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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI would love to hear MAGATs attempt to answer these questions that John Fugelsang tweeted:
I will never hear answers, but a gal can dream, can't she?
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Without mentioning Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, which specific policies inspired you to vote for Trump? #QuestionsForTrumpDefenders #24
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DT said he'd invest $1 trill in Americas crumbling infrastructure. Instead, he gave a $1 trill tax cut where the wealthiest 1% get 83% of the benefits. So now, no $ for Americas roads & bridges. Why are people wrong to be upset at this? #QuestionsForTrumpDefenders #23 #maga
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Which intel services have concluded Russia DIDN'T interfere in our elections? #questionsfortrumpdefenders #20 #maga
If Hillary Clinton had won in 2016 & a special counsel was appointed to investigate would you support her pardoning herself as president for the email allegations, Clinton Foundation, Benghazi, Uranium One, or any other alleged crime? #QuestionsForTrumpDefenders #19 #maga
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In what specific way did Barack Obama leave our economy worse than the day he first took office in January 2009? #QuestionsForTrumpDefenders #17 #maga
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What is a specific example of "fake news?" #QuestionsForTrumpDefenders #16 #maga
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I'd also love to hear the answers to the other 18 questions to them he posed on his Twitter page.
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I would love to hear MAGATs attempt to answer these questions that John Fugelsang tweeted: (Original Post)
catbyte
Jul 2018
OP
I get your thinking on this, but there's a fatal flaw in the "make them think" strategy:
Girard442
Jul 2018
#5
The MAGATs usually start stuttering or changing the subject when you hit them
Elwood P Dowd
Jul 2018
#6
yonder
(9,663 posts)1. Taking it to 'em, John
Nice job of re-framing to get the redhats a-sputtering.
spanone
(135,816 posts)2. K&R...
apkhgp
(1,068 posts)3. Questions from John Fugelsang
Go ahead the MAGATs all of the se questions. And then you route all the answers to "REPUKELICANS SAY THE STUPIDEST THINGS". A hit television show on Fox.
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)4. Good Job John, But The Deft Party Can't Hear A Thing..
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Girard442
(6,067 posts)5. I get your thinking on this, but there's a fatal flaw in the "make them think" strategy:
They don't believe any of the crap they push. They only use their putative beliefs as clubs to beat up on people. Pro-lifers, for example, are not fazed when shown they don't have any compassion for actual children. They knew it all along.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)6. The MAGATs usually start stuttering or changing the subject when you hit them
with questions like those. They don't like answering questions because other than a few simple talking points, they have nothing of substance to contribute.
Leith
(7,808 posts)7. We Would ALL Like to Hear Their Answers
But how many of them would be anything more than gibberish?
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)8. These are great questions!
RainCaster
(10,863 posts)9. Explain how 45 exemplifies "family values"
This one really makes them twist their rubber spines in a bunch.
lastlib
(23,208 posts)10. "What billionaire (or multi-millionaire) used their tax cut to help Americans get health care?"
That would be my question.
onethatcares
(16,165 posts)11. I would like to use these questions
on a different board. Is it possible to do so without infringing on copy wright?
CrispyQ
(36,453 posts)12. Kick, kick, kick!
They are all so spot on, but THIS:
In what specific way did Barack Obama leave our economy worse than the day he first took office in January 2009?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)13. K&R