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Commentary: Brad Swanson - Why smart people believe lies
Brad Swanson
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I won the in-law lottery. My mother-in-law is a gracious and sophisticated woman — well-traveled, well-educated, the author of several books on local history.
She is the kind of person who wouldn’t give the alternate reality of Trumpworld a second look.
Except she did. In fact, she fell for it hook, line and sinker. She voted for Donald Trump twice and still believes today that his reelection victory was stolen by a vast and hidden Deep State conspiracy.
Her blind loyalty to Trump, and intolerance for other points of view, has caused concern, anguish and, ultimately, alienation throughout my wife’s extended family. The inauguration of Joe Biden, with its theme of unity, has not eased her bitterness.