Ruling Party Criticizes Opposition Leader for Election Fraud Claims - Aju Press AMP
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Even members of South Korea's own ruling party are distancing themselves from election fraud claims — raising the question of when a conspiracy theory loses its own base.
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- South Korea's ruling People Power Party is publicly criticizing its own opposition leader for pushing election fraud claims its members won't back.
- The ruling party's Kim expressed disbelief that the fraud narrative has become too fringe even for party allies to defend.
- When a political party's own members reject a core claim, it signals the argument has failed its most sympathetic audience first.