The title above is a great line from Stilton Jarlsberg at his go-to site Stilton’sPlace.com
The Washington Post big lie about Trump and Georgia election officials led Republican squishes in this state who should have been more circumspect to make statements essentially abandoning and disenfranchising Iowa voters in the face of obvious voter fraud and other illegalities in other states (some now adjudicated giving credence to Trump’s legal position).
Their credulity as to media narratives regarding that and events of January 6th, are pathetic. For God’s sakes their comments many days after the “day of infamy for pathetic politicians” largely regurgitated Trump-hating and leftist narratives.
One can only conclude by their comments that they never listened to or read Trump’s speech to the assembled throng that day and only read outlets that deplore Trump and his supporters. Trump’s supposed betters (in their self-judgement) have been weak-kneed in the face of the greatest political scandal in American history and yes that includes Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst and some other high profile Iowa Republicans.
In a classic example of being “too little, too late,” the Washington Post (“Truth Dies in the Darkness With a Pillow Over Its Screaming Face”) has printed an eensy-weensy little “correction” relating to a colossal lie they spread about former President Donald Trump.
The paper had previously reported that in a phone call to Georgia’s top elections investigator, Trump ordered the person to “find the fraud,” which the Washington Post implied meant “invent some fraud.” The paper also said that Trump told the official that she would be a “national hero” if she gave him his way. And once the Washington Post had reported this story, every other mainstream media source jumped on the bandwagon, appalled (but not surprised) by Trump’s underhanded attempt to screw with election results.
A recording of the actual call has been made public, forcing the Washington Post to admit that Trump only “urged the investigator to scrutinize the ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, asserting that she would find dishonesty there” and that she had “the most important job in the country right now.” The alleged quotes previously attributed to Trump were works of (im)pure fiction obtained from an “unnamed source.” Which is a funny thing for the Washington Post to call its ass.
But what harm can a little made-up news do, really? Well, outside of being frequently cited as factual evidence in President Trump’s second impeachment trial.
