In 2020, I wrote that the Biden admin needed investigations and prosecutions of three major Trump admin crimes. The Biden admin investigated none of them and as a result our country is in even greater danger. Meanwhile, the GOP created vigorous counter-narratives for each crime.
1) Trump handling of covid (letting virus spread, hijacking PPE, shaking down states, etc). GOP counter: China “origin story”
2) 1/6 attack by violent seditionists. GOP: “big lie”, “it was antifa”, “it was tourists”, etc
3) Trump is a Kremlin asset. GOP: Biden serves Ukraine.
2) 1/6 attack by violent seditionists. GOP: “big lie”, “it was antifa”, “it was tourists”, etc
3) Trump is a Kremlin asset. GOP: Biden serves Ukraine.
I’ve written about the GOP tactic of preemptive narrative inversion many times (for example, “pizzagate” vs Trump/Epstein rape case).
What’s remarkable here is that the Dems barely bother with controlling the actual narrative — the truth! — much less investigating the crimes.
What’s remarkable here is that the Dems barely bother with controlling the actual narrative — the truth! — much less investigating the crimes.
I would say that the GOP is many moves ahead, but the truth is that the Dems — at least the leadership — are barely bothering to play. They are surrendering in advance. This surrender is not about a partisan battle. Ignoring crimes this severe is a surrender of the US itself.
2019 thread with relevance to the current crises:
https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/1119045421106642944
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