at the university of california in san diego. she has studied civil conflict for years from yugoslavia to northernire lnld. experts who study civil wars and know the warning signs, we ve been talking about them, but nobody wanted to believe it. and january 6th made it impossible to deny and ignore that there really was this cancer growing in our own country. there was a threat that was mobilizing. she warns the constant barrage of lies undermining american elections, right-wing media on social media and from trump himself has put the united states on a perilous path. citizens do believe what they are hearing. and if they hear it long enough and consistently enough, and if that s all they hear they absolutely don t think it s a lie. they think it s the truth. will you trust the next
there was a threat that was mobilizing. reporter: she warns the constant barrage of lies undermining american elections from right wing media, on social media, and from trump himself has put the united states on a perilous path. citizens do believe what they are hearing. if they hear it long enough and consistently enough, and if that is all they hear, they absolutely don t think it s a lie. they think it s the truth. reporter: will you trust the next election? probably not. reporter: but that is a terrible thing, right? oh, yeah. it s a terrible thing. i don t think you can trust our government anymore. it s sad but i really don t think you can. that s what trump is all about, making the elections in the future fair so we can believe when you vote for somebody that person is going to get your vote. you know, they re good people trying to do what they think is right.
reporter: she warns the constant barrage of lies undermining american elections from right wing media, on social media, and from trump himself has put the united states on a perilous path. citizens do believe what they are hearing. if they hear it long enough and consistently enough, and if that is all they hear, they absolutely don t think it s a lie. they think it s the truth. reporter: will you trust the next election? probably not. reporter: but that is a terrible thing, right? oh, yeah. it s a terrible thing. i don t think you can trust our government anymore. it s sad but i really don t think you can. that s what trump is all about, making the elections in the future fair so we can believe when you vote for somebody that person is going to get your vote. you know, they re good people trying to do what they think is right. it is the leadership that s cynical, the leadership that knows better. who is feeding them lies consistently. they always talk about the big l
reporter: barbara walter is a professor at the university of california in san diego. she has studied civil conflict for years from yugoslavia to northern ireland. experts who study civil wars and know the warning signs, we ve been talking about them, but nobody wanted to believe it. and january 6th made it impossible to deny and ignore that there really was this cancer growing in our own country. stop the steal! there was a threat that was mobilizing. reporter: she warns the constant barrage of lies undermining elections from right wing media, on social media, and from trump himself has put the united states on a perilous path. citizens do believe what they are hearing, and if they hear it long enough and consistently enough and if that s all they hear, they absolutely don t think it s a lie. they think it s the truth. will you trust the next
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