Trump’s Fury at Fox News Over Harris Coverage Takes an Alarming Turn

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On Thursday, Donald Trump erupted with rage at Fox News over its election coverage, explicitly slamming Fox for making a Kamala Harris presidency more likely. Meanwhile, CNN reports that among Trump allies, plans for another fake electors scheme are in full swing. Which raises a question: What sort of chaos could erupt, if the voting is close and Fox and other right wing media start amplifying Trump’s inevitable lies about fraud in the election? We talked to election law expert Matthew Seligman, author of How to Steal a Presidential Election, who walks us through the potential nightmare scenarios that lie ahead, and what we can do about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:35.4	On Thursday, Donald Trump erupted with fury at Fox News over its selection coverage.
1:41.7	This wasn't an ordinary eruption.
1:46.7	What caught our eye is that Trump explicitly slammed Fox for making a Kamala Harris presidency more likely. At the same time, CNN just reported
1:54.3	that among Trump allies plans for a stolen election should Trump lose are in full swing.
2:00.3	So we got to thinking, what sort of chaos could erupt if the voting is close and Fox and other
2:06.5	right-wing media start amplifying Trump's inevitable lies about fraud in the election?
2:11.5	How bad could all this get?
2:13.6	Today we're talking to Matthew Seligman, an election law expert at Stanford, an author of the book How to Steal a Presidential Election.
2:22.2	He's going to walk us through the potential nightmare scenarios that lie ahead and what we can do about them.
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