About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's claims of election fraud and its implications for his mindset and American democracy.

Once again, President Trump is falsely claiming election fraud after Democrats advanced in the non-partisan primary for the Los Angeles mayoral race. Trump has blamed mail-in ballots for the result, reviving false claims that have become a familiar feature of his presidency. So what does this tell us about the president's mindset, and the state of America's democracy heading into the midterms? Susan Glasser of The New Yorker joins Bianna from Washington. Also on today’s show: Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum; author Jules Boykoff, “Red Card” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bianna

Guests: Susan Glasser, Anne Applebaum, Jules Boykoff

Topics covered

• Trump's mindset
• election fraud
• democracy
• midterms
• Los Angeles mayoral race

Keywords

• Trump
• election fraud
• Los Angeles
• midterms
• democracy
• mail-in ballots
• Susan Glasser
• Anne Applebaum
• Jules Boykoff

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New Yorker, Atlantic

Books & works: Red Card

Places: Los Angeles

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