A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump holds a sign at a 'Stop the Steal' protest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (Cheney Orr / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
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The recount began in late March and quickly became ground zero for election fraud conspiracy theorists who were spreading the Big Lie that the election was somehow stolen from Trump. In fact Trump himself reportedly became obsessed with the audit’s findings believing it would trigger a process that somehow saw him return to the White House.
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