The GOP doesn't try to win elections by presenting plans that help to their constituents. They can't. Their plans hurt their constituents.
So they lie and stoke outrage.
Radcliffe knows he's lying, and so do most of the GOP base. They cheer the lies because the lies destroy.
So they lie and stoke outrage.
Radcliffe knows he's lying, and so do most of the GOP base. They cheer the lies because the lies destroy.
https://twitter.com/BrookeSingman/status/1318168427157180418
Here's my Slate article from 2 years ago about why the Trump-GOP-Fox viewers believe (actually, pretend to believe) all the lies.
Hannah Arendt also explain why right wing leaders lie shamelessly. I'll put the Arendt quotation in the next tweet.
slate.com/news-and-polit…
Hannah Arendt also explain why right wing leaders lie shamelessly. I'll put the Arendt quotation in the next tweet.
slate.com/news-and-polit…
When Hitler’s followers learned he lied, “instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.” Arendt
I reread the first tweet and saw a typing mistake, so this is to remind everyone that all errors in my tweets are the fault of keyboard gremlins.
Now, I think I need more ☕️
Now, I think I need more ☕️
Leaning into this 2 weeks before the election shows it's all they've got.
Rudy started working on this in late 2018 as part of Operation Ukraine Shakedown. The scheme was blown open so now it lost all its teeth. (I think I just mixed my metaphors. Need more ☕️)
Rudy started working on this in late 2018 as part of Operation Ukraine Shakedown. The scheme was blown open so now it lost all its teeth. (I think I just mixed my metaphors. Need more ☕️)
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