By not speaking out earlier, even though they knew it was wrong, that there was no evidence to support these claims, and that this inflammatory rhetoric is harmful to our democracy, many elected officials gave the president and his supporters license to spread damaging lies about the election.
Gary Peters: “By not speaking out earlier, even though they knew it was wrong, that there was no evidence to support these claims, and…”
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Peters highlights the responsibility of elected officials in allowing false narratives about the election to spread.
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