2y ago

Former Republican staffer admits GOP would intentionally spread lies

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"I think what we are seeing [now] is an extension of the Tea Party movement," the former staffer told Newsweek.

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2y ago

Former Republican staffer admits GOP would intentionally spread lies

www.newsweek.com /former-republican-staffer-admits-gop-would-intentionally-spread-lies-1818999

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2y ago

Former Republican staffer admits GOP would intentionally spread lies

www.newsweek.com /former-republican-staffer-admits-gop-would-intentionally-spread-lies-1818999

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That is blatantly obvious to anyone who’s been actually paying attention rather than rooting for their “team”.
Anyone who needs to hear this won't be listening
- And anyone who needs to hear this hasn't been listening.
Trump has denied all allegations against him and has pleaded guilty in all three indictments, including two criminal cases.
I detect some sloppy editing. He pleaded not guilty. The internet has turned all journalism into sloppy garbage.
- Don't impugn all journalism. Newsweek has fallen mightily. It's a second rate, secondary source rag now.
- I've been noticing more and more basic grammar errors in reporting, even from relatively reputable news sources. Not usually misspellings, but words out of place or awkward phrasing, seems like there are no editors any more
- Yup, stuff like that never happened before the internet!
What a revelation
WHAT? You mean burning fossil fuels won't turn the planet into a tree-filled utopia?
- It's and old joke, but it checks out
I am reminded of the old saying:
A lie oft repeated takes on a truth of its own.
In other news, water is wet.
Those stinkin’ republicans and their heckin’ disinformations!
- Someone should just ask them to stop doing that!
🤖 I'm a bot that provides automatic summaries for articles: ::: spoiler Click here to see the summary Justin Higgins was formerly a policy adviser for House Republican Tim Huelskamp, a Kansas legislator who at the time was one of the outspoken members of the Tea Party movement that gained national notoriety between 2009 and 2015.
After Huelskamp lost his primary and congressional seat in 2016, Higgins became a senior research analyst for the Republican National Committee (RNC) and created content associated with Donald Trump's presidential bid that year.
Higgins told progressive podcaster Aaron Rupar on Thursday that the conservative movement is predicated on selling lies to the American public for their own potential political gain.
Higgins reiterated similar statements in a phone conversation with Newsweek, recalling how other RNC staffers would openly admit to lying on social media websites like Reddit—and the now defunct subreddit dedicated to Trump—so outlets like Fox News or Breitbart would pick them and in turn cause the falsities or embellished reports to gain traction.
Higgins said the movement became so strong so fast that former House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan couldn't push back on ideas "on steroids."
"These people went from the fringe to the mainstream," he added, saying a revamped conservative media landscape that now includes Newsmax, The Daily Wire and others "have given House Freedom Caucus candidates a new life." :::
What'll he do for an encore, admit that the sun rises in the east and Trump is a conman?

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