Live updates: Trump may rehash 2020 election conspiracies in his national address
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Trump's prime-time address may revisit 2020 election claims — raising the question of why disputed narratives persist and what keeps them politically potent.
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Theory Briefing
- Trump is set to address the nation at 9 p.m. ET Thursday with elections as the central focus.
- The speech may revisit 2020 conspiracy theories already widely disputed, years after the original claims emerged.
- A sitting president using a formal national address to relitigate a past election is itself an unusual political move.
- The persistence of these claims despite repeated challenges points to how identity and belief can outlast counter-evidence.