5/3/21
For the activist base of the Republican Party, affirming that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential contest has become a qualification for membership in good standing. For the party’s elected leaders, accepting the clear result of a fair election is to be a rogue Republican like the indomitable Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) — a target for Trump’s anger, public censure and primary threats. Nothing about this is normal. The GOP is increasingly defined not by its shared beliefs, but by its shared delusions. To be a loyal Republican, one must be either a sucker or a liar. And because this defining falsehood is so obviously and laughably false, we can safely assume that most Republican leaders who embrace it fall into the second category. Knowingly repeating a lie — an act of immorality — is now the evidence of Republican fidelity. Moral clarity against lying is sometimes made harder by our loose application of the term. The context for Trump’s lies has been particularly damning. When Trump falsely asserted that Barack Obama was born in Africa and thus illegitimate as president, it was permission for racism. When he claimed he saw Muslims in New Jersey celebrating on Sept. 11, 2001, it was a vicious lie to feed a prejudice.
But the lie of a stolen election is the foundational falsehood of a political worldview. Believing it requires Trump’s followers to affirm the existence of a nationwide plot against him and his supporters — a plot led by ruthless Democrats and traitorous Republicans, and ignored or endorsed by useless courts and a complicit media. Such considerations don’t seem to matter. In the 1930s and ’40s, was it plausible that the democratic leaders of Weimar Germany had stabbed their own country in the back and betrayed its people? Or that an international conspiracy of powerful Jews was controlling world events? Trump’s lie is not the moral equivalent of fascist propaganda. But it serves the same political function. A founding lie is intended to remove followers from the messy world of facts and evidence. It is designed to replace critical judgment with personal loyalty. It is supposed to encourage distrust of every source of social authority opposed to the leader’s shifting will. And who knows what Trump really thinks? When a congenital liar surrounds himself with sycophantic liars, he can easily lose radio contact with reality. No, it is the elected Republicans who are lying with open eyes, out of fear or cynicism, who have the most to atone for. With the health of U.S. democracy at stake, their excuses are disgraceful.
Elected Republicans are lying with open eyes. Their excuses are disgraceful.
Due to the cowardliness of Republican leadership on all levels, America is now in mortal danger.
Yes they remain the insurrectionist party that embrace lies as a means to take power. God help us if they ever do.The Republican Party is basically now a seditious organization hell bent on destroying their own country in order to be in power.
Anyone who still supports Donald Trump can also be categorized this way.
Elected Republicans are lying with open eyes. Their excuses are disgraceful.
Due to the cowardliness of Republican leadership on all levels, America is now in mortal danger.
They have already gone all in. They aren't getting any good press. They look pretty rotten to many Americans.Republican elected officials are worried about keeping their seats. If indulging in Trumpian politics works toward that goal, they will go all in...
Lol. The only 'mortal danger' out there is the mortal danger to this site being consumed such idiotic propaganda and the circle jerk threads they produce.Elected Republicans are lying with open eyes. Their excuses are disgraceful.
Due to the cowardliness of Republican leadership on all levels, America is now in mortal danger.
I think this is all so sad. To think that those elected to defend democracy and the Constitution will knowingly lie to the American people just to curry favour with Trump in the hopes of attaining power. It's even sadder that they have allowed him to take such control. Most of the elected GOP know darn well the election was free and fair yet they are OK with establishing doubt in the minds of Americans. If they truly believed otherwise the GOP controlled Senate would have conducted audits and investigations but they didn't. The GOP has lost its ability to appeal to moderate Americans yet they don't seem to care. I think there is a very good chance that the GOP wins the House back in 2022 but I am less convinced that will happen in the Senate and I am absolutely convinced that Trump, should he run in 2024, will go down like a rock.Due to the cowardliness of Republican leadership on all levels, America is now in mortal danger.
Good press doesn’t mean what it used too. The press is the enemy of the people. Modern day Tokyo RoseThey have already gone all in. They aren't getting any good press. They look pretty rotten to many Americans.
Jake Tapper rails against Republicans who are standing by lies - CNN Video
CNN's Jake Tapper says that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is standing up for facts while a large part of her colleagues in the House GOP are pushing conspiracies and lies.www.cnn.com
I wish the FCC would mandate 'bs meters' on all news channels. By the way, imo there is a huge amount of spin on all channels and I'm okay with that. Lies, no wiggle room.
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