Big Lie of Stolen Election Obscures Cheney’s, GOP’s Bigger Longstanding Lie

Tim Libretti, PhD
5 min readJun 20, 2021
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The current rift roiling the Republican Party has centered on the “Big Lie.” To be a Republican insider these days, the prevailing wisdom goes, one has to accept that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. If one doesn’t, one is sure to be shunned.

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Tim Libretti, PhD

Professor of Literature, Political Economy enthusiast, Dad, always thinking about the optimal world