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(52,196 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:27 AM Nov 2020

Frauders are the new birthers.

They are insisting that the legitimately elected president isn't legit because in their twisted world, no democrat is legit.

The media should handle it the same way they should have handled the brother nonsense.

1) give it very little airtime
2) note at the top that it's a completely made up Republican fantasy with zero evidence and no reason to think there ever will be any evidence because they made it up.
3) point out that this is just yet another chapter in the sad, sad saga of endless Republican fantasies that smear democrats yet never seem to amount to anything. In short, republicans have zero credibility.
4) quickly move on top things that actually matter, like the Biden agenda.

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Frauders are the new birthers. (Original Post) unblock Nov 2020 OP
Yeah, just ignore it. coti Nov 2020 #1
We can ignore it among ourselves, but the fact is they are trying to incite violence still_one Nov 2020 #2
So, will you take the bait? Sogo Nov 2020 #3
It isn't me that is the problem still_one Nov 2020 #4
That's good. Sogo Nov 2020 #5
The trump supporters of course, 70 million of them still_one Nov 2020 #6
Well, what if they go to war and no one responds? Sogo Nov 2020 #8
I need to make a shirt with that phrase. Jspur Nov 2020 #7
Amazingly, the birther story culminated in Hillary Clinton getting blamed for it. StevieM Nov 2020 #9
Bingo! Cosmocat Nov 2020 #10

coti

(4,612 posts)
1. Yeah, just ignore it.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:28 AM
Nov 2020

I.e., stop posting about it, too.

But, yeah, the media needs to ignore it also.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
8. Well, what if they go to war and no one responds?
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 03:33 AM
Nov 2020

I guess then they’d just have to start fighting each other.

The fact of the matter is that the law and the election processes are on our side. There has been no fraud by Democrats. On another thread, it was pointed out that there was rigging on Trump’s part, but it failed, such as the USPS sabotage. So now he has to throw a tantrum as a last resort.
He will fail. He has no case.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
9. Amazingly, the birther story culminated in Hillary Clinton getting blamed for it.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 03:37 AM
Nov 2020

The official GOP position is that Hillary invented it and that the poor innocent Republicans fell for her trickery.

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