Republican Lies category archive
Vaccine Nation 0
Paul Krugman makes sense of the senselessness. A snippet (emphasis in the original).
So none of this makes any sense — not, that is, unless you realize that Republican vaccine obstructionism isn’t about serving a coherent ideology, it was and is about the pursuit of power. A successful vaccination campaign would have been a win for the Biden administration, so it had to be undermined using any and every argument available.
Dis Coarse Discourse, Pretzel Logic Dept. 0
This torrent of demented drivel defending the Trumpettes’ attack on the Capitol a year ago yesterday astounds in its absurdity.
Let me summarize it for you: They were wrong but they had legitimate questions about the elect–they shouldn’t have done it but they were aggreiv–oh, hell. I’ll just go solve a maze instead.
He can’t bring himself to admit that they fell and are still falling for Trump’s Big Lie. Instead, he chooses to pretend that said lie was somehow legitimate.
We are a society of stupid.
Debunking De Bunk 0
In a long, detailed article, the AP’s David Klepper tears apart what his story identifies as “the five top falsehoods” about the January 6 insurrection, which are spreading in right-wing and “social” media. Here’s a bit of debunking; follow the link for the rest of de bunk.
CLAIM: THE RIOTERS WEREN’T VIOLENT
Dozens of police officers were severely injured. One Capitol Police officer who was attacked and assaulted with bear spray suffered a stroke and died a day later of natural causes.
Former Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who rushed to the scene, said he was “grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country.” The assault stopped only when he said he had children. He later learned he had suffered a heart attack. Fanone resigned from the department in December 2021.
Rioters broke into the Senate chamber minutes after senators had fled under armed protection. They rifled through desks and looked for lawmakers, yelling, “Where are they?” In House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, staffers hid under desks while rioters called out the name of the California Democrat.
That’s not how some Republican politicians have described the insurrection.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Georgia county claims that closing all but one polling place will make voting easier.
In other news, down is up, left is right, and pigs have wings.
The Voter Fraud Fraud, Village People Dept. 0
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
All the News that Fits 0
Fox news staffers’ texts reveal “the Trump Fox feedback loop.”
The Coupprint 0
Will Bunch suggests that the plan of Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers to overthrow the results of the 2020 election, as revealed in a Powerpoint presentation obtained from Mark Meadows, deserves far more attention than it’s getting. Here’s a bit from Bunch’s article; follow the link for the rest.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Florida Man and Florida Woman.
Have you noticed that, when persons are actually charged with casting fraudulent votes, it’s almost always for Republicans?
The Lies of the Land 0
While we’re on the topic of truth . . . .