Black-pilled on elections, some on the far right move from ‘Stop the Steal’ to violent rejection of democracy

Two years after the weeks of post-election turmoil that culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, the far right has displayed a much more muted response to the outcome, which again hinges on closely contested results still being tallied days after Election Day in Arizona. The tone was set by Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has taken a combative stance against election officials, while stopping short of directly accusing them of fraud in an election that she stands a chance of winning, after all, once all the ballots are counted. In contrast to two years ago, there is no unifying…

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