Trump's Election Denialism Could Hurt His Own Party, And Its Media Allies
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🗓️ 3 December 2020
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Now, there's concern in Georgia that some of the president's supporters may sit out a crucial runoff election on January 5, which will determine the balance of power in the Senate, as Lisa Hagen with NPR member station WABE reported.
Turnout isn't the only concern for some Republicans in the state. Election officials like Gabriel Sterling have been the target of death threats. Sterling spoke to NPR's Ari Shapiro.
Trump's conspiratorial denials of his own defeat have been bolstered by allies from some relatively new media sources — including the right-wing network Newsmax. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik reported on the network and its efforts to outfox Fox News.
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| 0:00.0 | Less than two months from now, the Republican Party will lose control of one branch of government. |
| 0:06.0 | The White House. |
| 0:07.0 | The question for the party between now and then is whether they lose control of a second branch. |
| 0:14.0 | I mean, I've always voted and things like that, but I think we need to know what's going on. |
| 0:20.0 | Missy Landers was one of hundreds of Trump supporters who recently showed up at an Atlanta rally |
| 0:26.0 | to protest the results of the 2020 election, because election season is not over in Georgia. |
| 0:32.0 | The state holds a Senate runoff election on January 5th with two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs. |
| 0:38.0 | If Republicans lose both, they lose control of the Senate and Democrats will lead Congress. |
| 0:44.0 | So they need voters like Missy Landers to show up. |
| 0:48.0 | With all of the news about the ballots, the vote, the electronic systems, all the different things that happen during the election |
| 0:58.0 | and the continuing to come out that I don't feel secure about it. |
| 1:02.0 | One reason some of the president's supporters in Georgia feel this way, they're being told to. |
| 1:08.0 | I think I would encourage all Georgians to make it known that you will not vote at all until your vote is secure. |
| 1:17.0 | That was pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell at a stop the steel rally in Georgia this week. |
| 1:25.0 | Powell, along with the president and his allies, have now spent nearly a month selling supporters on an alternate reality of rigged elections and stolen votes. |
| 1:38.0 | The result? Well, listen to this exchange with GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel also at a rally in Georgia this past week. |
| 1:45.0 | How are we going to do money and work when it's already decided? |
| 1:51.0 | So someone in the crowd asks, how are we going to give money and work when the election is already decided? |
| 1:57.0 | It's not decided. This is the key. It's not decided. |
| 2:03.0 | Consider this. There's a saying in politics. If you're explaining, you're losing. |
| 2:09.0 | And what Trump supporters do next in Georgia could have big consequences for the Republican Party and its traditional media allies. |
| 2:20.0 | From NPR, I'm Audie Cornish. It's Thursday, December 3rd. |
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