The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 by Jonathan Lemire

The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020

by Jonathan Lemire

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Politics & Power

The stolen-election claim didn't start after the 2020 vote. Lemire traces it back to 2016, when Trump suggested the election would be rigged if he lost to Hillary Clinton, and argues it has grown from a campaign talking point into a political worldview that divides both parties.

Core ideas
  • After the loss: Trump escalated the fraud claims once he lost in 2020, and those claims fed into the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
  • Voting restrictions: Republicans have used the claims to justify new voting rules that fall hardest on minority voters, in Lemire's account.
  • From the beat: Dozens of interviews and his own coverage of the Trump and Biden White Houses supply the reporting behind the argument.
Published2022
Pages312
ISBN9781250819635
ReadSep 2024

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