Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) spent heavily on private security over the last three months of the year as he became a prime target for progressive protesters angry at his role blocking a reconciliation package in the Senate.
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Yet many Americans believe conspiracy theories about the election, in part because Trump as president promoted them with the aid of allies in the right-wing news media.
A Pew Research Center poll released last week found that 65 percent of voters believe Biden “received the most votes cast by eligible voters in enough states to win the election, with 54 percent saying he definitely did. However, 34 percent claimed Trump was definitely or probably the actual winner, despite the fact that Biden won the election with more than 300 electoral votes. Biden also won more than 7 million more votes than Trump in the popular vote.