Trump-fueled election lies must be ground to dust. It will take everyone's voice to do it.

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Rex Huppke
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It will take EVERY voice to beat back Trump's Big Lie (now the GOP's Big Lie) about the 2020 election. Whatever size drum you have, bang it. Loud. Share facts. Shame those who embrace the lie.

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Column: Trump-fueled election lies must be ground to dust. It will take everyone’s voice to do it.
Donald Trump's Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him continues to grow as Republicans parrot the baseless claim. It's time for people to use whatever platforms they have to...
chicagotribune.com
9:05 AM · May 18, 2021

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-big-lie-election-voting-fraud-trump-gop-arizona-biden-huppke-20210518-i4qgtwg7mzdrvgod44gy5kz6ta-story.html

If you’ve ever wondered what you can do to help your country, ever wanted to be part of something bigger than yourself, now is your chance: Speak up and speak out, loudly and often, about the lie that the 2020 presidential election was rigged or stolen or somehow sullied by massive voter fraud.

The Big Lie has evolved from the narcissistic ravings of an ego-bruised, one-term, twice-impeached former president to a belief many Republican voters and lawmakers, willfully or opportunistically, embrace as gospel. This stain on American democracy isn’t dry yet, but it will become permanent if we don’t get to scrubbing.

To accept as fact, or even as partial fact, that there were significant voting security issues surrounding the election of President Joe Biden is to wholly dismiss the meaning of the word “fact.” And yet, this lie continues to spread, viruslike, wholly unencumbered by evidence.

To many — Democratic, Republican or otherwise — it seems a ridiculous conspiracy, best ignored in the hope it fades away. The go-to line among some Republican lawmakers is that it’s time to move forward. And after a year of confronting a deadly pandemic and caustic politics, a large swath of the population has little emotional gas in the tank to take on a half-baked untruth.

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