Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich invites the public to its program on September 7, 2022, at 11:00 am at First Presbyterian Church, 37 Lafayette Place, Greenwich. The program will also be shown on Webinar: https://bit.ly/30IBj21
Author, journalist, and TV host, Jonathan Lemire will discuss his just published book, The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020. In this thorough and well documented account Lemire not only traces the origins of the “Big Lie”—Trump’s insistence that the 2020 presidential election was rigged-–but explore show the constellation of Trump lies has shaped our current politics.He will speak on the pervasiveness of these fabrications and falsehoods and why such a sizable percentage of the American public is willing to believe them. He will also discuss the impact of such lying on the American psyche, how it undermines our faith in the electoral process, our confidence in our institutions, and democracy itself. In brief the big lie, like a toxic weed, has taken root, blurred fact from fiction, sown doubt and confusion, and led to violence and threats of more violence to come. Continue Reading →