Massive concession: Los Angeles election officials just told a federal court they have no independent way to verify citizenship beyond what voters attest. (They simply take their word for it.) Under federal law, only citizens may vote in federal elections. Yet California has not acted on the list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens or agreed to set aside their ballots. American citizens’ votes are being diluted in California.
I can't believe I have to say this, but He was explaining that gas is temporarily higher because of the war with Iran, and that he believes the cost is justified if it helps keep Americans safe from a regime capable of threatening the homeland, including cities like LA or San Diego.
Trump constantly weaves when he speaks, which makes him ridiculously easy to clip out of context. And your side knows it. You take a 10-second snippet, strip away everything before and after it, and count on people being too lazy to watch the full exchange.
We don't get played by that because we actually listen to what he's saying and examine the context.
Your side did the exact same thing with Charlie Kirk.
That is the problem. Not that Trump or Kirk can't be criticized. It's that an entire political ecosystem has learned that context is optional when the goal is outrage.
Look what I found.
In October 2009, David Axelrod, senior adviser to the Obama administration, argued on ABC News that Fox News was not a “real news organization.” The Obama White House later excluded Fox News from a pool interview with Treasury official Kenneth Feinberg and denied that there had been an effort to exclude Fox.
But in 2011, after Judicial Watch obtained emails, the documents showed that the Obama administration had, in fact, specifically asked that Fox News be excluded from the interview pool.
Just remember: the rules are for thee, not for me.