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crimycarny

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18. ..." the ability to lie in a dignified manner does not really confer presidential dignity"
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:41 PM
Oct 2020

That’s an excerpt from one of the CNN analysts who gave their take on the debate. It caught my eye because we’ve all become numb to the lying. If this same debate had happened 4 years ago, the headline would be chock full of shock about the number of lies Trump told. Also his behavior. Even though it was slightly better than his meltdown on the first debate, it was still horrific.

But what’s truly horrific is how far we’ve fallen. 4 years ago “who won the debate?” would be like Biden 80, Trump 20 (or an even wider margin). Today many of us are saying Trump won or it was a tie. Trump’s win in 2016 truly shook my faith in our country. His subsequent crimes and corruption with nothing to check him has brought me to my knees. Trump must be defeated. NYT’s and other media outlet have a duty to continue to point out the lies—make THAT the main story—regardless of how commonplace it has become.

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