Homer-Dixon on Trump’s misinformation campaign

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Former President Donald Trump’s argument that the 2020 Presidential Election was “stolen” from him, could lead to criminal charges, according to the House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capital. Complexity researcher Thomas Homer-Dixon, director of Royal Roads’ Cascade Institute discussed how Trump’s election falsehoods worked to mobilize and radicalize people into action during the Jan. 6 insurrection, in an interview on Inside Edition.

Here’s some of what he had to say:

“Seventy percent or so of Republicans believe that the last election was stolen from Trump. That’s a … falsehood that has the same functional role of mobilizing and radicalizing people.”

Read the full article on Inside Edition.