Trump just declared once again on Fox News that the outcome of the election cannot be legitimate if he loses. This is the third time he& #39;s made this claim explicit. Yet the political media just seems to largely tolerate it. That& #39;s insane. New piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/trump-just-repeated-his-ugliest-claim-about-election-why-isnt-it-bigger-news/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

When Trump says no outcome can be legitimate in which he loses, it isn& #39;t just "crazy Trump playing the media chaos game."

He& #39;s telling *his supporters* to gird for the election to be stolen *from them.*

That makes civic damage or violence more likely:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/trump-just-repeated-his-ugliest-claim-about-election-why-isnt-it-bigger-news/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Trump& #39;s claim that the opposition is illegitimate functions as justification for his own nonstop corruption of the election. If the opposition is illegitimate anything goes.

Conventional political reporting can& #39;t handle this imbalance (cc @jayrosen_nyu):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/trump-just-repeated-his-ugliest-claim-about-election-why-isnt-it-bigger-news/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...