I just watched an interview with the mother of a teacher that was shot and killed during the Parkland shooting, talking about the things MTG has said in regards to Parkland being a false flag event. The mother said she actually had a face to face with MTG and asked her point blank if she actually believed the shootings at both Parkland and Sandy Hook were faked, to which she says MTG said no, she knows they really happened.
Why am I bringing this up? Because it points to the worst aspects of politics, in that everyone fucking LIES.
It does not matter what MTG actually believes because it's never what she believes, it's only what she thinks her voters believe that matters to her and she will say whatever bullshit on the TV to keep her base fed with their paranoia. It's why people like Lindsay Graham can hate Trump most of the time and then sucking his dick every week because he knows the base will devour him if he does much as steps a toe out of line.
Politicians are part of the problem but the issue is their voters, the people that have been indoctrinated by pundits and shitty YouTube channels into thinking they are rebels versus some shadow deep state, and politicians unwilling to stand up for what is right due to political self-preservation.
The same goes for some in the media, like Tucker Carlson winning a lawsuit because his lawyers argued that no "reasonable person" would believe Tucker Carlson was a factual news show. I mean what the fuck.
We need some damn reform, both in DC and in the media apparatus. How should we start? Make it so any media company that considers themselves "Entertainment" but displays in a news or opinion style format has a fucking disclaimer at the bottom saying "This program is just for entertainment purposes and isn't a news program." That goes for pundit shows or even comedy shows like Late Night or Daily Show, as this isn't a partisan request.
If only "reasonable people" can be trusted to tell fact from fiction then we need to make all these shows extreme clear for the thousands of unreasonable people that exist.
I don't give a shit what MTG believes, don't fucking lie about your opinions to your voters just because it's politically advantageous to be a dipshit.
This type of shit is going to get more people killed the deeper the hole gets dug.
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