Monday, July 31, 2023

Trump, Suing CNN For Lying

WHEN DONALD TRUMP first trotted out the big lie, on election in the heat of battle before the votes had been counted or it was even possible to know if the election had been stolen, all intellgent, honorable peopleknew it was indeed a lie. That includes, probably, most of the peolpe who chose to believe it, and continue to believe it, for emotional and political reasons. CNN started callign the big lie "the big lie" early and often, as did all honest people. They did it so often for so long that Trump, crazily but entertainingly filed a lawsuit against the network for slander and defamation of character, asking nearly half a billion dollars in punitve damages, to help heal Donald's frandile, damaged ego. Trump's entertainment values increases seemingly on a daily basis, as his candidacy for president escalates, looks stronger by the day, and the indictments against him continue to pile up in number and severity. At this point its hard t imange nayboyd other than Trump getting the Republican presidential nomination, and its hard to imagine his not being convicted on at least one federal felony charge, if not many more, so strong is the evidence the prosecutors have backing them up. Curiosier and curiosier, his continuing strong support. But support for Trump isn't growing, its actually shrinking, although remaining fairly rock solid among his most devout disciples. Trump's fervant followers, as always, are twisting themselves into pretzels using twisted logic justfiying and denying his behavior, pretending that all is well, that they and their cult icon can overcome the witch hunts against him and return him to the presidency, where he could pardon himself and make America great, again. But all this is nothing but a pipe dream, smoke and mirrors, and will ultimately collapse like a house of cards. It has already begun to do so. The other Republican presidential candidates are beginning to come out of their shells in terms of criticizing and taking on Trump. In this, they too are in a quandry: to attack Trump is to risk the enmity of his followers; to not attack him will simmply help hand the nomination to him. Their attacks will have an impct, and that will inevitably whittle Trump's numbers,at least slightly, and significantly among independents. The G.O.P. is in a bind - stuck in a rut, so to speak, with Trump, who is rapidly going down, criminally. Indisputably, the indictmenst against him and the proigious evidence backing them up are a huge problem for the Trump movement, and it won't get any better. The American peopple, by and large, are being and will be forced to recognize Trump's criminailty, including the big lie and the whole stolen election scam.

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