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(55,555 posts)
Thu May 22, 2025, 02:33 PM May 2025

they lied. turns out, they were lying the whole time.

i think this statement, or something like it, is key to peeling off at least a decent chunk of republican party supporters.

i know we've called donnie himself a liar, but i think if this became a "viral meme", if we constantly used it, if we put it on billboards in red counties, etc., it would eventually work.

importantly, it drives a wedge between republican leaders and the ordinary voters who lean their way. it turns the resentment and indignation republicans have long exploited to our advantage. it allows them to abandon donnie in a face-saving way -- they don't have to admit that *they* were wrong, they don't have to change their opinion on any fact or issue, they don't have to agree with democrats on anything in particular -- they just have to be angry that donnie and republican leaders lied to them.


about anything. the budget, the tax "cut", the price of eggs, whatever. how does openly soliciting personal bribes make america great?

they lied. turns out, they were lying the whole time.

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they lied. turns out, they were lying the whole time. (Original Post) unblock May 2025 OP
Just do it... ultralite001 May 2025 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author ultralite001 May 2025 #2
Of course they did. It was the plan all along. We knew that. Srkdqltr May 2025 #3
*we* know that. They are like bad magicians, and we have a view unblock May 2025 #5
I never, for one moment, believed anything they said. CTyankee May 2025 #4
Listen (briefly) to the propaganda, it's easy to understsnd unblock May 2025 #7
of course they lied ShepKat May 2025 #6
A big one: who pays for tariffs. Qutzupalotl May 2025 #8

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(55,555 posts)
5. *we* know that. They are like bad magicians, and we have a view
Thu May 22, 2025, 03:50 PM
May 2025

where we can easily see how they are doing the tricks.

But those who vote republican are the targets, and all they hear is how wonderful Donnie is. We have to break through so eventually they may say, hmm, maybe they *are* lying...

CTyankee

(66,875 posts)
4. I never, for one moment, believed anything they said.
Thu May 22, 2025, 03:49 PM
May 2025

I still can't figure out why he became president, why more people couldn't see through him and his lies and how he was using them.

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(55,555 posts)
7. Listen (briefly) to the propaganda, it's easy to understsnd
Thu May 22, 2025, 03:55 PM
May 2025

The right wing propaganda machine is full of people who are in complete agreement that they are right and good, democrats are wrong and evil, Donnie is the greatest ever, and anyone who disagrees is unpatriotic and American.

We understand it's all a coordinated lie, but they hear it from multiple sources who are seen utterly convinced they are all right, so of course people fall for it.

It's hard to believe that could all be a massive lie... unless you start hearing, repeatedly, that they are lying and they were lying the whole time.

Qutzupalotl

(15,463 posts)
8. A big one: who pays for tariffs.
Thu May 22, 2025, 04:07 PM
May 2025

Trump acted indignant that other countries were “ripping us off” but that's part of his horse-whisperer act. Of course, we pay them.

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