Republican Lies category archive
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 . . . .
Pikers Have To Pay the Piper 0
Trump lawyers get an invoice.
Follow the link for details.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
With all due respect to Clyde Evely, “suspension of disbelief” and willfull abandonment of reality are not the same thing.
Aside:
The fabled panic created by Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds broadcast, to which Evely refers, was not as remembered in popular folklore (we covered this in my Sociology 101 class [mumble] years ago, for Pete’s sake). It affected a very small portion of the audience, mostly persons who listened to other radio shows and tuned into War of the Worlds after it was already about 15 minutes in and who lived in the area of New Jersey where the drama was set.
It’s not that persons disregarded the disclaimer at the beginning of the broadcast. It’s that they weren’t listening when the disclaimer was aired.
By the way, you can listen to that broadcast at the OTR Network Library.