Republican Lies category archive

Rex Huppke finds it laughable, in a twisted, depressing sort of way, that Republicans are accusing Democrats of extremism. He notes that

Democratic extremism – in the eyes of the Republicans apoplectically screaming “COMMIES!” – is largely a reflection of what mainstream Americans want. They’re sick of high food prices, unaffordable rent and health care, anti-science rhetoric, cruel immigration policies and the kind of wanton governmental corruption Trump and the GOP engage in daily.

Republicans have controlled the government for almost two years and have only proved themselves to be the real extremists.

The entire piece is worth the few moments it will take you to read it.

C&L follows the money.

David wonders whether the Trumpettes are starting to realize that they’ve been conned. (Warning: Language in some of the clips David shows.)

In the midst of a longer article about Donald Trump’s continuing cascade of lies, Jamie Stiehm makes a prescient observation:

You never know whether he (Trump–ed.) believes his own lies because he tells them so often with such bluster.

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*With apologies to T. S. Eliot.

Listening to Donald Trump’s attempt bring back the Red Scares of America past, Michael Hiltzik hears a rhyme. Here’s a tiny bit from his article, in which he references Democrat Al Smith’s campaign for New York Governor in 1928:

On that occasion, Smith said: “The cry of socialism has been patented by the powerful interests that desire to put a damper on progressive legislation. Is that cry of socialism anything new? Not to a man of my experience. I have heard it raised by reactionary elements and the Republican party … for over a quarter-century.”

Follow the link for more rhymes.

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*Mark Twain.

Via Above the Law, Techdirt takes a deep dive into the Trump maladministration’s attempt to force ABC to toe their line.

Farron discusses how the Trump maladministration’s efforts to dictate how states run elections are blatantly unconstitutional.

But, of course, the Trump maladministration doesn’t care about the Constitution or the rule of law.

It cares about money and monacrhy.