Can the US avoid entering an epistemological crisis?
Various media outlets associated with the political right have fuelled ‘rigged election’ beliefs, and social media are playing a major role
29 November 2020 - 07:59
US President Donald Trump keeps claiming that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and was replete with fraud. He has spread the false assertion that voting machines made by Dominion Voting Systems deleted millions of pro-Trump votes and shifted hundreds of thousands to his victorious opponent, President-elect Joe Biden.
Many Republicans agree that the presidency has been stolen. Polls show that about half of them think that Trump “rightfully won” the election, and a whopping 68% have concerns about a “rigged” process for counting votes...
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