The right-wing media ecosystem is laying the groundwork for another January 6

My latest piece for MSNBC.com details the right-wing media ecosystem's repeated claims that only fraud could explain a future Trump defeat — and the horrific potential consequences of spreading those conspiracy theories:

The cycle of lies that drove the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is again underway.

Five months before the 2024 election, claims that only fraud could explain a future Donald Trump defeat are already commonplace in the right-wing media ecosystem. Fox News stars and Trumpist influencers are priming their audiences to listen if Trump once again claims an election was “rigged” against him — and to come to his aid.

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The right-wing media ecosystem is laying the groundwork for another January 6

After comparing Alex Pretti to the BTK serial killer, Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “I can't just pretend because you're dead, you're like the superior person”

Tim Pool on Greg Bovino leaving Minnesota: “This looks like a surrender -- that Donald Trump could not handle the heat, so he's getting out of the kitchen”

Fox host Brian Kilmeade on Minnesota ICE operations: “I sense that Bovino and company were just scooping up people that I don't think the president was for”

A Dos Voces host on Border Patrol killing: “With no proof, minutes after this happens, they are already saying this man is a terrorist”

On The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses conservative media reaction to ICE and how it drives Trump’s decision making

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