A new survey from the polling firm PRRI breaks down conspiracy theory acceptance by religious group, level of education, and sources of news and information, among other things.
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In the wake of a Republican legislative delegation’s visit to watch the partisan audit of Arizona’s election results, former President Donald Trump is calling for a similar one in Pennsylvania although there could be a split among GOP leaders on whether to do it.
On Wednesday, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin County; state Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson County; and state Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Franklin County, were in Arizona to review that state’s election audit orchestrated by Senate Republicans unhappy that Trump lost Arizona.
President Joe Biden won Pennsylvania by 80,555 votes, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State. Biden won Arizona by just under 10,555 votes.
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On June 1, 2021, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted that former President Donald “Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August,” adding that this “isn’t how it works.”
Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August (no that isn’t how it works but simply sharing the information). https://t.co/kaXSXKnpF0
The Trump reporting came amid former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn’s apparent endorsement (though he claims his words were “twisted”) of a Myanmar-style coup that would bring Trump back to power. Trump’s purported belief requires one not only to buy into the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, but also to disregard the existence of the United States Constitution, which provides no mechanism for Trump to return to office outside of winning another election.