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Doodley

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6. To me the number one lie was about Obama's birth certificate. It helped give him

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 03:25 PM

Sep 2020

the oxygen of publicity to propel his campaign. It established him as the go-to racist/grievance candidate. It formed the core of his racist base, and it showed that the media could let him lie and not hold him to account, therefore opening the floodgates to more than ten thousand other lies.

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It's impossible to name the #1 Trump lie but... [View all] lame54 Sep 2020 OP

I don't know what his number one lie is... Alacritous Crier Sep 2020 #1

And it includes someone calling him, "Sir." Poiuyt Sep 2020 #3

plus grown men crying n/t Yonnie3 Sep 2020 #5

Trump's #1 lie would start off with "I didn't do it ......... " lpbk2713 Sep 2020 #2

... lame54 Sep 2020 #4

To me the number one lie was about Obama's birth certificate. It helped give him Doodley Sep 2020 #6

#1 lie caused 200,000 deaths. So far. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #7

That's a series of lies... lame54 Sep 2020 #8

Fair enough. #1 cloud of dishonesty. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #9

I think his number 1 lie is his own self. Solly Mack Sep 2020 #10