The January 6 hearings are damning. But Republicans don’t care and Trump’s attempted coup continues unabated
‘The cognitive dissonance required to shift from believing Trump’s Big Lie to accepting the reality of what occurred is simply too formidable’‘The cognitive dissonance required to shift from believing Trump’s Big Lie to accepting the reality of what occurred is simply too formidable’Last modified on Wed 22 Jun 2022 13.11 BST
The first four hearings of the committee have demolished the myths of voter fraud repeated incessantly by Trump. The lie is now deeply entrenched in the Republican party that it has become a central tenet of Republican dogma. Republican voters have chosen eight Big Liers for the US Senate, 86 for the House, five for governor, four for state attorney general and one for secretary of state.
The cognitive dissonance required to shift from believing Trump’s Big Lie to accepting the reality of what occurred is simply too formidable. In addition, few of their sources of news — Fox News, rightwing radio, and rightwing social media — have questioned the Big Lie. Big corporations continue to write fat checks to Big Lie candidates. In April alone Fortune 500 companies and trade organizations gave more than $1.4m to members of Congress who voted not to certify the election results, according to. AT&T led the pack, giving $95,000 to election objectors.
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