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DSandra

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20. If they can't find something to attack, they then make something up

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Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:21 PM

Aug 2020

We will get attacked whether or not we do something, because they lie with impunity.

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Ted Lieu's response to trump's tweet that Dems took the word God out of the Pledge of Allegiance [View all] iluvtennis Aug 2020 OP

K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1

There are a lot of things classified as an 'abomination' in the bible, yet lying gets a pass? TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #44

The zealots should nail him for all of Proverbs 6. JudyM Aug 2020 #46

If they'd taken God BACK OUT of the Pledge (as the word was originally NOT in it) mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #2

+1. I have never said that part since they changed the pledge when I was a kid. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2020 #6

Neither have I. It ruined the whole pledge... Glorfindel Aug 2020 #7

I was also 9 when "God" was added to the pledge. pazzyanne Aug 2020 #14

Hello friend homegirl Aug 2020 #12

Here it is on license plates too. I am careful to get the ones that don't say that. rzemanfl Aug 2020 #17

Probably impossible Nasruddin Aug 2020 #29

Nor I. marybourg Aug 2020 #42

I've had to straighten a few people out stopdiggin Aug 2020 #8

I replace it with dog when reciting it. LiberalFighter Aug 2020 #9

Underdog! rwiliff Aug 2020 #41

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ligyron Aug 2020 #49

Adding "under god" was a "give - the - babies - their - bottle" moment. Progressive Jones Aug 2020 #51

Lying is his first language, English is his second. Marcuse Aug 2020 #3

Love it...thanks for this post. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #5

IDK how this was expanded so. Ligyron Aug 2020 #50

"The abomination that causes desolation" The Blue Flower Aug 2020 #4

What efforts are being made to communicate this to the Evangelicals RVN VET71 Aug 2020 #10

It should be exposed from pulpits, but few if any Evangelicals will bad mouth their "savior" KS Toronado Aug 2020 #13

So much for God and Jesus! RVN VET71 Aug 2020 #18

It Is A Legacy Of McCarthyism n/t DallasNE Aug 2020 #15

Sigh. Evangelicals would likely consider the correction to be the lie. Beartracks Aug 2020 #37

tRUMP IS The Abominable Orangeman... (with apologies to the origninal Orangmen who are abqtommy Aug 2020 #11

and Syracuse University of which Biden is an Orangeman alum. yankeepants Aug 2020 #22

Oh well, back to the drawing board... abqtommy Aug 2020 #24

Shouldn't this be pulled? It's another lying tweet. The Wielding Truth Aug 2020 #16

Since he's talking about the "Democrat National Convention", which doesn't actually exist, Crunchy Frog Aug 2020 #19

If they can't find something to attack, they then make something up DSandra Aug 2020 #20

Step 1: Create straw man. Step 2: Attack straw man. Step 3: Receive cheers from base. Beartracks Aug 2020 #39

Just another one of his speaknow Aug 2020 #21

trumpy definitely is North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #23

Proof of Trump's abomination. ancianita Aug 2020 #25

Trump's distortion on Democrats and the pledge Make7 Aug 2020 #32

One, only one, video was shown on Fox, of a Muslim saying the pledge w/o "God" in it. ancianita Aug 2020 #34

Sigh... I am SO FREAKIN' TIRED of him. calimary Aug 2020 #26

The ugly history of the "Pledge" is discussed here Thunderbeast Aug 2020 #27

"FAKE NEWS! At 11:01 Lyin' Ted quotes a post from an hour and 20 mintues later!" JHB Aug 2020 #28

he probably heard that on the radio, where they're always saying that certainot Aug 2020 #30

Pledging Allegiance to the Denial of the Racist History of America; djacq Aug 2020 #31

Aaron Rupar with the receipts to prove this is a lie Arazi Aug 2020 #33

And the GOP with Putin put a demon in the White House C Moon Aug 2020 #35

I don't ever say the pledge at all. niyad Aug 2020 #36

This ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #56

Excellent reply! trump Hates God. Cha Aug 2020 #38

And God obviously doesn't speak to him. Beartracks Aug 2020 #40

Since the con is lying, can't they remove the tweet? KewlKat Aug 2020 #43

Just a minor idea!!! nwliberalkiwi Aug 2020 #45

Since he can't hear The Name, does that make him the Devil? JudyM Aug 2020 #47

I don't know who took God out of the pledge. BUT I do KNOW who spit in GODS eye. THE GOP. usaf-vet Aug 2020 #48

I would go along with that, but it would make sense to take the word under out too. n/t brewens Aug 2020 #52

One of the greatest Christian writers, Augustine of Hippo (354-430), wrote two books about lying Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2020 #53

thanks for sharing this - much appreciated. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #55

The political mind control behind this kerfuffle? bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #54