What will allow President Trump's most ardent supporters to reconsider their beliefs and shed delusions such as his election fraud claims?

Is there a way to show them they are beleiving ideas which have little to no basis in reality without pushing them into automatic denial?  For instance, the continued reliance on claims there is evidence revealing electoral fraud, but, because over 50 courts have ruled against suits based on said evidence, Trump supporters claim "No one has even looked at the evidence!" which is somewhat true- but the reason is because the evidence did not meet judicial standards (some was scribbled on a napkin!).  There are claims Biden is "a Communist" or a "socialist" coupled with an inability to acknowledge Biden's political career has been fairly continually centrist.  Their beliefs are cult-like. Is there a way to help them out of their delusions?

  Topic Psychology and Mental Health Subtopic Therapeutic Interventions Tags Cults Politics Psychology
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J Starr

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