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Trump's false election claims fuels extremism

Trump's false election claims are 'red meat' for extremist groups

Aired 01/06/2021

PBS News Hour

Trump's false election claims fuels extremism

Clip: 1/6/2021 | 5m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

Trump's false election claims are 'red meat' for extremist groups

Hours after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, the president continued to make false claims about the election results. Mary McCord, former acting assistant attorney general for national security at the Department of Justice. She now teaches at Georgetown Law School, and joins Judy Woodruff to discuss some of the extremist elements of his base.

Aired 01/06/2021

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