Dishonesty Has Defined the Trump Presidency

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/01/dishonesty-has-defined-the-trump-presidency/

Dishonesty Has Defined the Trump Presidency
November 1, 2020 at 8:04 am EST By Taegan Goddard

New York Times:
“Born amid made-up crowd size claims and ‘alternative facts,’ the Trump presidency has been a factory of falsehood from the start, churning out distortions, conspiracy theories and brazen lies at an assembly-line pace that has challenged fact-checkers and defied historical analogy.”

“But now, with the election just days away, the consequences of four years of fabulism are coming into focus as President Trump argues that the vote itself is inherently “rigged,” tearing at the credibility of the system. Should the contest go into extra innings through legal challenges after Tuesday, it may leave a public with little faith in the outcome — and in its own democracy.”

“The nightmarish scenario of widespread doubt and denial of the legitimacy of the election would cap a period in American history when truth itself has seemed at stake under a president who has strayed so far from the normal bounds that he creates what allies call his own reality. Even if the election ends with a clear victory or defeat for Mr. Trump, scholars and players alike say the very concept of public trust in an established set of facts necessary for the operation of a democratic society has eroded during his tenure with potentially long-term ramifications.”

[beachbumbob]

1. dishonesty is hard baked into REPUBLICANS

[Shermann]

2. And ironically he ran as the "honest" choice in 2016

That narrative is based on the label of "honest" as being largely subjective and entirely relative.

But you can't be honest and say that he's been honest. The Republican false equivalences are falling down like their drawers as they are showing their collective ass.

[Blue Owl]

3. K&R

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R