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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans were handed script filled with evolving nonsense - which contradicted earlier nonsense
https://www.msnbc.com/rache...Indeed, its been fascinating to watch the talking points unfold over the last week in a series of phases, without regard for accuracy, consistency, or common sense.
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Republicans wondering what to say, and how far out to go out on a limb, were handed a script filled with evolving nonsense, some of which contradicted earlier nonsense.
Try, for example, to reconcile the idea that FBI planted incriminating evidence that Trump secretly declassified before leaving office.
Four years ago, Steve Bannon reportedly summarized one of his strategies as, Flood the zone with s***. The relevance of the line lingers for a reason.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trumps-mar-lago-talking-points-become-contradictory-mess-rcna43094
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Republicans were handed script filled with evolving nonsense - which contradicted earlier nonsense (Original Post)
kpete
Aug 2022
OP
Doesn't matter. Their followers are conditioned to swallow anything they tell them.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2022
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PJMcK
(22,037 posts)1. Trump is full of shit
He said the FBI planted evidence.
Then he said he had declassified the evidence.
It cannot be both.
Trump is bullshit.
Midnight Writer
(21,770 posts)2. Doesn't matter. Their followers are conditioned to swallow anything they tell them.
It truly is a cult.
Brother Buzz
(36,448 posts)3. Everyone knows you can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter