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A year after Trump said he wanted to "get rid of the ballots," has the press learned anything?

"That particular question was the precursor to everything that followed - the Big Lie, the Insurrection and what we're living with as far as Trump being in denial about the election results..."

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Parker Molloy
Sep 23, 2021
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The date was September 23, 2020, and President Donald Trump had just finished delivering a short set of remarks in the White House’s briefing room.

He was there to discuss Johnson & Johnson’s announcement that it had begun stage three trials on its COVID-19 vaccine. It was an opportunity for him to brag a bit about the progress made in the U.S. compared …

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