In the 2020 US elections, Joe Biden’s win against Donald Trump prompted the Trump campaign to file more than 60 lawsuits challenging the result, mostly focusing on swing states.
Trump falsely claimed widespread voter fraud, although none of the proceedings found any evidence of this. Yet he continued to use these baseless claims as a key part of his 2024 campaign.
Such rhetoric undermines trust in the electoral process – and it’s in this context that we must assess the conspiracies and reactions to the fake bomb threats that have emerged since polling began today.
