CNN’s Jamie Gangel: ‘Democracy In Peril Is Not Just a Slogan’

‘Election denial is the Trump playbook, and it has become the Republican playbook’

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GANGEL: “I think that counterpoint that you just said is exactly the problem. Democracy in peril is not just a slogan. I mean, we have watched the January 6th committee, we saw what happened on January 6th. That said, election denial is the Trump playbook and it has become the Republican playbook. They have found it works for them, whether it’s disinformation or misinformation, conspiracy theories. I don’t like to call them conspiracy theories anymore, I call them lies. But, Election Day is not even over and I have heard from Republican strategists who are working in some of these elections and one of them said to me, ‘I just know our folks are going to be hollering in every close race.’ It’s a continuation of what Donald Trump did in 2020 and these Republican candidates think it works for them.”

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