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Opinion: An echo chamber of lies

The reason Trump supporters believe the election was stolen is because of an echo chamber of lies.

Governor Dunleavy, please ask yourself: aren’t you complicit in the reprehensible and illegal actions of the mob that attacked the Capitol building in DC? And complicit in the undermining of our democracy? I ask because you chose to publicly agree with the endless stream of lies about election fraud when you chose to support the sham Texas lawsuit last month. That and scores of other lawsuits across the nation have failed: none have been able to show evidence for the fraud they claim. Can you show any evidence? If not, please show courage and integrity and tell Alaskans that the president has been lying and is still lying: the election was not stolen.

The complicity is shared among US Senators Hawley and Cruz and many other Republicans, who despite knowing better, have been amplifying the lies, hiding behind an absurd rationale that they are just speaking for the many Americans who believe the election was stolen. The reason Trump supporters believe the election was stolen is because those Senators and other Republicans keep amplifying the lies in an echo chamber of lies.

Doug Woodby,

Juneau

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