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By David Bauder NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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PTownsend
Trump's unhinged. Given Trump's limited and skewed grasp of reality, it's not surprising his Qanon base think he's their higher power.
Strangerland
Of course he wasn't challenged. Challenging him would be a death-sentence from the far-right cancel culture. The far-right media is not allowed to post anything that goes off far-right narrative anymore, out of fear of their cancel culture.
Cancel culture is pathetic. Almost as pathetic as the far-right who claim to hate it, yet support their own far-right cancel culture.
albaleo
That pretty much says it all.
viking68
A more accurate is in Thrall.
plasticmonkey
What part of the paragraph you quoted do you dispute?
Bob Fosse
Same as the posters who still support him, just noise. Nothing behind it. Move on.
GdTokyo
Theres a reason Trump won’t go on a legitimate news network: They would call him out. The interviewer would say “That is not true”, or hopefully “You’re lying to the American people.”
Hopefully they would stay right there, not accepting his excuses or deflections “many people are saying it” “Who is saying it? Name somebody. What is their evidence?” (Spoiler alert: there is none.)
As Don continues on with “The courts are so corrupt” ask him “How many election fraud cases did you lose in front of federal judges you appointed?” And then cite the fugues along with some particularly juicy quotes from the rulings.
“Didn’t SCOTUS unanimously (in one case Alito had a point of contention but did not dissent) turn aside your appeals even though you have three appointees on the bench?”
Now THATS an interview I’d watch!
Faux “news”, OAN and “news”max are all-in on the big lie that there was massive coordinated voter fraud to take the vote from trump (but strangely not the down-ballot GOP candidates).
Fun fact: this didn’t happen. There is zero evidence; zip, nada, nil, none.
So why do these propaganda outfits masquerading as news organizations keep telling the big lie? Because their viewers would drop them like a sex friend with herpes if they did. And with them would go the ad dollars.
It’s that simple.
PTownsend
Good to read Trump supporters understand what someone says and words used have consequences. It must be easy for them to see how 'fight like hell' and 'trial by combat' could be interpreted by those who came to a rally armed and prepared to fight, had planned in advance to fight, as well as those emotionally connected to the speaker would understand what he said. Too bad more angry Trump supporters ignored his 'peaceful'.
Bob Fosse
But I’m sure you don’t believe that the words used in the interview; stolen, robbed, rigged, are ‘loaded’ at all, right?
Simon Foston
Mr. NoidallToday 08:23 am JST
Pro-Trump commenters rather like to give the impression that they all form one dedicated block of people who are going to stick with Trump come hell or high water all the way through to 2024 and beyond. I prefer to see them as consisting of a certain number who are indeed like that, and many more who are just lifelong Republicans who would never vote for any Democrat, or moderates who liked how Trump was running the country but could flip to the Democrats if Biden does a better job or if Trump gets into more legal and financial trouble.
NOMINATION
Things tend to go away if you ignore them, yet here you are. Hate brings ratings which in turn brings money. Many celebrities can vouch for that.
Jsapc
Can you please point to specific examples? Because I don't see any of that.
Bob Fosse
My point exactly. Thank you.
Jsapc
I for one encourage Fox, OAN and Newsmax to continue promoting the "dissenting opinion" that the last election was stolen until Dominion and other parties sue them into oblivion for knowingly and openly lying.
theFu
He is delusional, still. The world and the states knew within a week that Biden had won.
Facts matter. Not what someone believes to be true. The truth isn't what you claim it is. It actually matters what can be proved.
u_s__reamer
Trump is talking his way into a padded cell: maybe there's some "method in his madness"?
Ah_so
I agree, they are not all loonies, but research suggests that about 15m believe in QAnon, so that many probably are loonies.
ClippetyClop
A lot of Trump's lies are media-inspired. He has a lot of lies, a lot of big media people to repeat them, and a lot of people willing to believe them.
Interviews by OAN, Fox & Newsmax masquerade as honest journalism. Try applying some standards to them. They should have roasted him for spouting the same tosh over and over again despite it being clearly false.
Haroon ur Rashid
How shameful American democracy is !!! This shameless America interferes to the election of others country whole over the world. The world observed the incident of U.S capitol.
stormcrow
Give Trump a diaper change and a muzzle. Maybe Trump needs to think about something else, like criminal court. Let's get those trials started and find out how dirty this guy really is.
Jimizo
He launched his presidential bid with birtherism and is still selling conspiracy trash to morons after he got a thrashing.
He’s consistent, I’ll give him that.
lincolnman
Of course he repeated it - and he'll continue to repeat it...
You can't fleece the flock unless stoke the outrage and continue to tell them you and they have been victimized unfairly....
"Send me money so I can fight the steal"....and all that money goes to pay his personal lawyers and pay off his personal loans...
Donald Trump - all hate, all lies, all the time...
Simon Foston
Mr. NoidallToday 08:44 am JST
I think this kind of thing inspires a different kind of Trump frenzy:
viking68
I'd rather deal with facts.
In this case, a "dissenting opinion" is just an attempt to make people consider an alternative reality to stir up anger and resentment.
u_s__reamer
The rabid rabble rouser finally emerged from chewing the carpet his bunker in Florida to rant and rave on right-wing looney tunes TV stations. The sooner criminal charges are brought against him, the sooner America can turn the page on Trumpism and move on to healing a nation half-traumatized by cults and conspiracies.
lincolnman
And there it is, in all its glory....the far-right, hate speech, grievance-politics, every kooky conspiracy theory, cult bubble...
It's where these pro-Trump folks spend all their day - and night - getting fed these blatant lies...
So when Trump says "we have to march to the Capitol and fight like hell", they do just that - killing a police officer, and injuring 140 more...
These far-right propaganda outlets are doing just what Russia, China, Iran and ISIS want - to destroy our democracy...