1/5 Donald Trump, aka John Barron, aka David Dennison, is telling us "do not believe any article or story you read or see that uses “anonymous sources” having to do with trade or any other subject."
This is more than an attack on the #FreePress.
#GeeksResist #DemCast #OneVoice1
This is more than an attack on the #FreePress.
#GeeksResist #DemCast #OneVoice1
2/5 It is an attack on facts.
On reality.
And on the #whistleblower.
Trump famously spreads disinformation with phrases like "people are saying", invoking phantom polls and friends and "everybody knows" when he wants to lie.
So he has no problem with "anonymous sources."
On reality.
And on the #whistleblower.
Trump famously spreads disinformation with phrases like "people are saying", invoking phantom polls and friends and "everybody knows" when he wants to lie.
So he has no problem with "anonymous sources."
3/5 His problem is when others use REAL anonymous sources, like the #FreePress, law enforcement, or Congress, for all of whom these sources are vital to preserving our Democratic liberties by obtaining information people would otherwise not share for fear of reprisal or censure.
4/5 So Trump casts them all as "fake" in the hopes they'll be dismissed, or maybe even that those who figured out his lying pattern will put them in the same boat.
And he labels any would dare spread the truth as the "Enemy of the People" or the "Deep State" or "traitors."
And he labels any would dare spread the truth as the "Enemy of the People" or the "Deep State" or "traitors."
5/5 “And just remember, what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.”
Donald Trump said this during a televised rant given at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention on July 24, 2018.
A demagogue wants there to be only ONE source, ever.
HIMSELF.
Donald Trump said this during a televised rant given at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention on July 24, 2018.
A demagogue wants there to be only ONE source, ever.
HIMSELF.
