One candidate running for Santa Clara City Council is distancing himself from past social media posts spewing misinformation. Satish Chandra, a software engineer running against two others to replace Councilmember Kathy Watanabe in District 1, made several Facebook posts in 2020 perpetuating baseless claims made by former President Donald Trump about election fraud and COVID treatments that have been proven ineffectual. He said he no longer supports Trump. “Trump has been a very good friend of India and that’s how I took the stand at that moment, but it was shameful, what happened on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C.,” Chandra…
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