Sec Pete: Why do they stoke and elevate every kind of urban legend from 9/11 trutherism to people eating cats?

[Dennis Donovan]

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Pete Buttigieg
Why do they stoke and elevate every kind of urban legend from 9/11 trutherism to people eating cats?

Simple: so we’re not talking about Trump’s record of tax cuts for the rich, manufacturing job loss, and ending the right to choose.

...and the news media is taking the bait, since the migrant-eating-pets story and Laura Loomer are dominating the news cycle today.

[Walleye]

1. That's why I think it's fair game to criticize JD for screwing his couch

It has basically reached the status of urban myth

[C_U_L8R]

2. Or how badly he screwed up his debate performance.

And how badly he's going to lose the election.

[DeepWinter]

3. Well

Eating cats and dogs isn't an urban legend in other parts of the world, but it was a bizarre accusation in Trumps context.

Everything in his context is strange.

[betsuni]

4. Fear, paranoia, distrust, cynicism.