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At his Evansville, Indiana rally Thursday night, Donald Trump warned rallygoers about those evil socialist Democrats who want to "raid Medicare to pay for socialism," proving he is a cynical old goat who really thinks people are that stupid, and further proving that yes, people ARE that stupid. Listen to the crowd when he says that stupid thing, and then listen to them when he says he's sure Indiana doesn't want to become Venezuela.
Just to keep things nice and clean and the record straight, we're all clear that Medicare is, in fact, socialism. Right?
And to be even clearer, let's understand that the only politicians who want to raid Medicare are Republicans, who desperately want to force Grandma to die on the living room sofa in order to do a second round of tax cuts for the billionaires.
Someone needs to tell those poor folks in Indiana they're being played for fools, don't you think?
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/08/trump-warns-rallygoers-dems-want-raid
That is Trump's true power. He out and out lies. Trump lies about his opponent's position and his followers believe him without questioning his authenticity. Trump uses the power of his public position to spread his lies and his propaganda so that he can control his followers and remain in power.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Medicare is part of the 'social good'. Only the seriously low-informed will buy that BS.
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Mr President Medicare is socialism.
He is the king of misinformation and disinformation.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)is all he has left as a shield against the coming shitstrorm of justice.
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Socialism is the new bug-a-boo and Nancy is the new Hillary.
Up is down...down is up. Bizarro world...
malaise
(269,157 posts)Won't work.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)That's all trump knows how to incite his audience. Calling wolf so much, it does get blunted.
Someone could tell Trump that, but he wouldn't listen.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)State media, Fox, is reveling in their accomplishment of brainwashing.
Rupert Murdoch is the ring leader.
Neither will be forced to face the consequences of their intentional harmful actions.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Unfortunately his base is just as stupid as he is and will believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Facts be damned.
Racerdog1
(808 posts)Not the sharpest tools in the shed. MAGATS through and through.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is using them and they are too stupid to realize it.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Bromwell
(123 posts)What a MORAN!
He doesn't even know what the word means, believe me...a lot of people are saying this.
polmaven
(9,463 posts)POS 45 told a LIE??? Geeezums! When has he ever told the truth??
CousinIT
(9,257 posts)Further, Democrats (some of them anyway) want Medicare EXPANDED, not raided ie: Medicare for All. And - ACA made Medicare solvent for another 10+ years - GOP & trump have now destroyed that. GOP want to cut/gut it and Social Security to pay for their goddamned tax scam.
So who's raiding it? GOP of course.
people
(628 posts)This is something the Democrats should be talking about EVERYDAY. It is in the next Republican budget to slash Medicare and Social Security to pay for the tax cuts for the mega-wealthy. I do not understand why democratic party candidates are not vociferously explaining this to people. Most people over 65 who are retired completely depend on these two programs. Does anyone understand why the Democrats are not talking about this more? Apparently even Trump understands how frightening this is - that's why he is lying about it.