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The Disillusionment of the Deplorables – The American Mind

I ve had discussions at this point with a wide range of Trump supporters who believe the 2020 election was fraudulent. I think I can extract a general theory about their perspective. It is also the perspective of most of the people who were at the Capitol on January 6, and probably even that of Trump himself. 

Most of these people believe some or all of the various theories involving midnight ballots, voting machines, etc. But what you find when you talk to them is that, while they ll defend those positions with information they got from Hannity or Breitbart or various other sources, they re not particularly attached to them. If the theories were disproven, it wouldn t disprove the fraud for them. That s because there are far more important facts actual, confirmed facts that shape their perspective.

via americanmind.org

A little perspective.