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Letter: Trump era brought new low to American politics

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In the never-ending saga of the President Donald Trump election defeat, the lame duck president persists in denying reality. He tells his followers not to believe their eyes or the certified election results but to believe him. Denying the truth has always been a special trait of Trump. After numerous bankruptcies and presiding over a near-record federal deficit as president, he still claims to be a great businessman and “a very stable genius.”Over the last few years, we have become accustomed to these lies from Trump. But the post-election show of lies masquerading as a legal challenge has to bring to light, for even some of his most ardent supporters, the reality of subversion and division being perpetrated by Trump and his minions against our nation.Rudy Giuliani continues to rant about widespread “election fraud” with no evidence and has made himself an international laughingstock. While we laugh, his words and the false claims of his mentor sow the seeds for irrational and potentially violent behavior. Another of Trump’s so-called “attorneys,” Joe diGenova, called for the execution of former U.S. cybersecurity director Chris Krebs&nbsp;&nbsp;for stating that the election wasn’t rigged. Georgia election officials and their families have received death threats for carrying out their duties responsibly.Most PopularFor more than 230 years, American politics has been a raucous affair. But the Trump era has brought our nation’s politics to a whole new low, where once-respected attorneys now promote violence and spew lies for their “fallen hero.”Bill ManciniKinderhookTop Picks In ShoppingMost PopularTop shopping picks

In the never-ending saga of the President Donald Trump election defeat, the lame duck president persists in denying reality. He tells his followers not to believe their eyes or the certified election results but to believe him. Denying the truth has always been a special trait of Trump. After numerous bankruptcies and presiding over a near-record federal deficit as president, he still claims to be a great businessman and “a very stable genius.”Over the last few years, we have become accustomed to these lies from Trump. But the post-election show of lies masquerading as a legal challenge has...

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