After he lost, Trump was lying to extend his political life. It wasn't that he labored under a misapprehension about the election. He knew that he had lost. He was lying not so much to deny the truth as to invite people into an alternative reality. In November and December of 2020, this gave him a certain advantage. Everyone else was waiting for th…
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