Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
A mural in Philadelphia encouraging people to vote.
Four years ago, Donald Trump spread the lie that Democrats stole the election. He filed lawsuits, led protests and spearheaded misinformation campaigns in an attempt to overturn the result.
Since then, Trump and his allies have been laying the groundwork to question this year’s contest if the numbers don’t go his way. In other words, a Stop the Steal 2.0.
“I’m nervous,” says Richard Hasen, a leading expert on election law and director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA. “But I’m not as nervous as I was in 2020.”
Hasen says the chaos created by Trump’s Big Lie taught the country’s lawmakers and election officials valuable lessons about how to secure the vote. He joins Diane to explain why he feels this year’s election will, indeed, be free and fair.
Guests
- Richard Hasen Professor of law and director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at the UCLA School of Law
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