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Just gotta say, If you could build a wall out of tRUMPS lies (Original Post) bluestarone Oct 2019 OP
In a sense, he is building a wall from lies NotASurfer Oct 2019 #1
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NotASurfer

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1. In a sense, he is building a wall from lies
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:46 PM
Oct 2019

He lies about investigation of crimes he actually commits as partisan political abuse of power. So when he commits actual partisan abuse of power against his political opponents, his wall is in place - the lie that his political opponents do the same thing.

Lies about 2016 being a rigged election, another wall.

Lies are a framing tool. They telegraph what he is going to do; sometimes they're an effort to defend his actions after the fact.

So many lies...a bunker's worth...

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