Biden told the audience to vote, he assured voters that they will decide the next president, and don't worry, if Trump loses the election, he will go.
Trump responded with the craziest monologue I think I've ever heard.
Here's the transcript of that unhinged monologue.
Screenshot #1: Biden tells the audience to vote, their votes will count, if Trump loses, he leaves.
#2: Trump seems to say (among other things) he won't cooperate with a transition because of Hillary's attempted coup. Insane.
When he states, before the election, that he will not accept the results because of fraud and that he won't leave willingly if more ballots are cast against him, it may fire up the Proud Boys, but it can't possibly win him new voters.
We see the person behind the tweets. That's all there is. His brain is a mishmash of conspiracy theories and lies. He doesn't think about things like climate change because he can't. He doesn't plan, because he can't. He thinks his "instincts" are superior to all else.
I don't think he walked onto the stage with any plan or goal other than to tell America what's on his mind because he thinks what's on his mind is the absolute truth.
He wasn't trying to bring the election into the gutter.
He is the gutter.
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For years I was perplexed by what I was seeing on left-leaning Twitter, political blogs, and partisan reporting.
I had the feeling that, in its way, what I was seeing was comparable to Fox: Lots of bad information and even unhinged conspiracy theories.
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Of course, if I suggested that, I was blasted for "both-sidesing."
Then I discovered an area of scholarship: Communications and the overlap between communications and political science.
Another contradiction: when people demanded indictments RIGHT NOW (in 2021 and early 2022) the reason was, "Everyone knows he's guilty! Look at all the evidence!"
We saw the J6 committee findings.
Trump isn't saying "I didn't do it." He's saying, "I had the right to do it."
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We all know what he did. The question is, "Do people want a president who acts like Trump?"
A lot of people do.
People show me polls that a guilty finding would change minds.
I say rubbish. Use common sense. He lost in 2020 and he lost the popular vote in 2016. . .
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. . . because it is designed to keep people hooked. People need to stay glued to the screen for hour after hour.
But to hook people, you need to scare them. The Facebook whistleblower testified that content that produces strong emotions like anger gets more engagement.
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Fox does the same thing. There is a few minutes of news, but the facts get lost as commentators and TV personalities speculate and scare their audiences.
Before you yell at me for comparing MSNBC to FOX, read all of this:
If I write another blog post addressing the outrage cycle here on Twitter and in the MSNBC ecosystem, it will be to explore why so many people who believe they are liberal or progressive actually want a police state.
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Today alone, a handful of people who consider themselves liberal or progressive told me that the "traitors need to be arrested and prosecuted."
In 2019, back when I wore myself out tamping down misinformation, I explained the legal meaning of treason.
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Back then, I now realize, people asked politely: "Can Trump be prosecuted for treason (over the Russia election stuff).
I explained that wouldn't happen.
Now it's different. It's more like fascist chants.
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