The GOP leaders know they're lying.
This kind of thing repeats like a broken record:
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
💠D lists the lies.
💠R ignores the list, does not engage with the substance of the refutation.
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
1/
This kind of thing repeats like a broken record:
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
💠D lists the lies.
💠R ignores the list, does not engage with the substance of the refutation.
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
1/
Some are lying because they want to "win” and they see lying as the way to win.
Some are afraid of stepping out of line.
Others understand that the lies destroy, and they want to destroy.
2/
Some are afraid of stepping out of line.
Others understand that the lies destroy, and they want to destroy.
2/
For more on how the lies destroy, see my Slate article:
slate.com/news-and-polit…
Why do they want to destroy?
Because the GOP has morphed into a reactionary party.
“Again” in MAGA signifies reactionary politics, a desire to loop back to the past.
3/
slate.com/news-and-polit…
Why do they want to destroy?
Because the GOP has morphed into a reactionary party.
“Again” in MAGA signifies reactionary politics, a desire to loop back to the past.
3/
They long for the past, when (white) men had much personal "liberty"
💠They could grab women
💠They could grab land (the frontier!)
💠Before regulatory agencies they could manipulate markets, fix prices, launder money, and pollute rivers
4/
💠They could grab women
💠They could grab land (the frontier!)
💠Before regulatory agencies they could manipulate markets, fix prices, launder money, and pollute rivers
4/
4/ To get back to those days, they have to dismantle the much of the federal government put in place since the New Deal and Civil Rights legislation.
That includes the FBI—because the FBI stops them from doing whatever they want.
From Trump's letter to Pelosi:
That includes the FBI—because the FBI stops them from doing whatever they want.
From Trump's letter to Pelosi:
5/ Hannah Arendt, in the Origins of Totalitarianism, said this⤵️
archive.org/stream/ArendtH…
h/t @jenmercieca
archive.org/stream/ArendtH…
h/t @jenmercieca
@jenmercieca 6/ While the GOP leaders know they are lying, I’d say their supporters and the Fox viewers are divided.
Some cheer the lies because they want their “team” to win.
Some want to destroy.
Others are victims of expert propaganda and we should view them as victims.
/end
Some cheer the lies because they want their “team” to win.
Some want to destroy.
Others are victims of expert propaganda and we should view them as victims.
/end
@jenmercieca Small mistake in #1: Should have been 'lists the CRIMES'
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
💠D lists the CRIMES
💠R ignores the list, does not engage with the substance of the refutation.
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
All errors the fault of keyboard gremlins😉
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
💠D lists the CRIMES
💠R ignores the list, does not engage with the substance of the refutation.
💠R shouts “No crimes are alleged!”
All errors the fault of keyboard gremlins😉
@jenmercieca I gathered my live tweets from yesterday's Impeachment Debates and this thread and put them into a blog post. It's here: terikanefield-blog.com/republicans-do…
