Four takeaways from Trump’s prime-time address

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Source The White House and its allies billed President Donald Trump’s prime-time address to the nation on Thursday as must-watch TV, signaling that the president would reveal new evidence of election fraud and interference. Instead, he largely resurfaced widely debunked claims in a 26-minute address from the East Room, alleging “vulnerabilities” in the nation’s election infrastructure without providing evidence that they were actually exploited. A cache of related documents released on the White House website Thursday night did not substantiate his sweeping claims that U.S. elections are “catastrophically short” of being fair and accurate. The address alarmed Democrats, who questioned the impact of Trump’s efforts to sow doubt on election integrity ahead of midterms that will decide control of Congress. “Recycling disproven claims about an election that took place six years ago...