Didn't entirely follow you on this one & why a Trump public admission matters so much...
Trump lost in 2020, he KNOWS he lost; he just never wanted to say it out loud bc he didn't want to be thought of as a loser. So basically he lied instead, only really fooling the subset of true believers. So what's the point of asking him a question a…
Didn't entirely follow you on this one & why a Trump public admission matters so much...
Trump lost in 2020, he KNOWS he lost; he just never wanted to say it out loud bc he didn't want to be thought of as a loser. So basically he lied instead, only really fooling the subset of true believers. So what's the point of asking him a question about the past that most voters don't care about? I'm not sure how you think this plays out if he's asked? He'd almost certainly just lie again & it wouldn't change one vote.
// the Big Lie
A bit surprised you used that phrase. Not sure you're aware of where the term originated from? Sorry, pet peeve of mine.
>>Trump lost in 2020, he KNOWS he lost; he just never wanted to say it out loud bc he didn't want to be thought of as a loser. So basically he lied instead
You know this, and I know this, but millions of Americans (including most Republicans) absolutely believed him (and still do). They earnestly think U.S. democracy was stolen to install Biden in office. And I described in my column the additional consequences of that lie. People are dead because of it. People (including those who'd never had a criminal record) are in prison because of it. Severely beaten police officers had to retire from the force because of it. Election officials' lives were upended over it, and to this day face death threats. There's more, and that's before you even get the political ramifications for the GOP.
>>So what's the point of asking him a question about the past that most voters don't care about?
Because, after all he's put America through with that lie, he's now cavalierly admitting he lost (without acknowledging that he lied). Like I said in the piece, Kamala Harris should be called on to explain her flip-flops. This flip-flop from Trump is far more dramatic than hers, and he should be called out as well to explain his shift.
>>I'm not sure how you think this plays out if he's asked? He'd almost certainly just lie again & it wouldn't change one vote.
Maybe. But let's find out what he says.
// the Big Lie
It's been commonly used for years to describe Trump's election lie. Dictionary definition: "a deliberate gross distortion of the truth used especially as a propaganda tactic." Does that not fit?
When it's capitalized like that - absolutely NOT. I'd request you to take a few seconds to google search the origin of that term & then explain why, in Trump's context, it DOES rise to the level of its original intention.
And why should it be a proper noun? Let me spell this out for you John - Hitler coined the term, as it comes directly from Mein Kampf. After Trump lied about the election, a couple historians (who had written books on Nazi Germany) intentionally started using that same term to apply to Trump's lie, after which it was then propagated in certain media.
So what I actually object to is invoking the entire Trump = literally Hitler narrative. I know you aren't in that camp, which is why I was curious when you used the term. So I suspect you did so unwittingly, but will chalk all the facts I outlined to mere coincidence...which is quite the take.
Didn't entirely follow you on this one & why a Trump public admission matters so much...
Trump lost in 2020, he KNOWS he lost; he just never wanted to say it out loud bc he didn't want to be thought of as a loser. So basically he lied instead, only really fooling the subset of true believers. So what's the point of asking him a question about the past that most voters don't care about? I'm not sure how you think this plays out if he's asked? He'd almost certainly just lie again & it wouldn't change one vote.
// the Big Lie
A bit surprised you used that phrase. Not sure you're aware of where the term originated from? Sorry, pet peeve of mine.
>>Trump lost in 2020, he KNOWS he lost; he just never wanted to say it out loud bc he didn't want to be thought of as a loser. So basically he lied instead
You know this, and I know this, but millions of Americans (including most Republicans) absolutely believed him (and still do). They earnestly think U.S. democracy was stolen to install Biden in office. And I described in my column the additional consequences of that lie. People are dead because of it. People (including those who'd never had a criminal record) are in prison because of it. Severely beaten police officers had to retire from the force because of it. Election officials' lives were upended over it, and to this day face death threats. There's more, and that's before you even get the political ramifications for the GOP.
>>So what's the point of asking him a question about the past that most voters don't care about?
Because, after all he's put America through with that lie, he's now cavalierly admitting he lost (without acknowledging that he lied). Like I said in the piece, Kamala Harris should be called on to explain her flip-flops. This flip-flop from Trump is far more dramatic than hers, and he should be called out as well to explain his shift.
>>I'm not sure how you think this plays out if he's asked? He'd almost certainly just lie again & it wouldn't change one vote.
Maybe. But let's find out what he says.
// the Big Lie
It's been commonly used for years to describe Trump's election lie. Dictionary definition: "a deliberate gross distortion of the truth used especially as a propaganda tactic." Does that not fit?
// Does that not fit?
When it's capitalized like that - absolutely NOT. I'd request you to take a few seconds to google search the origin of that term & then explain why, in Trump's context, it DOES rise to the level of its original intention.
It's capitalized because it's a proper noun, commonly used for almost four years to describe a specific lie.
If this is an origin-story objection, I regret to inform you that I've also signed bookplates.
And why should it be a proper noun? Let me spell this out for you John - Hitler coined the term, as it comes directly from Mein Kampf. After Trump lied about the election, a couple historians (who had written books on Nazi Germany) intentionally started using that same term to apply to Trump's lie, after which it was then propagated in certain media.
So what I actually object to is invoking the entire Trump = literally Hitler narrative. I know you aren't in that camp, which is why I was curious when you used the term. So I suspect you did so unwittingly, but will chalk all the facts I outlined to mere coincidence...which is quite the take.