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Fact check exposes Trump's conspiracy 'hogwash'
When the Lie Gets Caught, the Lie Changes ShapeThe SetupCNN fact checker Daniel Dale is flagging a familiar Trump maneuver: declare an election rigged, then, when the result doesn’t cooperate, mutate the story instead of abandoning it. In this case, Trump attacked California’s primary results as fraudulent, then pivoted once Steve Hilton qualified for the November runoff, claiming the system had been “pressed” into approving Hilton quickly under political heat. Hilton himself said he had “seen nothing” requiring legal intervention.Who Actually Holds PowerThe institutional power here is not…
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