there s not a lot of examples like this in history, nicole, a masked illusion of thousands of people who believed trump won. we re in chartered territory in america because of fox and media outlets, we re experiencing a mass delusion event and in january 6th it happened in real life but it kind of continues in virtual life. what are the receoots? what do we know from the research? the denialism is very much rooted in kind of a desire not to be pinned with something that was so horrific. remember, the reactions as things were happening on january 6th? this real horror that was happening across both sides of the aisle from conservatives and republicans as well as democrats and liberals, people who don t identify politically. but that horror had a partisan vector. they were people who were responsible for this and trump supporters and people within the administration. so the need to distance yourself