Salman Rushdie on Minneapolis: 'The lies that have been told have found an audience'

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(26 Jan 2026) Clients note: This item contains on-screen graphics, including AP branding. ASSOCIATED PRESS Park City, Utah - 25 January 2026 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Salman Rushdie, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, authors - when asked about the ongoing situation in Minneapolis: Salman Rushdie: "You know, one of the reasons for the, in a way, the success of authoritarianism is that the lies that have been told have found an audience. You know they have been telling, in way, their stories which have found