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Analysis: Trump is leaving minority votes on the table
President Donald Trump appears determined to end this stage of his political career the same way he began it: by promoting a racist conspiracy theory.
[ cnn.com ]Michigan's state board is meeting to vote on certifying election results
• Trump pressures GOP as Michigan, Pennsylvania are about to certify votes • Analysis: Trump finally found someone with a too-crazy conspiracy theory about the 2020 election • Governor invokes dad's stand against Nixon, calls out GOP
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Trump finally found someone with a too-crazy conspiracy theory about the 2020 election
It appears as though even President Donald Trump has a limit on the sort of conspiracy theories about the election with which he is willing to associate himself.
[ cnn.com ]Key GOP Michigan canvassing board member expected to vote against certifying results
A key Republican on the Michigan canvassing board is expected to vote against certifying the state's election results on Monday, a potential boon for the Trump campaign's conspiracy theory-fueled effort to delay the finalization of results.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The only way Republicans can lead again
President Donald Trump is conducting an all-out assault on our democracy. There is no other way to look at this. The President lost the election and his legal team has failed to produce evidence of voter fraud. So now President Trump is attempting to convince state legislatures to overthrow the results. Voters made their decision, and yet he wants to force a different outcome. His attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is spewing the kinds of conspiracy theories that even conspiracy theorists shy away from. This is dangerous stuff. When some writers, such as Barton Gellman, writing in the Atlantic, predicted this would happen, too many people shrugged off the warning.
[ cnn.com ]Wisconsin GOP election commissioner praised right-wing provocateur who promoted voter fraud conspiracies
A Republican member of the Wisconsin Election Commission posted a tweet Thursday praising a well-known conspiracy theorist who has spread false claims about voter fraud.
[ cnn.com ]Here's what Giuliani's former colleagues say about him now
CNN's Brian Todd reports on Rudy Giuliani's changing career after Giuliani held a news conference laced with falsehoods and conspiracy theories about election fraud.
[ cnn.com ]Trump digs deeper into debunked conspiracy theories instead of embracing reality
At first, President Donald Trump's refusal to concede an election he clearly lost appeared to many of his allies a temporary stage of grief. Give it a few days, some shrugged. A week, tops.
[ cnn.com ]The bold unity model that Biden should follow
The 2020 presidential election was a referendum on a democracy made vulnerable by systemic racism, economic inequality and structural violence. It also reflected widespread fear about the erosion of longstanding norms and political processes within and beyond Washington. The controversy over the election results -- the consequence of conservative media, conspiracy theories and a President who gleefully fanned the flames of already existing racial and political divides -- is a testament to the enormity of the challenges facing the nation. While all democratic change comes through compromise, the structural transformations needed at this hinge point in history require a far-reaching vision and audacious freedom dreams. Our times demand nothing less.
[ cnn.com ]Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories
• Chris Krebs tweets after being fired • DHS tries to self-correct succession order amid challenges to acting secretary's authority • Opinion: Three terrible presidential transitions that hurt America
[ cnn.com ]Company debunks conspiracy theory that its server showed a landslide for Trump
An elections security company has had to pour cold water on conspiracy theories about it and the 2020 Presidential election that have been circulated about it by right-wing media and a Republican congressman.
[ cnn.com ]Post-Trump, this problem isn't going away
This week, we ask the question: What comes next for America and disinformation? The past four years have seen an alarming erosion in the public trust in news, coupled with a spread of conspiracy theories, junk science and outright falsehoods by none other than the President of the United States. With a new president elected, how does Joe Biden help steer the country back toward facts, science and truth? SE Cupp talks to CNN Senior Political Analyst John Avlon about all this and more in our CNN Digital video discussion, but first Avlon tackles the future of fact checking in a CNN Opinion op-ed.
[ cnn.com ]Experts: Rudy Giuliani's conspiracy theories could be dangerous
Rudy Giuliani's increasingly outlandish claims of election fraud have former federal officials worried that theories peddled by the man once dubbed "America's mayor" could be dangerous to democracy in the US.
[ cnn.com ]'Bonkers conspiracy theory': Dale on Trump attack
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks President Trump's baseless allegations of election fraud, in light of Trump's recent attacks on Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company that supplies software to many local governments.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: The deafening silence of GOP senators on Trump's erratic behavior
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump issued a fusillade of falsehoods -- from erroneous claims about voting machines changing votes to unfounded claims that he actually won the election. His Twitter feed read like the a delusional conspiracy theorist. He continued to play golf and, well, not do much else.
[ cnn.com ]Trump for the first time says Biden won election and falsely blames conspiracy theories for his loss
President Donald Trump for the first time Sunday morning acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden's victory while falsely blaming his loss on a string of baseless conspiracy theories.
[ cnn.com ]Obama opens up about Trump's birtherism conspiracy
Former President Barack Obama opens up about former Vice President Joe Biden, President Trump and his own family in his upcoming memoir, "A Promised Land."
[ cnn.com ]Florida governor hires blogger who has questioned masks and was touted on Fox for data role
The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed to CNN on Wednesday that a data analyst their office recently hired is the same person who is alleged, in recent reporting from the Miami Herald, to have spread Covid-19 conspiracy theories online.
[ cnn.com ]Trump doubles down on groundless conspiracy theory that GOP poll watchers were sidelined
President Donald Trump has falsely claimed there were widespread abuses against his poll watchers across the country, and is using these false allegations to dispute the election results.
[ cnn.com ]QAnon conspiracy promoter wins House seat
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican businesswoman known for espousing conspiratorial and bigoted views, won her House race to represent northwest Georgia, CNN projects Tuesday.
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