misinformation. eight out of ten adults either believe or are unsure about at least one false statement made about the pandemic and vaccines. when it comes to the election, a monmouth university poll found more than 60% of people in the united states believe that joe biden won the election fair and square. about a third, 32% believe, quote, that biden won the 2020 election only due to voter fraud. when you zoom in, 50% believe that biden s win was solely the result of voter fraud which is crazy because it s been proved time and time again that there s been no voter fraud and not a single instance in a single state that would have overturned the result. the real lie spreads like wildfire thanks to social media provocateurs and elected officials who promote these falsehoods. these master gaslighters are always looking for a platform to voice their lies and when it their behavior continues to threat the democratic ideals
there s any danger of the constant stream of upping the ante that seems to come from this white house and president. his words have a long tail and echoed in conservative media outlets and had social media provocateurs at the white house last week and celebrated and one put out a false attack against senator kamala harris. are you concerned this debate is getting out of control? i absolutely am. one put out an anti-semitic political cartoon as well, and he was welcomed into the white house. i will tell you i am seriously worried about the lives of our four colleagues, two of which are the members of the congressional black caucus. they go through death threats every single day. they don t talk about it often. i m very worried one may be injured if not killed. remember, when the guy went in
writes it this way, quote, president trump woke up sunday morning gazed out at the nation he leads and saw the dry kindling of race relations and decided to throw a match on it. it was not the first time nor is it likely to be the last. he has a pretty large carton and matches and ready supply of kerosene. and anyone who doubts this is central to trump s re-election strategy missed the trump summit with his purveyors of fake news and baseless fears. last week he praised the social media provocateurs who spread tension to sew racial divisions. he added heading into next year s election he appears to be drawing a deep line of the white, native-born america of his memory and ethnically diverse of the foreign born country he s presiding over. challenging voters in 2020 to declare which side of that line they re on. that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends and new friend, from the washington post senior reporter aaron