Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results

Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results

Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results

Joan Walsh on the debate, Kai Wright on right-wing media, and Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan.

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Maybe you heard the news: in the third debate, Donald Trump wouldn’t say he would accept the results of the election if he lost.  Clinton called that “horrifying.”  Joan Walsh comments—she’s The Nation’s National Affairs Correspondent.

Plus: Kai Wright comments on the media that have shaped the world-view of Trump supporters—it explains a lot about their thinking.  Kai is host and producer of the podcast “The United States of Anxiety.”

And we’re still feeling good about Bob Dylan being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature last week—we’ll talk about it, and listen to some Bob Dylan songs, with Greil Marcus—he’s the author of the book “Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus, Writings 1968-2010”

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