.MaddowBlog: There's a word for those who believe elections are crimes. They're called authoritarians.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press prior to his departure from the White House on Sept. 19, 2020.Exactly nine months ago today, as his failed presidential term neared its end, Donald Trump reflected on the insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol that he'd helped inspire a day earlier.
The fact that Trump is lying is obvious. The election was not rigged; the Republican keeps pretending otherwise because his fragile ego can't tolerate being seen as a loser who was twice rejected by his own country's electorate.According to a former American president — by all measures, the head of one of the nation's two major political parties — it's time to rebrand the word"insurrection.
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