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Neutralizing Trump’s Big Lies

Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the federal case against him threaten to undermine public confidence in law enforcement, just as his lies about the 2020 presidential election undermined confidence in America’s democratic process. But one under-appreciated recent polling trend suggests that reason and truth could still prevail.

CHICAGO – With the federal indictment of Donald Trump, the former US president is doubling down on divisive rhetoric. America is thus at the start of another depressing chapter of in a seemingly never-ending war of narratives. A June 7-10 CBS/YouGov poll found that only 38% of likely Republican voters view Trump’s mishandling of classified documents as a national-security risk, compared to 80% across other voter blocs.

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