Because they want you to know the fact that they will murder you for opposing them. They want that subtext known both by their supporters and by you. It's not an actual attempt at justification.
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Exactly. They aren't hiding anything. They WANT you to know that this was a straight up murders of a guy who dared to stand in the way. It's a warning to everyone.
You know an admin official is lying when their mouth is moving.
"We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country."
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Thanks, you made me realize I need to read from him
They could tell me he shit his pants and died and I would still verify it with a reputable source before getting champagne out.
Sky is blue, water is wet, Trump rapes kids.
Whenever I see Kristi Noem after her weird glowup thing, she looks completely unhinged.
Yes, that’s what they do. I don’t think I’ve heard this andmin ever tell the truth about anything.
The whole point of this administration is to lie and kill as many of us as possible.
They have to keep lying, because otherwise MAGA base might wake up to realize that they're far from safe.
Did anyone think they would stop telling lies after the murder?
Kristi Noem deserves what Pretti got.
More like a jig at the end of a rope.
How the fuck is this news? Trump breathes air and exhales lies. What else would you expect of his underlings?
So you think we should shut up about it, ignore it? No, we need to call it out every time. It is news every time.
If the headline started out something like, "The latest steaming pile of shit out of the Trump administration..." What about any of this do you find newsworthy? They don't put Lindsey Graham on Meet the Press because he's known for his honesty. They do it so someone will trip over his comments and make it a fucking talking point.
Record them everywhere they go, record everything they do, report everything they do, everything they say, every lie they tell. It's all evidence. Let everyone see it and hear it and know about it. That's important not only for right now so everyone knows, but also in case we can ever have trials.
There's nothing about Meet the Press or Graham in this article so I don't why you're talking about them. The article is reporting on the lies and slander the regime's government officials are standing behind a podium and stating as official facts. People need to know they can't trust them or believe what they say.
It was just a generalization about exactly what this article is also meant to do.
"A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists."