9/2/2020
Some Republican politicians are like good soldiers for a bad general. You'd think they'd think twice about crooked campaign videos, but no.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was called out over one last week. That video misrepresented a disabled activist, Ady Barkan, to make it look as if Joe Biden wanted to "defund police." Barkan demanded an apology, and Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, put himself in danger of censure by the House.
Scalise was part of a Trumper-troop tactic of misrepresenting Biden's position on "defunding" to make it look like Biden's position is far more progressive than it is.
Two million people watched the video before Scalise took it down.
One of Trump's White House staff retweeted an even more brazenly doctored video that intercut footage of Biden with his eyes closed with an interview of Harry Belafonte in which Belafonte fell asleep. It's made to look as if "sleepy Joe" dozed off -- and snored loudly -- instead.
Remember, this was retweeted by the *White House.*
We need to shoot down these and other dirty tricks by Trump's troopers. I can barely stand to read Trump crazies' comments and memes -- most recently, it was a drawing of Jesus standing behind Trump at the Oval Office desk with his hands on Trump's shoulders. But if we don't watch out, if we leave it to the DNCC to monitor the ads, we could be letting Trumpeters brainwash an unwary public.
Also: Frank Bruni newsletter from NYTimes.com on 9/2/2020
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