Showing posts with label confusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label confusion. Show all posts

Friday, January 17, 2025

Ohio GOP chairman says 'confusing voters' was the party's 'strategy' on ballot measure

Republican officials wrote a summary to be placed on ballots that indicated a "yes" vote would enable — not stop — gerrymandering. A number of voters said the confusing language tricked them into voting against a measure they supported…

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Trump's Bizarre Town Hall Has Critics Asking New Questions | HuffPost Latest News

"Let's not do any more questions. Let's just listen to music," he said. "Let's make it into a music fest. Who the hell wants to hear questions, right?" 

He called on his audio team to play "a couple of really beauties," then stayed on stage for 40 or so minutes more, swaying to the songs, mouthing some of the lyrics and occasionally moving his hands to the music…

Monday, August 19, 2024

YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on his new book Shameless (Al Franken podcast)

Content creator Brian Tyler Cohen joins the podcast for the first time to talk about his new book Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy

In the book, he discusses the many ways that the Republican Party uses confusion, artificial slogans and, of course, flat out lies to remain in power. 

We also discuss the myth of the liberal media and how so many of Donald Trump’s lies are allowed to flourish in the right wing echo chamber.
Interview: 


Wednesday, July 17, 2024

DeSantis-stacked panel approves ‘dirty trick’ language for abortion referendum - The Washington Post

"They're trying to cause confusion and hide the real issue: Amendment 4 is about ending Florida's extreme abortion ban which outlaws abortion before many women even realize they are pregnant," she said...


Thursday, October 26, 2023

What's driving more women to quit birth control

"The difference is the rise of health influencers who literally have no idea what they're talking about, no legitimate claim to educate the public," she said. "It's hard for the public to distinguish who's who."…

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

No, Biden did not confuse George W. Bush and Donald Trump - The Washington Post

... By beginning the clip after the moderators were removed from the screen, viewers have no idea that Biden could have been referring to George Lopez, who had originally asked the question.
"He was addressing George Lopez, the interviewer, as is a common practice," Biden spokesman Andrew Bates said. "That is, unless, like Donald Trump, you blow a gasket and storm out because you can't stomach being fact-checked."...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/26/no-biden-did-not-confuse-george-w-bush-donald-trump/

Friday, May 8, 2020

Fox News and Trump are sowing doubts about coronavirus death counts — which could make the outbreak even worse – Raw Story

President Donald Trump’s allies are openly questioning the coronavirus death toll, although most evidence suggests the real number is much higher. Fox News has mainstreamed a conspiracy theory that medical experts were manipulating the numbers to hurt the president’s re-election chances, and doctors fear those suspicions will make the outbreak even worse because Trump’s supporters will stop following social distancing measures, reported Politico.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/fox-news-and-trump-are-sowing-doubts-about-coronavirus-death-counts-which-could-make-the-outbreak-even-worse/

Monday, February 24, 2020

Republican Party sending mailer labeled census ahead of official forms | TheHill

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is sending fundraising mailers in California and other states that look like the official U.S. census, a move critics worry will confuse people and skew actual census results. The mailers are labeled "2020 Congressional District Census" and are sent in envelopes reading: "Do Not Destroy. Official Document.” The envelope contains a questionnaire on blue paper in a similar format to the actual census, and includes questions on political policies and stances.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484090-republican-party-sending-mailer-labeled-census-ahead-of-official-forms

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Confused by the impeachment defense strategies from Republicans? Yeah, so are they. - The Washington Post

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-Hullaballoo), sitting in the audience for this week’s impeachment proceedings, looked up from his phone with a start when he heard fresh testimony that President Trump was keenly pursuing a Ukrainian investigation of the Bidens. But he quickly regained his balance. Asked by reporters in the hallway about the revelation, the Trump ally said he was not concerned. “I think what happens is, when we start to look at the facts, everybody has their impression of what truth is,” he said. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/14/confused-by-impeachment-defense-strategies-republicans-yeah-so-are-they/








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