Homer-Dixon on Trump’s misinformation campaign
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.