Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s false claims to have won the White House race have been rejected by the courts but have deepened the wounds in a bitterly divided nation and risk leaving long-lasting scars on American democracy. “This kind of poison can really seep into a democracy and delegitimize how normal politics occurs in this country,” said David Farber, a history professor at the University of Kansas. “We’re in an era in which the legitimacy of our institutions is being challenged like it never has been before except perhaps during the (1861-65) Civil War.” Ahead of the Nove…