Not to Nebraska, southern Illinois, or Missouri. Are you kidding? Those places are disaster areas!Will be heading to Grand Rapids, Michigan, tonight for a Big Rally. Will be talking about the many exciting things that are happening to our Country, but also the car companies, & others, that are pouring back into Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North & South Carolina & all over!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019
Waiting for his investigators to get back from Hawaii!The Fake News Media is going Crazy! They are suffering a major “breakdown,” have ZERO credibility or respect, & must be thinking about going legit. I have learned to live with Fake News, which has never been more corrupt than it is right now. Someday, I will tell you the secret!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019
You know, the same people who committed treason!FBI & DOJ to review the outrageous Jussie Smollett case in Chicago. It is an embarrassment to our Nation!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019
(Takes one to know one?)Congressman Adam Schiff, who spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking, should be forced to resign from Congress!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019
Wait? The Mueller report was released?! Call Barr! How did this happen??!!!Wow, ratings for “Morning Joe,” which were really bad in the first place, just “tanked” with the release of the Mueller Report. Likewise, other shows on MSNBC and CNN have gone down by as much as 50%. Just shows, Fake News never wins!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019
After all, we're selling them nukes!Very important that OPEC increase the flow of Oil. World Markets are fragile, price of Oil getting too high. Thank you!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019What did Nunes do, again? Wait! Is he the guy sitting next to Adam Schiff?
.@RepAdamSchiff: "You might say that's all okay. You might say that's just what you need to do to win, but I don't think it's okay. I think it's immoral. I think it's unethical. I think it's unpatriotic. And yes, I think it's corrupt and evidence of collusion." pic.twitter.com/AaO59iriAI
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 28, 2019
Among the prominent members of press and politics that commented on the Jussie Smollett “hate crime:” Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Don Lemon, and I could go on.
ReplyDeleteRobin Roberts gave Smollett the opportunity to do a one-on-one interview where further expounded on how people don’t believe his cock and bull story because racism and homophobia.
Stephen Colbert allowed Ellen Page to go on a five minute rant about how this incident represents all that is wrong with Trump’s America, and how it's his fault (maybe that's appropriate, I know I tune into Colbert hoping to be scolded by a Canadian actress).
But I, I am the one who thinks it is important?
Sir, you may not, but to pretend I and I alone have given this hoax more gravitas and attention than it warranted is absolutely ridiculous. To further pretend the obvious corruption in politics (nothing new to Chicago, sadly, and this is a rather benign example) is OK because it wasn't that big a deal is more so.
No, you are not the "one" that thinks it is important. But just because others do, too, doesn't make it important, either.
ReplyDeleteThe fallacy is called "appeal to authority." As for pretending corruption in politics is OK because this story is such small beer; that's just a ludicrous claim on your part. This minor kerfluffle, notable only because Smollett is something of a celebrity (I'd never heard of him before, but no matter), is hardly a glaring expose of corruption in politics, in Chicago or on a national scale.
As I said before (elsewhere, but still):the crime he was charged with was "felony disorderly conduct." The prosecuting attorney even called it a "fourth level felony," so barely a felony at all. It's not like Smollett got away with murder, or even with corrupting Chicago politics even further.
There are far more serious matters deserving of national attention than this tempest in a teapot.