GOP goons follow the Alex Jones playbook when accountability knocks

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Trump's statement uses the same playbook as Alex Jones and Steve Bannon: You can't win legally on the facts, so instead you run an outside game to cow authorities and juries into being afraid to go after you.

So how's that working out for them?

salon.com
GOP goons follow the Alex Jones playbook when accountability knocks
Threats and bluster are meant to intimidate authorities and juries into backing down — but no one should be afraid
10:27 AM · Aug 9, 2022

https://www.salon.com/2022/08/09/trump-alex-jones-and-steve-bannon-goons-follow-a-familiar-playbook-when-accountability-knocks/

There's a critical factor to keep in mind regarding the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, the resort hotel Donald Trump resides in Florida: Getting a federal warrant is not child's play.

As former federal prosecutor and current defense attorney Ken White noted in a lengthy Twitter thread following the raid, the "feds do not seek search warrants lightly." As White explained, such warrants generally require "probable cause to believe that the specified location has the specified evidence of a specified federal crime." This one, in particular, would have been combed over by multiple high-ranking authorities, including Attorney General Merrick Garland himself. Crucially, while we the public do not know the details of what is almost certainly one of the most careful and detailed warrants imaginable, Trump himself does, because the subject of the search is given the warrant.

In the lengthy diatribe Trump released Monday night, he failed to mention any of these details. Outside of a vague mention of his "safe," which could very well be a lie like the rest of the statement, Trump didn't utter a single syllable about the specifics of the warrant served on him. He didn't even mention specific allegations to deny them. Instead, his statement was a diarrhea stream of deflections about Watergate and Hillary Clinton, centered around a conspiracy theory that Trump is a victim of "political persecution."

The strategy isn't subtle. Trump is trying to fill the information vacuum left by the FBI's silence with lies. He wants to fill up his followers' minds with paranoid gibberish, so that by the time actual details come out, the facts cannot penetrate their red hats.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. They read too many comic books and Ayn Rand crap

It's about time that life (and responsibility) caught up with these treasonous morons.

[crickets]

2. Yep. Stir up outrage with threats, then follow with the grift.

https://www.salon.com/2022/08/09/this-is-their-message-and-immediately-rush-to-fundraise-off-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago/

Trump's Save America PAC sent out a fundraising text on Tuesday morning. [snip]

The Republican National Committee wasted no time Monday night using the raid to solicit donations, sending out a text linking to their WinRed page. [snip]

The National Republican Congressional Committee also sent out a fundraising email urging supporters to "stand with President Trump." [snip]

Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance's campaign urged supporters to "stand with President Trump" by donating to his bid. [snip]

Sen. Marsha Blackburn's, R-Tenn., campaign sent out a fundraising appeal calling the raid "political targeting, plain and simple."

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Sawyer Hackett @SawyerHackett
The Republican Party is fundraising off of the leader of their party having his home raided by the FBI.
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This is their message for midterm voters.
11:29 PM · Aug 8, 2022

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. threadreaderapp link to "lengthy Twitter thread" by Ken White, aka Popehat,

Posted by IcyPeas at https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217014723

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1556777965937037312.html

[SheltieLover]

4. Pootin's playbook.