In June of 2015, Donald J. Trump declared his candidacy for the President of the United States. Two thoughts entered my mind: He was joking, and secondly, this was great for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Sadly, uninformed voters gifted Trump the Electoral College, and here we are; a nation under the control of a fascist leader and his circle of sinners.
Whenever a politician says, “many people,” or other similar phrases, he or she is lying. Without facts to support their statements, generalities are used in support of their position.
Trump followed this tactic when he was interviewed by FOX Noise’ Bill O’Reilly prior to the Super Bowl.
“Is there any validity to the criticism of you that you say things you can’t back up factually?” Bill O’Reilly asked.
Of course he was referring to Trump’s erroneous claim that three to five million illegal votes were cast in the November election; a rhetorical question based on investigations from both sides of the aisle which proved his allegation false. Trump simply refuses to accept the fact that Hillary crushed him in the popular vote on November 8th.
“Many people have come out and said I’m right,” Trump said. “You know that.”
“I know,” O’Reilly said, as if conceding the tediousness of the whole fact enterprise. “But you’ve got to have data to back that up.”
Trump continued with gibberish and refused to back away from his “alternative facts.”
Yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court heard from both sides arguments pro and con regarding Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from seven nations from entering the United States.
The Department of Justice, representing your illegitimate president, argued that the ban was not based on religion; another blatant lie. Trump called it a ‘ban on Muslims,’ and stated that Christian refugees from these nations would be allowed entry.
Here’s the truth; if this was designed as an effort to prevent terrorists from entering America’s shores, Saudi Arabia would be on that list. Fifteen of the nineteen skyjackers on 9/11 were Saudi nationals.
I once focused on Trump and Kellyanne Conway when I stated this axiom, but it now applies to all right wing extremists. “If their lips are moving, they’re lying.”
This is what we will be forced to face for four very long years.
But we can fight back. A protest march being called “Fire the Fool” will be held in Washington on April 1, 2017. Protests in support of the event will be held in cities around the world. Become an activist, and, most importantly, vote in November 2018.
Op-Ed
By James Turnage
Photo courtesy of DonkeyHotey
Follow me on twitter; @jamesturnagenov
The Truth With No Restrictions 