Trump Gave Capitol Rioters The Language To Deny Reality

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@ZoeTillman explores how the Trump lexicon made its way into the Jan. 6 insurrection

Trump Gave Capitol Rioters The Language To Deny Reality
They attacked the “fake news,” denounced the “deep state” and the “swamp,” and vowed to “take back” the Capitol and the country.
buzzfeednews.com
9:55 AM · Jul 17, 2021

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/january-six-suspects-trump-statements

WASHINGTON — Shortly after thousands of Trump supporters descended on the Capitol on Jan. 6, Joshua Haynes of Virginia texted a selfie in front of a pile of mangled metal camera gear, bragging that he’d assaulted the “fake news.”

“We attacked the CNN reporters and the fake news and destroyed tens of thousands of dollars of their video and television equipment here's a picture behind me of the pile we made out of it,” Haynes wrote, according to an FBI affidavit.

He added: “i Kicked the fake news ass.”

In the days after the insurrection, alleged rioters urged friends and family to regard media coverage as “fake news,” notwithstanding the mountain of video footage from inside and outside the Capitol. On Jan. 7, Karl Dresch of Michigan insisted via text that news reports about violence at the Capitol were “fake,” even as he described the day in the same message as a “good show of force.”

“Bro you shoulda been there....the news is all fake...and just to correct shit..we wasn’t violent but we took the capitol,” Dresch wrote, according to messages quoted by prosecutors.

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[lame54]

1. Bumper sticker politics

[wishstar]

2. He also was the first to blame "Antifa" for the attack on Capitol in Jan 6 phone call with McCarthy

It only took minutes for the his blame Antifa" meme to spread like wildfire on Facebook and rw media

[Blue Owl]

3. Dump is the ultimate source for fake news

[JHB]

4. Yes and No. Yes, in that he stepped it up and handed out the newest labels, but...

...he had the reality-denying road well paved for him by decades of conservative media figures and republican messengers.

Trump's not the one who erected the scaffolding that blames "massive voter fraud" for Democratic wins. They've worked that beat for some 20 years, or 60 if you want to go back to the "bloody shirt"-ing of the 1960 election and Chicago.