Conservative Make-Believe

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Jennifer 'Vote Early' Rubin
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Conservative Make-Believe - hilarious and pathetic takedown of just how much right now believes in lives and the need to keep the loony base from dumping them.

Conservative Make-Believe
The president who sells it, the media who push it, and the voters who want it.
thetriad.thebulwark.com
3:04 PM · Oct 19, 2020

https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/conservative-make-believe

1. The Pretend President

So this happened over the weekend:


Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Not my Wall, which will soon be finished (and Mexico will pay for the Wall!). Totally unrelated, but I think Steve will be just fine. By the way, is this the same job hopping Tim O’Brien that headed Mini Mike Bloomberg’s humiliating 2 Billion Dollar Presidential run? Debate prep! https://t.co/cQfEtszRrB
Tim O'Brien @TimOBrien
“When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.” - Donald Trump on Steve Bannon, 2018.

Since then, federal authorities have filed fraud charges against Bannon for a bogus fundraising scheme for Trump’s southern border wall.

Only the best people. https://t.co/Bkq53Se4G6
October 18th 2020

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I can’t believe we still have to play these games but could we define “soon”?

As of today, the Customs and Border Patrol is claiming that 360 miles of The Wall have been built. The vast majority of this construction has merely replaced existing barriers. (As of early August, 275 miles had been built—of which only 5 miles were new construction.)

That’s after four years of effort from Trump. The length of the U.S.-Mexico border is 1,954 miles.

So no, The Wall isn’t going to be finished “soon” any more than a COVID-19 vaccine is “weeks” away.

And also—I’m sorry to have to say this, again—Mexico is not paying for The Wall that’s not being built. The money which is actually paying for what construction has begun was siphoned out of the Defense Department’s budget.

None of this is real. The president of the United States is conjuring a fantasy.

Why?

Because his people like it.

And what is going to happen if Donald Trump loses the election two weeks from now? He will pretend that he didn’t lose.

Why?

Again: Because his people will like it.

You may not remember it, but after Election Day in 2016, Trump had an official-looking logo designed for something he made up. It was called “The Office of the President Elect.”

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