🧵 As word spreads of his authoritarian plans to destroy civil service & fire anyone who would stand against him, Donald Trump has begun a new strategy of calling Democrats a threat to democracy.
It's a long-standing tactic of his to invert a truthful accusation against him into a false one his followers can mindlessly repeat. (See "fake news")
This Fox & Friends segment is breathtaking in presenting this completely inverted reality. Do they believe it? It doesn't matter. Their viewers do...
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2023-12-03 19:46:25
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