The Rachel Maddow Show Trump, acolytes are working to turn Republicans against elections (and succeeding)
Nov 1, 2022
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Global Campaign To Undermine Elections
- Steve Bannon and allies push worldwide election denial to normalize rejecting results.
- Rachel Maddow warns this is aimed at making elections a discredited system for their base.
Bolsonaro's Loss And Bannon's Advice
- Rachel recounts Jair Bolsonaro losing reelection and his supporters blocking roads across Brazil.
- She links Steve Bannon urging Bolsonaro not to concede as evidence of a playbook exported internationally.
Accuse Then Sabotage To 'Prove' Elections Broken
- The strategy is to claim fraud, then disrupt election infrastructure to 'prove' brokenness.
- Maddow describes a linear plan: accuse, sabotage, then claim vindication to abolish trust in voting.