matters because it primes supporters to reject the outcome and gives his campaign a standing excuse for defeat.
Trump spent the stretch around September 20 hardening his claim that the only way he could lose was if the election were stolen, despite the absence of evidence for the sweeping fraud he keeps alleging. The problem was not just that the claim was false; it was that it was being used to pre-discount the result before a single ballot had been counted. That kind of conditioning matters because it primes supporters to r…
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