Arizona and the Big Lie

Generally, an advantage of conspiracy theories is that they’re conveniently unfalsifiable, or close to it. Donald Trump, conversely, prefers to deal in specific and easily falsified claims:

Wow. This is unhinged. I’m literally looking at our voter registration database on my other screen. Right now.

We can’t indulge these insane lies any longer. As a party. As a state. As a country.

This is as readily falsifiable as 2+2=5. If we don’t call this out… pic.twitter.com/5tDy1wsZg6— Stephen Richer — County Recorder (personal acct) (@stephen_richer) May 15, 2021

And given that his party has just announced that telling the truth about the 2020 election is disqualifying for a place in the Republican leadership, why not? It’s more authoritarian this way.