Thread by @emeriticus

Jan. 6 was a dark day for democracy. Trump is a loser who refused to concede the election despite no evidence of fraud, all while raising hundreds of millions of dollars from loyal supporters. Mike Pence did the right thing.

That’s what Vivek wrote in his book last September.… https://t.co/sGl1K65cG3twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

I’m not sure there’s a bigger indictment of the current right than how easily it is manipulated by people who say the right words. There’s certainly a machine behind it. People get paid to promote others. There are incentives that drive this phenomenon, especially on Twitter. But… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Let’s assume what Vivek wrote a few months ago was totally honest. In that case, he actually understood the situation correctly. He nailed Trump for who and what he is in reality.

But that’s not what turns you into a true right-wing celebrity under Trump. You cannot use these… https://t.co/KHOYTOEuydtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

An example of what I’m talking about.

I’m quoting Vivek, in his own words, and it’s not registering with this post-Trump brain because Vivek is now a MAGA star.

You’re not going to get retweets from big MAGA people, you’re not going to get praise as a rising MAGA force, if you write as Vivek once did: “Ironically, Republicans and Democrats are converging. Maybe no one likes a sore loser, but it seems everyone likes being one. The new… https://t.co/Qm6raUDeNBtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Here’s another good example. They literally can’t process it. Their brains have been so broken by Trump they have to lie or pretend Vivek’s words and thoughts are mine.

They are angrier at me than they are at Vivek because I quoted Vivek. We do not appreciate how severe the damage to thinking in these people has become under Trump.

It’s just over. Their brains are soup. There isn’t a return from this kind of brain damage.

This is funny. I don’t care that Vivek believes this. It’s just funny that so many big MAGA grifters are pushing Vivek as the heir to Trumpism, considering Vivek has repudiated central tenets of Trumpism.

Here’s Vivek on “2,000 Mules,” which has become an important part of Trump’s stolen election narrative. Again, this is Vivek, not me:

“Dinesh D’Souza released a documentary called 2000 Mules, using geolocation data to argue that operatives illegally carried ballots from… https://t.co/nERW7fShJ4twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Here’s Vivek condemning Trump for suggesting Oz lost in Pennsylvania due to fraud:

“Or consider Mr. Trump’s comments about the 2022 Republican US Senate primary in Pennsylvania, which is headed for a recount as this book goes to press. Trump had the following to say about his… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

These people keep proving my point.

I’m quoting Vivek—who they love because Trump and his Twitter grifters trained them to like him—and they get mad at me for Vivek’s words. Just incredible. https://t.co/D3GHl3J5x7

Notice MAGA grifters can’t refute that Vivek wrote this stuff. They either have to attribute quotes from him to me or quarantine it

Again, this book was published *late last year*

“Pedro sounds just like CNN and The Young Turks because he quoted Vivek”

Day two of these people getting angry at me for things Vivek said because Trump broke their brains