1. A significant chunk of partisans always refuse to accept election results (as with Dems in 2004 & 2012 & GOP in 2008 & 2012) but 2020 is different in scale: a majority of GOP elected officials & voters are in complete denial. Obviously Trump is a big factor but not only one
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6. This is exactly the point I'm trying to make: Trump's epic failure led GOP partisans (who were unwilling to blame him) to start scapegoating other groups (Soros, BLM). https://twitter.com/cwrightmd/status/1335988536177086464 …
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7. The existing GOP culture prepared partisans to leap conspiracy theories just as it had earlier prepared them to accept Trump: the distrust of experts, the dual scapegoating of elite & minorities, the narrative that white petty bourgeous are true victims.
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8. More thoughts on the social context for the current explosion of conspiracy culture:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-trump-republican-conspiracy/ …
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