In a press conference Thursday, President Donald Trump called the US election a “fraud.” He has declared victory in multiple states where votes are still being counted and in some cases where Biden has been confirmed the victor. In this moment of uncertainty and democratic tension, host Marco Werman talks with New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen. Gessen is also the author of “Surviving Autocracy,” where she chronicles the rise of Trump and the American political trajectory of the past few years.
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