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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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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 year ago

That is blatantly obvious to anyone who’s been actually paying attention rather than rooting for their “team”.

[–] rebelappliance@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone who needs to hear this won't be listening

[–] donuts@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

And anyone who needs to hear this hasn't been listening.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 7 points 1 year ago

Don't impugn all journalism. Newsweek has fallen mightily. It's a second rate, secondary source rag now.

[–] resin85@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

WHAT? You mean burning fossil fuels won't turn the planet into a tree-filled utopia?

[–] BrickTamland@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

What a revelation

I am reminded of the old saying:

A lie oft repeated takes on a truth of its own.

[–] albertsy2@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

In other news, water is wet.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

🤖 I'm a bot that provides automatic summaries for articles:

Click here to see the summaryJustin 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."

[–] dunning_cougar@waveform.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those stinkin’ republicans and their heckin’ disinformations!

[–] Ducks@ducks.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Someone should just ask them to stop doing that!

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago

What'll he do for an encore, admit that the sun rises in the east and Trump is a conman?