Madeline Peltz talks with NPR's Morning Edition about Steve Bannon's efforts to push election denial in Brazil
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Madeline Peltz talks with NPR's Morning Edition about Steve Bannon's efforts to push election denial in Brazil
Citation From the October 27, 2022 edition of NPR's Morning Edition
SHANNON BOND: Madeline Peltz of the liberal group Media Matters for America says Bannon has been calling for his audience to get involved as poll watchers and election workers, all in service of defeating what he describes as a global conspiracy by the left to steal their way into power.
MADELINE PELTZ (MEDIA MATTERS): Diving into the Brazilian election to keep these election lies alive in the States is really a natural extension of the political projects that Bannon has going in the States right now.
BOND: Brazil is not the only place where U.S.-centric hoaxes about voting machines have crossed borders. In Australia, false rumors spread on social media claiming Dominion machines were being used in its election earlier this year. Never mind that Australians don't vote electronically, says Tom Rogers, the country's electoral commissioner.