He sort of already gave away the validity of his claims when he said he didn't mind making them up.
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This shitshow of an election is really getting on my nerves. This is not news, this is garbage speak out of a garbage person. And I have to read all these garbage headlines here because it is very much possibe that these garbage people will get elected. How low can you sink, america?
I went to a bar with some cousins last night and the Tigers game was on some of the TVs. Half the commercials were political ads. There was no sound and CC wasn't on but sweet Jesus I was so sick of it. I'm trying to avoid watching sports in general just because it's gonna be nothing but the same crap for the next 2 months
The only surprising part of any of this is that this asshole apologized to her neighbor.
From her perspective at least, could've easily been "I'm sorry you were offended" or even riddled with slurs for all we know.
Maybe I'm passing judgement too harshly but this fits my mental model of someone who doesn't finish thoroughly searching their house or neighborhood before filing a police report against their neighbors.
And here we are, over a week after the debate. They're still harping on Haitian immigrants in 1 town, while Harris is blazing up the campaign trail, yet polls are still concerningly close.
This is how scary this election is becoming
Also a great example of how fact checking fascists is completely ineffective. Platforming a fascist via a debate does nothing other than legitimize their viewpoints.
As I recall, in terms of the electoral college, neither Biden nor Harris have, at any point, been projected to beat Trump. It's not "becoming" scary, it's been scary for quite some time.
There's no one single model doing projections.
Five Thirty Eight's, which is one prominent one, has favored Harris somewhat for a while.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/
Harris wins 64 times out of 100
in our simulations of the 2024 presidential election.
Trump wins 36 times out of 100.
There is a less than 1-in-100 chance of no Electoral College winner.
Nate Silver -- who started Five Thirty Eight and is now off doing his own thing and runs a fork of the model that Five Thirty Eight used to run -- had them, last I looked, had Harris and Trump at about about even chances.
Both Silver's model and Five Thirty Eight's model agreed that the debate improved Harris's chances.
Important to note that Nate Silver works for Peter Theil, who has donated heavily to Trump pacs, and is responsible for giving us JD Vance.
What proof? The other day he literally said he created the story https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jd-vance-make-up-pet-eating-story-haitian-rcna171326
I want to know when that report was filed. "I can't find my cat, therefore my Haitian neighbors stole it to eat" is the kind of statement dreamed up by the utterly deranged, unless the idea was already in the water supply because a vice presidential candidate was saying it in interviews ahead of a national debate.
JD Vance is a lying worthless being.
We need a political game show akin to "Name that Tune" but called "Dubunk that Claim".
A disclaimer appears at the start of the show and after each commercial break reminding viewers that all claims presented are false.
Contestants hear each claim and buzz in with how many statements they need to debunk the claim and then prove it false. The goal is to debunk the claim in as few statements as possible.
Winner gets bragging rights, and we all win.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini's_law
We always lose when engaging with these people
We just need to move people who believe shit like this to another version of the planet.
So a gameshow that has endless material just based on the last 10 years. I like the title Debunk that Trump